Bring the dread of the harvest to your tabletop with this Walking Scarecrow. Featuring a menacing stitched visage, elongated branch-like claws, and a crow familiar perched on its shoulder, this finely detailed miniature captures the perfect essence of gothic folk horror.
A living scarecrow stalks through a dark cornfield, arms wide as if to corner its prey while its crow familiar watches from its shoulder.
A low-level regional threat encountered in blighted farmlands or as a sentry for a hag's lair.
Artist: TEMPLE
Type: MONSTER, HERO
Pose: Wide crouched stance with arms outstretched laterally and head tilted; right shoulder supports a perched bird.
Action: Moving/Walking
Mood: menacing
Action Category: Movement
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Gothic
Suitable Locations: haunted cornfield, dilapidated farmstead, witch's garden, misty graveyard, cursed orchard, shadowy forest edge, ruined village square, abandoned windmill, alchemist's basement, feywild autumn court
Encounter Scenarios: Minion of a powerful hag protecting her territory, Guardian construct brought to life by a vengeful farmer, Random encounter in a cursed agricultural district, A silent stalker following the party through a labyrinthine field
Power Level: Easy (score 22/10)
Compatible Game Systems: Dungeons & Dragons (5e) (perfect): Ideal as a standard Scarecrow monster or a re-skinned Warforged/Reborn PC.; Pathfinder (perfect): Matches the 'Scarecrow' bestiary entry perfectly.; Mork Borg (perfect): The grim, stitched aesthetic fits the game's dark, gritty visual style.; Frostgrave (good): Works well as a construct or an undead minion for a Necromancer or Enchanter.; Malifaux (good): Fits the Neverborn or Bayou aesthetic well.; Ravenloft (perfect): A quintessential horror setting monster.
Race: Scarecrow (Construct), Sex: Indeterminate, Build: Slender, Size: Medium, Age: Ageless, Style: Stylized Grimdark
Also suitable as: Warforged, Reborn, Golem
Distinguishing Features: Stitched burlap head, Branch-like fingers, Straw protruding from limbs, Shoulder perch with crow, Rope bindings
Weapons: wooden claws: Elongated, sharp wooden branch tips serving as fingers and primary natural weapons.
Armor: unarmored (straw/wood, none)
Clothing: Tattered Tunic, Pointed Hat, Patched Trousers
Equipment: Rope Bindings
Accessories: Shoulder Perch
Character Classes: Druid (Circle of Blight/Spores) (high%), Warlock (Undead/Hag Patron) (medium%), Barbarian (low%)
NPC Role: Guardian of a haunted farm or minion of a forest-dwelling witch.
Creature: Scarecrow (Construct), Size: Medium
Body: Humanoid frame with wooden branch limbs, straw stuffing protruding from seams, and a burlap sack head with stitched facial features.
Related creatures: Raven Swarm, Witch, Hag, Will-o'-Wisp
Distinctive Features: Stitched 'smile' on face, Crow familiar, Lanky branch fingers
Monster Weapons & Attacks: type: Claws, description: Sharp wooden branch fingers used for slashing., position: both hands, type_ja: 鉤爪, description_ja: 斬撃に使用する、鋭い木の枝の指。, position_ja: 両手, type: Beak/Talons, description: The crow companion can perform independent attacks., position: right shoulder, type_ja: 嘴／爪, description_ja: 相棒のカラスが独立して攻撃を行うことができます。, position_ja: 右肩
Defensive Features: Construct nature (resistance to mental attacks), Thick straw stuffing (bludgeoning resistance)
Mount: none, Size: none
Aesthetic: Creepy / Unsettling, Grimdark, Horrifying / Grotesque, Classic Fantasy, Intimidating / Imposing
Cultural Aesthetic: Generic Western Fantasy, Slavic / Eastern European
Hairstyle: None (non-humanoid)
Similar to characters: Fiddlesticks (League of Legends), Scarecrow (DC Comics), The Pumpkin King (The Nightmare Before Christmas), Harold (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark), Pumpkinhead
Miniature Dimensions: 37.5mm H x 39.6mm W x 18.3mm D (base: 50.0mm)
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