Unleash a nightmare upon your table with this massive Barghest miniature. Featuring a terrifying hyper-extended jaw and a stylized flame-like mane, this huge-scale predator is designed to dominate the battlefield as a formidable boss or fiendish guardian.
The demonic beast lets out a blood-curdling roar as it prepares to pounce on its prey.
This creature serves perfectly as a boss encounter for a mid-level party or a terrifying summoned guardian in a dark fantasy or hellish environment.
Artist: Monster Atlas
Type: MONSTER
Pose: Quadrupedal lunging stance with the head low and jaws agape.
Action: Roaring or preparing to bite.
Mood: Enraged
Action Category: Attacking
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Suitable Locations: Cursed forest, Dungeon depths, Infernal plane, Goblin king's throne room, Ruined graveyard
Encounter Scenarios: The final form of a goblin chief, A wandering hunter on the Abyssal planes, A guardian of a dark temple
Power Level: Hard (score 62/10)
Compatible Game Systems: Dungeons & Dragons (5e / general) (perfect): Barghests are a core monster in D&D lore.; Pathfinder (1e / 2e) (perfect): Fits the fiendish shapechanger aesthetic perfectly.; Frostgrave (good): Works well as a Large Construct or Major Demon.; Mork Borg (good): Fits the grim, grotesque horror aesthetic of the game.; Shadow of the Demon Lord (perfect): Matches the dark, monstrous vibe of the system's bestiary.
Sex: Indeterminate, Build: Hulking, Style: Stylized
Creature: Barghest (Fiend), Size: Huge
Body: Quadrupedal with four muscular limbs, a thick brushy tail, a massive mouth with prominent canines, and a thick mane of coarse hair or spikes.
Also known as: Greater Barghest, Demonic Wolf, Fiendish Beast
Related creatures: Goblins, Worgs, Vrock, Shadow Mastiff
Distinctive Features: Stylized flame-like mane, Hyper-extended jaw, Tufted tail
Monster Weapons & Attacks: type: Bite, description: Massive open jaws with over-sized upper and lower fangs, position: Head, type_ja: 噛みつき, description_ja: 上下に巨大な牙を持つ、大きく開かれた顎, position_ja: 頭部, type: Claws, description: Thick, muscular paws with sharp digging/tearing claws, position: Feet, type_ja: 爪, description_ja: 鋭い穴掘り・引き裂き用の爪を持つ、太く筋肉質な足, position_ja: 足
Defensive Features: Thick muscular build and dense mane likely serve as natural armor.
Aesthetic: Cool / Badass, Creepy / Unsettling, Horrifying / Grotesque, Savage / Feral, Sinister / Evil, Grimdark, Intimidating / Imposing
Cultural Aesthetic: Generic Western Fantasy
Hairstyle: None
Similar to characters: Beast of Darkness (Berserk), Sulyvahn's Beast (Dark Souls 3), Fenrir (Norse Mythology), Hellhound, Warg (Lord of the Rings), The Thing in the Ice
Miniature Dimensions: 37.0mm H x 26.7mm W x 67.9mm D (base: 100.0mm)
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