Trophy Time

Today, we have a slick new scatter terrain pierce that will get some double-duty playtime in our DnD campaigns, and hopefully, we can convince you to add this fun Taxidermist Display 3D print to your game, too!

The thrill of victory has always been celebrated in Dungeons and Dragons. Rightfully so, your character takes pride in all those monsters he/she has struck down, so it’s only natural to keep a few trophies at your home base. It’s really no different than a flying ace painting his tallies on his WWII airplane, right?

Our featured 3D print is the Taxidermist Display by STL Miniatures. This trophy wall comes from their terrific Taxidermist Set, which was part of the NPCs Fantasy 2 Kickstarter (which, by the way, has silly good value). A year later, we’re still printing files from it! 

Resident painter Kimmy Utah applied her color skills to this TTRPG scatter terrain piece. We’re thrilled with the results, especially because this 3D print contains numerous tiny, tucked-away elements. It was definitely not a piece novice painter DM Ben and his older eyes could handle well. Funny story: She actually painted this one twice for us. We re-printed it because our initial output contained a few self-induced errors.

Probably the main reason we adore this Taxidermist Display STL is because of all the buzz it will generate when the players first encounter it (with no one around initially)! Who took down all these mighty beasts? What’s written in those books and scrolls (stories of each kill, perhaps)? What did the hunter use to take down each prey? Your DM will have a field day here. 🙂

Next, let’s discuss how we plan to use this mighty scatter terrain 3D print. As we mentioned earlier, our newly completed Taxidermist Display will be part of our Kinda Sorta Portal series and our Forgotten Rails Wandering Monster table. Allow us to elaborate.

We’ll start with the Kinda Sorta Portal. It’s a magical teleportation device that works…well, most of the time. DM Ben created the homebrew magic item because he wanted his players to have an easier way to occasionally get back to home base. The portal has a 30% failure rate and temporarily sends the group to sometimes less-than-ideal, random destinations.

Why not have the group vamp into a legendary hunter’s study that includes this grand display case? That would be a very easy game board to create (just a wooden floor, a few walls, and a door). This scatter terrain display piece can do most of the “talking.”

The Forgotten Rails Hovertrains will revolutionize Waterdeep but will also be filled with unexpected danger. So DM Ben started another random table that includes misunderstood NPC Molly “Buckshot” Snipes. If our players get the opportunity to meet Molly face-to-face, it would be only natural to include this Taxidermist Display inside her private lair.

Until next time!