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Pathfinder is the ‘other’ big fantasy roleplaying franchise. Originally an off-shoot of Dungeons and Dragons it has evolved into its own thing, taking a ‘ground up’ approach that embraces playability and story-telling. Every idea in Pathfinder is intended to work as its own story element, and that includes monster, magic items and so.
Much of this is detailed in their Lost Omens range, a miscellany of fantasy tropes designed to inspire games. Which brings us to Pathfinder Battles City of Lost Omens, a ‘blind bag’ style range of collectible miniatures, suitable for fantasy gaming. They are well-sculpted and pre-painted models which all share a common theme of being slightly unusual.
For example, we don’t get an ogre. We get a zombie-ogre, one that’s carrying its own severed arm as club. We get an Offalth, a whirl-wind of vines, tentacles and trash. Instead of deep dwarf, we get magically enlarged version of the same. Many of the models in this range look like they’ve stepped straight out of the pages of the Second Edition Pathfinder rule book, which is entirely deliberate.
Though you don’t get to pick what’s in the box, the range is very charming, from the regular looking human guards to the raging minotaur, there’s enough here to fit into most fantasy stories without looking out of place and they’re nice enough to lurk on your shelves as decoration. We also get some dungeon dressing pieces in this range. These are a little fragile and of limited use, but if you ever wanted a swinging scythe blade or a magical mirror then they’re nice to have. They also fit neatly into most dungeon scenery sets.
Pathfinder Battles City of Lost Omens is a nice range of models and worth collecting if you need a broad range of quirky but very useful monsters for your games.
