This massive Shoggoth Monk brings true cosmic horror to your tabletop, featuring a hulking form draped in tattered monastic robes. With three tooth-filled maws and a cluster of lidless eyes, this Huge-scale aberration lunges forward on slug-like limbs, ready to shred any adventurer who dares enter its desecrated sanctuary.
A monstrous eldritch horror, dressed in the garb of a monk, bursts from a shallow grave to pursue its prey across a cemetery.
A major boss encounter for a mid-to-high level party, likely acting as a guardian of a corrupted temple or a high-ranking servant of an Elder God.
Artist: Epic Miniatures
Type: MONSTER, HERO
Pose: The figure is in a low, forward-leaning lunge or crawl. The torso is twisted slightly, and the cluster of eyes inside the hood is directed forward. The appendages in the rear are splayed to provide balance.
Action: Running/Chasing
Mood: menacing
Action Category: Moving/Running
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, 1920s
Suitable Locations: desecrated graveyard, ruined abbey, shadowy monastery catacombs, eldritch temple, mist-covered moor, undercity sewer, haunted forest, cultist hideout
Encounter Scenarios: A surprise boss encounter where a monk ally reveals their true, mutated form., A chase sequence through a cemetery where the players are pursued by this entity., An eldritch guardian protecting a forbidden tomb.
Power Level: Deadly (score 78/10)
Compatible Game Systems: Dungeons & Dragons (5e / general) (perfect): Excellent as a Gibbering Mouther, Shoggoth, or homebrew Monk NPC.; Call of Cthulhu (perfect): Fits the Shoggoth description perfectly for 1920s or modern scenarios.; Pathfinder (perfect): Usable as various aberrations or an advanced creature template.; Mork Borg (good): Matches the grim, body-horror aesthetic of the system.; Shadow of the Demon Lord (perfect): Highly appropriate for this dark fantasy setting's monsters.
Race: Shoggoth, Sex: Indeterminate, Build: Hulking, Size: Huge, Age: Ageless, Style: Realistic/Horror
Also suitable as: Gibbering Mouther, Aberration, Eldritch Horror
Distinguishing Features: Multiple eyes on torso and head, Multiple circular toothy mouths on torso, Three slug-like lower appendages, Clawed hands, Fleshy, ridged skin texture
Weapons: claws: Each hand features long, sharp claws for slashing.
Clothing: hooded cloak
Character Classes: Monk (high%), Warlock (Great Old One) (medium%), Necromancer (low%)
NPC Role: Monster Boss or Corrupted Guardian
Creature: Shoggoth (Aberration), Size: Huge
Body: A semi-amorphous mass of rippling flesh, covered in sensory organs and mouths, trailing three massive, ridged slug-like tails. Two humanoid-style arms end in sharp claws.
Also known as: Gibbering Mouther, Formless Spawn, Aberration
Related creatures: Gibbering Mouther, Ooze, Mind Flayer, Aboleth
Distinctive Features: Eye clusters, Tooth-filled torso mouths, Triple-tail lower body
Monster Weapons & Attacks: type: claws, description: Sharp, humanoid-like claws on the ends of the arms., position: Hands, type_ja: 鉤爪, description_ja: 腕の先端にある鋭い人型に近い鉤爪。, position_ja: 手, type: bite, description: Multiple circular mouths filled with teeth., position: Scattered across the torso, type_ja: 噛みつき, description_ja: 牙がびっしりと生えた複数の円形の口。, position_ja: 胴体全体に点在, type: slam, description: Thick, powerful trailing appendages., position: Lower body, type_ja: 叩きつけ, description_ja: 太く力強い後部の付属肢。, position_ja: 下半身
Defensive Features: Amorphous flesh, Multiple eyes providing all-around vision
Mount: none, Size: none
Aesthetic: Creepy / Unsettling, Horrifying / Grotesque, Grimdark, Intimidating / Imposing, Mysterious / Enigmatic
Cultural Aesthetic: Generic Western Fantasy
Hairstyle: None (non-humanoid)
Similar to characters: Shoggoth (Lovecraft Mythos), The Thing (John Carpenter), Chaos Spawn (Warhammer 40k/Fantasy), Gibbering Mouther (D&D), Flesh Golem-type
Miniature Dimensions: 51.8mm H x 41.8mm W x 54.2mm D (base: 75.0mm)
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