The friends, fiends, and foes of Pathfinder's Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path invade your gaming table with Rise of the Runelords, the brand new Pathfinder Battles prepainted miniatures set from Paizo Publishing and WizKids! This stunning set features 64 all-new sculpts drawn from the gorgeous art in Paizo's Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path Anniversary Edition, a hardcover collection of the very first Pathfinder campaign! Designed to enhance the Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path, but suitable for any fantasy roleplaying campaign, these figures raise the bar on prepainted miniatures, setting a new standard of excellence and featuring a wide variety of monsters, NPCs, and heroes from the most popular Pathfinder campaign of all time!
Pathfinder Battles Rise of the Runelords miniatures come in two product configurations: Standard Boosters contain 4 Large, Medium, and Small minis, and Huge Boosters contain 1 Huge mini.
Rise of the Runelords Standard Boosters contain 1 Large figure and 3 Medium or Small figures
Rise of the Runelords Standard Bricks contain 8 Standard Boosters (32 figures total)
Rise of the Runelords Standard Cases contain 4 Standard Bricks (32 Standard Boosters, 128 figures total)
Rise of the Runelords Huge Boosters contain 1 Huge figure
Rise of the Runelords Huge Cases contain 6 Huge Boosters (6 figures total)
Rise of the Runelords Case Bundles contain 1 Standard Case and 1 Huge Case (128 small, medium or large figures and 6 Huge figures)
Purchasers should get no to very few duplicate figures in a brick. Buyers who purchase factory-sealed cases should get a nearly complete set of figures. (As with any randomized product, collation is not guaranteed.)
This second set is the best after set #9 (Dungeons Deep).
Why?
-There is not a single 1 star miniature in this set. Even the baddest ones get 2 stars from me.
-Of the 14 LARGE minis none is so unique that you can´t use it in other adventures. Some are quite essential ones. The worst one gets 3 stars!
-The only set to include HUGE miniatures!!! One of those is 5 stars, one is 4 stars, one 3 stars and one 2 stars.
-The diversity. This set has every kind of creature from Abberation to Undead. 64 creatures that make up one of the most most memorable campaigns in the history of Roleplaying!
I got my case a couple weeks ago. Of course it doesnt come with a mini for every creature you encounter but most the gaps can he filled with a pawn or a paper mini. I was surprised that judge ironbriar didnt have a mini though. This is as far as i am in the AP so hopefully the rest of the tough guys have minis.
The rune giant would be flawless and one of my favorite pieces if not for his eyes being to close together, leaving him looking... lets say, simple. I also have a issue with the ogrekin. The book has awesome artwork for these monsters but the mini set gives you a generic looking ogerkin. Not a fan. I understand they do this so that you can use the same one for every encounter, but I'd rather have separate ones that look as awesome as the art.
On the upside most the rest of the pieces are pretty nice. The female sorcereSS, dwarf ranger, amieko, and several others are all excellent quality and i will use them for many more games after runelords. The stone giants, forgefiend, and the ogre brute are some of my favorites. And the rune giant is still awesome, even though he looks like he rode the short bus
So I bought a brick of Rise of the Runelords; I quite enjoyed them and was planning on using them when I run my Rise of the Runelord Anniversary Adventure Path. I went out and bought another brick (from a different store) and I got exactly the same models with no exceptions. I am hugely disappointed by this as I expected some randomization. Maybe someone at the factory needs to be talked to. I don't have the money to go buy more at the moment and I don't even want to as I fear the same thing might happen again.
I'll also mention that I am running RotR for my Sunday group (really only 2 sessions into it) and while I had to drop out of the case subscription, I found myself with the ability (and money) to buy 3 standard boosters and 3 huge boosters ... and I'm not sorry I did. :)
Let me quickly add in here SPOILER ALERT!!!! (and perhaps this next behind a spoiler tag)
Spoiler:
I was really happy to have gotten not only Ameiko Kaijitsu, but Tsuto Kaijitsu as well. It's very likely that my next session will have the Glassworks Encounter ... so it's super awesome to have the Kaijitsu siblings (I have PLENTY of goblins thanks to Heroes & Battles).
Other goodness includes a goblin dog, a yeti, a faceless stalker, a goblin commando and a redcap. For my HUGES I got the storm giant and the lamia harridan, as well as
Spoiler:
the Karzoug Statue.
