AMAZINGLY SIMPLE Healing Potion Prop for D&D!! (Crafting D&D Props)
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- čas přidán 17. 11. 2021
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One of my players needed healing potions as a prop for her character in our D&D game. Sure, anyone can just roll dice when they "drink" a healing potion. But this project is SO SIMPLE, there is no reason not to whip a few of these up to spice your table up a bit!
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My local Dollar Tree often sells really tiny glass bottles in the craft section, even smaller than this. I also know my local games store sells really tiny d6s, like a couple millimeters cubed. So you could go _really_ small with this project, if you wanted. You'd probably need a pipette or the like, to put the epoxy in the bottle through such a small opening.
That would be really neat though!
I do love this idea. However, I think what I will do is leave the dice in the potion bottle, you just shake it up and pop it down on the table, the dice inside revealing how much you got healed!
I was thinking the same thing
I made these healing potions about a week ago. I wasn't expecting the epoxy to get as hot as it did. For my own sanity I needed to put the vials in a bigger container during the curing process incase the glass broke.
I love this idea!
When working with epoxy resins, it's a thermosetting polymer, so it WILL get hot while it's curing. Because of this, please be VERY careful when putting in glass. Examine your glass for cracks or any sort of weakness, because it CAN burst on you. That's not saying it definitely will, but it very much can. You can add things like mica powder to it if you want to give it a little shimmer!
If you don't want to bother with resin because the risk of bursting glass, you can make really pretty dice rollers instead with a salt water mixture (it may take a LOT of salt, but just keep adding til your dice starts to float in the water) and any dye or pigments you want to add to it. Seal the cork tight (wax is great!) and then your players can roll it and not take the dice out of it. Just turn it upside down like an 8 ball!
Sweet I wanted to make my own potions of healing. I made a traveling shop keep character to follow the party. He will be selling Nicolo's Cure mosts'. Because Wizards of the Sword Coast have the patent on healing potions. " Same healing power for a lower healing cost "
Very, very cool. Will definitely use this. As a new DM the kids are going to love this. Thx again for the awesome contact.
That’s awesome! I hope they enjoy it!
Definitely going to try this some time. I've also seen glass bottles similar to those at Dollar stores and sometimes in the home decor part of liquidation stores.
This is great. I made the same thing for my table after watching this video and my players thought it was the coolest and now want more props haha.
Thank you for sharing. Those are seriously cool.
Glad you like them!
Thats awesome, I first saw this on Critical Role and Matt had something similar and always wondered how you would go about making them, So cool that you've made this video it really is easy!
That’s where I saw them too! I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
Super spiffy idea. Really like this. Little touches can SO improve the play experience
Thank you! I think so too!
Just subscribed. This was sooo good.
First time viewer! This was great!
Brilliant
That’s awesome!
Thank you!
I made some. Turned out great. I put less in so they just leave their dice in and shake to use. No point in rolling. Virtually as soon as they buy the potion in-game, dictates the amount of dice they put in.
Wicked cool!!
Thank you!
Craft paint can sometimes cause your to have trouble setting or cause it not to set at all because of the water content. I would definitely recommend alcohol inks or Micah powders.
You could put some labels on the viles like handwritten labels that were put on by whomever made the potion in the store.Of course if you are making them yourself in a game like a Ranger or Wizard you will already know what they are.
Keep seeing these type of potion props on Pinterest and have been wanting to make some myself, glad you made some for this video! Great minds think alike!
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
@@StorycraftSociety 100% love the content bro, keep it up!
"Are you filming me!?!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Also, Ranger/Herbalist??? Is this a Storycraft Society custom homebrew? Would love to see a video where you explain how you create and balance a homebrew subclass.
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Kraken dice are the BESTEST!!!!!
