Add a layer of skin-crawling horror to your tabletop adventures with this monstrous Grub Worm. Featuring a segmented chitinous shell and dozens of skittering legs, this low-slung invertebrate is the perfect adversary for damp sewers, alien hives, or decaying crypts.
A giant grub worm slowly pulsing and crawling across a damp cavern floor in search of carrion or prey.
Early-level dungeon hazard, sewer inhabitant, or low-threat biomass filler for a hive-themed encounter.
Artist: Hot Goblin Custom
Type: MONSTER
Pose: Low-slung and crawling, with the body slightly arched and segmented segments compressed.
Action: Moving/Walking
Mood: Menacing
Action Category: Moving
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Suitable Locations: damp dungeon floor, rotting compost heap, underground insect hive, alien planet surface, dark forest undergrowth, sewer tunnels, swampy marshes
Encounter Scenarios: low-level scavenger encounter, infestation in a cellar, environmental hazard in an alien landscape, minion for a hive queen
Power Level: Easy (score 20/10)
Compatible Game Systems: Dungeons & Dragons (5e / general) (perfect): Ideal as a Carrion Crawler larva, a giant grub, or an infant purple worm.; Pathfinder (perfect): Fits many vermin or monstrosity stat blocks.; Stargrave (good): Works well as dangerous alien fauna.; Warhammer 40K (usable): Could serve as Tyranid Rippers or Nurglite larvae.; Frostgrave (good): Suitable as a wandering monster in frozen ruins.
Sex: Indeterminate, Build: N/A, Size: N/A, Age: N/A, Style: Realistic
Creature: Grub Worm (Monstrosity), Size: Large
Body: A thick, segmented, tube-like body that tapers toward the rear. It lacks eyes and has a circular frontal opening with two large curved mandibles. Numerous small, sharp prolegs run along the lower sides of the body.
Also known as: Giant Larva, Carrion Crawler Larva, Alien Parasite, Dungeon Maggot
Related creatures: Giant Centipede, Purple Worm, Ankheg, Carrion Crawler
Distinctive Features: Eyeless circular face, Segmented ridge-back, Dozens of small prolegs
Monster Weapons & Attacks: type: Mandibles, description: Two large, curved pincer-like claws, position: Frontal/Head opening, type_ja: 大顎, description_ja: 2つの大きな湾曲したハサミのような爪, position_ja: 正面/頭部の開口部, type: Claws, description: Numerous small, sharp appendages used for crawling and secondary attacks, position: Sides/Underbelly, type_ja: 鉤爪, description_ja: 這行や二次攻撃に使用される、多数の小さく鋭い付属肢, position_ja: 側面/腹部
Defensive Features: Segmented chitinous plates, Spiked exterior
Aesthetic: Creepy / Unsettling, Horrifying / Grotesque, Savage / Feral, Grimdark
Cultural Aesthetic: Generic Western Fantasy
Hairstyle: None (non-humanoid)
Similar to characters: Tremors Graboid larva, Starship Troopers Brain Bug, Dune Sandworm hatchling, Hollow Knight grub, Bloodborne Carrion Crow-style maggot
Miniature Dimensions: 15.8mm H x 35.1mm W x 22.9mm D (base: 50.0mm)
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