Ascended Flayer (Master) by DM Stash

It does not beg, threaten, or negotiate — it simply reaches into the space behind your thoughts and rearranges what it finds there.

• ✔ 32mm scale resin miniature, printed fresh to order in the UK
• ✔ Supplied unpainted and ready to prime
• ✔ Compatible with D&D, Pathfinder, and all tabletop RPGs
• ✔ Equally at home on the gaming table or the display shelf

The Ascended Flayer (Master) is no mere thrall-keeper lurking in the tunnels of the Underdark. This is something older, more deliberate — an illithid that has transcended its colony role entirely and emerged as a sovereign intellect in its own right. Clad in intricately engraved pauldrons and a wide ornamental belt, its exposed torso and flowing robes suggest a being that has long outgrown the need to hide. The four writhing tentacles of its face curl with restrained purpose, while one clawed hand is raised mid-gesture — not in anger, but in the casual, unhurried motion of a mind already inside yours.

This sculpt captures the Ascended Flayer at the height of its authority. The armour detailing — scrollwork across the bracers, raised studs on the pauldrons, layered skirts of cloth — speaks to centuries of accumulated power and aesthetic refinement. It reads equally well as an elder brain's chosen envoy, a rogue illithid arcanist operating without colony sanction, or the true mastermind behind a campaign's central conspiracy. Whether placed on the table to terrify or on a shelf to admire, it commands the room.

A fine choice for adventurers who:

• Need a commanding boss-tier illithid or Underdark villain for their campaign
• Are building a mind flayer faction with a clear hierarchy
• Want a display-worthy aberration that rewards careful brushwork
• Are running cerebral horror or psionic intrigue storylines

Encounter Hook:
Three members of the Zhentarim have returned from a mission to the Underdark with no memory of what they found — only a shared compulsion to visit the old observatory at midnight and leave the door unlocked. The party arrives to find them standing motionless in the dark, and something tall and robed waiting at the centre of the room, one hand raised, already aware of every plan the adventurers made on the way here.

Details

Supplied at 32mm scale. The model and decorative base are separate pieces, attached with superglue — the base is crafted to complement the sculpt and they work best displayed together. Each miniature is printed to a high standard; supports are removed before dispatch, though minor surface marks inherent to the printing process may occasionally occur and are straightforward to address before painting. Supplied unpainted and ready for priming.

Sculpted by DM Stash — visit their page to see more of their work.

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