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Crit Role Miniature Rollout: C3E31 Breaking Point

With Andrew Harshman

An archive and analysis of the minis used on CR.

This ep of Critical role features no miniatures to review. But in mini news, Wizkids has launched a new line focused on diverse character designs. Outstanding! #ineeddiversegames

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@ineeddiversegames blocked me for disagreeing with them about Ninja not wanting to stream with women and I think that basically sums up their problem in the first place.

As I’ve said before, this isn’t a matter of him saying “I NEED TO CUT TIES WITH ALL OF MY FEMALE FRIENDS BECAUSE I’M MARRIED NOW.” He doesn’t know these women.These are complete strangers. These are people he doesn’t know anything about or what their intentions are and I’m sure we ALL know that if he’s a Twitch/steaming personality that he probably has fans and fans can be crazy as hell when it comes to the people they obsess over. Couples make their own rules and if this is theirs, good for them. He’s literally hurting nobody, he’s not harassing women, he’s setting a boundary and you might have a problem with it but that’s on you, not him. His marriage comes first before your dumb video games.

But apparently disagreeing with women = misogyny now.

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Crit Role Miniature Rollout: C2E129

With Andrew Harshman

An archive and review of the minis used on CR.

Another tense fight in a long line of recent tense fights. Reviewing the combat footage I was struck by how upbeat everyone was at the sight of the wonderful map. And then how suddenly that mood changed. Very dramatic shift in tone and very dramatic episode in general.

Half damage is still damage, it’s time for Crit Role Miniature Rollout Campaign 2 Episode 129!

The List

Mats by Mars: Molten Crust Tabletop Wargaming Play Mat

Chest and Trove 5E Condition Rings

Dwarven Forge Hellscape 

Dwarven Forge Hellscape Magma River

Dwarven Forge Terrain Tray Multi-Pack (Rough Stone/Acid)

Dwarven Forge Zaltar’s Gameroom furniture accessories

Dwarven Forge Pathfinder Plaguestone - Alchemy Lab Accessories

Tiny Furniture Dark Magister Workplace

Dungeon Lair Tables and Chairs Accessory Set Chairs

Crown of Fangs Dressing: Rectangular Table

Mantic Games Terrain Crate: Wizards Study Bookcase

Steamforged Mighty Nein Miniatures

D&D Spell Effects: Halaster’s Tumultuous Templates

Arcknight 5E Wizard Spell Effects

Baldur’s Gate Descent Into Avernus #034 Sylvira Savikas

Crown of Fangs #008 Halfling Rogue 

Unknown Yeza miniature

Maze of Death - Fire Elemental Lord

Elemental Evil #028 Fire Elemental

The Terrain

I predicted Dwarven Forge Hellscape for episode 101. What a prediction, a mere 28 sessions off, lol. I’ll take a “within 1/5th of the campaign” margin of error. Well this episode we actually got some Hellscape lava Episode III action.

To summarize, this map is scatter terrain from Tiny Furniture, Mantic Games, Pathfinder Battles, Dwarven Forge, on various DF Hellscape sets, magnetized to metal DF Terrain Trays, all atop... you guessed it, A MATS BY MARS RPG MAT! Mats by Mars: Molten Crust to be exactly. And what a glamorously treacherous mat it is. Use my code: DNDEED0321 for 10% off your matsbymars.com order.

But back to the 3D elements of this Battle Matt battle map, Hellscape is an awesome Dwarven Forge set recently Kickstarted and current available in their webstore. All the pieces in the set mix and match together super seamlessly and also pair well with the older DF cave sets. It’s also a surprisingly useful set. Adventuring parties are constantly going to hellish, lava filled locations. And constantly falling into lava, I’ve lost two barbarians this way.

The Nonplayer Characters

Luc Brenatto Crown of Fangs #008 Halfling Rogue Mini image sourced from paizo.com Marion Lavorre Baldur’s Gate Descent Into Avernus #034 Sylvira Savikas Mini image sourced from minigallery.com Yeza Brenatto Unknown

Wow, “Halfling Rogue”, what a creative name. There are so many minis called “Halfling Rogue”. There are already several Halfing Rogue models that have been used in Campaign 2. Toya from Episode 1 and 3 is portrayed by another Halfling Rogue model for example. This specific Pathfinder Halfling Rogue was actually used as one of the circus crowd minis in the Campaign 2 premiere. It’s a fun model. Cool hat, cool muttonchops, even cool halfling foot muttonchops.

