This menacing Void Flower features a central cluster of unblinking eyes surrounded by thick, protective petals and lashing suction-cup tentacles. Perfectly bridging the gap between deadly terrain and a sentient aberration, it serves as a terrifying ambush predator for any dark fantasy or sci-fi tabletop encounter.
A strange, eldritch organism watches the surroundings with dozens of eyes while its tentacles wait to ensnare anything that draws too close to its rocky perch.
An ambush predator in an eldritch cavern or a biological security measure in a wizard's garden or alien laboratory.
Artist: TEMPLE
Type: MONSTER, TERRAIN
Pose: The figure stands perfectly vertical. The top flares out with a series of petal-like or horn-like protrusions surrounding a central vertical eye cluster. Tentacles at the bottom are coiled and low to the ground.
Action: Standing/Idle
Mood: menacing
Action Category: Standing/Idle
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Suitable Locations: Underdark cavern, Eldritch ritual site, Alien planet surface, Corrupted forest grove, Astral plane fragment, Void-touched dungeon chamber, Sunless sea shore, Mind flayer colony
Encounter Scenarios: A stationary environmental hazard that lashes out at passing players, A sentinel created by an alien intelligence to guard a gateway, A biological 'camera' used by a dark god to observe the material plane
Power Level: Medium (score 35/10)
Compatible Game Systems: Dungeons & Dragons (perfect): Ideal as a custom Aberration, Shambling Mound variant, or environmental trap.; Pathfinder (perfect): Fits the aesthetic of many Darklands or cosmic horror entities.; Call of Cthulhu (good): Works well as a minor servant of an Outer God or a biological anomaly.; Starfinder (good): Excellent as an alien flora/fauna specimen on a hostile world.; Mork Borg (usable): Fits the grim, surreal horror aesthetic.
Race: Not applicable, Sex: Indeterminate, Build: Columnar, Size: Medium, Age: Ageless, Style: Realistic
Creature: Void Flower (Aberration), Size: Medium
Body: Vertical fleshy trunk with ribbed musculature; 'head' area containing approximately 10-12 visible eyes; crown of upwards-curving horns/petals; several thick tentacles with suckers at the base.
Also known as: Eldritch Sentinel, Eye Pillar, Cthulhu-oid Plant, Aberrant Bloom
Related creatures: Ropers, Otyughs, Mind Flayers, Shambling Mounds
Distinctive Features: Massive cluster of eyes, Suction-cup tentacles, Petal-like crown
Monster Weapons & Attacks: type: Tentacles, description: Thick, muscular appendages with suction cups for grappling and crushing., position: Base/Ground level, type_ja: 触手, description_ja: 掴んだり押し潰したりするための吸盤を備えた、太く筋肉質な触肢。, position_ja: 基部/地面レベル, Potential eye-beams or psychic gazes based on the numerous eyes.
Defensive Features: Fleshy, ribbed trunk providing natural toughness., Rock-like base for stability.
Aesthetic: Creepy / Unsettling, Horrifying / Grotesque, Mysterious / Enigmatic, Intimidating / Imposing, Grimdark
Cultural Aesthetic: Generic Western Fantasy
Hairstyle: None (non-humanoid)
Similar to characters: Lovecraftian Shoggoth, Malboro from Final Fantasy, Ochu from Final Fantasy, Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors, Hermaeus Mora from Skyrim
Miniature Dimensions: 39.0mm H x 24.3mm W x 22.2mm D (base: 30.0mm)
Keywords: eldritch plant, eye monster, tentacle flower, Lovecraftian horror, cosmic horror mini, void creature, alien flora, carnivorous plant, dungeon hazard, D&D aberration, Starfinder alien, weird fiction miniature, eye stalk plant, suction cup tentacles, creepy garden, blighted plant, many-eyed monster, fungal horror, dark fantasy flora, mutant plant
