Why bother with a larva miniature?
These little Fiends are not likely to be big players, but if your players are going to hell, you might well need one. The things are everywhere in the hells. It’s covered with larvae. They are the base of the power structure for both devils and demons. Imps and quasits can’t be made without a larva coming first that they originated from. Which means most of the higher devils and demons wouldn’t exist either, since they get ‘promoted’ into more and more powerful devils/demons. The rumour is that even Orcus started out as a lowly larva long, long ago…but don’t tell him that I said so.
What about this mini?
This unpainted metal miniature is from Midlam Miniatures and is part of the Pack of Grubs 1 #GRUB-Pack1, along with two other grubs. I have a bunch of Midlam Miniatures’ other minis as well and they make a lot of really fun, very high-quality minis. This miniature also happens to fit a medium base, which is exactly the size that it needs to be for the larva. It’s a really nice sculpt and it does the job perfectly, even if it doesn’t have a human face on the front of it.
How useful is this mini, really?
Larvae are included in 4 published Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition books:
- Baldur’s Gate: Descent Into Avernus
- Dungeon Master’s Guide
- Planescape: Adventures In The Multiverse
- Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
They’re not in a ton of books. Realistically, if your party isn’t taking a trip to the hells, there probably isn’t a lot of reason for why you will want or need one of these minis. Of course, if you are planning an adventure in the hells after one of your PC’s dies, this would likely be a very good miniature to have on backup.
But why are you doing this?
As usual for these videos, my aim is to provide good views and sizing information. 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 master, for kindly allowing me to use one of her pieces, Shivano Sunset, as the backdrop for the minis.