Why bother with a water weird miniature?
Water weirds are a fairly popular creature in the published literature, and are a really fun Elemental to throw at your party even if you homebrew like I do. They are invisible while under water and have a whole pile of surprising attributes that will catch your party off guard the first time they come across them (and will make them approach small bodies of water more gingerly in future after first contacting one).
What about this mini?
This unpainted translucent miniature comes from Reaper Miniatures, sculpted by Bob Ridolfi, Water weird #77310. It’s a great sculpt- it was incredibly easy to paint, and it looks great as well. In addition, the mini fits really well on a large base, so it is the size that a water weird should be in Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition. All around, it’s an excellent water weird mini.
How useful is this mini, really?
Water weirds are included in 18 published Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition books:
- Acquisitions Incorporated
- Bigby Presents: Glory Of The Giants
- Candlekeep Mysteries
- Dragonlance: Shadow Of The Dragon Queen
- Icewind Dale: Rime Of The Frostmaiden
- Journeys Through The Radiant Citadel
- Monster Manual
- Out Of The Abyss
- Phandelver And Below: The Shattered Obelisk
- Princes Of The Apocalypse
- Quests From The Infinite Staircase
- Strixhaven: A Curriculum Of Chaos
- Tales From The Yawning Portal
- Tomb Of Annihilation
- Vecna: Eve Of Ruin
- Volo’s Guide To Monsters
- Waterdeep: Dungeon Of The Mad Mage
- Xanathar’s Guide To Everything
That’s a lot of the published materials which have water weirds. If you are using published campaigns, you will probably need one before too long. I homebrew, and they are such fun creatures that I like using them as well, so it’s not a bad idea to grab a water weird mini.
But why are you doing this?
As usual for these videos, my aim is to provide good views and sizing information for the miniature. Its size is large, as it is meant to be, so that’s as it should be. Also, I want to thank wildlife artist Sherrie York, reduction linocut artist, for graciously allowing me to use one of her pieces, Shivano Sunset, as the backdrop for the minis.