Dungeons & Dragons Suffering Worm Miniature

This is a Highly detailed miniature of a Suffering Worm.   

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

A Suffering Worm is a disturbing and parasitic aberration found in certain Dungeons & Dragons settings, often associated with dark experiments, mind-altering corruption, and extraplanar influences. These creatures are tiny, slug-like entities with pallid, veined bodies and grotesque, circular maws filled with needle-like teeth. Despite their frail appearance, they are formidable due to their insidious abilities and the psychological torment they bring to their victims. Suffering Worms are not naturally occurring; rather, they are usually the byproducts of foul magical research or the spawn of greater horrors from beyond the Material Plane, such as entities from the Far Realm or elder evils.

These worms operate as parasites, burrowing into the flesh of humanoid hosts and latching onto the nervous system or brain. The victim often suffers excruciating pain, hallucinations, and gradual degradation of the mind and body. This mental anguish is not incidental—it is the worm’s sustenance. The more pain and mental suffering the host endures, the stronger the worm becomes. In some lore, Suffering Worms are cultivated by cults who worship dark gods, used to break the wills of prisoners, or even implanted voluntarily by fanatics seeking communion with alien intelligences. Over time, a host might become a vessel for other horrors, transformed into a warped creature bent to the worm’s will.

Mechanically, Suffering Worms are often presented as hazards or low-level monsters with powerful effects disproportionate to their size. They can impose disadvantage on concentration checks, resist being removed by mundane means, and sometimes even control their host. DMs might use them as long-term threats or seeds for deeper cosmic horror narratives. A character infected by a Suffering Worm is not just facing a physical invasion, but an unraveling of identity, autonomy, and sanity—making the worm a potent symbol of insidious despair and body horror in the D&D mythos.

16.28mm tall at 32mm scale.