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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ant" data-source="post: 2912922" data-attributes="member: 17627">I love collecting the WotC D&D minis but often curse my luck as I seem to pull multiples of certain minis that I figure I'll never use.One of these is the Skeletal Equiceph from the Underdark set.  I disliked it yet I seemed to get one in every second booster.  I'd mutter and spit and throw it into the "Undead" container where I figured it would stay buried.Then last session the party ended up in the Nightmare Realms (thank you, Heroes of Horror) where they were beset upon by giant spiders and drow, one of which was a cleric.  I needed some undead minions for the cleric and, on a whim, decided that the Skeletal Equiceph was perfect for enhancing the creepy atmosphere of the Nightmare Realms.The result was ... delicious ...The players panicked as these terrifying, horse-skulled, undead creatures wielding massive great axes strode out of the mist towards them.  The main fighter fell to a critical due to her failing her massive damage save.  The second fighter beat a hasty retreat.  Then the mage was dropped in a single blow.It was beautiful and now I see my undead horsies in a new light.So, has anyone else found cool ways to use minis that they've initially shunned?</blockquote>