TUNNELLER BEAST (#27/30, #330/365) [OOTP IV]
STAMINA: 9
ATTACKS: 1
WEAPON: Very Large Bite
ARMOUR: Medium
DAMAGE MODIFIER: None
HABITAT: Dungeons, Caves, Towns (sewers), Ruins, Plains
NUMBER ENCOUNTERED: 1-2
TYPE: Monster
REACTION: Hostile
INTELLIGENCE: Low
The floating islands of Pangaria are riddled with access tunnels, air shafts, drainage sewers and maintenance passageways, and a known predator to be careful of within these subterranean realms is the dreaded TUNNELLER BEAST! Thought to be related to similar creatures from the surface of Titan including Mudgrinders and Giant Sandworms, this is also a long worm-like predator with a segmented body up to six or seven metres long, and a gaping tooth-lined maw. The Tunneller Beast lacks eyes but is thought to use special sense organs on its head to detect prey and bite them with glistening fangs!
Although mainly confined to underground areas, Tunneller Beasts have been known to break the surface and attack people and livestock at ground level from time to time. The first indication something is wrong would be a trembling under the earth, with the ground bucking and cracking as something big burrows through the soil towards potential prey, before erupting from the ground to attack. Some Pangarians have experimented with descending underground and hunting Tunneller Beasts for their meat, reporting best efforts for roasted or stewed chunks of flesh.
Is there a reason why it's implied to only be found on Pangaria?
ReplyDeletePangaria has some ties to Khul, couldn't it be something that could be found in the Wastes of Chaos or the Scytheran Desert (assuming there's no worm monster there yet)?.
Sure, given the wide range of possible habitat types, it could certainly turn up elsewhere. :-)
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