Those are wicked awesome! (do they say that in Boston?) Now what you need to do is design some really cool labels in Photoshop and print them on sticker paper and apply them to your potion and poison bottles! Make them look like they're straight from Snape's cache! Say "Hi!" to Conner for me! LOL
Oh that is a really cool idea! And yeah, I’ve heard that turn of phrase more times than I can count haha.
"Wicked" when used alone, means awesome.
When used with other words (wicked awesome, wicked hot, wicked stupid) it means extremely.
Having grown up right outside of Boston, I heard and used it every day of life.
It's not used much outside of New England in this manner and even then it's like Massachusetts and the only where the other New England States (Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Vermont) touch Massachusetts.
Maine is also a part of New England, and originally part of Mass, before becoming it's own State, but they're, now, separated from Mass' border by NH and don't really use wicked in that manner, much.
Usually if you hear it in NH, VT o Maine, it's people who've left Mass to live somewhere nicer.
Awesome idea and project!! Love these little vials! 🤩
I got a little bit concerned though when you said it was wicked hot, because it shouldn't be.. I can't speak for these 5min epoxy, because I haven't used them myself. But I have used resin quite a bit in my days. Resin normally only get crazy warm as a result of being used in a too thick layer (the chemical reaction goes mental), this also causes it to form super many bubbles.. So, yeah, be careful! 😅
yea, same thought i had, maybe check the maximum pouring hight.
I only just stumbled onto this video, but I had already made something similar. I used the smaller bottles like you have, added the two d4 dice, put the stopper back on, and then I sealed it with a wax seal kit I have. My daughter gave me the idea that all you have to do is shake the bottle and then put it on the table, to get the result.
They’re a great little prop for sure!
Resin can be fairly pricey. I think you could probably get a decent looking potion using dirt cheap clear hotglue sticks (typically EVA plastic). You would need a disposable glass jar or metal food can to mix it while hot, but that's easy to get for free. It would be a bit more opaque than most resins, but that might not look bad anyway with a strong color. Not something ive done personally, but worth a try given that it would cut the cost a lot.
A "glow in the dark" pigment would be ideal for that little extra magical feel either way :)
It’s an interesting idea. I personally haven’t played with hot glue enough to be able to confirm or deny how that would work. But I’m also wondering if instead of trying to mix it and then add to the jar, if you could maybe cut the glue into small pieces, put a few drops of coloring in there, and maybe put it in some shallow simmering water, or one of those double pans you melt chocolate in? Mix it with a little stir stick when it’s all good and melted. I may have to play with this idea. Again, no idea if itll work or not.
This is awesome!
Anyone have a link for jars like that which aren't glass? Need to make these for people who could easily break glass bottles.
Thanks.
Sweet potion boggle bro!
Hahaha! It is now my goal to find a way to create a dice boggle bubble and fantasy it up!
Those are awesome Garmin. I'm glad you are branching out beyond terrain. I think that plugging these in periodically brings something to your channel that I don't see on other channels. Keep up the great work.
Thank you!
So how would you go about making bigger potions like the superior or Supreme
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Thanks for the tutorial 😊 How many of which kind of dice do you include for each type of potion? And are managed potions a thing? Will be making some as a gift 😊
So health potions all use d4’s and from there it depends on what strength of portion you’re making. I’d suggest googling “health potions 5e” and you should be able to see all the different types!
Alcohol usually works great to remove any spills/drops on skin or table.
Such a cute idea! May be a silly question, but do you think it'd look good if it were angled when drying, to give it a look of being in motion?
I think it’s all personal preference. The one issue I could see with it is the way I designed these my players can shake them and never have to dump the dice on the table. If you angled the glue you might have issues with cocked dice. However, you could just make it so they have to dump the dice on the table every time.
Wonder if liquid Rit dye would work in the resin... Was wondering if there is much of an odor working with the resin? Is this something I could do at the kitchen table or better suited for deep, down in the basement where it already smells?...
I’ve made some of these a few months ago and popped them away to use in my game I did have a few viles break on me as I was making them tho and after they had been stored for a couple of day so please be careful with them
Oh no! Luckily we haven’t had that issue yet. I wonder if it was due to the heat of the epoxy?
