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Welcome back to the Gallant Goblin!
I'm Theo and today we have for you a preview brick
of the Volo's and Mordenkainen's Foes set
of prepainted miniatures from WizKids.
This set is scheduled to come out in December of 2019,
but WizKids was kind enough to
send us an early preview brick
to give you all a little sneak peek of what's to come.
It, of course, supports these two books: Volo's Guide
to Monsters and Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes.
Now I have not sat down and read these cover to
cover just yet, as I should and as you probably should,
so a lot of these creatures I
won't know the lore for just yet.
I haven't actually previewed for
myself what's in this set either,
and I haven't even looked at the sides of the
boxes so this is all going to be a surprise for me.
But we will cover the full lore of each
creature when we do our full set video
coming up as soon as we get our
full case sometime in December.
But let's go ahead and start opening
them up and see what we have inside.
All right, this set is going to feature large creatures
at maximum; there's no huge creatures in this set.
So just something to keep in mind.
Our first one here is a barghest.
All right, now if my memory serves, the barghest is
a creature that, I believe, is a foe of the goblinoids,
particularly goblins, but I don't remember
too much more beyond that.
But looks like a creepy foe
with sharp fangs and sharp claws.
So that's really interesting.
Next we have...
All right, a little fella.
It's a meenlock.
I don't know anything about this little alien-looking figure.
I have to imagine that he's either a
planar entity or an Underdark creature,
but I'll do my research and find out.
Little antennae on his head.
I have no idea.
Let's see what else we have in this one.
Oh this one almost looks like a little necromancer.
This is a shadow dancer.
I think this is a Shadowfell creature.
He's got little spiked chains hanging from his arms.
They almost look like they're little skeleton arms that are
clinging onto him, but I think they're meant to be chains.
Yeah, his face looks quite good as well
with little eyebrows and eyes.
Not bad, not bad at all.
All right.
Our next one here is, oh interesting,
an orc claw of Luthic.
If my memory serves, this is a female orc
who is tasked with defending the village,
the goblin [orc] camp or village
when the hunters have left
to go on whatever scavenging
missions they need to go on
and she's left behind to defend herself.
Doesn't seem to be armed with any particular weapons
but she has a little bone necklace around her neck
and sharp claws.
So yeah, that's very nice.
OK.
All right.
First we have a trapper.
Let's see.
Oh gosh, I have no idea!
It looks just like a Dwarven Forge floor
that is peeling up to capture somebody.
That is—I have not read about
this at all, but that is a lot of fun.
It looks like one of those animated rugs that you
can trick your players into getting trapped by
when they're looking for trap doors.
So I really like this one, that's really super cool.
Next we have—oh these are wrapped up tight.
What the heck, this one is?...
Oh, a summer eladrin
and this one is super bent on mine.
So when they arrive to you like this, all you
need to do is put them under hot water,
tap water is fine, very hot, just hold it there for a
little while until it becomes a little bit more flexible,
bend it back into shape and then dunk it into ice water.
So I'll do that before we put
it up here on the roundabout,
but you can see maybe the difference
here, how it arrived and how it left.
But these are an elf subrace that can
change their appearance and their abilities
depending on the season and depending
on their state of mind at the time.
So that's very interesting.
I featured one in my adventure that I wrote, "I Am
Your World," which you can find on DMs Guild.
Next we have...
A maurezhi.
I might be mispronouncing that.
Oh interesting, I have no idea about this one either.
Looks like an undead or Underdark
creature with bloody claws.
Almost elven ears.
I'm interested to read the lore about this one,
but I really don't know anything about it.
And let's see, need to check if any of these are rares.
Yeah, I think our summer eladrin
here is a rare, is number 37.
So that's one of our three rares
we should get in this brick.
And our last one here in this box...
is another little creature.
It is a choker.
Number twelve, nice long, little arms.
Slimy, glossy body.
Little tentacle fingers.
I really like the glossy texture on this one
that makes it look really slimy and gross.
So a very nice little choker there.
All right, let's see what's next.
Box 3.
We have a boneclaw!
Let's see.
Oh wow.
I feel like I have seen this one somewhere, maybe this is
one of the promotional art ones I wasn't able to avoid.
Wow, with the giant bony clawed arms
and the wrappings around its waist
that are moving in the wind, almost,
And the bloody jaw and eyes and you can see
the muscles in the forearms and in the bicep area
That's super creepy.
Boneclaw.
Okay, that's our large for this one.
Next we have...
We have a chitine.
Chitine? I might be mispronouncing that one as well.
Four arms, little daggers, I'm
not familiar with this one either.
