Here There Be Dragon!

Friday, January 16, 2015

Last week I revealed the next big set for Pathfinder Battles: Dungeons Deep! The new set includes 51 figures, counting 6 pieces of "dungeon dressing" like the Bubbling Cauldron I revealed last week. That total also includes the amazing limited-edition case incentive figure for the set, the Gargantuan Red Dragon.

I've been eager to add a Gargantuan Red Dragon to the Pathfinder Battles line for a while, to help us fill out the ranks of the evil chromatic dragons. WizKids (using an illustration by the incomparable Ben Wootten) managed to create something truly beautiful and terrifying with their sculpt.

BEHOLD!

As usual, customers with an Ongoing Case Subscription and folks who preorder a full case of Dungeons Deep qualify to buy one Gargantuan Red Dragon per case ordered.

I love the way the dragon is screaming at the sky, and the way that his left paw is raised for a killing swipe. This is definitely a figure that will have your players vacating their bowels when it hits the table, so plan accordingly.

Here are some other cool figures from the Dungeons Deep set!

This lovely little fellow is the dreaded Chupacabra, the legendary goat-sucker of South American cryptozoology and star of Bestiary 2. We see here the Chupacabra in mid sneak, about to stick his teeth into some unwitting livestock. Or, more likely in the Pathfinder world, some unwitting player character. The Chupacabra is a Small, common figure.

It's been a long, long time since we've had a proper Dire Boar in prepainted plastic, so Dungeons Deep comes to the rescue with this grumpy guy. I really like this figure, and think he'll get a lot of utility at the game table. The Dire Boar is a Large, uncommon figure.

Last up this week is the Burning Brazier, one of the 6 "dungeon dressing" items in the set. This is a new type of figure for Pathfinder Battles, with a new kind of rarity and distribution model. One in four Dungeons Deep booster packs will contain a dungeon dressing figure, which will replace a regular figure's spot in that pack. That means customers can expect 2 pieces of dungeon dressing per brick, and 8 per case. As you can see, some dungeon dressing will not come on a standard base, to aid in the verisimilitude of the dungeon environments you create on your tabletop.

We'll be back next week with more previews from the Dungeons Deep set. Until then, keep on delving!

Erik Mona
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