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That was cool to see. Thanks for sharing. So all of those came from one brick?

I need a bunch of minis from this set but a little worried about the number of weird sci-fi themed ones there are that will probably never get used. Will likely buy a couple of bricks hoping for Phase Spiders and Chuuls but there's so many other cool ones I wouldn't mind getting.

13:25 - Sluagh Reaper. Some sort of undead fey soul hunter thing. I would use it as a say, a Ghoul-infected Harpy

Btw, several of these minis have glow in the dark paint - Death coach, both Ghosts, the Combusted, I think the Graveknight (Death Knight) too. You can try out by putting them in the light then checking them in a dark room!

Siabre are I think basically undead druids who turned themselves into this to protect a demon-infested land's forests.

Beetle Carapace is exactly what it sounds, yeah. Many underground dwelling necromancers, like Drow, created variant Animate Dead spells so they can animate giant insects and arachnids

You'll probably recognize the Herexen by its proper D&D original name, the Huecuva! Basically Zombie/Mummy type undead heretic/fallen priests with a particular hatred for religion.

Fexts are from slavic mythology - sentient undead with a vulnerability to glass weapons. Paizo likes to add new creatures from various mythologies worldwide. Honestly due to all the bandages, I would say this could make for a good Dark Stalker / Darkling.

Onryo is a creature type, yes. They are from an extraplanar species called Psychopomps, who are basically True Neutral outsiders working for the god of death, Pharasma, and tasked with protecting and judging souls and getting them to their proper afterlife. Most of them are based on japanese and south american myths. The big feathery Dragon, the Yamaraj, is also a Psychopomp, the most powerful type.

Btw, Paizo keeps renaming everything, even creatures that are in the public domain, like Golems. That's why it's "Carrion Construct" or "Flesh Construct" instead of Carrion and Flesh Golems. And yeah, that thing would work nicely as a Mongrelfolk in Ravenloft!

Great review as always! I only marginally collect PFB as some of their creatures can be used for D&D (or just look cool), but this is probably the first set Wizkids has released that I plan to buy a brick of, as almost every mini in this is something I would want to have. Regarding the "Skeletal Construct", you are right it is not undead, but you would probably be more familiar with its original D&D name, the Necrophidius! Super creepy magical assassin that can paralyze people with a dance and kill with magic venom, and is totally soundless when it moves. Made by putting a Human skull on a Constrictor Snake skeleton. Of course Paizo cannot call it that due to copyrights, so they renamed it.

Where do u get these nice fir trees?

16:58 - Eldritch Liches were in the 5E Monstrous Manual Appendix for Spelljammer. They are basically Liches who sought immortality from Far Realm powers, and unlike regular Liches they get it not from a phylactery but an alien parasite inside them.

15:10 - Odd that the mini is just called Unicorn. This is a named character from the Beyond the Crystal Cave adventure, her name is Silverlily

Barkburrs produce druids? I think your friend was pulling your leg. Barkburrs can jump on you, and inject you with a lignification fluid that turns you into a tree - basically like petrification but with wood. EDIT: seems if you leave the person turned to a tree there for too long, they can transform into something else - most often various animals but a roll of 91% means into a 1st level druid, so he was saying the truth. Mind you that would still mean he was a Humanoid originally who got turned into a tree...

Gibberlings are less mischievous and more murderous land-Piranhas that swarm in huge groups and devour everyone and everything. Fun fact they are based on a Lovecraft story, about a weird netherlands family that due to inbreeding turned into underground cannibalistic monsters.

Yes, it's pronounced "pec-h", it's a german word meaning bad luck - which miners thought was a result of a curse of the little magic men who lived in mines! The Kobold name and legend comes from Germany too.

Btw, the Derro Raider is actually the Apprentice - based on that artwork. Probably a mistake of labeling on Wizkids' part. And agreed, wish the Rug was larger. It would easily fit on a medium base.

Thanks for the review! So you got a brick, are these from that, or a preview pack? Also I know I am a broken record with this, but can you provide the numbers on the bottom of the minis? That way we collectors can predict the raritiy of each mini. Thanks!

love the set reviews! Helps me decide if i want a case or not. Definitely getting a case of this one.

The villagers are fine, but they should have left the Kuo-Toa and skeletons out of the set and focused on the monsters that feature in the adventure.

The name of the book is "Eve of Ruin" and not Destruction,

i’m currently saveing up for this

That mini's look really great!! 🤯

17:56 - Miska is indeed a Demon Lord, consort to the Queen of Chaos. He has been around since 1E. Nice to see him back and getting a mini!

13:20 - Yeah, Laysa has the assassin stat block and is said to be a retired adventurer, but works well as a pirate. You meet her near one of Acererak's tomb-traps on Oerth, safeguarding some archeologists.

11:27 - I think you meant Driders, not Dryads... those are fey ladies bound to trees! And yeah, Drow have not been black skinned for quite some time - mostly they are dark grey or even purple now. And I think even as far back as 2E female Drow could be punished by getting turned into Driders - it was more rare, of course. But then again during 3E or 4E they even changed the lore and said such a transformation was a sign of Lolth's favor, not a punishment. Any chance you can tell us what number the Drider was?

10:37 - Blazebears are a new creature, but not fiendish in origin, they are from Eberron, the irradiated Mournland, where the last great war with Warforged colossi caused all sort of mutations to occur.

