Unleash a nightmare from the stars with the Elder Thing Awake, a massive Huge-scale miniature perfect for cosmic horror campaigns. This highly detailed sculpt features the iconic star-shaped head, barrel body, and folded wings of the ancient alien race described in Lovecraft's masterpieces. Its imposing size and unsettling radial symmetry make it an unforgettable centerpiece for your next tabletop encounter.
An ancient, alien entity stands alert, spreading its wings to display its size as its multiple eyes scan its surroundings.
A final boss for a survival horror arc or a high-level encounter in an ancient, abandoned alien city.
Artist: Printed Obsession
Type: MONSTER
Pose: The figure is upright and symmetrical, with wings fully extended to emphasize its width. The numerous small hands are held in various states of slight flexion, and the eye-stalks on top are splayed in different directions.
Action: Standing/Idle
Mood: menacing
Action Category: Standing/Idle
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Suitable Locations: frozen subterranean cavern, ancient alien city in Antarctica, mountainous ruins of an elder civilization, biological research laboratory, planar rift between dimensions, deep ocean abyss, alien spaceship interior, forgotten temple in a wasteland
Encounter Scenarios: An ancient guardian awakened from a million-year stasis (Boss), A misunderstood alien scientist attempting to communicate (Ally/NPC), A feral specimen escaped from a collector's menagerie (Enemy), A corpse found frozen in ice that begins to thaw (Encounter)
Power Level: Deadly (score 75/10)
Compatible Game Systems: Call of Cthulhu (perfect): An exact match for one of the core monsters of the setting.; Dungeons & Dragons (5e / general) (good): Perfect as a high-level Aberration or an 'Elder Thing' homebrew monster.; Pathfinder (1e / 2e) (perfect): Elder Things are official creatures in the Pathfinder bestiary.; Starfinder (good): Fits well as a high-threat alien lifeform.; Mork Borg (usable): Fits the bleak, weird-horror aesthetic of the system.
Race: Not applicable, Sex: Indeterminate, Build: Hulking, Size: Huge, Age: Ageless/Undead, Style: Realistic
Creature: Elder Thing (Aberration), Size: Huge
Body: A vertical barrel-shaped torso with five vertical ridges. It has two large membranous wings attached to the sides. The top of the body has a five-lobed star-shaped head with five eye-stalks. It has several small, jointed arms with small claws and several thick, elephantine legs ending in paddle-like feet.
Also known as: Old One, Elder One
Related creatures: Shoggoth, Cthulhu, Star Spawn
Distinctive Features: Radial symmetry of the head and eye-stalks, Barrel-shaped body, Mix of wings, claws, and paddle-feet.
Monster Weapons & Attacks: type: claws, description: Numerous small, multi-jointed arms ending in three-fingered claws located on the upper torso., position: Chest and sides, type_ja: 爪, description_ja: 上半身にある、3本の指と爪を持つ多数の小さな多関節の腕。, position_ja: 胸部および側面, type: tentacles, description: Flexible stalks on the head that can likely be used for manipulation or lashing., position: Top of the head, type_ja: 触手, description_ja: 頭部にある柔軟な柄。操作や打撃に使用される可能性があります。, position_ja: 頭頂部
Defensive Features: Thick ridged hide, Leathery wings
Aesthetic: Creepy / Unsettling, Horrifying / Grotesque, Mysterious / Enigmatic, Intimidating / Imposing, Grimdark
Cultural Aesthetic: Generic Western Fantasy
Hairstyle: None (non-humanoid)
Similar to characters: Elder Thing from Lovecraft's Mythos, At the Mountains of Madness monster, Cthulhu-style aberration, Alien biological experiment, Cosmic Horror boss
Miniature Dimensions: 68.2mm H x 81.9mm W x 59.2mm D (base: 100.0mm)
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