Dungeons & Dragons Nothic Miniature

This is a highly detailed miniature of a Nothic.

This model was created by M3DM who makes amazingly accurate models of Dungeons & Dragons creatures and is provided by Commercial License.

A Nothic in Dungeons & Dragons is an aberrant creature cursed with a monstrous form due to its insatiable pursuit of forbidden knowledge. Once a powerful wizard, a Nothic is warped by dark magic, losing its identity but retaining fragments of its arcane intellect. It appears as a hunched, humanoid figure with rotting flesh, spindly limbs, and a single massive eye that gleams with eerie intelligence.

Driven by an obsessive hunger for secrets, a Nothic lurks in ruins, dungeons, or the lairs of more powerful beings, where it can spy unseen and glean hidden truths. Though it has lost its former magical prowess, it possesses supernatural abilities, including its signature Weird Insight, which allows it to peer into a creature’s mind and uncover its deepest secrets. This ability makes it an unsettling and manipulative presence, often using knowledge as leverage.

A Nothic’s most terrifying power is its Rotting Gaze, a magical affliction that causes flesh to wither and decay upon eye contact. Despite its twisted nature, it is not inherently evil; its motivations stem from its relentless thirst for knowledge rather than malice. Some Nothics serve dark masters in exchange for scraps of forgotten lore, while others remain isolated, brooding over cryptic fragments of their lost past.

Legends say that curing a Nothic is nearly impossible, as its transformation is a punishment from the dark god Vecna for seeking arcane knowledge beyond mortal limits. However, rare scholars and adventurers believe that restoring its mind could be possible with immense magical intervention.

Encountering a Nothic is as much a psychological challenge as a physical one, as its unnatural gaze and cryptic utterances can shake even the bravest adventurers, revealing truths they would rather keep hidden.