So...this is the new Ettercap?:(

[PieAndDragon]

There's a WARHORSE mini?!?

Explain how the that's supposed to be worth the money.

Either I'm ON the warhorse, which, using other WOTC minis, is impossible to arrange without glue. Or I'm not on the horse, and I can use a square of paper for the horse.

What a waste of plastic.

I'll get more use out of the warhorse minis than I will any other in my collection ! I've waited ages for exactly this mini, having made heavy use of my lone unicorn and various mounted on horse minis in the past.

Like the look of the set, especially the dwarf maulfighter, cleric of Bahamut, thundertusk boar, blood of Vol fanatic, flamesnake, ogre brute and yuan-ti malison.

Gonna buy me a case tomorrow.

 

[Zaukrie]

The ragedrake will also be a mount, though I think only Orcs can mount it in the DDM skirmish game.

There won't be a depression in the plastic for placing other minis there. Just too expensive to have different kinds of bases, and it would weaken the base.

 

[pawsplay]

The new ogre I will give a solid B+ to. It actually looks pretty fierce.

 

[Klaus]

The Heavy Pick is Bahamut's favored weapon. I'm not entirely certain why, but I think it's because it resembles a dragon's tooth.

Yes, it does.

Every draconic deity that lists "bite" as a favored weapon offers "pick" for nondraconic followers. If the deity lists "claw" as a favored weapon, the alternative is "scimitar".

I wonder if "tail" becomes "flail" and "wing" becomes "shield bash".

 

[pawsplay]

Yes, it does.

Every draconic deity that lists "bite" as a favored weapon offers "pick" for nondraconic followers. If the deity lists "claw" as a favored weapon, the alternative is "scimitar".

I wonder if "tail" becomes "flail" and "wing" becomes "shield bash".

I don't see the logic of either. A pick is a swung weapon; a dagger is more like a bite. And scimitars slash, not shred.

 

[Klaus]

I don't see the logic of either. A pick is a swung weapon; a dagger is more like a bite. And scimitars slash, not shred.

Piercing vs. Slashing, I guess.

 

[Najo]

Anyone else think that the names of the monsters is very Magic the Gathering like? Every monster either has a descriptor added to it, a proper name or it is given a replacement name that "fantas-izes" it. It feels different from previous editions. Not saying that is bad, just an observation on a subtle difference from 3.5's "feel."

 

[Felon]

Visejaw crocodile? Distinct from a normal crocodile in what way? red scales?

I just figured the new presentation of dire animals would be to give them some "kewl" compound noun name instead of just appending the word "dire" in front of them all.

 

[pawsplay]

I just figured the new presentation of dire animals would be to give them some "kewl" compound noun name instead of just appending the word "dire" in front of them all.

It probably also occurred to them that compound names are trademarkable in a way mythological creatures are not.

 

[Felon]

I dunno, maybe I'm weird (hush!), but I don't mind the new figures at all. I think the ogre's pretty beefy and huge looking.

I don't mind'em myself either. In fact, I just bought a complete set on eBay.

Not sure what the problem with the ettercap is. What, it was somehow better as a portly defenseless little creature that looked pitiful rather than vile?