10:12 - No, of course he is attractive! Just ask any Skesis! ;)

7:54 - Beware if he starts offering you weird Rubic cubes to solve! :)

5:53 - Heh, indeed, that moon-shaped head and the metallic body does remind me of Zeta from Batman Beyond, or rather the later training droids that we saw on JLU!

4:42 - Merregons have been around since 3E and quite the opposite, not celestials - they are rank and file Devils! They are made from the souls of amoral soldiers. The babyface mask is nailed to their heads (and it is an 5E art invention). We got minis of them in BG - Descent into Avernus before.

3:55 - You have not read the adventure yet? The Star Anglers are encountered in the Spelljammer section of the adventure.

Out of curiosity, you said you got duplicated, and I see there are only 7 Large minis in the review, while there are 8 boosters. Does this meany you got 2 of one of the 7? Also, could you provide the numbers on the bottom of the minis? It'd help in determining the rarity. Though I am guessing Vecna and Tasha are the Rares.

1:05 - That's because they ARE from Barovia! :) They are from the part of the adventure where you try to recover a part of the Rod of Seven Parts from Death House, in Barovia. Needless to say the locals have a less then pleasant welcome with the typical "Adventurers, we don't like your kind here!" as well as the pitchforks, torches and rotten tomatoes. :P

Howdy! Not sure how else I can contact you, so I am writing here... I saw on Instagram you got a brick of D&D Icons of the Realms: Vecna: Eve of Ruin minis. Any chance you can do a review video of them? The Minisgallery community would appreciate more info, especially the numbering of the minis, aka which are Commons, Uncommons and Rares! Thanks!

This looks absolutely stunning! When I ran this I did an "Evacuation of Dunkirk" kinda thing, it was all theatre of the mind, and was probably the most emotional moment of my short lived campaign. Your setup captures everything so amazingly!

Great set up! Thanks for sharing this! Keep em coming!

Amazing setup! Although I play in Greyhawk, Dragonlance was the first campaign world I ran, great setting.

08:20 Boil your minis. I'm not joking. They will straighten out. I do it to all of mine. Have ice cold water ready, i used to skip this step but it actually works better with cold water so nowdays i do it. Step 1: Boil water Step 2: Lower a bent mini into the boiling water Step 3: Pick up the boiling mini and fix its pose to perfection. Step 4: Dunk it in ice cold water to "set" the mini in this new shape. This works with Resin figures, WizKids figures, Reaper figures etc. Warning: Do not boil any terrain pieces from WizKids, they are made from a different plastic and will/may shrink! They can still be straightened out if bent, but use close-to-near-boiling water. Test on a piece you are prepared to risk "destroyig" first.

Nice setup! I bet your players loved it!

I saw your post on Instagram and like the day after this pops up on my YT feed... I love having more context, this looks like it was a blast!!!!

This is amazing. Just found your channel.

That hill using your stackers was masterfully done, Dan! And the ruins were a great addition. I also appreciated how you're seeding your big bad guys earlier in the adventure. I've found that helps a lot with buy-in (i.e. hatred) from the players! :D

Awesome collection, also planning here to run this campaign. Huge fan of Dragonlance since 34 years ago!

Great setup! Love your depiction of Vogler and the Keep. I didn't do a prelude with Ispin, but rather wrote some lengthy background stories that linked each character to Ispin in their pasts, but individually. They all had a strong connection to him but didn't know each other, which always makes for an interesting first session. I ran all three of the prelude encounters and they made short work of all the Draconians (I had to involve the Kapak because they were winning too easily - damn dice!). Broken Silence was very cool and ended up with the Knight and Cleric fully embracing Habbakuk and Paladine respectively, but the Ranger fully rejected Chislev and remains without spells to this day. He loves to RP his disdain for the gods and their role in the Cataclysm. I do find the 5e Draconians rather weak by comparison to their book counterparts, and didn't like how they changed some of their death throes. What I did was to download the wonderful Tasslehoff's Pouches of Everything fan-made DL supplement, which contains tougher stats for all five Draconian types, and more faithfully emulates the ones we know from Chronicles. I've been using the WoTC adventure stats right up until the first appearance of a Bozak, but now that the party has made 5th level, I've switched the Baaz and Kapaks to the newer, tougher versions as a way to simulate their evolution as they Highlord Ariakas continues to perfect the vile process by which Draconians are created. It's been a great way to keep the players on their toes and not get too comfortable. Once they get further along, I'll be 'upgrading' the other types as well. 😁 By the way, are you planning to use the Warriors of Krynn battle game? I've had a mixed experience with it. We ran scenarios 0 and 1 in one session, and two of my players decided they didn't want to continue with it. Me and the other three players that liked it decided we wanted to continue using it due to the element of large-scale engagement that it brings to a campaign focused on a greater war, so now when the book calls for a scenario to be played, I host a session with only part of my group (with the missing characters being played by the players that are present).

Great job! We are heading into Session 11 of our Dragonlance: SotDQ Campaign. This book needs lots of help (as written), but it has been a good time thus far. Looking forward to more of your content!

That table set-up is sweet!

Dragonlance was my all-time favorite D&D books and setting. Your setup was brilliant (love the miniatures, I can only imagine the amazing encounters) and I'm sure your game session was a blast! Such lucky players!

Thank you sir!