Why bother with a troll miniature?
Trolls are incredibly common, both in Dungeons & Dragons, and in popular culture. They are a normal part of folk tales and fairy tales, and as such are almost certainly going to be a part of your game. Trolls are also a fun creature in D&D 5E. Their ability to heal while you are fighting with them makes them a formidable foe. If you play the published campaigns, you will be bumping into one soon, but even if you homebrew like I do, they are fun additions to a fight.
What about this mini?
My troll is an unpainted plastic miniature from Wizard of the Coast‘s board game The Legend of Drizzt, along with the yochlol. The sculpt is nicer than you would expect from a plastic board game miniature and was easy to paint, producing a nice mini. The base is large, which is the size that it is supposed to be for a troll, so that makes me happy.
How useful is this mini, really?
Trolls are included in 20 published Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition books:
- Bigby Presents: Glory Of The Giants
- Explorer’s Guide To Wildemount
- Ghosts Of Saltmarsh
- Guildmaster’s Guide To Ravnica
- Monster Manual
- Mordenkainen’s Tome Of Foes
- Out Of The Abyss
- Planescape: Adventures In The Multiverse
- Princes Of The Apocalypse
- Quests From The Infinite Staircase
- Storm King’s Thunder
- Strixhaven: A Curriculum Of Chaos
- Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
- Tales From The Yawning Portal
- Tomb Of Annihilation
- Tyranny Of Dragons
- Volo’s Guide To Monsters
- Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
- Waterdeep: Dungeon Of The Mad Mage
- Xanathar’s Guide To Everything
That is nearly half of the official books. If you play with the published campaigns, you will need a troll miniature. I don’t use the published campaigns, but I still use them, because they are monsters which we are all familiar with from childhood, so they evoke a instinctual, primal reaction. Anyone who picks on poor little baby goats must be a really bad guy, right?
But why are you doing this?
As usual for these videos, my aim is to provide good views and sizing information. As I already mentioned, the troll’s size is large, as it is meant to be, so that is perfect. Also, I want to thank wildlife artist Sherrie York, amazing reduction linocut artist, for graciously allowing me to use one of her pieces, Shivano Sunset, as the backdrop for the minis.