Wild hair.
I really don't know about this one either.
This is a common figure, #4.
It's a really neat looking fella.
It might have six eyes, as far as I can tell there.
This is going to be a fun set to research, I think.
They really made some creative
choices in these two books.
Ooooh.
This is bodak.
This is #1, very common.
He's got the face from the movie Scream, really.
And
really nicely sculpted with—you can see the spine
coming across through the rags draped over his back.
And super creepy.
This is a great set for Halloween.
And our last one here.
#24, shadow mastiff.
Mastiff? [pronunciation] I think it's mastiff.
And probably another Shadowfell creature.
You can see the little tendrils coming off his back.
Very canine face with the teeth coming out.
Yeah, that's really interesting too.
All right.
Oh we have a runner.
Our runner is the ogre battering ram.
I feel like they don't make a lot of ogre minis.
Maybe you can correct me—a lot of you
are experts in the comments areas below,
but I don't feel like I have a lot of ogre minis.
So I'm always appreciative of getting
more, and this one's super cool.
The sort of metallic reflections on the end of
the battering ram, the nice bone necklace,
fur coming off of his little gloves,
the wraps around his feet.
I like all the little details.
These paint jobs, to my eye,
are getting better and better.
And this is a super neat one.
All right, that's our ogre.
Next.
What is this?
Oh yes, this is our tortle! Our tortle druid.
We are finally getting some tortle minis.
We recently reviewed a Critical Role mini,
that you can click in the corner of your screen,
the little tortle character from Critical Role.
But this is our little nice druid that looks quite different
from the Orly miniature that we got [from Critical Role].
Less armor, wearing just a belt rather than a full outfit.
Yeah, this is really neat.
Do many of you like to play tortle characters
when you are playing Dungeons & Dragons?
Is it a popular race?
I've never had a player choose
to play a tortle so I don't know.
Let's see what we have next.
This little fella...
Oh, yeah.
No, it's a korred.
It looks—oh no, I'm not really familiar with this.
It looks like, I'm forgetting the names of them now, but
sort of the Underdark versions of maybe like a gnome
or a halfling or something, I'm not really sure.
But this looks like another common creature.
We'll probably get a few of—got a whip in his hand.
Little wild mustache and beard.
So I'll get some more information
on him but that looks really neat.
And our last one in this box
is
Oh
Ooh.
Another common, an iron cobra.
Definitely looks like a cobra
guarding a little chest, I believe.
Very small little chest.
Nicely painted too with little gold accents on it.
All right, that's our iron cobra.
Okay, halfway done.
Oh this is a heavy one.
Always go for the heavy ones.
Oh, heavy for a reason.
We have a venom troll.
Much more robust than your typical troll.
Again, sort of reminds me of Mr. Creosote
from "Meaning of Life."
Got his little loin cloth.
And belly and little troll boils
coming over his whole body.
Nicely detailed—like gums and teeth and eyes.
That's really some of the best
mouth work I've seen on a mini.
Really cool.
#30.
Also in this box...
We have another tortle.
This is #6.
This one does not have the spell effect.
And so this one you could use for
maybe if you're playing a tortle monk,
or really this could be just about any
kind of character that you want it to be.
Armed with a spear.
So yeah, you have a lots of options for this little tortle.
That's good.
If you're not going to have a lot of minis of a particular
race it's nice to make them generic enough
that you can use them for anything.
Next we have...
A wood woad.
Another common figure.
I'm not familiar with this one
either—probably a fey creature.
Armed with looks like a shield and a club
that's sprouting from its own body
if I'm not mistaken.
Wood texture, the brown going to the green.
Little beady eyes coming out from the shadows.
That's a really interesting creature.
And our last one in this box.
It's rather large from a medium size creature.
Let's see.
Not a rare though but oh wow.
This is really cool.
This is a gnoll pack leader.
We have plenty of gnolls—not a
lot of ogres but plenty of gnolls.
But this is the nicest dressed and
armored gnoll that I've seen.
Metallic chain mail.
Axe that needs just a little bit of straightening out.
Nice shadowing, this really looks cool.
Super happy with this gnoll.
Again with the teeth looking nice.
All right, so far it's a really interesting set!
Let's try our next box.
I think we've only gotten one rare so far?
Maybe I missed it.
Well let's see if we can figure it out.
Okay.
Our first one here is the death kiss.
That definitely looks like a beholder related
creature with the single eye and the tendrils.
That end in little suckers.
Really, the paint scheme, the fleshy tendrils
that end in the red suckers, is super creepy.
Single eyeball.
