Animal Handling

Greetings, fellow animal lovers! Another weekend of blissful dice rolling is nearly upon us! Let’s celebrate with a couple of furry friends that deserve a spot in your DnD game. Insert Peter Sellers “Does your dog bite?” joke here. 😉

DM Ben recently ran an on-the-fly town transaction in which his players had to pick out a cart and a few animal mounts before heading out to find the Night Hag deep in The High Forest. The group had a blast picking from all the different animal options from our 3D printer. So much so, we felt we needed to create a new NPC that offered such valuable services whenever the need to hire a pet pal arose.

We’re featuring two adorbs 3D prints today for your store-browsing pleasure, and we’re starting with this Skunk Familiar by Crippled God Foundry. We don’t remember exactly how we came across this stinky STL, but we have a hunch it was a limited-time freebie.

Their talented team actually has several different animal familiars in their MMF store, including a cute Hedgehog and a dependable Goose. We’ll certainly show a few more of them off as we expand on this new NPC shop in future posts.

Resident painter Kimmy Utah grabbed a paintbrush for our misunderstood scented friend, and we just love the results. The spikey collar and trusty leather satchel are so on point. Certainly, this vital message is bound to reach its destination because who in their right mind wants to get near this one?!

Like most animals, we sliced this one a bit larger than the original source file. Creators love to make animals so darn small sometimes, and hey, we get the realism, but painting those sorta 3D-printed micro miniatures is no fun.

Our second loyal animal companion comes courtesy of Loot Studios. This eager Corgi Scout is from their wild Eye of The Watcher set. This is a really creative sculpt, and we think it naturally pulls at the heartstrings of any dog lovers at your game table. You’re going to pick this one, right?!

Kimmy Utah also colored this helpful hound, and he just looks so official and dependable. Doesn’t he just bark, “reporting for duty, sir?!” The saddle expands the usefulness of this TTRPG 3D print by also allowing you to also use it as a mount for a smaller-sized character.

DM Ben isn’t quite sure what the stats will be on our newest comfort critters, but DM Ben wants to build on this series. First, he loves incorporating diverse pro-party creatures into our campaign. Second, we always enjoy creating new NPCs. So, we’ll follow this one up with more best-friend beasts, a quirky shop owner, and even some supporting scatter terrain to really sell the overall DnD scene.

Until next time!