This eerie miniature features a muscular figure clad in traditional rural Japanese attire, including a face-obscuring straw headpiece and a massive, weathered scythe. With its dynamic lunging pose and bare-footed stance, it perfectly captures the aesthetic of a dangerous folk-horror cultist or a mysterious wandering monk. Ideal for GMs looking to add a sense of unease to rural encounters or for players seeking a unique, gritty Kensei Monk.
A strange villager or cultist is mid-swing with a heavy scythe, either harvesting crops or preparing to strike an intruder.
A deadly ambush predator in a rural setting, a crazed cultist guard, or a low-level boss in a folk-horror themed dungeon.
Artist: Vae Victis Miniatures
Type: HERO
Pose: Crouched in a wide combat or labor stance, leaning forward.
Action: Working
Mood: focused
Action Category: Working
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Wuxia/Eastern
Suitable Locations: rural farmland, haunted rice paddy, isolated mountain village, misty cornfield, secret cultist meeting ground, ancient burial mound, shadowy forest path
Encounter Scenarios: A seemingly normal farmer who turns out to be a member of a sinister cult., A guardian of an ancient, rural shrine who attacks uninvited guests., An undead or possessed laborer animated by a necromancer in the countryside.
Power Level: Medium (score 35/10)
Compatible Game Systems: Dungeons & Dragons (5e / general) (perfect): ; Pathfinder (1e / 2e) (perfect): ; Legend of the Five Rings (good): ; Malifaux (good): ; Mork Borg (good): ; Frostgrave (good):
Race: Human, Sex: Male, Build: Athletic, Size: Medium, Age: Adult, Style: Stylized
Also suitable as: Shifter, Hag-spawn, Possessed Human
Distinguishing Features: Large bare feet, Muscular forearms, Straw bundle headgear, Obscured face
Weapons: Scythe: A long wooden shaft with a large, heavy curved blade attached at the end.
Armor: helmet (straw/wood, head and neck)
Clothing: tunic, skirt, sash
Accessories: wristbands, waist sash
Character Classes: Monk (Way of the Kensei) (high%), NPC Villager/Farmer (high%), Cultist (medium%)
NPC Role: Agricultural worker or hostile cultist minion.
Creature: none (none), Size: none
Body: none
Mount: none, Size: none
Aesthetic: Creepy / Unsettling, Mysterious / Enigmatic, Gritty / Realistic, Grimdark, Cool / Badass
Cultural Aesthetic: East Asian — Japanese
Hairstyle: Helmeted (hair hidden)
Similar to characters: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - Mibu Villager, Resident Evil 4 - Ganado, Ghost of Tsushima - Ronin/Straw Hat, Scarecrow (DC Comics), Kensei Monk archetype
Miniature Dimensions: 36.5mm H x 26.3mm W x 32.5mm D (base: 50.0mm)
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