Regarding Yeza’s mini, I have no idea what model this is (it’s the one barely visible to the right of Marion). It’s very tough to see on the ol’ DF B-Cam. It’s a small size category base, probably a halfling or gnome. But really the size category hardly narrows it down, could be a svirfneblin or gerblin... or svirfgerblin for all I know. I browsed through a list of D&D and PF models with halfling/gnome in their name, and couldn’t really find anything that seemed to match. So, while I do not have a formal Yesa mini identification, I do have a formal Yesa mini recommendation: Kingmaker #014 Jubilost, Gnome Alchemist.

Jubilost, Gnome Alchemist image sourced from minigallery.com

I put together and ran an adventure entitled Attack on Felderwin for the summer of 2019 Seattle Critters One Shot Meetup. Here’s a copy paste of the adventure overview:

The Dynasty’s intelligence network has identified a target of extreme strategic importance. A war criminal and Dwendalian Empire collaborator known as the Vile Alchemist. Intel indicates that this individual (known locally as Yeza Brenatto) has partnered with imperial arcanists to develop a weapon that perverts the dunamantic power of the Luxon. This blasphemy shall not stand. As Krynn Dynasty Shadowhand operatives, it is up to you to locate, capture, and exfiltrate this target from his last known location in the imperial municipality of Felderwin. Good luck and light be with you!

It was great fun with a great group and featured a purple worm powered beachhead assault, the gravity well compression of an entire detachment of townguards, a duel with the Archmage of Antiquity herself, and a visit to the notorious Brenatto basement alchemy lab (including a sighting of the infamous chair). As you can see, Jubilost, Gnome Alchemist is the right scale, is a literal alchemist, has a beard, and is bespectacled. I’m not actually sure if Yeza has a full beard, but at the very least he has sideburns. A lot of fan art and cosplay features some facial hair. Now onto a miniature I do know the identity of.

This episode features the Ruby of the Sea portrayed by Baldur’s Gate Descent Into Avernus #034 Sylvira Savikas. Also a figure that was in a previous episode. It’s a good model which showed up in the Episode 89 fight club:

I own this model myself, I like it quite a bit. Crisp sculpt, tidy paint, overall delightful character design. Looking forward to the return of in-person gaming so I can shoehorn a well dressed tiefling NPC into a session. A very lucky random booster pull.

Guardian of the Sanctum Maze of Death - Fire Elemental Lord Mini image sourced from wizkids.com

The studio lighting really gave this figure a glow up, please pardon the pun. A rather righteous miniature with an unexciting factory paint job. This mini was originally bundled with an air elemental in a Pathfinder Battles Case Incentive set, this model is now also available as part of the unpainted Pathfinder line. The one on the show looks to be the prepainted version. It’s really awesome to see a powerful feminine elemental form. Fire elementals are generally beastial or man-ish looking. Hashtag I Need Diverse Games. And that extends to vaguely humanoid elementals as well. I’m here for this guardian elemental.

Guardian Triple Flame Form Elemental Evil #028 Fire Elemental Mini image sourced from minisgallery.com

This registers somewhere on the beast-like segment of the elemental scale. I’m not a huge fan of the Elemental Evil D&D Wizkids set, but they do deliver on some good elementals, as the set title would suggest. I love the swirling, erupting, gas cloud explosion sort of appearance this sculpt and paint creates. Mighty fine fire elemental.

Closing Thoughts and Predictions

Maybe I’ll get another shot at IDing Yeza. But that may be unlikely, as I predict that the Mighty Nein will be doubling their efforts to protect their family members. Hopefully Yeza, Luc, and Marion won’t fine themselves on a battle map any time soon. In terms of map and mini usage predictions, I’m really not sure. Maybe some snow maps? At the very least that would be a refreshing change of climate and temperature.

See ya next ep!

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