Frozen in a terrifying lunging strike, this Skeleton Warrior is ready to cleave through any hero who enters its tomb. Featuring a massive two-handed greataxe, tattered cloak, and a dynamic overhead swing, this miniature brings a sense of violent movement to your tabletop encounters.
An ancient warrior, long dead, has been reanimated and is now bringing down a crushing blow with its rusted greataxe.
Standard undead infantry, graveyard guardian, or a basic summoned unit for a low-level necromancer.
Artist: Cast n Play
Type: HERO, MONSTER
Pose: Deep lunge with torso twisted and arms raised overhead in a power-attack wind-up.
Action: Attacking
Mood: menacing
Action Category: Offensive
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Suitable Locations: ancient burial chamber, haunted battlefield, wizard's tower basement, necromancer's laboratory, ruined castle courtyard, desecrated cathedral, cursed forest clearing, shadowfell wasteland, sewer system beneath the capital, forgotten mountain pass
Encounter Scenarios: A front-line minion guarding a necromantic ritual, A silent sentinel awakened by the party entering a crypt, A patrol member in an army of the dead marching on a village
Power Level: Easy (score 22/10)
Compatible Game Systems: Dungeons & Dragons (perfect): ; Pathfinder (perfect): ; Warhammer Age of Sigmar (good): ; Mork Borg (perfect): ; Frostgrave (perfect): ; Shadow of the Demon Lord (perfect): ; OSR Games (perfect):
Race: Skeleton, Sex: Indeterminate, Build: Slender, Size: Medium, Age: Ageless/Undead, Style: Stylized Realistic
Also suitable as: Undead, Reborn
Distinguishing Features: exposed ribcage, empty eye sockets, bare bone limbs, articulated jaw
Weapons: greataxe: Large, heavy-bladed axe with a single crescent edge and a prominent spike at the top of the shaft.
Armor: helmet (metal, head); pauldron (metal, right shoulder); greaves (metal, lower legs)
Clothing: cloak, loincloth
Equipment: round shield, belt and harness
Character Classes: Fighter (high%), Barbarian (good%), Paladin (Oathbreaker) (usable%)
NPC Role: Undead Soldier
Creature: Skeleton Warrior (Undead), Size: Medium
Body: Standard humanoid skeleton, ribcage and joints exposed, wearing tattered rags and pitted metal armor.
Also known as: Skeletal Guard, Undead Soldier, Draugr
Related creatures: Skeleton Archer, Wight, Ghost, Necromancer
Distinctive Features: Deep combat crouch, Overhead axe swing wind-up, Exposed ribcage
Monster Weapons & Attacks: type: greataxe, description: Large two-handed axe with a notched blade., position: held in both hands
Defensive Features: pot helm, round shield on back, metal greaves
Mount: none, Size: none
Aesthetic: Cool / Badass, Creepy / Unsettling, Grimdark, Classic Fantasy, Intimidating / Imposing
Cultural Aesthetic: Generic Western Fantasy, Norse / Viking
Hairstyle: Skeletal/No Hair
Similar to characters: Dark Souls Skeleton Warrior, Harryhausen Skeleton (Jason and the Argonauts), Army of Darkness Deadite, Wight King, Skeletor-type warrior
Miniature Dimensions: 37.4mm H x 35.6mm W x 33.5mm D (base: 50.0mm)
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