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<blockquote data-quote="John Enfield" data-source="post: 7660881" data-attributes="member: 6790473"><p>One of my favorite things about role playing games, and <em>Dungeons and Dragons</em> in particular, is the miniature. While I have an active imagination, I'm also a very visual person. I enjoy having physical representations of characters in the game to place on maps during encounters, or sometimes, just to have on a shelf and admire. I also enjoy painting (or re-painting) minis and find it to be an important part of my RPG experience. There are a lot of minis that I really like, but I thought I'd narrow it down to the five that I like the very most.</p><p>[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]</p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px">[ATTACH]66812[/ATTACH] </p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 22px">5. Red Dragon <span style="font-size: 18px"></span></span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-size: 18px">What puts the second 'D' in D&D? Dragons! Of all the dragon minis, even the gargantuan ones, this one is my favorite. I like this guy because he's such an iconic creature that is synonymous with the game. He's also small enough to fit on most any grid map and in the totes I use to take minis to game days. I also love the pose he's in. Some gamers have dubbed it the "Hi kids!" pose, but I find it more interesting than the usual snarling, about to pounce pose that you see dragon minis in. He's great for quests that involve a good, ole fashioned raiding of a dragon's lair.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span> </span></span></span></span><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px">[ATTACH]66813[/ATTACH] <span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 22px">4. Beholder Ultimate Tyrant </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-size: 18px">When you want to bring out the big guns without covering half the map, he's your guy. Despite not being in the name, beholders are the quintessential D&D monster</span></span> <span style="font-size: 18px">and were even created by Gary Gygax rather than simply borrowed from pre-existing fantasy sources. I love them because of their amazing versatility. With so many eye stalks, they can have a whole host of attacks and abilities all in one creature. Most beholders are able to do a wide variety of types of ranged attacks that keep your intrepid heroes guessing. If they move in close, beholders also have those nasty teeth, especially the big bad purple guy here. On top of all of that, they can float and fly! Ultimate indeed. </span> </p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px">[ATTACH]66814[/ATTACH] <span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 22px">3. Cleric of Moradin <span style="font-size: 18px"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-size: 18px">One of my favorite characters to play is a cleric. One of my favorite deities in D&D is Moradin, so this is clearly a great mini for me to use in games. I like clerics because I'm a helpful and compassionate person by nature. In games, I enjoy being able to heal, encourage and otherwise 'buff' my fellow adventurers and allies. I'm also a fan of the way D&D presents dwarven culture, so I like Moradin the creative and usually benevolent god. The mini itself is also cool with the big shield and warhammer. </span></span> </p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px">[ATTACH]66815[/ATTACH] <span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 22px">2. Farmer<span style="font-size: 18px"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Yes, I love the farmer mini! Why this one you ask? Because he's such a cool looking one. He practically tells a story all by himself they way they have him holding a pig under his arm with a cleaver in his belt and that billhook in the other hand. You can just imagine what he's about to do after this moment in time he's frozen in. He's a handy NPC to have in almost any campaign too. Always need a farmer or peasant for heroes to query, get supplies or a temporary place to stay from etc. </span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-size: 18px"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-size: 18px"> </span></span>[ATTACH]66816[/ATTACH] <span style="font-size: 22px"></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 22px">1. Gelatinous Cube <span style="font-size: 18px"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="font-size: 18px">And numero uno, for me at least, is this bane of adventurers everywhere! This mini is cool being one of the few transparent ones they made. It's also become somewhat rare, making it as cool of a collectable as it is a gaming piece. Describing all the crazy things that happen when one of these bad boys gets ahold of a formerly brave adventurer is a lot of fun. The 'cube is a monster and a trap all rolled, or rather, squished, into one. