Dungeons & Dragons Aboleth Miniature

This is a highly detailed miniature of a Aboleth.

This model was created by MZ4250 who makes amazingly accurate models of the Monster Manual creatures and provided by Commercial License.

An Aboleth in Dungeons & Dragons is a terrifying, ancient aberration that dwells deep in the oceans, lakes, and the subterranean waters of the Underdark. These massive, eel-like creatures are distinguished by their immense intellect, alien biology, and malevolent memories that span back to a time before the gods existed. An Aboleth measures about 20 feet long, with a slimy, mucous-covered body, lamprey-like mouths, and three glaring eyes that shimmer with unnatural intelligence.

Aboleths are not just powerful monsters—they are remnants of a forgotten age when they were the dominant lifeforms on many worlds. Long before divine beings reshaped reality, the Aboleths ruled vast empires, enslaving countless creatures through psionic domination and genetic manipulation. When the gods rose to power and created their own followers, the Aboleths were cast down, but they never forgot. One of the most distinctive traits of an Aboleth is its perfect racial memory—every Aboleth remembers everything its ancestors experienced, passing knowledge and resentment across countless generations.

This ancient knowledge, paired with potent psionics and magical resistance, makes Aboleths terrifying opponents. They can dominate minds, enslave creatures to their will, and reshape the bodies of others with their mucous slime, which can permanently alter a humanoid’s biology, rendering them water-breathing servitors. An Aboleth's lair, typically an underwater cavern filled with enslaved minions and arcane traps, grants it additional power. These lairs can manipulate the environment, from warping reality to causing eerie visions, as the Aboleth’s mind leaks into the world around it.

Despite their power, Aboleths rarely engage in open warfare. Instead, they prefer subtle manipulation, controlling cults or influencing societies through dreams and psychic projection. They are patient, calculating, and utterly alien in their goals. To encounter an Aboleth is not just to face a monster, but to brush against the memory of a time when they ruled everything—and believe they will again.