You should have mixed in glitter as well to give the potions some more interest.
Oh! That’s a really good idea! I’ll have to remember that if I make any more! Thank you!
I tried with glitter and those I used where to heavy and sinked at the bottom of the vial ^^' maybe with Mica powder (what they use for dice making) it could be fine! ^^
Awesome video by the way❤
So I’m not the only person who sits like that… idk why that hits so hard
Ah, the classic touch an item even though you know it's hot technique. I've used it myself...
I plan on gifting a set to one of my players how many d8s and d4s should I include?
How many drops should I use for acrylic paint??
I tried eye-balling the apoxy like you did but it just isn't getting hard...a couple of the batches I did hardened, but the rest didn't get past just being sticky. I'm thinking I'll try measuring cups or something to make sure I'm getting a 50/50 mix
A hack for getting equal amounts. Take a clear plastic cup and fill it with water to what you feel is the right amount. Mark that line. Dump out the water, and dry the inside of the cup. Then you can take another cup and put it inside the first. Fill that one to the line with hardener. Then do the same with another cup with the resin. In this way both should be equal, and you aren't going through lots of measuring cups. Your first cup will be your standard.
Second piece of advice is to make sure that you mix the two parts thoroughly. If they are not mixed enough, they won't cure properly. I found this out from a video on a terrain making. The guy was making a water feature, and did not want any bubbles in it, so he was very gentle when mixing the two parts. While he managed to avoid bubbles for the most part the epoxy hardened, but stayed tacky. He eventually put something on it to seal it, but I don't remember what.
Dontnow if anyone else gave the idea... but what wouls the effect of mixing in a little glitter? I meam... majik potion and all, right?
Would putting them in a pressure cooker get rid of the bubbles?
No a pressure cooker would not work. You would need to put the vial under vacuum to pull the bubbles out. You can buy a cheap hand operated vacuum pump from harbor freight and or Amazon for around $20-$40. If you are wanting to make a lot of them I would recommend it. As for how to make it work. A lot of hardware stores have isles of drawers of nuts, bolts, screws, and odds n ends. I don't think I've seen one that didn't have black rubber stoppers. Or pick up a universal 3-pack of sink drain plugs from Walmart. Use the hole or make one in the plug and apply vacuum right after you pour so the epoxy is still fluid and warm.
Here's my problem. Glass breaks and in my own situation, I lug all of my gaming supplies (I'm the DM) to my friends house to run the game. I WANT to make these, but again...glass. It's been impossible for me to find a plastic analog that is of appropriate size and proper opening to allow the dice to come out.
what if the botttles are plastic?
why not mix it in the jars?
5 Minute Epoxy is a misleading name. The cure time for 5 Minute Epoxy is about 30 minutes (depending on how warm it is). It is named 5 minute Epoxy because you have 5 minutes to work with it. Basically the company that made the epoxy "promises" that you can use it well within these 5 Minutes. The same goes for most other glues. I have a "30 second glue" that takes about 10 minutes to fully dry (depending on how thick it is) and over here we call super glue "1 second glue" which also takes more than one second to dry.
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But where do ya pahk ya kah my dude?
Lol shout out from New B. Got room for another player? Lol
Always!
I tried to jump into it and just ended up stepping on my phone
I like it, but I think this one's not for me. I don't … car … and if I've gotta travel to my game, size and weight constraints dictate what props and pieces I'm gonna be able to use. Still, it looks cool and if I ever need tinted kind of foamy liquid, I think that really sells it for me!
I'm just gonna use Kool aid
That might work! Let me know how it turns out! Would definitely be cheaper than the ink one way or another!
@@StorycraftSociety Think maybe they mean drinkable Kool-Aid instead of the resin and dice... could be wrong, but...
You rolled a 20 with that idea, thanks!
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