Dungeons & Dragons Winged Cthulhu Miniature

This is a highly detailed miniature of a Winged Cthulhu.

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

The Winged Cthulhu in Dungeons & Dragons is a terrifying aberration inspired by the cosmic horror of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos. While not an official creature in most editions, it has appeared in third-party supplements and homebrew adaptations. Typically, a Winged Cthulhu resembles a massive, otherworldly entity with a bloated, tentacled face, immense bat-like wings, and an aura of madness that warps reality around it. It embodies the themes of incomprehensible horror, often serving as an eldritch god or a powerful Great Old One.

In-game, a Winged Cthulhu is an immensely powerful entity, often classified as an aberration or an outsider from the Far Realm, a plane of madness and chaos. Its presence alone can induce insanity, with mechanics like fear effects, psychic damage, and reality-warping auras. It is often depicted as an immensely difficult foe, capable of turning even the most seasoned adventurers into gibbering wrecks or enslaving them to its unknowable will.

Encounters with a Winged Cthulhu are rarely straightforward battles; instead, they are often campaign-defining moments where players struggle to resist its influence, uncover ancient prophecies, or prevent a doomsday cult from awakening it. Defeating such an entity is nearly impossible by conventional means, requiring forbidden knowledge, divine intervention, or sealing rituals rather than brute force.

Dungeons & Dragons frequently references Lovecraftian horror through entities like Tharizdun, Dendar the Night Serpent, and Elder Evils, but Winged Cthulhu remains a more direct homage to the Mythos. Its presence in a campaign signals an existential threat, where reality itself may unravel, and the line between sanity and madness becomes dangerously thin.