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A Dire Bear is what you get when you really want to kill someone. They're good at killing, Dire Bears are. Good at a lot of things. But are they good at COMPUTERS? No! The bear revolution may never start now.
Why is this picture so dark? Because these guys live in the realm of darkness, that's why!
Death Titans are the monstrous rulers of the Death Giants, and lord over much of the dark Shadowfell plane. Not only are they vicious, but they gain power by absorbing souls, which swirl around them like an aura. For perspective sake, the small guys in t his photo are about fifteen feet tall.
This mini makes good tidal wave terrain. It's so-so on water because of its big black base, though it can be pried off with ease. Also, it's got a face. Water with a face!
Anybody wanna tell me how you can kill a water elemental by hitting it with a sword?
Not only is the Ankheg one of D&D's most classic monsters, it's also an original creation! A kind of underground bug, Ankhegs can tunnel through the earth with ease, and spit acid on their victims.
I could spend all day explaining why the ghost's face is split or why it isn't the same as the split-faced Yokai (real Japanese ghost!), or I could just say that this is the same Wraith mini I creatively lit for the volcano ghost picture.
Somewhere between lesser demon and mid-level demon, Vrocks are fairly powerful and smart, but also willing to serve as beasts of burden for stronger allies. Aside from normal vulture powers (you know, magic spells, hellfire, devouring human flesh), they can also spread poisonous spores, and if there are five or more they can join in a circle for a dance-like ritual that just SLAUGHTERS people.
Sorry about the chipped paint on its beak - I got about three or four from this set, and they ALL ended up scuffing their beak paint before long. It's because of how much it sticks out. Easy to fix, though, if I ever take the time to do it.
Strange, semi-mechanical toadlike beasts, Hezrou are powerful demonic brutes. Not only are they strong enough to demolisha building, but their stench is an offensive weapon that can fell armies!
The hounds of Hell really aren't your typical little fluffy poodles.
Or anything. Honestly. Do YOU wanna pet the doggy?
Creatures of lava and flame, Magma Hurlers dwell within their own element, only surfacing to attack intruders. To do that, they vomit magma and throw it, easily burning away even the strongest of enemies.
Compare this lava monster with the Magma Hurler wayyyyyy back at the beginning of my photostream. Two totally different textures! Though it matters not, I like lava creatures all the same. Rockfire Dreadnoughts combine fire and earth just right to be semi-solid hulks of magma, and quite dangerous in or out of their natural habitat.
Nearly formless, Shadow Demons melt into the darkness to do their evil deeds.
Very obscure (ha ha!) among demonkind, Shadow Demons are nonetheless feared for their ability to strike terror into the hearts of men.
Of course, you can't expect Rakshasa to be without variants - EVERYTHING in D&D has a variant! So, you take a Rakshasa and give him a sword, and he's a new sub-species! The Zakya are martial and fairly less-magical than their regular brethren, serving as soldiers underneath more powerful Rakshasa barons.
A chief among his people, the Troll Champion is massive, powerful, and bigger than his brethren. Even with fire and acid, this brute will give your party a huge challenge.
They say people look like their pets...
...Okay, that's the punchline. These are actually Pathfinder miniatures, but Pathfinder is the Mexican Bootleg DVD of Dungeons & Dragons, so it's all right.
Animating skeletons is something of an art form to necromancers - not just animating them, but making specialized creations. Sometimes they have four arms, or are on fire, or can operate heavy machinery. Skeleton Champions are designed to fight like experts, and are easily a match for many living, breathing enemies.
Despite being similarly-armed, these guys are higher up on the totem pole than orc drudges - maulers are nasty business!
Also known as Malebranche, War Devils are kind of a variant of the chain-wielding Horned Devils (Cornugon). This was an odd early division that has persisted from edition to edition, rendering them essentially the same except for weapon.
But hey, are you gonna argue with a spear in your gut?
Similar to the aquatic Scrags (water trolls), Ice Trolls are most at home in their frozen environment, and actually need the cold to regenerate. But when they're around snow and ice, watch out!
Some of the odder earth-elemental creatures, Xorns are strange tripod beings that tunnel through and deviour stone as easily as we swim in and drink water. They especially like precious metals and gemstones, and are not above using SPOILED PUPPY tactics to rob you.
Yes, a Xorn will look cute until you get near, and then eat your wedding ring. The scoundrel!
Some 4th Edition changes are good, some are bad. I LOVE the Cyclops change! They were originally just one-eyed giants, but now...
Cyclopes are the servants of the Fomorians, titanic and insane evil-eyed giants who rule the Feywild with an iron fist. Cyclopes act as their henchmen and smiths, creating weapons and armor for their overlords. Also, they can put the Evil Eye on you and smash you to jelly.
I have to give it to them for creativity. Spider webs are a great resource, so why not make a living construct out of them? The web golem is titanic, sticky, and durable, but also crawling with small spiders, ready to drop them on intruders.
