This massive, many-eyed horror features a tiered chitinous shell and a forest of sucker-lined tentacles writhing from its base. Centered with a gaping vertical maw and covered in grotesque, blistered sensory organs, it serves as an imposing center-piece for any cosmic horror encounter.
A sessile abyssal horror or alien lifeform waiting to ensnare prey that wanders too close to its eye-covered mass.
A final boss for a mid-level party or a high-threat guardian of a restricted temple or deep-sea trench.
Artist: Dungeons And Minis
Type: MONSTER, TERRAIN
Pose: Stationary and anchored, with tentacles raised and curling inward.
Action: Standing/Idle
Mood: menacing
Action Category: Standing/Idle
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Suitable Locations: sunken abyssal city, undersea trench, alien planet surface, cosmic rift, cultist ritual chamber, ancient coral reef, blighted coastal village, forbidden library, flesh-warped dungeon, void-touched cavern
Encounter Scenarios: boss encounter in an underwater temple, hazardous obstacle in a Lovecraftian dungeon, stationary guardian of an alien relic, objective marker in a coastal defense scenario
Power Level: Deadly (score 78/10)
Compatible Game Systems: Dungeons & Dragons (perfect): Excellent as a Roper, Aboleth minion, or homebrew eldritch horror.; Call of Cthulhu (perfect): Fits the visual aesthetic of a Shoggoth or Star-spawn perfectly.; Pathfinder (perfect): Suitable for various aberrations and Qlippoth.; Warhammer 40K (good): Works as Chaos/Nurgle scenery or a Tyranid spore chimney proxy.; Frostgrave (good): Fits the Ghost Archipelago aquatic expansion themes.
Sex: Indeterminate, Build: Not applicable, Size: Huge, Age: Ageless/Undead, Style: Realistic/Monstrous
Creature: Eldritch Thing (Aberration), Size: Huge
Body: A sessile vertical body capped with a tiered conical shell. The skin is covered in multiple blinking eyes. A single large vertical maw or slit faces forward. Four thick, muscular tentacles with suckers emerge from the base.
Also known as: Shoggoth, Abyssal Spire, Tentacled Horror, Living Portal
Related creatures: Aboleth, Roper, Kraken, Mind Flayer
Distinctive Features: Mass of 'blister' eyes across the skin, Sucker-lined tentacles, Vertical slit mouth
Monster Weapons & Attacks: type: tentacles, description: Large, muscular appendages for crushing or grappling, position: Four limbs extending from the base, type_ja: 触手, description_ja: 粉砕や組みつきのための、大きくたくましい付属肢, position_ja: 底部から伸びる4本の肢, type: bite/maw, description: Central vertical slit used for consuming prey, position: Front center of the torso, type_ja: 噛みつき／大口, description_ja: 獲物を食らうための、中央にある垂直の裂け目, position_ja: 胴体の中央正面, Eldritch Gaze/Eye Rays
Defensive Features: tiered conical shell on the head, thick fleshy hide, sessile anchored base
Aesthetic: Creepy / Unsettling, Horrifying / Grotesque, Grimdark, Intimidating / Imposing, Mysterious / Enigmatic
Cultural Aesthetic: Generic Western Fantasy
Hairstyle: None (non-humanoid)
Similar to characters: Shoggoth, Hermaeus Mora (Skyrim), Star Spawn, Cthulhu-type entity, Rohl-Chon
Miniature Dimensions: 48.7mm H x 62.9mm W x 57.9mm D (base: 75.0mm)
Keywords: eldritch horror, lovecraftian monster, cthulhu mythos mini, huge aberration, tentacle beast, many-eyed monster, shoggoth miniature, cosmic horror, deep sea horror, star spawn, dungeon boss, weird fiction mini, grotesque creature, nightmare beast, void monster, far realm entity, fleshy horror, shelled monster, carnivorous blob, otherworldly thing