The other two larges I got (for those keeping count) I think I'll "spoiler" tag 'em as well, they are important "big bads" in later parts of the AP.
Spoiler:
Jaagrath Kreeg and Mokmurian. Speaking of big bads, I also got the skinsaw man and vraxeris.
So, all in all very, very pleased with what I got. If I can afford more boosters in the near future (or somehow afford the case bundle) I will take the plunge. Maybe even buy a few singles of a few "key" villains of chapter 1 that I didn't get. ;) ***And before someone kindly points it out that I may not have a lot of time before I can still "subscribe" to this set ... due to limited premium Rune Giant "miniatures" ... it's a risk I'll have to take.***
I am ordering a case along with a case of the shattered star minis and the promos to go with them but I don't have the funds for 3 weeks. Anyone know of a way I can guarantee they will still be available. I see that smaller orders are now unavailable which is worrying me
The chances of us selling out in three weeks is almost infinitesimal. Not impossible, but almost.
I recently received my case bundle and I loved it. I got at least one of everything, but, not being the GM of our campaign, I don't know which figures I need more of and which ones I have extras of...
Does anyone have a list of the required minis to run the campaign? I can't go flipping the module(s) to figure this out, so I'm hoping someone has compiled something. If anyone had a master list I would be very happy to see it.
I recently received my case bundle and I loved it. I got at least one of everything, but, not being the GM of our campaign, I don't know which figures I need more of and which ones I have extras of...
Does anyone have a list of the required minis to run the campaign? I can't go flipping the module(s) to figure this out, so I'm hoping someone has compiled something. If anyone had a master list I would be very happy to see it.
I'm doing the same thing and I did find such a list last night, though I was at home on my laptop and right now I'm at work on my phone. I'll see if I can find and post it later toniht
Are you using the anniversary edition or the original 6 books? Some encounters have changed. I think Liz Courts posted a list at one point, but that was for the modules and not for the anniversary edition
Are you using the anniversary edition or the original 6 books? Some encounters have changed. I think Liz Courts posted a list at one point, but that was for the modules and not for the anniversary edition
For the Pathfinder Paper Minis sets, each part of Rise of the Runelords contains a complete list of the miniatures needed to run it (just click on the spoiler tag). For those particular sets, it would be for the original release as well as the anniversary edition of the Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path.
Are you using the anniversary edition or the original 6 books? Some encounters have changed. I think Liz Courts posted a list at one point, but that was for the modules and not for the anniversary edition
For the Pathfinder Paper Minis sets, each part of Rise of the Runelords contains a complete list of the miniatures needed to run it (just click on the spoiler tag). For those particular sets, it would be for the original release as well as the anniversary edition of the Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path.
ah yes, I didn't even think of that. The number of paper minis is the max number the AP calls for at one time, so just cross reference which ones have plastic minis and buy the number it lists for them under paper minis. Very helpful, ty lizz:)
Pathfinder Adventure Path, Lost Omens, Pathfinder Accessories, Rulebook Subscriber; Pathfinder Battles Case Subscriber
Don't see how to post a review, but I'll put a post here.
the sculpts are awesome. I received at least 1 of each model in the booster case. I would have liked to have had more 'commons' and less 'uncommons' but I get that you need at least 2 uncommons for them to be 'uncommon' and not rare.
That being said I have a few that I got 3 of, and a couple of rares I got 2 of. Out of the commons I got 2 that only had 1 in the case. The Wraith only had 1 and the Kobold Champion only had 1. For 'commons' they feel pretty rare. I should be getting my 'Huge' booster and Rune Giant later this week. Got 3 named Seoni's and Shalelus and Tsutos. Getting 3 named seems a lil ridiculous but again, that is what happens with random mini's in blind boxes. Just glad I got a full set :D
Pathfinder Adventure Path, Lost Omens, Pathfinder Accessories, Rulebook Subscriber; Pathfinder Battles Case Subscriber
Got my Huge case and Ruin Giant today.
Rune Giant looks fantastic!
I was hoping for 2 Karzoug Statues, because that would be awesome, but I am happy with 2 Storm Giants and 2 Treachery demons, 1 Karzoug Statue and 1 Lamia Harridan
The Demon and the Giant feels more generic and I can think of situations where I want to pull 2 at once to make things interesting.
