This eerie Scarecrow Standing miniature captures the unsettling essence of a rural nightmare, featuring a stitched sack head and menacing twig-bundle claws. Mounted on a central wooden post with a structural crossbeam, it is the perfect sentinel for a haunted cornfield or a grimdark farmstead encounter.
A cursed scarecrow begins to animate in a silent field, its wooden claws reaching out for a trespasser.
Rank-and-file fodder or an ambush monster in a rural or agricultural setting.
Artist: Epic Miniatures
Type: MONSTER
Pose: Cruciform/T-pose with arms extended and clawed hands reaching forward.
Action: Standing/Menacing
Mood: menacing
Action Category: Standing/Idle
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Suitable Locations: haunted cornfield, abandoned farmstead, dilapidated orchard, hag's garden, misty graveyard, cursed village outskirts, autumn harvest festival, countryside crossroads
Encounter Scenarios: An ambush where the party thinks it is a normal scarecrow (Enemy/Trap), Minions guarding a farmhouse inhabited by a necromancer or hag (Minion), A construct created to protect a village that has gone rogue (Enemy)
Power Level: Easy (score 20/10)
Compatible Game Systems: Dungeons & Dragons (5e / general) (perfect): Matches the 'Scarecrow' monster manual entry exactly.; Pathfinder (1e / 2e) (perfect): Ideal for a Scarecrow construct.; Ravenloft (D&D Horror setting) (perfect): Fits the Gothic horror aesthetic perfectly.; Mork Borg (good): Fits the bleak, weird fantasy vibe.; Frostgrave (usable): Works as a summoned construct or environmental hazard.
Race: Not applicable, Sex: Indeterminate, Build: Slender, Size: Medium, Age: Ageless/Undead, Style: Stylized
Distinguishing Features: Sack head, Wooden stick limbs, No legs, stands on a post
Clothing: Scarecrow attire
NPC Role: Construct / Monster
Creature: Scarecrow (Construct), Size: Medium
Body: Humanoid with two arms and a head. Instead of legs, the lower torso tapers into a thick wooden post that roots the figure to the ground. Texture is a mix of wood grain and heavy fabric.
Also known as: Animated Scarecrow, Straw Golem, Wicker Man (small scale)
Related creatures: Animated Armor, Flesh Golem, Crows, Pumpkin Monsters
Distinctive Features: Central post base, Sack head with stitched appearance, Bundle-of-sticks arm construction
Monster Weapons & Attacks: type: Claws, description: Long, jagged wooden fingers capable of slashing or piercing., position: End of both arms, type_ja: 爪, description_ja: 斬撃や刺突が可能な、長くギザギザした木の指。, position_ja: 両腕の先
Defensive Features: Hard wooden limbs, Resilient construct body
Aesthetic: Creepy / Unsettling, Horrifying / Grotesque, Sinister / Evil, Grimdark, Classic Fantasy
Cultural Aesthetic: Generic Western Fantasy
Hairstyle: None (non-humanoid)
Similar to characters: Fiddlesticks (League of Legends), Scarecrow (DC Comics), Harold (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark), Pumpkin King (Nightmare Before Christmas), Straw Golem (Minecraft)
Miniature Dimensions: 35.6mm H x 42.2mm W x 18.4mm D (base: 50.0mm)
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