Against the Giants Preview 1

[Sammael]

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mi/20080508a

(I'll repost what I wrote on Hordelings)

So far, so good! Thank goodness the Earth Titan isn't wielding a weapon - this way, he is a perfect Huge Earth Elemental proxy. I'll take five.

Dwarf Warsword (another stupid 4esque name) is also very nice, filling in (as Peter aptly points out) a number of missing dwarf niches. I'll take six.

 

[drjones]

Thanks for the heads up, they both look pretty good to me.

 

[Kunimatyu]

I like 'em, but this set better have an Aboleth.

 

[Holy Bovine]

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mi/20080508a

(I'll repost what I wrote on Hordelings)

So far, so good! Thank goodness the Earth Titan isn't wielding a weapon - this way, he is a perfect Huge Earth Elemental proxy. I'll take five.

Dwarf Warsword is also very nice, filling in (as Peter aptly points out) a number of missing dwarf niches. I'll take six.

Any word on rarity? I agree with you on both points btw - these are pretty nice looking figures (which means they'll be rare )

 

[FATDRAGONGAMES]

Pretty nice. Thanks for posting!

 

[Zaukrie]

Love that Titan. The dwarf looks too much like the dwarf mercenary for me, but it's ok.

 

[ThirdWizard]

Ooh... new and shiny!

these are pretty nice looking figures (which means they'll be rare )

They're uncommon.

Against the Giants will be our third foray into Huge miniatures. For this set, we've once again reexamined how figures are distributed across the rarities. As in War of the Dragon Queen, there are six uncommon Huge figures and six rare Huge figures, with a rare Huge being found on average in one out of three boosters. We've changed how the other figures are distributed, too. In addition to the 12 Huge figures in the set, there are 18 rares, 21 uncommons, and 9 commons. In a single booster, you'll find one Huge figure (uncommon or rare), one non-Huge rare, three uncommons, and three commons.

As you might expect, Against the Giants contains a few giants and titans, all found in the 4th Edition Monster Manual. Previews of 4th Edition have mentioned the relationship between giants and titans, so for our first preview, you get to see two uncommon creatures linked to the ground beneath their feet.

 

[frankthedm]

Love the figs.

HATE the fact huge rares will still be chase figures, rarer than a non huge rare.

 

[Nahat Anoj]

I hope there's a dragonborn mini in this set.

 

[Mengu]

Love the figs.

HATE the fact huge rares will still be chase figures, rarer than a non huge rare.

Why? They seem equally rare. If you get a case you get 3/6 Huge rares, and 6/12 non-huge rares. 50%, just like the regular sets where you get a case, you get 12/24 rares.