This towering, gnarled tree features a sinister spiral growth pattern and hyper-detailed bark textures, making it a perfect centerpiece for haunted forests or blighted landscapes. Standing at a massive 73mm, it serves equally well as a formidable Awakened Tree monster or as a high-fidelity terrain piece for dark fantasy wargaming.
A corrupted or ancient tree trunk stands as a silent sentinel in a dark, forgotten forest.
A mid-dungeon guardian in a druid's grove or a high-threat environmental hazard in a haunted forest.
Artist: Duncan Shadow
Type: TERRAIN, MONSTER, PROP
Pose: Standing vertical; the trunk twists slightly to the right as it rises. There are no limbs or appendages.
Action: Standing/Idle
Mood: menacing
Action Category: Standing/Idle
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Post-Apocalyptic
Suitable Locations: blighted forest, haunted marshland, hag's lair entrance, corrupted druid grove, shadowfell wilderness, ancient burial mound, fungal cavern, petrified forest, wasteland scrub
Encounter Scenarios: As a piece of defensive cover for players or enemies, As a Gulthias Tree or Awakened Tree monster that surprises the party, As a cursed object that radiates necrotic energy in a quest
Power Level: Hard (score 55/10)
Compatible Game Systems: Dungeons & Dragons (perfect): ; Pathfinder (perfect): ; Warhammer Age of Sigmar (good): ; Frostgrave (perfect): ; Mork Borg (good): ; Forbidden Lands (good): ; Rangers of Shadow Deep (perfect):
Race: Not applicable, Sex: Not applicable, Build: Not applicable, Size: Not applicable, Age: Not applicable, Style: realistic
Creature: Awakened Tree (Plant), Size: Huge
Body: A singular, thick trunk with no limbs, branches, or leaves. The surface is covered in deep, vertical, twisted grooves resembling bark.
Also known as: Gulthias Tree, Tree Blight, Corrupted Stump
Related creatures: Treant, Shambling Mound, Blight
Distinctive Features: Twisted spiral growth pattern, Deep vertical grain, Gnarled, leafless top
Monster Weapons & Attacks: type: Slam, description: The heavy, twisted trunk can strike targets., position: Main body, type_ja: 叩きつけ, description_ja: 重厚でねじれた幹が標的を打ち据えます。, position_ja: 本体, Entangle, Root Strike
Defensive Features: Thick, layered bark providing high natural armor
Mount: Not applicable, Size: Not applicable
Aesthetic: Creepy / Unsettling, Grimdark, Classic Fantasy, Intimidating / Imposing, Mysterious / Enigmatic
Cultural Aesthetic: Generic Western Fantasy
Hairstyle: None (non-humanoid)
Similar to characters: Treebeard-type Ent, The Whomping Willow, Great Hollow trees (Dark Souls), Blighted Trees (Elden Ring), Evil Dead haunted trees
Miniature Dimensions: 73.2mm H x 63.0mm W x 46.7mm D (base: 75.0mm)
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