A short bestiary of random denizens from Pangaria and elsewhere...

CORN RAT (#7/31, #341/365) [OOTP IV]

SKILL: 3

STAMINA: 2

ATTACKS: 1

WEAPON: Small Bite

ARMOUR: None

DAMAGE MODIFIER: -2 to Damage Roll

HABITAT: Plains, Towns, Wilderness

NUMBER ENCOUNTERED: 2-12

TYPE: Animal

REACTION: Neutral-Unfriendly

INTELLIGENCE: Low

A common pest on the farming island of Cirrus is the CORN RAT. Also found on Titan, amid farms and crops, they are usually harmless rodents, seeking to eat corn and other grains and seeds. Occasionally however, when cornered in their lair or infected with rabies or some other disease, they become a chittering horde of aggravated creatures seeking something meatier to eat, like people! Corn Rats attack as a horde, so for every second Corn Rat present add +1 SKILL, +2 STAMINA, and +1 ATTACK. They also carry diseases - anyone bitten must Test for Luck or be infected (see Advanced Fighting Fantasy, p. 54).

LIGHTNING SERPENT (#8/31, #342/365) [OOTP IV]

 

SKILL: 9

STAMINA: 9

ATTACKS: 1

WEAPON: Large Bite

ARMOUR: Light

DAMAGE MODIFIER: None

HABITAT: Mountains, Seas, Magical Plane of Air

NUMBER ENCOUNTERED: 1-2

TYPE: Reptile

REACTION: Unfriendly-Hostile

INTELLIGENCE: Low

Strange things lurk in the upper atmosphere of Titan, weird creatures that may spend their entire existence up there or on the Elemental Plane of Air, that never set down upon terra firma. One such entity is the LIGHTNING SERPENT, about which confused accounts vary considerably in their telling. It is either a true legless Serpent, or a smaller type of Tatsu with greatly reduced limbs. Either way, the Lightning Serpent flies through the air via strange magical means, soaring through the skies and clouds as a sharp scythe cuts through the air.

These rare and extremely dangerous beasts have long bodies covered in azure-coloured scales, about which crackling bolts of lightning roll and spark. If the Lightning Serpent make a successful hit in combat, roll one die; on a roll of 4 to 6 it does Double Damage as lightning sparks from its mouth. This damage is doubled again for anyone wearing metal armour. If it is hit by a metal weapon, roll a die; on a 5 or 6 the assailant is electrocuted for an extra 2 STAMINA points of damage (or 4 points of damage if they are wearing metal armour)!