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Enfield, post: 7660881, member: 6790473"] One of my favorite things about role playing games, and [I]Dungeons and Dragons[/I] in particular, is the miniature. While I have an active imagination, I'm also a very visual person. I enjoy having physical representations of characters in the game to place on maps during encounters, or sometimes, just to have on a shelf and admire. I also enjoy painting (or re-painting) minis and find it to be an important part of my RPG experience. There are a lot of minis that I really like, but I thought I'd narrow it down to the five that I like the very most. [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] [FONT=times new roman][SIZE=5][SIZE=4][SIZE=4] [CENTER][ATTACH=CONFIG]66812[/ATTACH] [SIZE=6]5. Red Dragon [SIZE=5] [/SIZE][/SIZE][/CENTER] [SIZE=6][SIZE=5] What puts the second 'D' in D&D? Dragons! Of all the dragon minis, even the gargantuan ones, this one is my favorite. I like this guy because he's such an iconic creature that is synonymous with the game. He's also small enough to fit on most any grid map and in the totes I use to take minis to game days. I also love the pose he's in. Some gamers have dubbed it the "Hi kids!" pose, but I find it more interesting than the usual snarling, about to pounce pose that you see dragon minis in. He's great for quests that involve a good, ole fashioned raiding of a dragon's lair.[/SIZE] [/SIZE] [/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT][CENTER][FONT=times new roman][SIZE=5][SIZE=4][SIZE=4][ATTACH=CONFIG]66813[/ATTACH] [SIZE=6] 4. Beholder Ultimate Tyrant [SIZE=5] [/SIZE] [/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [SIZE=6][SIZE=5]When you want to bring out the big guns without covering half the map, he's your guy. Despite not being in the name, beholders are the quintessential D&D monster[/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=5]and were even created by Gary Gygax rather than simply borrowed from pre-existing fantasy sources. I love them because of their amazing versatility. With so many eye stalks, they can have a whole host of attacks and abilities all in one creature. Most beholders are able to do a wide variety of types of ranged attacks that keep your intrepid heroes guessing. If they move in close, beholders also have those nasty teeth, especially the big bad purple guy here. On top of all of that, they can float and fly! Ultimate indeed. [/SIZE] [CENTER][FONT=times new roman][SIZE=5][SIZE=4][SIZE=4] [ATTACH=CONFIG]66814[/ATTACH] [SIZE=6] 3. Cleric of Moradin [SIZE=5] [/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [SIZE=6][SIZE=5]One of my favorite characters to play is a cleric. One of my favorite deities in D&D is Moradin, so this is clearly a great mini for me to use in games. I like clerics because I'm a helpful and compassionate person by nature. In games, I enjoy being able to heal, encourage and otherwise 'buff' my fellow adventurers and allies. I'm also a fan of the way D&D presents dwarven culture, so I like Moradin the creative and usually benevolent god. The mini itself is also cool with the big shield and warhammer. [/SIZE][/SIZE] [CENTER][FONT=times new roman][SIZE=5][SIZE=4][SIZE=4] [ATTACH=CONFIG]66815[/ATTACH] [SIZE=6] 2. Farmer[SIZE=5] [/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [SIZE=5]Yes, I love the farmer mini! Why this one you ask? Because he's such a cool looking one. He practically tells a story all by himself they way they have him holding a pig under his arm with a cleaver in his belt and that billhook in the other hand. You can just imagine what he's about to do after this moment in time he's frozen in. He's a handy NPC to have in almost any campaign too. Always need a farmer or peasant for heroes to query, get supplies or a temporary place to stay from etc. [/SIZE] [CENTER][FONT=times new roman][SIZE=5][SIZE=4][SIZE=4][SIZE=6][SIZE=5] [/SIZE][/SIZE][ATTACH=CONFIG]66816[/ATTACH] [SIZE=6] 1. Gelatinous Cube [SIZE=5] [/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [FONT=times new roman][SIZE=5][SIZE=4][SIZE=4][SIZE=6][SIZE=5]And numero uno, for me at least, is this bane of adventurers everywhere! This mini is cool being one of the few transparent ones they made. It's also become somewhat rare, making it as cool of a collectable as it is a gaming piece. Describing all the crazy things that happen when one of these bad boys gets ahold of a formerly brave adventurer is a lot of fun. The 'cube is a monster and a trap all rolled, or rather, squished, into one. [/SIZE][/SIZE] [/SIZE][/SIZE] [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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