The flames in the bowl held by the demon are a translucent acrylic and can be illuminated by the internal LED lights. The top of the head is removable so you can drop dice into it that will then roll out below.
Personally I don't make use of dice towers since they take up valuable table space. Why then did I buy this? This will be dungeon terrain for a set-piece battle. Will there be lizard men present for the PCs to fight? Yes. I expect they will put up a valiant resistance before succumbing to the mighty adventurers. I want to do the 1e PHB cover justice in play if at all possible. The Idol will then be relegated to decoration on my desk, overlooking my keyboard and the ever growing pile of rulebooks and supplements beside it. Oh, and it was on sale the day I ordered it.
The dice tower is the right size to sit on top of a circular Dwarven Forge room, just over 8" across. The opening at the bottom of the tower where dice would spill out will serve as an inviting portal to some mysterious space beneath the looming idol. It is my plan to use it just that way, lifting it off of the terrain below when the characters descend the stairs beyond the opening.
Here then for comparison are the dice tower and the book cover that inspired it.
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