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Player's Handbook Heroes is a line of thirty-six miniatures sculpted by Peter Lee and released by Wizards of the Coast in 2009.

Player's Handbook Heroes miniatures are designed for use as player characters, and are based on race and class descriptions from the Player's Handbook, Player's Handbook 2, Forgotten Realms Player's Guide, and Eberron Player's Guide. Each of twelve boxes is packed with a non-random selection of three miniatures, and three accompanying power cards.

Series 1[]

Arcane Heroes 1[]

Player's Handbook Heroes: Arcane Heroes 1
Release date April 2009
ISBN 978-0-7869-5277-9
Website product page at archive.wizards.com

#07 Female Eladrin Wizard        Utility Power: Repelling Shield

#08 Male Tiefling Warlock        At-Will Power: Eldritch Strike

#09 Male Half-Elf Bard             At-Will Power: Cutting Words

Arcane Heroes 2[]

Player's Handbook Heroes: Arcane Heroes 2
Release date April 2009
ISBN 978-0-7869-5276-2
Website product page at archive.wizards.com

#10 Male Half-Elf Fighter/Warlock    Utility Power: Ethereal Sidestep
#11 Female Eladrin Sorcerer         At-Will Power: Arcing Fire
#12 Male Human Wizard             At-Will Power: Chilling Cloud

Divine Heroes 1[]

Player's Handbook Heroes: Divine Heroes 1
Release date April 2009
ISBN 978-0-7869-5275-5
Website product page at archive.wizards.com

#13 Male Dwarf Paladin          At-Will Power: Challenging Strike

#14 Female Halfling Cleric      At-Will Power: Gaze of Defiance

#15 Male Human Cleric          Utility Power: Walk Among the Wounded

Martial Heroes 1[]

Player's Handbook Heroes: Martial Heroes 1
Release date April 2009
ISBN 978-0-7869-5279-3
Website product page at archive.wizards.com

#01 Male Human Fighter            Utility Power: Daring Shout

#02 Female Dragonborn Rogue   At-Will Power: Probing Strike

#03 Male Elf Ranger             At-Will Power: Hunter's Teamwork

Martial Heroes 2[]

Player's Handbook Heroes: Martial Heroes 2
Release date April 2009
ISBN 978-0-7869-5278-6
Website product page at archive.wizards.com

#04 Male Tiefling Warlord        At-Will Power: Rousing Assault

#05 Male Dwarf Rogue             Utility Power: Hidden Blade

#06 Female Eladrin Fighter        At-Will Power: Knockdown Assault

Primal Heroes 1[]

Player's Handbook Heroes: Primal Heroes 1
Release date April 2009
ISBN 978-0-7869-5274-8
Website product page at archive.wizards.com

#16 Male Human Barbarian        Utility Power: Laugh it Off

#17 Female Elf Druid             At-Will Power: Grasping Tide

#18 Male Goliath Barbarian         At-Will Power: Foe to Foe

Series 2[]

Arcane Heroes 3[]

Player's Handbook Heroes: Arcane Heroes 3

a front view of the product

Release date July 2009
ISBN 978-0-7869-5294-6
Website product page at archive.wizards.com

The third box of miniatures based on arcane classes includes a male human swordmage and frostwind blade power card, a female human wizard and refocus power card, and a warforged artificer and unbalancing force power card. The swordmage miniature is based on the prototype art for Geran Hulmaster, main character of the novel Swordmage by Richard Baker. The wizard miniature is based on an illustration for the 3rd edition hathran prestige class.[1]

Divine Heroes 2[]

Player's Handbook Heroes: Divine Heroes 2

a front view of the product

Release date July 2009
ISBN 978-0-7869-5295-3
Website product page at archive.wizards.com

The second box of miniatures based on divine classes includes a warforged cleric and invigorating assault power card, a female human avenger and focused fury power card, and a male human paladin and flare of divine vengeance power card. The avenger miniature is a repaint of the kalashtar bodyguard from the 2007 Night Below set.[2]

Divine Heroes 3[]

Player's Handbook Heroes: Divine Heroes 3

a front view of the product

Release date July 2009
ISBN 978-0-7869-5296-0
Website product page at archive.wizards.com

The third box of miniatures based on divine classes includes a male genasi paladin and forbidding strike power card, a female human cleric and healing circle power card, and a male human invoker and astral wind power card. The cleric miniature is a repaint of the combat medic from the 2006 War Drums set.[3]

Martial Heroes 3[]

Player's Handbook Heroes: Martial Heroes 3

a front view of the product

Release date July 2009
ISBN 978-0-7869-5292-2
Website product page at archive.wizards.com

The third box of miniatures based on martial classes includes a male dragonborn warlord and dragon's tenacity power card, a female elf fighter and close the gap power card, and a male gnome rogue and clever strike power card.

Martial Heroes 4[]

Player's Handbook Heroes: Martial Heroes 4

a front view of the product

Release date July 2009
ISBN 978-0-7869-5293-9
Website product page at archive.wizards.com

The fourth box of miniatures based on martial classes includes a male tiefling fighter and phalanx leader power card, a female human warlord and inevitable wave power card, and a male shifter ranger and shield of blades power card. The warlord miniature is a repaint of Alusair Obarskyr from the 2004 Aberrations set.[4]

Primal Heroes 2[]

Player's Handbook Heroes: Primal Heroes 2

a front view of the product

Release date July 2009
ISBN 978-0-7869-5297-7
Website product page at archive.wizards.com

The second box of miniatures based on primal classes includes a female human barbarian and frenzied beast rage power card, a male half-elf druid and leaf wall power card, and a male halfling barbarian and clawfoot berserker rage power card. The human barbarian miniature is a repaint of the frenzied berserker from the 2004 Aberrations set.[5]

Critical reception[]

Ryan Isaacson, reviewing Player's Handbook Heroes for RPGnet, noted that the non-random, transparent packaging made it easy to find a certain type of miniature, though it came with two other perhaps undesired miniatures. Isaacson also noted the availability of strong race/class combinations in high demand, and of weak race/class combinations with few if any miniatures available. Isaacson criticized most boxes in the series as containing "1 great, 2 mediocre" miniatures, but praised Arcane Heroes 3 for the painting, sculpting, and usefulness of all three miniatures.[6]

References[]

  1. Lee, Peter (June 30, 2009). "PH Heroes Preview 4 (Arcane Heroes 3)".
  2. Lee, Peter (June 18, 2009). "PH Heroes Preview 1 (Divine Heroes 2)".
  3. Lee, Peter (July 3, 2009). "PH Heroes Preview 5 (Divine Heroes 3)".
  4. Lee, Peter (June 26, 2009). "PH Heroes Preview 3 (Martial Heroes 4)".
  5. Lee, Peter (June 24, 2009). "PH Heroes Preview 2 (Primal Heroes 2)".
  6. Isaacson, Ryan (August 5, 2009). "Review of Player's Handbook Heroes: Arcane Characters 3".
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