Focus on a D&D 5E mini: gargoyle

Why bother with a gargoyle miniature?

Gargoyles are pretty common in Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition (as well as all of the earlier editions) for good reason. These Elementals are good at hiding, they can fly, they are hard to damage, and they are evil, evil creatures, who like causing pain because they find it entertaining. That makes them great baddies. They are just begging for a thumping, although they are really good at thumping back.

What about this mini?

This unpainted miniature is another mini which I got from the Wizards of the Coast board game, Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft. I have already discussed what a great source of cheap miniatures these are in my earlier post/video about the skeleton, as well as my post/video about the zombie, which I also got out of this board game. More minis from this board game will certainly be coming in future. It is a medium sized base as it is meant to be, so it works like a charm.

How useful is this mini, really?

Gargoyles are included in 22 published Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition books:

That’s a lot of gargoyles in the published books. If you play the published adventures, you will probably want a gargoyle miniature on hand, since they keep coming up. If you homebrew like me, they’re still a good mini to have, as they are such good villains.

But why are you doing this?

As usual for these videos, my aim is to provide good views of the miniature and sizing information about it. As I already said, it’s a medium base size and that’s the correct size. Also, as usual I want to thank wildlife artist Sherrie York, reduction linocut virtuoso, for kindly allowing me to use one of her pieces, Shivano Sunset, as the backdrop for the minis