Terror stalks the cemetery with this sinister Gravedigger miniature, featuring a menacing sharp-toothed grin and a tattered Victorian frock coat. Clutching a heavy butcher’s cleaver and a guttering lantern, he makes for a perfect high-stakes NPC or unique undead threat in any gothic horror campaign.
A sinister gravedigger stalks through a cemetery at night, lifting his lantern to find his next victim while keeping his blade ready.
A localized cemetery boss, a specialized horror-themed assassin, or a high-threat undead lieutenant in a Gothic campaign.
Artist: HardWitch Games
Type: HERO, MONSTER
Pose: Lunging, crouched forward movement
Action: Moving/Sneaking
Mood: menacing
Action Category: Stalking
Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Steampunk, Gothic
Suitable Locations: foggy cemetery at midnight, dilapidated Victorian sanitarium, overgrown church graveyard, shadowy alleyway in a gothic city, hidden crypt beneath a manor, thieves' guild hideout in a sewer, morgue or anatomical theater, haunted moorland, village outskirts near a plague pit, dark carnival or circus
Encounter Scenarios: a sinister NPC quest-giver who trades secrets for fresh corpses, a mid-level undead boss encountered while investigating a grave robbery, a creepy informant who leads the party into an ambush, a feral ghoul-like creature stalking the party through a dungeon
Power Level: Medium (score 28/10)
Compatible Game Systems: Malifaux (perfect): Matches the Resurrectionists or Outcasts faction aesthetics perfectly.; Dungeons & Dragons (Ravenloft) (good): Excellent as a Grave Domain cleric, Necromancer, or a specific named NPC in a horror campaign.; Mork Borg (good): Fits the grim, macabre, and tattered aesthetic of the setting.; Call of Cthulhu (usable): Could serve as a cultist or a monstrous human encounter in a Gaslight setting.; Frostgrave (good): Works well as a thug or an undead creature in the frozen city.; Mordheim (good): Fits the dark fantasy/ruined city aesthetic.
Race: Human, Sex: Male, Build: Slender, Size: Medium, Age: Adult, Style: Stylized Realistic
Also suitable as: Undead Human, Ghoul, Dhampir
Distinguishing Features: wide sharp-toothed grin, long hair, gaunt facial features, top hat with a large feather
Weapons: Butcher's Cleaver: Large, heavy rectangular blade with visible nicks/chips on the edge and a circular hole/ring near the tip for hanging.
Armor: Kneepads (hardened leather or metal, knees); Heavy Boots (leather, feet and shins)
Clothing: Tattered Overcoat, Waistcoat, Top Hat, Cravat
Equipment: Belt
Accessories: Feather
Character Classes: Rogue (Assassin/Thief) (high%), NPC Gravedigger (high%), Necromancer (medium%)
NPC Role: Sinister Undertaker or Cemetery Keeper
Creature: Ghoul (Undead), Size: Medium
Body: Lean, gaunt humanoid with long hair and a wide mouth full of sharp teeth.
Also known as: Undead Gravedigger, Wight, Zombie (Fresh), Slasher
Related creatures: Ghasts, Flesh Golems, Necromancers
Distinctive Features: Wide, menacing grin, Gaunt, sunken facial features
Monster Weapons & Attacks: type: Bite, description: Sharp, pointed teeth shown in a wide grin, position: mouth, type_ja: 噛みつき, description_ja: 不気味な笑みから覗く、鋭く尖った歯, position_ja: 口, type: Cleaver, description: Large butcher's chopper, position: right hand
Defensive Features: Reinforced kneepads and heavy leather clothing
Aesthetic: Creepy / Unsettling, Sinister / Evil, Grimdark, Cool / Badass, Mysterious / Enigmatic
Cultural Aesthetic: Steampunk Victorian, Generic Western Fantasy
Hairstyle: Long, Flowing
Similar to characters: Jack the Ripper, Sweeney Todd, Bloodborne Hunter, The Joker, Doctor Facilier, Ebenezer Scrooge
Miniature Dimensions: 37.6mm H x 32.4mm W x 24.1mm D (base: 50.0mm)
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