November release poll

Good morning everyone!

It's been a while since we did a poll for the community designed mini and it seems to me that it is better to upgrade that poll into an entire month's release rather than a single mini. I am still going to be taking your input for particular minis into consideration but instead of doing a single one each month and leaving tons of great options to the side (can't believe that Ettin enteprenaur didnt win the last poll!) we will do a full month's release and I am going to be drawing inspiration from your input in the comment section and on Discord.

So for November we have a ton of options and since I cant really see myself doing just one of those, the runner up is going to be pushed for December. This will allow me to work on both months' releases and possibly give me a week or two of vacation during Christmas.

So here are the options
Zombies & Skeletons - multi cultural edition

This is a good fit for Halloween and a good opportunity to release some statblocks I have laying around. This release will include several zombies and skeletons of various races and genders. there will be no human versions and instead we'll go for orcs, gnolls, goblins, lizardfolk, ogres and maybe gnomes and halflings. 

Essential story NPCs

I really couldnt skip on this one as it was so eloquently laid out on Discord. This release will include NPCs that the players often interact with. How many times have you rummaged through your minis box to find something fitting for the back alley fence when the guards made their appearance during a trade in contraband? Since Im tired of using that default orc with the banner for this, I will be thrilled if this gets picked. This release will include a scribe, a scout or spy, a messenger, a cartographer, a mook lieutenant, a squire and a back alley informant. A big thank you to Micah for laying out these designs!

Avernus - 1st layer of the nine hells

This is a classic that I will definately end up doing at some point as it includes minis that are so necessary, especially for mid to high level play. This release will include essential devils from spined devils and merregons to cornugons and the mandatory pit fiend. As a bonus, I am going to be doing at least one of the infernal vehicles found in the Descent to Avernus adventure book.

Spelljammer!

Ok, hear me out. WotC seem to be embracing Dungeons & Dragons in space with their recent release of the Giff and the plasmoid in Unearthed Arcana. They also announced a Monsters of the Multiverse book coming out next year so you might as well accept it - spelljammer is coming back. A spelljammer release is something I wanted to do from the very beginning of this patreon. The gnome wizard in the welcome package (AKA Braino) is an old character of mine that ended up spelljamming in his own spaceship. You can see an early WIP of "The Watch" below. I even have full rules for how your players can get their hands on it and start their adventure in the stars!

The Spelljammer release is not going to be a single release. It is the multiverse we are talking here and 6-8 miniatures will not even scratch the surface. So instead, I am going to propose a series of crews along with their ship - either done in full 3d printable model or in floor battlemaps. The ones that immediately come to mind are the Neogi (plus grey render of course), the Giff (militaristic Hippos with guns and monocles) and a Githyanki raiding party.

I am looking forward to your input and feel free to add any of your interesting and wacky ideas in the comment section below or in Discord!

Update October 16th

I am going to let the poll run until the 20th. 1st place will be the November release and 2nd place will be December's release. The other two options will be recycled in future polls.