What’s the weirdest thing you’ve used as a mini?

[Reksew_Trebla]

I use a stuffed animal of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, from the book of the same name, any time I have a big worm-like creature be involved.

What about you?

[yukongil]

plushie Cthulu for actual Cthulu was pretty good.

[Reksew_Trebla]

yukongil wrote:

plushie Cthulu for actual Cthulu was pretty good.

Love the idea of a cute Cthulhu plushie being the deity you are fighting. Reminds me of Scribblenauts games’ artstyles, when spawning monsters like that.

Oh, that reminds me, I just got a Godzilla inspired T-Rex/Dragon plushie yesterday, that I could totally use for Mogaru (Pathfinder’s Godzilla expy).

[DungeonmasterCal]

A beer can.

[Oli Ironbar]

Starbursts candy. Colors helped tell which enemy was which and players ate what they killed.

[HighLordNiteshade]

Coins. I guess that isn't really weird. Also have used dice before.

[Sir Ol'Guy]

Oli Ironbar wrote:

Starbursts candy. Colors helped tell which enemy was which and players ate what they killed.

wow... did you play at my table back in LG days? I have actually be using Starbursts for Monsters so long that my Daughter (born in 1989) grew up calling them "Monsters". In fact, her son calls them "Monsters"...

We actually also used jellybeans for goblins (and other mooks) way back in 1st ED. D&D days, and that's when we invented "you kill it, you eat it"... and why the Red goblins always got shot and the black liquorice ones always seemed to be the ones taken captive...

[yukongil]

Oli Ironbar wrote:

Starbursts candy. Colors helped tell which enemy was which and players ate what they killed.

we did this with m&ms before, worked pretty well until one of the players just decided to start eating the candy pieces that were on the table. GM went to move a group of baddies down at his end and then wondered where all the minions had gone.

[Neriathale]

Mushrooms

We were playing in th kitchen and ran into some animate fungi, so they were the best minis available. Also had the advantage they could be smashed in a satisfying way at the end.

[Sysryke]

Tiny plastic elephant from a parcheesi game, my spirit familiar

Host's cat and toddler daughter as kaiju destroyer of worlds

A complete set of 10 Japanese lucky cats (whose proper name escapes me at the moment), colors good for tracking different baddies

[Tim Emrick]

My wife has an "octofox" plushy, which is basically an orange and white ball with tiny octopus legs and fox ears. It fills inside a 6" square pretty much perfectly, so she has used it as a mini for Colossal monsters.

My FLGS sells little 1" plastic Pokemon toys, which a few of the PFS regulars use for minis. Some of us just have a couple that vaguely fit what we're using it for, but one player, who doesn't own any other minis besides a couple sets of PF Pawns, keeps a dozen or so in their dice bag, just in case they or someone else needs a few quick minis.

[Lucy_Valentine]

a pencil eraser with a horse drawn on it.

[Mudfoot]

Electrolytic capacitor or plectrum. But mostly I use chess pieces with numbers drawn on the bottom.

[Belafon]

Running a SFS scenario on short notice. Scenario includes a scene where the PCs come across two deadly and menacing Kaijus fighting. We get to that point, I describe the scene, reach into the large bag I had brought with me, and pull out a singing stuffed elephant and a large fluffy unicorn.

“Look, I was in a rush. I just raided my daughter’s toy shelf.” Pretty sure the pictures made it on our Facebook group.

[Jane "The Knife"]

Legos-

[Quixote]

A button. A rock. A rusty screw. The logo from a carton of American Spirits. The cork from an absinthe bottle. A sugar cube. A dead fly.

[Yqatuba]

Do many people use big (like a foot tall or so) action figures as minis for roughly human-shaped colossal creatures (such as titans)? I think that would be a good way to help the players visualize how big the thing actually is compared to a human.

[Mudfoot]

Not sure that a Barbie doll has quite the right aesthetic for a rune giant.

[Tim Emrick]

Jane "The Knife" wrote:

Legos-

This isn't unusual at my tables--it's standard procedure! :)

[Mark Hoover 330]

Outside the ones already mentioned (I've used Legos, buttons, dice, and a variety of foodstuffs), here's some extras I've used:

He-Man or Mold-o-Rama lion from the zoo to represent really big monsters

An index card, cut to 4 squares, with a monster's name on it for Large size

Metal "goblins" molded from a single piece, base to weapon tip, to stand in for ANY Medium or Small sized monster

A charger block as an ogre

A coffee mug as a Colossal stone golem

[Gilfalas]

Reksew_Trebla wrote:

I use a stuffed animal of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, from the book of the same name, any time I have a big worm-like creature be involved.

What about you?

Dice, Pocket change, Stratego Pieces, Snickers Mini bars, Ash trays, a small dog.

[King Tytarian, Lord of Ashpeak]

Mudfoot wrote:

Not sure that a Barbie doll has quite the right aesthetic for a rune giant.

I fail to see your point.

Some of us are quite glamorous.

[Foeclan]

I needed another dire bear for Rise of the Runelords, so I wrote 'RAR, I'M A BEAR!' and drew a little bear face on a small piece of notebook paper, folded it up, and stuck it in a large pawn base. :)

My improv bear has been reused several times since.

[Insapateh]

What's with the questions?

Are you a cop? You have to tell me if you are.

;)

[Cevah]

We have used :
Plastic Zoo Animal Beads.
A toy Godzilla for a colossal monster
Candy
Shapeless metal slugs
Coins

I am sure there were others, but the zoo animals were my favorites.

/cevah