Yeah is is #41 so this may be a rare as well.
Probably is a rare, looks very cool.
Next
is...
ah, our first real repeat, the bodak.
#1 so I'm not surprised that we get a couple of them but
again, that's one of the nicest #1s that we've gotten.
Usually the #1 creature is a
fairly small, insignificant thing.
And then we have another korred here, #11.
With his little whip—this whip is positioned a
little bit differently on him based on being bent.
And finally we have another shadow mastiff.
So a couple of repeats in this
one but that's to be expected.
Let's go ahead and take a look at our next box.
This one's a little heavy as well.
All right, here we have a banderhobb.
Oh gosh.
I swear this set has got some of
the creepiest things I've ever seen.
I don't even know where to start.
Covered in boils, almost started
off as a frog but not really.
The teeth again, the squinty eyes.
The way it's painted, you can
really see the texture on the skin.
This is so disgusting.
I can't wait to play with it on the table.
I have no idea.
I'm very curious to learn about this creature as well.
This is why I need to sit down
and read all my source books.
I just need to find a little time to do that.
Next we have a, oh, this is a gnoll I think.
Let me get it out of the plastic.
Yeah, a gnoll, #3.
Very similar to our war chief.
Just does not have the helmet, the bone helmet
and it's wielding a bow instead of an axe.
But otherwise has the same outfit, the same
coloring, and the same armor, as far as I can tell.
The... yeah, no, otherwise it looks to be pretty similar.
But hey, I'm not going to complain
because this is a really nice gnoll figure.
This is one of the most nicely
armored gnolls I've seen too.
Feel like they don't normally come wearing
heavy armor if I remember correctly.
Ooh.
This is a choldrith.
All right.
This is a spider creature wielding a dagger
which is not something you'd want to find when
you're wandering around your house at night.
And six eyes again.
Humanoid hands.
That's also really disgusting.
All right.
Definite creepy theme in this set.
All right.
And finally in this box, if I can get them to stand up right,
we have a little creature.
We have a...
a derro.
There's your little Underdark creature.
With an interesting weapon,
I'm not exactly sure what it is.
I know that they—it's like a roped, hooked staff,
but I don't completely recall what they call it.
But that's nice, we've got one or two
derro creatures in previous sets
that we can compare him against
when we do our full video.
All right, we have one last box, I
think we're still missing one rare.
Unless I missed it somewhere.
All right, it's not the large in this one.
This is a... oh gosh, they're really challenging
my ability to pronounce words.
Leucrotta.
Which is...
I don't even know how to describe
this—another dog-like creature.
Looks very malnourished, possibly.
I don't know what to say.
It looks quite similar, a little bit, to our
barghest over here with the ridged back.
But I don't think they're related.
But yeah, interesting creature.
No idea.
Let's see if we have a rare in one of these bags.
This, 21A, a skull lord.
Oh wow.
Not a rare but could possibly be.
Three skulls on its head.
And nice metallic armor with another
skull embedded in its chest.
This is a very creepy little villain creature.
And next we have...
A meazel.
Meazel? I don't know [pronunciation]
#13
Looks like possibly another fey or Underdark
creature or Shadowfell, I have no idea.
Most of the creatures are from
one of those three realms.
Either the Feywild, the Shadowfell, or the Underdark.
But I'm not familiar with this creature either.
But creepy hair and ears.
Another little bone necklace.
Armed with a shortsword.
Lot of loin cloths in this set too.
Finally, a fairly large and colorful figure.
34, so this is indeed our final rare—oooh wow!
Oh my god, all right.
This is our githzerai anarch.
I have never seen anything quite like this before.
She has a translucent cape and dress,
interesting shield effect that looks
like it has arrows implanted into it.
Possibly just casting the shield spell.
And that is a crazy creature.
It does not seem like the shield
can be removed but maybe...
because she's also standing on a little wooden
platform, which most of these minis are not.
I don't want to mess with it too much so I don't break it
but it doesn't seem to— oh, no, there we go!
There we go.
You can take it off.
Yeah, this is sort of like in the Mad Mage set the Mad
Mage himself had a nice removable spell effect like this.
So when the shield comes up you can slide it right in.
Well... yeah, there you go.
Just be a little careful because this plastic is a little
bit easy to break but yeah, slides right in like that.
That is a very unique and interesting mini.
A rare githzerai anarch.
Glad we got that one last.
Okay.
When this set releases in December,
you can check out our full review.
We'll show you the up close view of each
creature and we'll give you the lore behind it,
and you'll be able to see the creatures
all out on the Dwarven Forge together
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