Bring the cosmic horror of the Cthulhu Mythos to your table with this imposing Elder Thing miniature. Featuring a dynamic 'attack' pose with spreading wings and grasping tentacles, this huge-scale aberration captures the unsettling anatomy described in Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness.
An ancient alien entity lashes out with its wings and tentacles amidst the ruins of its former civilization.
A major boss encounter for a mid-level party or a terrifying elite guard in a high-level cosmic horror campaign.
Artist: Epic Miniatures
Type: MONSTER
Pose: Upright barrel-shaped torso with splayed wings and scanning eye-stalks.
Action: Attacking
Mood: menacing
Action Category: Attacking
Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Suitable Locations: Antarctic ice cave, Alien ruins under the sea, Forbidden library basement, Extra-dimensional ritual chamber, Mad scientist's laboratory, Subterranean cavern, Ancient mountain temple, Desolate alien planet surface
Encounter Scenarios: Boss encounter at the end of a sanity-draining dungeon crawl, Guardian of a forbidden Elder Sign or artifact, Ancient entity awakened from stasis by explorers, An unexpected assault in a high-level fantasy or sci-fi campaign
Power Level: Deadly (score 72/10)
Compatible Game Systems: Call of Cthulhu (perfect): An iconic creature from the system's core mythos.; Dungeons & Dragons (5e / general) (good): Excellent as an Aberration or Boss-level encounter.; Pathfinder (good): Matches the Elder Thing entry in the Bestiary.; Stargrave (good): Works well as a dangerous alien lifeform encounter.; Mork Borg (usable): Fits the bleak, weird-horror aesthetic.
Sex: Indeterminate, Build: Hulking, Size: Huge, Age: Ageless/Undead, Style: Realistic
NPC Role: Monster
Creature: Elder Thing (Aberration), Size: Huge
Body: A vertically-oriented barrel body with horizontal ridges, five bat-like wings with hooked terminal digits, a star-shaped head with five eye-stalks, and five or six small grasping arms located around the midsection and base.
Also known as: Old One, Elder One
Related creatures: Shoggoth, Deep One, Mi-Go
Distinctive Features: Star-shaped head, Five wings, Barrel-shaped ridged body, Vestigial arms
Monster Weapons & Attacks: type: Bite, description: Central mouth with multiple rows of sharp teeth, position: Center of star-shaped head, type_ja: 噛みつき, description_ja: 鋭い歯が数列並んだ中央の口, position_ja: 星型の頭部の中央, type: Claws, description: Large curved hooks at the end of membranous wings, position: Tips of all five wings, type_ja: 鉤爪, description_ja: 膜状の翼の先端にある大きな湾曲したフック, position_ja: 5枚の翼すべての先端, type: Tentacles, description: Five stalks that can be used for lashes or sensory probes, position: Head, type_ja: 触手, description_ja: 鞭としての攻撃や感覚器官として使用可能な5本の茎状の器官, position_ja: 頭部, type: Grasping Arms, description: Multiple small vestigial limbs with hands, position: Torso midsection, type_ja: 把握腕, description_ja: 手を持つ複数の小さな退化した肢, position_ja: 胴体中央部
Defensive Features: Thick ridged hide, Membranous wing shielding
Aesthetic: Creepy / Unsettling, Horrifying / Grotesque, Savage / Feral, Intimidating / Imposing, Grimdark
Cultural Aesthetic: Generic Western Fantasy
Hairstyle: None (non-humanoid)
Similar to characters: Elder Thing (Lovecraft Mythos), Old One (At the Mountains of Madness), The Thing (John Carpenter), Star-Spawn of Cthulhu, Alien Aberration
Miniature Dimensions: 66.2mm H x 65.0mm W x 56.7mm D (base: 75.0mm)
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