A nightmare given form in wood and root, this Dread Grove Living Tree features a haunting skull-like face and massive clawed limbs. Standing at a 'Huge' scale, its gnarled bark armor and aggressive reach make it the perfect centerpiece for any corrupted forest encounter or high-level boss fight.
A corrupted forest guardian lunging from the brush to seize an intruder with its wooden claws.
This miniature is best suited as a legendary boss encounter for a mid-to-high level party or a 'Force of Nature' obstacle in a dark fantasy or horror-themed forest campaign.
Artist: TEMPLE
Type: MONSTER, TERRAIN
Pose: Lunging forward with a slight torso twist and arms spread wide in a reaching or swiping motion.
Action: Attacking
Mood: enraged
Action Category: Attacking
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Suitable Locations: blighted forest, haunted swamp, hag's grove, ancient druidic circle, cursed woodlands, shadowy feywild thicket, entrance to a forest dungeon, necromancer's garden, corrupted meadow, overgrown ruins
Encounter Scenarios: A boss encounter where players must navigate a corrupted grove., A stationary terrain piece that suddenly animates when players approach., A minion summoned by a dark druid or forest hag.
Power Level: Deadly (score 75/10)
Compatible Game Systems: Dungeons & Dragons (perfect): Ideal as a Treant, Blight, or Gulthias Tree.; Pathfinder (perfect): Matches the aesthetic for corrupted plant creatures or wood giants.; Warhammer Age of Sigmar (good): Fits the Sylvaneth faction or as a chaos-corrupted forest spirit.; Frostgrave (good): Great for forest-themed scenarios or 'The Ghost Archipelago'.; Mork Borg (good): The skull face and aggressive sculpt fit the grimdark style.
Race: Not applicable, Sex: Indeterminate, Build: Hulking, Size: Huge, Age: Ageless, Style: Stylized Realistic
Creature: Blighted Treant (Plant), Size: Huge
Body: A humanoid-shaped plant entity with long, multi-fingered wooden hands, a thick trunk-like torso, and a skeletal face with branch-like antlers.
Also known as: Living Tree, Wood Woad, Rotting Treant, Blight, Bark Horror
Related creatures: Shambling Mound, Gulthias Blight, Dryad
Distinctive Features: Skull-like facial structure, Branch-like antlers/crown, Gnarled wooden teeth, Sprawling root base
Monster Weapons & Attacks: type: Claws, description: Elongated, multi-fingered wooden hands with pointed tips., position: Both arms, type_ja: 爪, description_ja: 先端が尖った、多くの指を持つ細長い木の腕。, position_ja: 両腕, type: Bite, description: Large mouth filled with jagged wooden shards acting as teeth., position: Face, type_ja: 噛みつき, description_ja: 歯の役割を果たすギザギザした木片で満たされた大きな口。, position_ja: 顔
Defensive Features: Thick, layered bark plating on the back and torso.
Aesthetic: Creepy / Unsettling, Horrifying / Grotesque, Savage / Feral, Intimidating / Imposing, Grimdark
Cultural Aesthetic: Generic Western Fantasy
Hairstyle: None (non-humanoid)
Similar to characters: Leshen (The Witcher), Corrupted Treebeard (Lord of the Rings), Evil Groot (Marvel), Ancient Protector (World of Warcraft), Spriggan (Skyrim), Harold (Fallout)
Miniature Dimensions: 67.5mm H x 69.6mm W x 40.6mm D (base: 100.0mm)
Keywords: Evil tree monster, Treant boss mini, Corrupted forest guardian, Skull head plant creature, Blighted woods encounter, Huge plant golem, Wood woad boss, Gnarled root monster, Dark fantasy tree folk, Spooky forest terrain, Cursed grove protector, Bark skin monster, Tabletop plant titan, Twisted wood horror, Leshen proxy miniature, D&D Treant alternative, Blighted grove elder, Savage nature spirit, Grimdark forest monster, Walking dead wood
