Need ideas for minis / pawns to represent the 2 new monsters in Dragon's Demand

[Amanda Plageman]

Dragon's Demand features two new monsters, neither of which have actual minis or pawns that I've been able to find. (I've seen that Dragon's Demand has a set of fan-produced, print-at-home cardstock pawns, which is great, but I already have every mini that I need to run DD, other than the 2 new monsters.)

Monster 1:

The Grioth. It's a medium CE monstrous humanoid. DD calls for 3 versions: the basic Grioth, Grioth clerics (also size medium), and a Grioth fighter, which is size large. The creature description is: "This lanky, batlike humanoid has a long tail and four narrow eyes. The silent creature moves with an unnerving grace."

Monster 2:

The Yangethe. It's a CE large aberration. It's described as: "This six-eyed horror looks something like a dead tree with claws, tentacles, spidery legs, and a mouth bulging with tentacles."

I'd post the pictures from the module, but I think that would violate 'fair use'.

So, any ideas for which minis or pawns I can use to simulate these critters? I'd like to get the appearance as close as I reasonably can, so my players can properly appreciate just how much trouble they're in....

[kinevon]

I think they are in the Dragon's Demand paper minis set, from Paizo.

At least, that is where I recall getting the pictures I used (from the PDF) for my online game, when I ran it a while back.

Dragon's Demand Paper Minis

Otherwise, just try searching something like Google Images for them. You would probably need to size the images found, yourself. Or use the ones form the module, manually pulled and re-sized...

Spoiler:

Don't expect any of the Grioths, other than the Fighter, to be much trouble for the party. They are, overall, fairly wimpy, especially since they initially run into the party when they are 3rd or 4th level, and the basic Grioth, IIRC, is only CR 1...

Yangethe, on the other hand, might be an issue, but the party should be fairly capable by then. In my game, only the initial attack, done after teleporting in, was much of an issue for the party.

Of course, a 4 PC party will have more issues than a 6 PC party, especially with many combat animals...

[gijoe1979]

I could kit bash these both with games workshop parts....have a look at the Warhammer bits for vampires and wood elves...combine the wood elf tree ents with some cthulu octopus tentacles or the metal d&D bits they used to make a few years ago (might even find on reaper site still). For mini inspiration check out www.coolminiornot.com

Also, if you have the picks and metal tools, get some green stuff and sculpt it yourself...it doesn't take a lot of skill to do this type of mini.