D&D 5E Critical Role Miniatures Coming Soon

Fans of Critical Role will be excited to hear that WizKids will be bringing you a range of pre-painted miniatures based on the world of Exandria (which contains Tal'Dorei and Wildemount). They launch in hobby stores early this year, and include iconic monsters and player characters from the series, including a gargantuan Udaak.

 

[Dire Bare]

The PC figures... even the Blood Hunter could be from any campaign (as a Warlock).

Critical Role is a D&D property, if unofficially. All of WizKids D&D, Pathfinder, and now Critical Role miniatures SHOULD be fairly interchangeable . . . they are all D&D miniatures. This seems an odd criticism.

 

[SkidAce]

ive tried the WOTC crew and acquisitions Inc (Acquistions for the most part is a live show at cons and really doesn't take itself seriously .

The really good ones are at the beginning. Its quite a while before they start doing Con games.

 

[Bayushi_seikuro]

If you're paying $6+ for an iconic or really great PC mini, yeah, that isn't too bad. When half of the minis are meant to be townsfolk or backgroud figures.... not so much. A lot of the target audience for these minis already have equivalents for most of the humanoids, meaning that we're really going to get very little use out of them. If the set was filled with the Bright Queen, Avantika, Lucien, Artagan, Essek, Gustav, Vecna, The Briarwoods, etc... I'd have more enthusiasm. Not to mention it would have been good to see at least one member of Vox Machina or the Mighty Nein in each box... The monsters are uniquely Exandria. The PC figures... even the Blood Hunter could be from any campaign (as a Warlock).

I assume they don't have a member of the Nein or VM in the set because of the fact they have complete sets of each group - including Trinket - from Steamforged Games, I think it is. It's available on the website.

 

[Burnside]

But Joe is too busy making real money as a Hollywood actor/writer/producer to take a side venture into a live-streamed game.

 

[Burnside]

I think these will sell and potentially bring in more miniature sales for wizkids. I hope we get the player characters ( I wonder if they cant be made until a contract on the originals runs out?).

Critical role has the whole package
dm knows his stuff and is brilliant running NPCS, running interesting encounters

For the most part the players especially in campaign 2 know their stuff, truly invested in their characters, are all charismatic, work great together plus come up with great ways to use spells/etc

the production/set/directing is far superior to anything else out there. this weekly show is more entertaining than most tv

ive tried the WOTC crew and acquisitions Inc (Acquistions for the most part is a live show at cons and really doesn't take itself seriously .

I agree with all this except the "players know their stuff" part. Some of them are pretty shaky on rules.

Like if I played D&D professionally for six years and made six figures doing it, I'm pretty sure by now I'd know how sneak attack worked (Sam).

With Ashley, every combat round is almost like starting from scratch with a first-time player.

But all that really proves is that the rules are far from the most important element of a great D&D game.

 

[jgsugden]

Critical Role is a D&D property, if unofficially. All of WizKids D&D, Pathfinder, and now Critical Role miniatures SHOULD be fairly interchangeable . . . they are all D&D miniatures. This seems an odd criticism.

Paying a higher cost for Critical Role figures, which are not really iconically Critical Role, is not sensible. If I'm going to pay more for Critical Role humanoid figures, I want them to be evocatively representative of something uniquely Critical Role.

 

[MNblockhead]

If the creatures these minis represent are featured in the upcoming animated series they are putting out on Amazon Prime, Wiz Kids should do quite well with this line, regardless of the price.

 

[MNblockhead]

The PAX folks have a 4e book too. Sort of.

The Acq. Inc. book? That was 5e.

 

[darjr]

The Acq. Inc. book? That was 5e.

I meant the players strategy guide. Which was only the cover, but I did say sorta.

The cover is the only bit I ever saw. But now that I know there are also humorous cartoons within I kinda want it for that.

Player's Strategy Guide

The Player's Strategy Guide is a 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons strategy guide published in May 2010. The guide contains tips including building a player character, building an adventuring party, and working together as a party. It was noted for departing from the fantasy art style in other 4th...

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[Dire Bare]

Sorry, I wasn't clear. Joe has definitely been involved in various live-streamed games. But not on the scale of Critical Role, where the streamed game is a major focus of the participants time and energy. Manganiello isn't pulling a Mercer, so to speak. Perhaps I am splitting hairs . . . .