Add an air of mystery to your tabletop sessions with this meticulously detailed Train Conductor. Clutching a lantern to pierce the fog and a pocket watch to track the passing hours, he is the perfect NPC for steampunk, noir, or cosmic horror campaigns.
A conductor or watchman checks the time while making his rounds at night.
Best used as a quest-giving NPC, a train station staff member, or a vulnerable civilian that players must protect or interrogate during a mystery-focused encounter.
Artist: Epic Miniatures
Type: HERO
Pose: Standing upright with both arms bent to hold items in front of the torso.
Action: Standing/Idle
Mood: focused
Action Category: Standing/Idle
Genre: Steampunk, Modern, Horror, 1920s, Historical
Suitable Locations: foggy train station platform, industrial district alleyway, museum corridor at night, victorian manor gardens, urban shipyard dock, steampunk airship deck, haunted asylum hallway
Encounter Scenarios: An NPC quest-giver providing info about a late train, A night watchman acting as a bystander or witness in a horror investigation, A friendly ally guiding the party through a dark district
Power Level: Trivial (score 8/10)
Compatible Game Systems: Call of Cthulhu (perfect): Matches the 1920s era investigator or NPC aesthetic perfectly.; Vaesen (good): Fits the 19th-century gothic/mythic horror setting.; Malifaux (good): Fits the Victorian/Steampunk aesthetic of the game.; Savage Worlds (perfect): Highly versatile for modern, pulp, or steampunk settings.; Dungeons & Dragons (usable): Can serve as an NPC in an Eberron or steampunk-themed campaign.
Race: Human, Sex: Male, Build: Average, Size: Medium, Age: Middle-aged, Style: Realistic
Also suitable as: Dwarf (if scaled down)
Distinguishing Features: thick handlebar mustache, thick-rimmed glasses or goggles, peaked uniform cap
Clothing: Peaked Cap, Heavy Coat, Vest, Trousers
Equipment: Messenger Bag
Accessories: Shoulder Strap
Character Classes: Train Conductor (high%), Night Watchman (high%), Investigator NPC (medium%)
NPC Role: Service Professional / Civil Servant
Aesthetic: Gritty / Realistic, Mysterious / Enigmatic, Classic Fantasy
Cultural Aesthetic: Steampunk Victorian, Slavic / Eastern European
Hairstyle: Short, Straight
Similar to characters: Hercule Poirot, The Conductor from Polar Express, Steampunk Sherlock Holmes, Call of Cthulhu Investigator, Dr. Watson
Miniature Dimensions: 31.3mm H x 12.8mm W x 9.6mm D (base: 25.0mm)
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