Mimics Love Pot

This week’s Miniature Monday features a couple of free downloads that aren’t exactly what they seem! Keep scrolling, and let’s get these 3D prints into your game.

3DRPG Studios loves mimics and anything that, at first glance, isn’t what it appears to be! So, we’re always looking to find new miniatures that fit that mysterious bill. We’ve got two good ones today – one is for our upcoming Witch boss battle, and the second is an alternate update to one of our Wandering Monster Wilderness Trek Table entries!

Let’s start with another mimic monster possibility for our home-brewed “innocent” old lady in the woods one-shot. Last week, we did some more barrel mimics, and while you think that might be enough, DM Ben is all about choices and being able to slip in the right mimic at the right time in the story.

We discovered STL-maker Teirale on Printables.com and quickly gobbled up his free set of mimics, so be sure to check out all his free downloads (many of which are support-free).

Colored by resident painter Kimmy Utah, we just love this sculpt’s uniqueness. Doors, chests, and barrels are a bit blasé these days, so DM Ben loves to get transforming monsters that get a genuine what-the reaction from the game group.

In our big witch mimic showdown, there will be numerous pots in her compound. One outside, another in her main living quarters and a third in her dingy basement. Our witch can “activate” any resting mimic with a bonus action once per round. Depending on which room she is in, she’ll call our crock pot into service!

Today’s other TTRPG miniature we wanted to showcase is this Awakened Shrub by mz4250. You should print this because the concept is bloody brilliant, and we already have a space for it on our Wandering Monster Wilderness Trek table!

Once again, Kimmy Utah did the adorable brush strokes here, and we instantly wanted to find a way to pop this sneaky shrub into our DnD game.

As a quick refresher, 3DRPG created two free 3D-printed  wandering monster tables – one for the outdoors and another one for dungeon delves. The tables are a snap to operate.

• Players ask for a long rest.
• Each player rolls a d6.
• On any die roll resulting in a six, roll a d20 on the table.
• If a lot of players rolled sixes, optionally increase the difficulty.
• Follow our blog for additional swaps as you use the tables.

This DM technique is nice and easy to implement, and it gives your printing a fun purpose as you strive to complete each table.

Our sneaky shrub has several in-game uses. It could be used as a forest mimic, or it could be someone poorly disguised as a hedge who is trying to follow the party. You can either have its eyes facing the DM or swap it out on the table if someone rolls a high enough perception check.

For our campaign, a humiliated NPC (Merv the Swerve) has been following the group’s wizard after being humiliated in a failed street ambush. However, DM Ben will throw the group for a loop when he places both poorly disguised miniatures on the edge of the game board simultaneously (during the party’s next Perception check).

Alternatively, you can swap the original miniature in row 15 of the Wilderness Trek table or add this mini to the original (if you want to increase the encounter’s intrigue or difficulty).

Until next time!