Why bother with a cultist miniature?
Cultists are one of the most common foes for low level parties. These Humanoids are not particularly dangerous, and even small groups of them can be managed by new parties with ease. They clearly lead to bigger foes, however, so they are great for plot hooks as well as starting new groups on their adventuring careers.
What about this mini?
This unpainted plastic miniature came from Wizards of the Coast‘s board game The Wrath of Ashardalon, just like the otyugh did. There were many other wonderful minis in that board game, many of which I have also painted for my D&D campaigns. It’s the right size, having a medium base, which is good news.
How useful is this mini, really?
Cultists are included in 26 published Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition books:
- Baldur’s Gate: Descent Into Avernus
- Candlekeep Mysteries
- Curse Of Strahd
- Deck Of Many Things
- Explorer’s Guide To Wildemount
- Ghosts Of Saltmarsh
- Glory Of The Giants
- Guildmaster’s Guide To Ravnica
- Icewind Dale: Rime Of The Frostmaiden
- Journeys Through The Radiant Citadel
- Keys From The Golden Vault
- Monster Manual
- Mythic Odysseys Of Theros
- Out Of The Abyss
- Phandelver And Below: The Shattered Obelisk
- Princes Of The Apocalypse
- Quests From The Infinite Staircase
- Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
- Storm King’s Thunder
- Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
- Tyranny Of Dragons
- Vecna: Eve Of Ruin
- Volo’s Guide To Monsters
- Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
- Waterdeep: Dungeon Of The Mad Mage
- Xanathar’s Guide To Everything
That’s more than 60% of the published materials. If you’re playing using published materials, you are going to need a cultist miniature. If you’re using a homebrew world like me, they are still a very, very handy foe, especially for low level parties just starting out. I just used several dozen of them in our last session. You can’t go wrong by getting a cultist miniature.
But why are you doing this?
As usual for these videos, my aim is to provide good views and sizing information. Its size is medium, as it is meant to be, so that is fine. Also, I want to thank wildlife artist Sherrie York, reduction linocut virtuoso, for graciously allowing me to use one of her pieces, Shivano Sunset, as the backdrop for the minis.