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Volume III · Monster ManualBuild 25

Thul, the Woodsman

Creatures of the Crooked Mile

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Thul, the Woodsman
Implemented development through Build 25Reviewed 28 October 2026

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Corrupted woodcutter · Physical

An axe, an old grievance, and a name worth remembering. Thul makes a woodland encounter feel uncomfortably personal.

Reference statistics

Basic difficulty · ordinary profile before temporary states and encounter adjustments

HP
86
Armor class
15
Attack
+6
Damage
d6+3
Initiative
8
Strikes
2

Weaknesses Holy

Resistances Void

Polymorph immunity Yes

Traits and special behavior

Blackwood Cleave. Thul normally makes two strikes. On rounds 1, 4, 7 and every third round thereafter, Cleave replaces the whole action. Each living hero independently takes d4+1 Physical damage plus half the tier damage bonus, rounded up. Surviving recipients independently risk Sapped: 35%, 40%, 45%, 50% and 55% from Basic through Master+.

Black Sap Rising. At or below half health, Thul gains +1 Attack and +1 ordinary damage, retaining two strikes. He is immune to Polymorph.

Master+ exception. Cleave uses d4+2 before its tier contribution. Black Sap Rising begins at or below one-quarter health and gives three strikes; its +1 Attack and +1 damage remain unchanged. The statistics table shows the ordinary profile before this rage.

See the condition reference for the shared effects, and enemy tuning for difficulty-wide chance adjustments.

Statistics by difficulty

DifficultyHPACAttackDamageStrikes
Basic8615+6d6+32
Advanced15920+9d6+62
Expert23826+12d6+102
Master32428+14d6+122
Master+33030+15d6+162

Includes explicit tier overrides and the final maximum-HP multiplier. Damage is the ordinary die and bonus, before final outgoing multipliers. Rage, growth, buffs, encounter adjustments and special action damage are not baked into this table.

Current appearances

AdventureLocationEncounter roster
The Heart of the ForestThe Heart ChamberThul, the Woodsman × 1

Detailed reference

These panels retain the exact authored configuration, including unscaled base values. For tier overrides, −1 Attack or damage bonus and zero HP or strikes mean “inherit”; tier indices run from 0 (Basic) to 4 (Master+). Field values and message templates are shown as reference data, not additional rules.

Creature configuration
Stable identifier
woodsman
Attack Text
{actor} heaves his axe at {target}.
Name
Thul, the Woodsman
Plate Name
Thul
HP
72
Armor class
15
Attack
5
Damage die
6
Damage bonus
2
Initiative
8
Artwork registry index
23
Role
Corrupted woodcutter
Visual Scale
1.4
Weaknesses
  1. Holy
Resistances
  1. Void
Rage
Name
Black Sap Rising
Below Health
0.5
Attack Bonus
1
Damage Bonus
1
Strikes per action
2
Timed Action
Name
Blackwood Cleave
Round
1
Interval
3
Icon
enemy.cleave
Effect
Kind
damage
Target
party
Damage die
4
Damage bonus
1
Element
Not set
Sapped Chance
35
Sound
combat.blackwoodCleave
Tier Damage Multiplier
0.5
Strikes per action
2
Immune to Polymorph
Yes
Tier Adjustments
  1. Tier index (0–4)
    4
    Attack
    -1
    Damage bonus
    2
    HP
    55
    Timed Action
    Name
    Blackwood Cleave
    Round
    1
    Interval
    3
    Icon
    enemy.cleave
    Effect
    Kind
    damage
    Target
    party
    Damage die
    4
    Damage bonus
    2
    Element
    Not set
    Sapped Chance
    35
    Tier Damage Multiplier
    0.5
    Rage
    Name
    Black Sap Rising
    Below Health
    0.25
    Attack Bonus
    1
    Damage Bonus
    1
    Strikes per action
    3
  2. Tier index (0–4)
    0
    Attack
    6
    Damage bonus
    3
    HP
    86
Attack Sound
combat.thulAxe
Encounter configurations (1)

Whole encounter rewards and modifiers are shown here; they are not rewards for defeating this creature alone. Legacy fields remain visible for configuration audits.

  1. Stable identifier
    woodsman-heart
    Victory Image
    JournalArt/Adventures/HeartOfForest/Illustrations/Victories/HeartOfTheForest-Woodsman
    Enemies
    1. woodsman
    Opening
    <b>Thul</b> raises his axe over the beating <b>Heart</b>. Black sap drips as the roots recoil.
    Gold
    60
    Xp
    65
Artwork and presentation
Resource
JournalArt/Adventures/HeartOfForest/Creatures/Woodsman
Registrations
  1. Resource
    JournalArt/Adventures/HeartOfForest/Creatures/Woodsman
    Height Units
    1.4
    Body Height
    0.9186197916666666
    Ground Y
    0.041666666666666664
    Center X
    0.5009765625

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