As my players progressed in the story of the HotDQ adventure, they met one of the cult’s leaders. Talis the White is a great NPC, being a priestress of Tiamat and wearing a white dragonscale armor. There’s a miniature from GaleForce9 for her I used.
In yet another repaint I used the Half-Elf Hexblade (Aberrations #33) miniature from WizKids to create a villain for my current D&D campaign. Balmorrer Borngrey leads the Cult of the Dragons attempts in the Mere of Dead Men.
cultists, D&D, HOTDQ, humans, repainting
Happy new year! Let’s start with a big fat troll: The Reaper Marsh Troll (77152). I got him from the Bones 2 Kickstarter and I was eager to use the miniature in my D&D game. Finally, I found the perfect use for him as Trepsin the Troll.
The Red Wizards of Thay are a group of powerful wizards from a far away land in the Forgotten Realms setting. I repainted old D&D miniatures (Blood of Vol Cultist #29 and Mordenkainen the Mage #26) to use as Red Wizards in my campaign.
In Hoard of the Dragon Queen, the Bullywugs are led by Pharblex Splattergoo, a Bullywug shaman. I found the perfect miniature for him: The Bullywug Mud Lord from WizKids Savage Encounters (#8/40). He just needed a crocodile head on top.
As my players traveled the Mere of Dead Men, they finally met the other residents of the marsh: Bullywugs, helping the evil cultists. So I repainted Bullywug Thugs (Deathknell #48) and a Bloodhulk Fighter (Deathknell #46) for the tribe.
An exotic monster in the mix can make a lizardfolk encounter really interesting. I still had an Angelfire Blackscale Lizardfolk (#32) miniature from back in the day – a perfect addition to the tribe as a repainted figure.
I finally finished my redesign of Skyreach Castle for the Hoard of the Dragon Queen. You can find the battlemaps of all castle floors and the ice caverns and a legend as free downloads right here! I also added a description and legend of all the rooms.
My players finally arrived at the Mere of the Dead Men, a cold saltwater marsh. The swamp is the site of an old kingdom which was overrun by an orc horde, and many souls still linger in this place. Naturally, we were in need of undead miniatures!
Two weeks ago during a summer BBQ, my D&D group and I toyed with the idea of using a projector for our sessions after seeing an awesome video on youtube. In our last D&D session, we made it happen and went fully digital.