Miniature Monday: Sistahood

Greetings, fellow weekend warriors! Hope those pesky dice were kind to thee over the weekend and your party is still intact! If not, let’s hope the Reverend Mother and her soul sista soldiers reached your fallen adventurer in time!

We’ve got another great DnD blog post today that further improves an earlier encounter write-up. Gotta love it when time is on our side and our players haven’t quite reached this previously prepped point in the campaign. Circling back and improving earlier home-brewed content actually brings us a lot of joy.

Let’s briefly recap to get everyone up to speed. Back in June 2024, good ol’ Laughing Bear Games blessed us with his amazing brush skills and skillfully painted this amazing Stigmatic Nun from STL Miniatures and their Orphanage set. This fierce lady became an instant classic in our minis collection, and yet another home-brewed NPC was brought to life. Praise be!

We dubbed her Sister Mary Francis, and she was the Reverend Mother of a secret organization of Nuns whose “soul” job (pun intended) was to fiercely inspect dungeons to ensure any of fallen folk were properly passed on and didn’t return to this plane in undead form. These fearless nuns went under the name of Soul Finders. Ultimately, the church decided their work was far too dangerous as too many nuns had fallen prey to the innate peril of these dungeons.

Sister Mary, who has a bit of screw loose, refused to step down and continued what she called the divine eternal work of Sarenrae. A handful of her younger followers from the convent were in awe of her holy commitment and pledged to follow her to her last breath. These skilled lady warriors are called Sista Soldiers and constantly have Sister Mary’s back, as the dungeons often remain incredibly dangerous when they go in for a new soul-purging mission.

And that’s where today’s miniature spotlight comes in, thanks to a chilling Stigmatic Nun STL from Brite Minis. This awesome TTRPG 3D print is part of their monthly Patreon, and we doubt you’ll slice just one.

Since we already have the D&D 5e Tresendar Manor mini dungeon crawl prepped and ready to roll next session, it was either now or never to get these miniatures painted. So, DM Ben hyperventilated in a bag for 10 minutes, then picked up a brush and pledged to do his best.

• Prime Flat Black | Slapchop Base.
• Armor: FAN Gun Metal.
• Pants: WAR Mummy Robes + FAN Matt White drybrush.
• Cloak: ASP Occultist Cloak.
• Hands: FAN Barbarian Flesh.
• Sash: Citadel Contrast Flesh Tearers Red.
• Shoes: Citadel Contrast Snakebite Leather.
• Sword: ASP Broadsword Silver.
• Rope Belt: ASP Pallid Bone.
• Hat: ASP Holy White + White edging.
• Base: ASP Gravelord Grey + grey, white drybrushing.
• Core Wash: FAN Soft Tone.

DM Ben originally had the Sister Soldier’s classic coif much dirtier, but he went back and added more white to it to better match its legendary status. Again, considering he is a very novice painter, DM Ben and the team were rather happy with how these bad arse ladies turned out!

Now, when the Reverend Mother comes stomping down that next deep, dark hallway, muttering her warding prayers in Portuguese-ish, and sliding her Rosary beads through her sausage fingers, she’ll have the proper escort, covering her six and ensuring no one interferes with Sarenrae’s divine light.

STL Miniatures already provided DnD 5e stats for Sister Mary Francis; we need to whip up some stats for our Sista Soldiers. We did some Googling and liked the Veteran Soldier stat-angle (but with a higher to hit to better match our level six party). AC: 17, HP: 58, Multi-attack: +7/1d8+3 slashing for longsword and one short sword attack: +5/1d6+3. DM Ben just upped their strength as these ladies are fiercely strong.

Sister Mary’s bodyguards actually have a better armor class than even she does because she feels that thick armor interferes with her communicating with her god.

Until next time!