Animated statues, stone golems, walking statues... hey, they're all the same thing, right? No matter how ancient, how crumbling these constructed guardians seem to be, they will still fulfill their duties, no matter when.
Thief! THIEEEEEEEF!
Ethereal Filchers like shiny things, especially if they are held by heroic adventurers. And they can also teleport in and out of the etereal plane.
So yes, the ONLY reason for these guys to exist is to rob the players blind and then disappear into the aether, never to be seen again. They're almost as awful as rust monsters in their own way.
We never got a non-undead Equiceph miniature.
An Equiceph is a horse-man hybrid, only the reverse of a centaur - he's got a horse's head with a man's body! So, we got a mini for an undead one, but never ever saw the living one. Odd, isn't it?
Though they are fairly low on the infernal food chain, Vrocks, otherwise known as "Wrath Demons," are powerful soldiers, enforcers, and even steeds for other demons. They may look like vultures, but they have quite a few surprises - intelligence, magic, and even poisonous spores underneath their feathers!
Sometimes the road to legitimacy is a long and weird one. kruthiks were a metal spider-lizard monster invented in the "Miniatures Handbook" (which wasn't really about miniatures) for Dungeons & Dragons. The smallest kruthik hatchling showed up as a mini, and then... well, nothing. but SOMEBODY liked them, and they gained enough traction to become a basic monster in 4th Edition, and gain minis for all their other sizes in later sets. Hilariously, the second version of the hatchling looks nothing like the others, even though it came out with them, whereas the original hatchling matches up with its later brethren.
Kruthiks are swarm-based monsters that behave exactly the way they look. The worst thing about thewm is that standing near one ensures you will always take damage every round until the Kruthik is dead.
It isn't really yawning, it's preparing to suck out your soul.
Similar theme to the Cyclopean Spirit and Ghost, different source figure!
It's SLAAD TIME! Two a day till I handle all of them (I already got that void slaad).
Slaad Spawn are baby slaads...slaadi...whatever. Well, they're past the tadpole stage, but look at 'im! Isn't he cute with his little arms? He just wants a hug (right after it tears through somebody's chest)!
you may think you are seeing four Berbalangs, but you're really seeing only one! Berbalangs are strange gargoyle-creatures. In older editions, the real Berbalang hibernated under ground and sent astral projections of itself around. In recent editions, a Berbalang is capable of splitting itself into four copies, each with 1/4 of the original's health. This makes them extremely irritating to deal with.
Also, the original non-D&D source is a Malaysian cannibal ghoul vampire. Nice!
The Runelord of Greed, karzoug ruled the Thassilonian realm in the far, far past. Now, I haven't REAd Rise of the Runelords, but if I understand correctly...
...He will return. And things will go BADLY.
(By the way, that face is hilariously awful!)
Why is it considered an insane, otherworldly aberration when it's just like a big crawdad? Chuuls are... well, that. Big crustaceans. Cool. Considered aberrations. Probably served as gourmet cuisine.
Elder Nightwalker, Nightwalker, and Bodak, all at once! It almost looks like they posed for it, too...
As Slaad Bosses, Death Slaads are fierce, man. They're smart, they wear clotyhes, and despite all their crazy magic power, they like cutting people in half with their weapons. Yeah, when you see one of these guys, you're pretty much in trouble.
Another classic D&D monster, the Owlbear comes from the same line of thinking as the Octupusbat, Dogshark, and the Ducksnake! I may have made those up.
SUPPOSEDLY, Owlbears came from a little plastic dinosaur the same as some other monsters, but I have not seen the source toy. Still... still, these guys are kind of cool and omnipresent in the mythos. There are three OWblear minis - the first, which looks like a sloth with a beak; this one, which looks like a gorilla with a beak; and the third, which actually looks like a bear. This one has the best overall sculpt and paint, though.
And yes, officially, Owlbears were created by a mad scientist wizard. They ate him and ran into the wild to breed. And now theya re everywhere. Like rabbits in Australia.
Technically, minotaurs have been playable throughout Dungeons & Dragons, just with a few extra rules. In 4th edition, they made the smaller medium-sized minotaurs into regular player characters! So hey, I'm all for more monsters!
Customizing is pretty easy. Just create a 320x240 image, rotate it clockwise and save it as a BMP. Then rename it "splash.bmp" and copy it to your TomTom ONE.
The great thing about Ropers isn't just how easy it is to mistake them for stalagmites, it's how they are smart enough to know this.
Most devils are... I don't know, intimidating. Lemures are the lowest of the low, barely-processed souls turned into nearly-brainless evil sludge. Sometimes stronger devils are turned into Lemures as punishment, because wow.
'Course, one of them could still wreak havoc among normal humans, but nobody ever thinks about thar!