Tough Tiefling Choices

Today’s post is all about putting a villain’s face to a mini, and we’re leaning on our immense WizKids’ miniatures collection to answer the call!

With the Tresendar Manor Dungeon Crawl inside D&D Beyond’s Acquisitions Incorporated module fully prepped, we’re turning our attention to the next chapter of this insanely fun, free 5e module. A key character that surfaces at the end of that chapter is a Tiefling named Talanatha Three-Coins. The group needs to hunt her down as she’s the last person seen with a key missing artifact piece.

Her name surfaces at the end of the last module chapter after the group finds some secretive scribblings behind some parchment in the cellar’s makeshift command center office. Specifically, “Omin’s moppets have been defeated, although the half-orc and the tiefling escaped.” So, we’ve got a new central character to add to the mix, and that means a new miniature pick is next on DM Ben’s to-do list.

Oddly enough, we haven’t run very many Tiefling STLs through our office printers, so we’re going to lean on our good ol’ pre-painted minis library to answer the character call here! So, let’s start with this shifty pose. This one is a Tiefling Devil and is from Wizkids’ Savage Encounters set. Classic pose and a classic weapon. Good stuff.

Next up is this awesome Male Tiefling Fighter. He’s from one of their Player’s Handbook Heroes sets (which we don’t even remember buying). I love the sculpt and especially the sleek armor. Might be a bit too decked out for us but aligns with the Paliden character class from the book.

And lastly, we pulled this Tiefling Rogue. Mr. Two Weapons is from their Desert of Desolation set. Great fighting stance, and what Dungeon Master doesn’t love an enemy with multiple attacks?

So, the last miniature, the Tiefling Rogue, seems to fit that profile best. Talanatha Three-Coins is described as a female in the module, and that mini has her hair tied back. Besides, the story calls for someone on the run and quite elusive, so all those boxes are checked, too!

Three Coins had a bit of a mouth on her and often grumbled about whether the Company of the Golden Mongoose was the best fit. She mentioned a good friend named Wizzy, who worked for another Acquisitions Incorporated franchise. The details on Wizzy’s franchise are vague, but Talanatha spoke of her friend having “an awesome headquarters up the coast.” That’s a great lead! Now we just need to pull a good face card.

Until next time!