Going Bananas!

Our inaugural Wandering Monster tables may be complete, but this free DnD Banana Knight miniature from Thingiverse inspired us to have a replacement entry at the ready once you tick off that first roll! Let’s dive into the encounter details!

Again, hopefully, both of our 3D-printed wandering monster tables (Dungeon Delve or Wilderness Trek) are getting plenty of use in your home game and you can just slot this new RPG idea in place of a previously rolled one. Or, just use it as a one-shot encounter next time you want to slip in a curse (pun intended).

Our free STL model comes from BigMrTong on Thingiverse. We don’t know much about this particular 3D-print creator, but he seems to enjoy making sculpts of popular movie references. Regardless, he’s carved out quite a niche with a series of banana-related miniatures (like dozens of ’em), so check out his extensive collection of free STLs.

His miniature is officially called “Banana Knight Toilet Paper Hoarding Idiot,” and we just had to find a way to include him in our D&D game. 3DRPG is a place of joy, so we don’t focus on all those other “life things” that make DnD such a great escape. However, there’s no denying that 2020 was a year the world will never forget, and sometimes, the best way to deal with times like those is to inject a little humor.

Resident painter Kimmy Utah worked her brush magic again with another perfect paint job! Plus, we just can’t get over his feet—they look so good! Seems like this Banana Knight isn’t skipping any leg days at the gym, either. 😉

So now the big question is how on earth do we integrate a toilet paper-carrying fruit man into our 3D-printed Dungeon Delve Wandering Monster Table? A curse makes the most sense here because no one wants to look like a life-sized banana!

DM Ben thinks the group picked the wrong spot to rest as a once brave knight took his last breath here. His most hated enemy, a wizard, defeated him in this very room. Not done with him, the evil spellcaster decided to turn his lifeless body into a toilet paper-toting banana. Vicious.

Here’s how this encounter could play out. The player on watch suddenly sees a knight in plate armor appear. It says nothing, but a painfully sad expression forms over his helm. DM Ben asks the player to make a Con save (DC 18). If the save is made, the ghost simply disappears. Encounter over.

However, if it’s a failed save, the ghost’s expression suddenly changes to a grin, and it flies right through the player before disappearing! Then, a brief gust of wind swirls around all the players (breaking the long rest and granting one level of exhaustion).

As for the effect, user Bubo Mortis on Milestone Heroes discord helped DM Ben brainstorm on how this curse might go, “I look at that miniature, and I just can’t get past the thought of a Schadenfreude theme.”

Bubo cleverly suggested the next combat could go something like this:

Banana Player: “I swing my sword at the bandit! My attack roll succeeds, and I rolled 14 for damage!”

DM: As the next opponent and you perform your martial ballet, the monster slips on a stray piece of toilet paper, twists his ankle, and falls. Your sword swings harmlessly over its head, but its fall is unfortunate as it takes the point of your… ahem, false stem straight to his nose. The on-the-nose pain and subsequent embarrassed pratfall results in the opponent taking 14 points of damage.”

Whenever a Schadenfreude attack lands, a new CON save (DC 12) is triggered to see if the banana form transfers to the impacted target. If that target fails the DC, the curse transfers. If the target succeeds, the curse stays with the attacking player (until the next combat hit to whomever).

In addition to the ongoing humiliation, the player’s attack damage will be reduced by 1d8+1. This is quilted, two-ply toilet paper, after all!!

DM Ben can’t wait to see all his player’s reactions when the affected player’s beloved miniature on the game table is suddenly swapped to this beauty! It should get a roar from everyone at the table…except the affected gamer of course.