3D Thursday! Romancing the Stone!

Today we’re going to poke around a most excellent Potter Set by STL Miniatures and see how this absolute gem of a kiln could fit snuggly into your personal scatter terrain library and D&D campaign.

So much gameboard goodness in this Potter Set but we’ll be focusing on the stone oven and how it might make a fun shop pitstop in your next city exploration.

Lots of tucked-away spots in this model so it’s ideal for a resin printer. Our resident painter, Kimmy Utah, loved all the little accent points on this one. She snuck in a few contrasting colors to really help make the piece pop.

A great debate in our beloved 3D printing community is solid versus hollow resin prints. 3DRPG prefers solid because:

• the amount of resin saved in a hollow print is nominal.
• adding drain holes manually during slicing is time-consuming.
• your print is less likely to fail.
• trapped resin can eventually cause leakage (and a soul-breaking ruined model).
• Plus, we always prefer a heavier piece.

With this print, the only pre-supported option was hollow so that made the decision for us this time. But whenever possible, we always print solid.

Here’s a nice side view of the piece – again, those quirky little details just bring this STL to life and help the DM paint a picture of the encounter (often on the fly btw). That little pot is just adorbs!

So how might one incorporate a Potterer into their D&D game, you ask? Welp, there are actually Potter Tools in Dungeons and Dragons 5e. During adventure downtimes or major resting/traveling transitions, your DM might let you use your tools to craft magical vessels (via different crafting DCs of course).

A couple of brief examples include:

• Katharízo Pot: purifies water for drinking.
• Zoi Terracotta: turns your clay creations (like a rabbit) into constructs

Special thanks to the GM Binder’s fabulous pottery article and Dump Stat’s worthwhile write-up – be sure to give them both a read.

DM Ben highly encourages you to nudge your party members towards some individual professions (and their corresponding tools) as it can make for some really fun side play between sessions. Side quests for specific crafting materials like undead ashes, elven-grown powdered grapes, or the remains of a fire elemental can be a hoot.