Truly random. There are 20ish colors in the set and you get 15. I seemed to get all the pinks and purples and less of the greens blues and oranges. Little disappointing there as I was hoping for more of a even assortment, but that is the luck of the draw, which is fitting for a dice set. I didn't notice any paint missing from the numbers, and in fact, the engraving and painting looked fairly good. These aren't "b stock" or "seconds". The weight is however slightly lighter than the old dice I was replacing, likely as these are some form of poly/resin and not marble, but you really can't expect that for this price. Overall this is a very inexpensive way to fill out a gaming or d&d set with some decent dice, just expect at least a few colors or finishes you won't like and a little lighter feel.

I purchased WizDice : Series II : Alchemic Oddities (100+ Pack of Random Polyhedral Dice), for my RPG group. A lot of people kept telling me that the grab-bag-bulk sales out there tend to be "seconds", but I still wanted to give WizDice a chance to shine.

Let me start by saying that the pictures don't do them justice. These dice are BEAUTIFUL in person. I dare say that they are some of the prettiest dice I've ever seen. The colors remind me of gemstones and candy, and the marbled ones remind me of fancy enameled mother-of-pearl. I posted two pictures: one showing the sets I received and another which is a close up of just the D6s, so you can see the details on the dice better. They have smooth edges and are lighter then Chessex dice, but not too light. I find them very comfortable to hold and use.

The sets we received in our pack were:
Faerie Fire, Basilisk Blood, Jade Oil, Mountainheart, Boiled Bile, Arcane Aura, Abyssal Mist, Swamp Ooze, Lucid Dreams, Stardust, Royal Bubblegum, Astral Echoes, Philosopher's Stone, Kings Ransom, and Cloud Drop.

As I laid them out across my gaming map to take the pictures, I started to fall in love with them. My favorite sets of the bunch were definitely Basilisk Blood and Stardust. Jade Oil, Mountainheart, and Cloud Drop are lovely, too.

As I started to inspect them, I noticed that the vast majority of the dice we received had well done and easy to read paint jobs and didn't have any obvious deformations. I only found 12 dice (out of 105) that had any kind of paint errors (such as a small smear, tiny blop, and/or a badly done number). Encouraged by how great they looked and felt, I decided to go all out and give these little beauties the full gauntlet of tests.

I started with a light test on the translucent dice, to spot bubbles. I found that, out of the translucent dice I received, 16 had 1-2 tiny to tiny-to-small visible bubbles, an one of the d-4s had a cluster of over 8+ small bubbles in it's center. (It was actually kind of pretty, and surprisingly it didn't seem to effect it's roll by that much.)

Then, I did the the saltwater/floating roll tests. Out of 105 dice tested, 55 failed the saltwater test and 50 of the dice passed. The vast majority of fails were in the marbled /more opaque looking ones, including my beloved Basilisk Blood and Stardust. . . I was heartbroken . . . But, I wouldn't give up without a fight, so I continued testing them to pinpoint the problems and degree of impacts on actual rolls.

So, next up was doing the roll tests on the 55 that failed the saltwater tests. Each dice was rolled 20 times in two tiers of testing to see if any numbers or sides of the dice came up suspiciously more often then others. For those doing the math, as I know you are : that was 2,200 rolls I had to do. The results were that 34 of the 55 dice turned out to be 'a little wonky' in that they slightly favored one or two numbers or one side/corner of the dice. I can possibly use them for other games, but not for any serious D&D style campaigns. Unfortunately, I also found that 21 of the dice were so unbalanced as to be completely unusable.

The findings on the 21 unusable dice were as follows:

7 d-12s : favored -11, 11, 11, 11, 8, 9, 3
3 D-20s : favored 11 , 11 ,11
6 D-10s: favored "“ 7,3,8,5,9,4
1 D00s: favored - 00
4 D-6s : favored "“ 1, 4, 4, 1

I hope this data is helpful.

In spite of how it turned out, I still love WizDice dice and think they are beautiful, but I would like to know if there is a way to send back the defective unusable dice for replacements or possibly get a refund for the defective ones?

Not much more I could ask for out of a pack like this. The price is definitely worth it, and out of 105 dice, there was only one with any issue (using the salt/water solution to roll). Can't really complain about that either.

There were 15 sets of 7. They all look good and I had a great time rolling them. I play D&D and the group I DM for is 7 Players strong, so it's nice to have extra where it's needed, and I also like using separate sets for different things in encounters and fights, so this was a great go-to.

Honestly, I was way more pleased with this than my last chessex order, and I think I'll be buying the Wiz Dice from now on!

First off, I rationalize this buy with "it's great for the price". Almost immediately after, I remember one can only use so many dice at a time. This pack offer options, but I found there were problems with sets I had my heart set on. There are bubbles (not that big of a deal), holes, and weight issues while doing float tests. These may may prove to be minor/coincidental issues that may not hinder the rolls, but the only way to be sure is to roll each dice hundreds of times.
Other than that, the dice are really lightweight and they bounce quite a bit on hard surfaces. Colors are fine and only one set of dice didn't seem to fit the example shown on the chart.
I'd recommend these to give to young, first time players or to use for jewelry/decoration.

First off, I rationalize this buy with "it's great for the price". Almost immediately after, I remember one can only use so many dice at a time. This pack offer options, but I found there were problems with sets I had my heart set on. There are bubbles (not that big of a deal), holes, and weight issues while doing float tests. These may may prove to be minor/coincidental issues that may not hinder the rolls, but the only way to be sure is to roll each dice hundreds of times.
Other than that, the dice are really lightweight and they bounce quite a bit on hard surfaces. Colors are fine and only one set of dice didn't seem to fit the example shown on the chart.
I'd recommend these to give to young, first time players or to use for jewelry/decoration.