Eberron: Rising From the Last War Miniature Unboxing

So instead of filming an unboxing video today, I decided to document it differently. I have been excited for the Eberron: Rising From the Last War miniature boosters since I they were announced and have been watching the spoilers slowly leak until picking up a brick today. A brick is eight booster boxes and each box contains four miniatures, one large miniature and three either small or medium sized. there are forty four miniatures in this set and it features monsters not only from the Eberron book but also has monsters that have been in other books, but have not made it to miniatures yet.

For my first box we had a Kalashtar, Living Spell Cloud Kill, Shifter Artificer, and a Changeling. All four of these creatures are unique to the world of Eberron. The Shifter, Kalashtar, and the Changeling all made their appearance back in 2004 with the Eberron Campaign Setting, they were playable character races. The Living Spell was a magical anomaly left over from the Last War where magical spells now wander in the ruined landscape as creatures.

My second box had a Shifter Rogue, a Cloaker, an Iron Defender, and an Undying Soldier. Shifters are creatures with the blood of lycanthropes running through their veins. They have the ability to “shift” or channel their more feral aspects to add to their abilities. The Cloaker is an older Dungeons and Dragons monster from some of the earliest of days of dice. The Iron Defender is a mechanical canine construct made by artificers. The Undying Soldier is a undead elf, their people are good aligned, which is awesome to have non evil undead.

My third box had Karnathi Skeleton, an Ankheg, a Dusk Hag, and a Kalasthar. The Karnathi Skeleton is one of two in the set, one has a sword, the other has an axe. The Karnathi are super skeleton zombie hybrid creature used by the Order of the Emerald Claw after the war. The Ankheg is a large sized monstrosity that plauges farms and roads. They borrow, spit acid, and their statistics are in the Monster Manual. The Dusk Hag is a newer witch creature for Eberron, witches are rough to fight in this edition. The Kalashtar have an attachment to the realm of dreams and the Quori, otherworldy creatures that live there. 

Our fourth box had a Corpse Flower, a Human Artificer, another Shifter Rogue with a knife, and the Undying Councillor. The Corpse Flower is a large evil plant monster, it can either eat a corpse within its form or animate a body as a zombie. The Corpse Flower also was the only miniature that was damaged out of the set, it broke free from the base, which happens some times. The Human Artificer can work for an artificer of a war or forge cleric. Artificers are a staple of Eberron, they showed up first in the 2004 Eberron Campaign Setting and have been in playtest for the last few years. This new book is their first offical printing and I love them. The Shifter Rogue in this box had a knife. The Undying Councillor is one of the leaders of the Undying Court, it can also be used for a mummy or lich.

Box five contained a Half Ogre with a spear, a Dwarf Artificer, a Warforged with a mace, and Dyrrn the Corruptor. The Half Ogre shows up in the Monster Manual and is a good threat for early levels of adventuring. The Dwarf Artificer is a great dwarven mage and is one of my favorite miniatures in this set. We also had another Warforged in this box, this one had a mace and a snazzy blue cloak. The design of these warforged is drastically different from the older warforged from the 3^rd edition designs. Dyrrn the Corruptor is a epic level villain of the Eberron world.  He is one of the Daelkyr and is on par in power with the demon lords or arch devils.

Box six contained a Tsucora Quori, a Gray Render, a Dwarf Magewright, and a Tarkanan Assassin. The Tsucora Quori are an evil dream realm creature and have the ability to possess victims. The Gray Render is one of my all time favorite monsters and the 5^th edition version shows up in Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes. They are large creatures that form a bond with a target and will defend them till death. Because Eberron is a world of magic almost everyone can use some form of magic. The Dwarven Magewright and magewrights in general make magical items and tend to magical items within the cities. Each has its own specialty of magic. Speaking of magic, the ruling families of Eberrons various guilds and cities sometimes are blessed with things called Dragonmarks. Dragonmarks give scions of the power spell like abilities that help the family. The Tarkanan Assassin miniature has a magic infused blade and the Tarkanan have their own dragonmarks, the Abberant Dragonmark. Aberrant Dragonmarks are looked on as a bad omen or a sign of extreme danger.

Box seven had a Clawfoot Raptor, a Warforged with a sword, A Cadaver Collector, and a Kalashtar. This is my favorite box. There are Talenta halflings that ride dinosaurs and the Clawfoot Raptors. They make me happy. This Warforged soldier has a sword and a blue cape. The Cadaver Collector is one of my all time favorite creatures, these massive constructs wander battlefields collecting corpses to take back to their master. There are bodies pinned to its body, there is an orc, what looks like an elf, and a dwarf on the miniature. There was also another Kalashtar. 

Cadaver Collector

Clawfoot Raptor

Our last box, box eight, had a Karnathi Skeleton with an axe, another Human Artificer, a Dolgrim, and a Radiant Idol. The Karnathi Skeleton will go great with any army of undead. As mentioned the Human Artificer is another repeat but still a great miniature. The Dolgrim is an evil Daelkyr created creature that looks like two goblins mashed together. The Radiant Idol is a fallen angel which will fit into any higher level campaign.

Out of the forty four unique miniatures in this set I was able to get thirty of them in one brick, which is pretty cool. There were only two real repeats. The other really cool thing that came out with this set was the Skycoach. The coach itself is a great flying ship that can be used for any sky based or nautical voyage. The ship itself is pretty simple to assemble but I will post a few construction pictures as well. 

Large pile of parts

There is the stand, it can slide back and forth

And the stand and the base peg together.  

Big fin flap

Three back fin flaps 

Little wing guys

Arcane hover boards... sky sleds 

Boarding plank

Boarding Ladder, there is space for minis

Sleds in action

Skycoach and sleds

All together

Figures for scale 

Thanks for checking out my haul. The lore and information has been gathered from the awesome book, Eberron: Rising From the Last War. Photos were taken by me. Miniatures made by Wizkids. Check your local game stores for curbside delivery and more information.