Focus on a D&D 5E mini: hezrou

Why bother with a hezrou miniature?

Hezrous are a pretty common Dungeons & Dragons 5E creature- surprisingly common for a demon. Usually you expect to find demons in the hells, but the hezrou apparently has more of a penchant for wandering than most of the other demons.

What about this mini?

This miniature, like the ochre jelly baby, the pixie, the sprite, the giant weasel, the giant riding lizard, the raven, and the cat miniatures, is a bit problematic. This unpainted metal miniature is from Otherworld Miniatures, a company which I have bought many minis from over the years. It has very recently closed due to the owner’s retirement, so minis are no longer available for purchase from them. However, it has closed so recently that Otherworld Miniature products are still available in retail shops and on the internet. As a result, I’m putting a number of videos of their miniatures up now so if you like the mini(s), you can look around for them before they are all gone. Supposedly they were going to sell their molds to another company, but nothing has been heard on that for months, so it’s anyone’s guess who has the molds or if they will be making more of their minis at this point. If you want one of their minis, this is probably the time to look for them. I have quite a few of their miniatures, because I really like them. This particular one is their Type II demon #DD2. It is more patterned after the Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition hezrou, but it works just fine as a 5th edition hezrou as well, as it fits on a large base well, and I like the D&D 1e hezrou more, to be honest.

How useful is this mini, really?

Hezrous are included in 11 published Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition books:

That’s more than 1/4 of the official published books from D&D 5E, which is not bad for a creature that should really be spending its time in the hells. As demons go, the hezrou manages to get around quite a bit. They are the frontline fighters of armies in hell, so they are big, scrappy fighters that can take a lot of damage and have a lot of resistances and immunities. They will give PC’s a run for their money for sure. If you’re playing published adventures, these will definitely come in handy, but they’re a fun demon, so even if you’re homebrewing they provide a fun challenge.

But why are you doing this?

As is usual for these videos, my aim is to provide good views of the featured miniatures as well as sizing information about them. As I already pointed out, the hezrou miniature is on a large size base and that’s the correct size. I would like to also thank the wildlife artist Sherrie York, the best reduction linocut artist I know of, for kindly allowing me to use one of her reduction linocuts, Shivano Sunset, as the backdrop for my minis in the video.