This stout Molefolk Soldier is ready to defend the tunnels with a sturdy hammer-pick and a heavy plank shield. Featuring a confident expression and detailed equipment, this miniature is perfect for representing subterranean races, unique NPCs, or a whimsical player character in your next tabletop campaign.
A confident subterranean guardian stands watch at the entrance of a tunnel, pleased with the quality of his gear.
A standard tunnel guard, a member of a subterranean scouting party, or a low-level mercenary hireling.
Artist: Duncan Shadow
Type: HERO, MONSTER
Pose: The figure is in a wide-stanced, static guard pose. The torso is upright and thick, with arms positioned to display weapons and defense.
Action: Standing/Idle
Mood: smug
Action Category: Standing/Idle
Genre: Fantasy
Suitable Locations: underground mining colony, deep earthen tunnels, subterranean fortress, enchanted garden, dwarven border outpost, root cellar of a wizard's tower, ancient burial mound, fungal forest
Encounter Scenarios: a sturdy subterranean guard blocking a passage, a member of a molefolk adventuring party, a territorial tunnel-dweller defending its burrow, a hired mercenary for an underworld faction
Power Level: Easy (score 22/10)
Compatible Game Systems: Dungeons & Dragons (5e / general) (perfect): Excellent as a Molefolk/Orizon race or a homebrew burrowing race.; Pathfinder (1e / 2e) (perfect): Fits as a small or medium humanoid subterranean creature.; Frostgrave (good): Works well as a specialized soldier or tunnel-dwelling creature.; Savage Worlds (good): Suitable for a fantasy or high-pulp underground adventure.; Gloomhaven (usable): Could represent a Vermling-adjacent or unique subterranean ally/enemy.
Race: Molefolk, Sex: Indeterminate, Build: Stocky, Size: Small, Age: Adult, Style: stylized
Also suitable as: Anthropomorphic Mole, Subterranean Beastkin
Distinguishing Features: wide mole snout, large clawed feet, thick neckless torso, stubby tail
Weapons: warhammer/pick hybrid: A heavy, short-handled weapon with a blunt impact face and a curved rear spike.
Armor: pauldrons (studded leather or metal, shoulders); bracers (studded leather, forearms); shield (metal or thick hide, left side / torso)
Clothing: tunic, pants
Equipment: pouch
Accessories: belt
Character Classes: Fighter (high%), Cleric (Forge Domain) (medium%), Paladin (medium%)
NPC Role: Tunnel Guard
Creature: Molefolk Soldier (Humanoid), Size: Small
Body: Thick-set humanoid with mole features: prominent snout, small eyes, clawed toes, and a stubby tail.
Also known as: Burrower, Talpid Man, Earth Guard
Related creatures: Giant Mole, Dwarf Soldier, Earth Elemental
Distinctive Features: smiling mole snout, short conical tail, three-toed clawed feet
Monster Weapons & Attacks: type: Claws, description: Thick digging claws on hands and feet, position: extremities, type_ja: 爪, description_ja: 手足にある太い掘削用の爪, position_ja: 四肢の先端, type: Hammer/Pick, description: One-handed spiked hammer, position: right hand
Defensive Features: Large metal shield, Studded leather/plate armor
Mount: none, Size: none
Aesthetic: Cute / Adorable, Cool / Badass, Classic Fantasy, Whimsical / Playful
Cultural Aesthetic: Generic Western Fantasy
Hairstyle: None (non-humanoid)
Similar to characters: Redwall-style badger/mole warrior, Excavadrill (Pokemon theme), The Mole (Disney's Atlantis), Niffler (Fantastic Beasts head shape), Digging-type beastfolk archetypes
Miniature Dimensions: 27.2mm H x 35.5mm W x 28.0mm D (base: 50.0mm)
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