Due to the costs/time involved with Hero Forge, I often have key NPCs made in the bundle, especially if they were once former players’ PCs that are worth making into allies/villains. Below are three from different sources.
I had two made of this guy, Raedel, who happened to be my sensei‘s first D&D character. How we all remember the first characters we made when we were introduced to the game! I’m saving mine for another day. Les did a good job getting his PC to line up with what he imagined while deriving it from a 15mm mini made by Ral Partha! I used to have the same one as a teenager too! However, mine was converted to a Halfling because I lucked out into having mostly 25-28mm.
Behold Maldonado! The first recurring villain I tried to insert into my initial 3E campaign. If I recall correctly, he had crossed paths with Jeremy’s ill-fated paladin while we were enjoying the legendary Castle Amber adventure from 1982. The evil wizard then became a convenient ally until everyone escaped the cursed location. He may return one day.
A really nice person and former player made Tamas, a bard with the heavy Gypsy (usually Hungarian-Romanian) accent. I’m confident my current band of heroes will meet this friendly, entertaining, part-time hero.