Wooden Nightmare

General Information
Wooden Nightmare is a boss enemy in The House. This hellish creature is one of the most difficult monsters to survive in the game. The sheer amount of versatility and raw strength that Wooden Nightmare has can allow it to destroy any survivors with ease. With so many tricks up its wooden sleeves, this monster truly is a nightmare to face.

Appearance
Wooden Nightmare appears as a tall and gangly humanoid entity, made of wood. It has an empty torso that is comprised of only a ribcage. At the end of its long arms are massive clawed hands. Beady red eyes sit above a massive mouth full to the brim with sharp black teeth. Wooden sawdust particles appear on Wooden Nightmare whenever it phases through an object.

Monster Overview
Beginning a round with this nightmare is known by a loud scream that plays immediately when it spawns. While moving, Wooden Nightmare will make heavy footsteps. Occasionally, creaking sounds can be heard from Wooden Nightmare's location, however, it can be tricky to distinguish these from the normal ambient creaks within The House.

Wooden Nightmare can hunt down players with its pathfinding. No matter the location, hiding is nigh impossible against it. If Wooden Nightmare gets stuck while hunting down a target, it will use its uncanny abilities to phase through the obstruction. Additionally, Wooden Nightmare will occasionally gain the ability to phase through obstacles at completely random intervals, making it unpredictable. Unique audio cues will play for whenever Wooden Nightmare is phasing through objects.

As the round goes on, Wooden Nightmare has more abilities to mess with survivors. Every 5 seconds, the map's fog will close in from the normal 120 stud distance to a mere 20 stud distance. This lasts for 5 seconds, before returning to back to normal for 5 seconds. Wooden Nightmare also can summon "Dark Doors" every 15-20 seconds which will block certain rooms around the map. Players cannot pass through these obstructions, while Wooden Nightmare can do it effortlessly. These doors last 10-20 seconds and can be a death sentence if you are trapped.

When Wooden Nightmare has a line of sight with a soon to be victim, a loud jack-in-the-box tune will play, a red light will appear, and Wooden Nightmare will outstretch its long arms to sprint quickly. If it gets close enough, Wooden Nightmare will either unleash a strong side swipe, or unhinge its jaw for a meaty bite. Both attacks deal heavy damage, and have the ability to dismember limbs. Each attack has a 1/3 chance to remove a body part. Body parts that can be removed include legs, arms, and the head. If the right arm is removed, the victim can't use items. if either leg is removed, the victim's walk speed will be reduced and sprint disabled. If the head is removed, it causes instant death and rewards the victim with the badge "Living Nightmare".

The final power of Wooden Nightmare is to force all players into its nightmare towards the end of the round. Within the last 60 seconds or so, similarly to The Woodman's nightmare ability, Wooden Nightmare will become significantly more dangerous. During Wooden Nightmare's nightmare, it will gain a significant speed boost, chance to instakill, and become quieter. The map will turn a brown wooden shade, and become darker, and a sinister sing-song theme will start playing. When a player is sighted, Wooden Nightmare will not make any jack-in-the-box sound, and will move at a whopping walkspeed of 47.

Ultimately, this monster has so many abilities in order to hinder a player's survival that it can cut down even the best of the best. The only thing close to a counter is to distance yourself from this monstrosity, or distract it with someone else.