LEOPARD (#8/30, #160/365) [OOTP IV]
STAMINA: 7
ATTACKS: 1
WEAPON: Large Bite or Large Claws
ARMOUR: None
DAMAGE MODIFIER: None
HABITAT: Jungles, Hills, Plains, Wilderness, Mountains, Deserts
NUMBER ENCOUNTERED: 1-2
TYPE: Animal
REACTION: Neutral-Unfriendly
INTELLIGENCE: Low
The LEOPARD is a large predatory cat with a spotted pelt, related to the similar Jaguar (see Out of the Pit, p. 71), although not quite as heavily built, and also several types of Panther (see Beyond the Pit, pp. 100-101). The difference between the pelage of several similar cat-like creatures is to know that the Leopard's spots are typically roseate without a central spot, the Jaguar's spots are roseate with a central spot, and the Cheetah is simply covered in a lot of individual spots. The range of the Leopard spans many different habitats, from lush jungles to barren deserts, and within this terrain they actively hunt anything their size or smaller that they can drag up a tree and feast upon, whether it be gazelle, antelope, deer or human being.
Leopards are hunted for their pelts, which command good prices at the market, and are especially valued by Centaur warriors as an accoutrement that denotes strength and heroism. They are also raised as pets or hunting beasts, but are less-suited to domestication than Pumas or Forest Panthers. In the southern lands of Allansia are rumoured to exist secretive leopard cults to Sku-Rachi the Panther God, and claim magical leopard-like powers in that god's name.
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