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<blockquote data-quote="ivocaliban" data-source="post: 3854108" data-attributes="member: 17596">Cost, limited use and the &quot;never-enough&quot; factor are the main issues for me regarding minis. When it comes down to either buying a new book or buying a handful of random miniatures (or paying more for individual minis via eBay or what have you) I always go with the books. I simply can't afford both. That Huge Red Dragon mini might be used once or twice in a year long campaign...and I can't really see paying $40+ for the thing on eBay when it has such a limited use. A book like the Draconomicon or Dragon Magic, however, offers a wide variety of &quot;dragon related&quot; things that you can add to your campaign. It's not a one trick pony like the mini...which essentially just sits there and looks pretty.Some people think minis bring the game to life. For me, they just limit one's imagination. Particularly because 9 times out of 10 there isn't a mini in the world that looks like my PCs or the NPC I want to introduce. Minis require that you own dozens, hundreds, thousands of them before you really feel like you've got everything covered....and then you still don't really have everything covered.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ivocaliban, post: 3854108, member: 17596"] Cost, limited use and the "never-enough" factor are the main issues for me regarding minis. When it comes down to either buying a new book or buying a handful of random miniatures (or paying more for individual minis via eBay or what have you) I always go with the books. I simply can't afford both. That Huge Red Dragon mini might be used once or twice in a year long campaign...and I can't really see paying $40+ for the thing on eBay when it has such a limited use. A book like the [I]Draconomicon[/I] or [I]Dragon Magic[/I], however, offers a wide variety of "dragon related" things that you can add to your campaign. It's not a one trick pony like the mini...which essentially just sits there and looks pretty. Some people think minis bring the game to life. For me, they just limit one's imagination. Particularly because 9 times out of 10 there isn't a mini in the world that looks like my PCs or the NPC I want to introduce. Minis require that you own dozens, hundreds, thousands of them before you really feel like you've got everything covered....and then you still don't really have everything covered. [/QUOTE]

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