With session 10 scheduled to take place next Sunday just before I go and visit Nathan. It’s time to continue thinking and planning for the session.
Which means a little house keeping first with a new look!
SPOILER ALERT TO MY ADVENTURERS! The following post contains spoilers for the up and coming campaign/session. You may want to avoid this post and join me in a future one. REMEMBER you have been warned.
Wizkids have started a range of 2D minis made from acrylic (or some kind of plastic) which are very reasonably priced. The D&D Idols of the Realms: Essentials 2D Miniatures – Player Character Pack just dropped through the letterbox.
Inside this thin packet (you should see the ridiculous oversized box it came in) you get the following 2D minis:
- Male Human Fighter
- Female Human Rogue
- Male Human Wizard (Archmage)
- Female Human Cleric
- Male Human Bard
- Male Dwarf Fighter
- Female Dwarf Wizard
- Female Dwarf Cleric
- Female Elf Fighter
- Male Elf Rogue
- Male Elf Wizard
- Male Elf Cleric
- Female Elf Bard
- Female Halfling Fighter
- Male Halfling Rogue
- Riding Horses
- Skeletal Horse
The plan is to use these for sessions (naturally). Initially as NPCs but also when/if I run starter sessions for the players to use.
There is a sidekick pack as well that would be great to use as either NPCs or representing characters also.
The nice thing about these 2D minis is the portability, cost per figure, make these very attractive. They also look cool on the table. Sadly the drawback is if you want multiple of a particular figure you are screwed if all that is included is a single figure or just two. So it could get expensive buying multiple packs to get the number required.
I’m particularly after the D&D Idols of the Realms: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle 2D set. Which naturally goes with the new D&D Starter set Dragons of Stormwreck Isle. Why Wizkids and WotC didn’t do a deal to include these in the Starter Set I don’t know. Instead I’m having to wait for this set to arrive in the UK months after the starter set has hit the shelves.
I’ve also decided I needed to have better player notes for prepping and during a session. So I’ve asked for up to date copies of the character sheets.
For recording the character stats to use during a session I’m using the Arcane Library character cards which I will print out and slip into a Mayday Premium card sleeve or laminate. Not fully decided which way I’m going on that front.
As you can see I’ve scribbled a little extra info on the card to do with hit die and hit points, and their background.
I had been using index cards initially for this but I think these will be more useful, and easier to refer to during a session.
I’m not going to move away from index cards completely. I think index cards will be ideal for recording the characters background, and referring to during session prep.
Right that’s enough for this post. I’m sure there will be another before we gather round the table for the next instalment.