This hexapedal nightmare features a powerful feline body supported by six limbs and crowned by two massive tentacle clusters that branch into eight toothy maws. A terrifying twist on a classic fantasy predator, this miniature is perfect for GMs looking to challenge their players with an alien and intimidating foe.
A predatory monstrosity cornering its prey, using its secondary maws to taste the air or prepare a multi-pronged strike.
A formidable ambush predator or a specialized guardian for a high-level wizard or extraplanar entity.
Artist: Monster Atlas
Type: MONSTER
Pose: The torso is horizontal and low; the front legs are braced, and the head is thrust forward and down in an aggressive snarl. The rear legs are slightly bent, ready to spring.
Action: Attacking
Mood: menacing
Action Category: Combat
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Suitable Locations: underdark cavern, enchanted forest at night, wizard's menagerie, abandoned ruins, misty moorland, dungeon corridor, extraplanar rift, dark alchemist's laboratory
Encounter Scenarios: an ambush predator in low-light environments (Enemy), a guardian beast of a magical artifact (Boss), a escaped experiment roaming the city sewers (Minion)
Power Level: Hard (score 58/10)
Compatible Game Systems: Dungeons & Dragons (5e / general) (perfect): Excellent proxy for a Displacer Beast or a customized Fiendish variant.; Pathfinder (1e / 2e) (perfect): Works perfectly as a Coeurl or similar magical beast.; Mork Borg (good): The grotesque nature of the toothy tentacles fits the game's grimdark aesthetic.; Frostgrave (usable): Suitable as a unique magical encounter or a high-level random beast.
Race: Not applicable, Sex: Not applicable, Build: Not applicable, Size: Not applicable, Age: Not applicable, Style: Not applicable
NPC Role: Not applicable
Creature: Displacer Beast (Variant) (Monstrosity), Size: Large
Body: A quadrupedal predator with a wolf-like head and body. It has a total of eight tentacles emerging from its upper back/shoulders. Two tentacles are significantly larger and terminate in circular mouths filled with inward-facing teeth. It has one short, furred tail.
Also known as: Fiendish Displacer Beast, Tentacled Wolf, Maw-Beast
Related creatures: Shadow Mastiff, Hell Hound, Otyugh, Chimera
Distinctive Features: Eight total tentacles, Secondary maws on tentacles, Snarling lupine facial structure
Monster Weapons & Attacks: type: Bite, description: Powerful jaws on the main lupine head., position: Front of head, type_ja: 噛みつき, description_ja: 狼のような主頭部にある強力な顎。, position_ja: 頭部前面, type: Tentacle Maws, description: Two circular lamprey-style mouths at the end of prehensile tentacles., position: Ends of large side tentacles, type_ja: 触手の口, description_ja: 自在に動く触手の先端にある、ヤツメウナギのような2つの円形の口。, position_ja: 大きな側部触手の先端, type: Claws, description: Retractable-style claws on all four paws., position: Feet, type_ja: 鉤爪, description_ja: 4本の脚すべてにある、出し入れ可能な鋭い爪。, position_ja: 足先, type: Tentacle Lashes, description: Six smaller tentacles for whipping or restraining., position: Shoulders/Back, type_ja: 触手攻撃, description_ja: 叩きつけや拘束に使用される6本の小さめの触手。, position_ja: 肩/背中
Mount: Not applicable, Size: Not applicable
Aesthetic: Cool / Badass, Creepy / Unsettling, Horrifying / Grotesque, Savage / Feral, Intimidating / Imposing, Grimdark
Cultural Aesthetic: Generic Western Fantasy
Hairstyle: None (non-humanoid)
Similar to characters: Displacer Beast (D&D), Coeurl (Final Fantasy), Blink Dog, The Thing (John Carpenter), Venom (Marvel)
Miniature Dimensions: 37.1mm H x 33.8mm W x 39.3mm D (base: 50.0mm)
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