Enhance your tabletop maps with this imposing, gnarled tree trunk, featuring deep-etched bark and twisted, reaching branches. Standing at over 67mm tall, its bifurcated top and eerie, weathered texture make it the perfect centerpiece for haunted forests, blighted swamps, or grimdark battlefields.
A gnarled, ancient tree or stump standing as a landmark in a dark or primeval landscape.
Artist: Duncan Shadow
Type: TERRAIN
Pose: The 'trunk' is upright and stationary with two main branches split at the top, one leaning slightly more forward than the other.
Action: Standing/Idle
Mood: ominous
Action Category: Standing/Idle
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Genre-Neutral
Suitable Locations: haunted forest, ancient druidic grove, fetid swamp, mountainous treeline, overgrown ruins, desecrated graveyard, underdark fungal garden, shadowfell wasteland, enchanted woods, village outskirts
Encounter Scenarios: environmental cover during a forest ambush, a landmark for navigating a dense wilderness, a target for an 'Awaken' spell by a druid, part of a ritual site for a coven of hags
Power Level: not_applicable (score 0/10)
Compatible Game Systems: Dungeons & Dragons (perfect): ; Pathfinder (perfect): ; Warhammer Fantasy / Age of Sigmar (good): ; Frostgrave (perfect): ; Rangers of Shadow Deep (perfect): ; Forbidden Lands (good): ; Kings of War (good):
Build: Not applicable, Size: Large, Age: Ancient, Style: Realistic
NPC Role: Scenery
Creature: Tree (Plant), Size: Large
Body: A thick, gnarled wooden trunk that splits into two vertical branches. The surface is heavily textured with bark ridges.
Also known as: Stump, Awakened Tree
Related creatures: Treant, Blight
Distinctive Features: Deep vertical grooves, Bifurcated top
Defensive Features: Thick bark
Aesthetic: Creepy / Unsettling, Sinister / Evil, Mysterious / Enigmatic, Grimdark, Intimidating / Imposing
Cultural Aesthetic: Generic Western Fantasy
Hairstyle: None (non-humanoid)
Similar to characters: Old Man Willow (Lord of the Rings), Whomping Willow (Harry Potter), Poltergeist Tree, Evil Dead Haunted Tree, Sleepy Hollow Tree
Miniature Dimensions: 67.1mm H x 71.2mm W x 69.6mm D (base: 100.0mm)
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