CATACOMB CRAWLER (#30/30, #335/365) [OOTP IV]
SKILL: 9
STAMINA: 7
ATTACKS: 2
WEAPON: Large Bite or Claw
ARMOUR: Light
DAMAGE MODIFIER: None
HABITAT: Dungeons, Ruins, Caves
NUMBER ENCOUNTERED: 1
TYPE: Reptile
REACTION: Hostile
INTELLIGENCE: Low
The subterranean realm is full of dangerous reptilian beasts, such as the Cesuoshe, the Hanging Snake, the Lithogen, and the CATACOMB CRAWLER. The last of these is a hideous creature with a large, lizard-like body covered in mottled green and brown scaly skin, and a long tail ending in a rattlesnake's rattle. The head of the Catacomb Crawler looks horribly like a fleshless human skull, although the nictating golden eyes in that skull are undoubtedly reptilian, as is the forked tongue that darts from its mouth to taste the stale musty air of the dungeons.
So named for its mobility in the underworld, the Catacomb Crawler can clamber across floors, walls and even ceilings with its curved ivory claws. It is carnivorous and when prey has been detected - essentially anything man-size or smaller - will move with lightning speed to attack its victim with equally vicious teeth and talons. During the battle, the Catacomb Crawler will keep up a constant percussive rattle from its tail; the sound is irritating and all combatants must reduce their Attack Strength by 1 unless they are wearing ear plugs.
Catacomb Crawlers are known to dwell in a variety underground locales across the Old World and even Titan, from the tunnels beneath the ancient castles of Ruddlestone, Brice and Gallantaria, to the abandoned tombs and crypts upon the Isle of Scars. Unfortunately, cold steel or a timely spell are the best deterrents to such a beast, for the Catacomb Crawler knows only to hunt, slay, and feast, and once the scent of prey has been acquired, will track it remorselessly through the passageways and corridors of whatever labyrinthine maze it currently calls home.
CHOMPER SEEDLING (#1/31, #336/365) [OOTP IV]
SKILL: 6
STAMINA: 7
ATTACKS: 1
WEAPON: Large Bite
ARMOUR: Medium
DAMAGE MODIFIER: None
HABITAT: Woods, Jungles
NUMBER ENCOUNTERED: 1
TYPE: Plant
REACTION: Neutral
INTELLIGENCE: None
A CHOMPER SEEDLING is a mobile plant-creature with a body like a huge cabbage atop a nest of tentacle-like roots. The entire body opens to reveal a mouth full of thorn-teeth and a red tongue-like root. The Chomper Seedling spits digestive acid in combat; this saliva is a sticky corrosive liquid and when it hits it does an extra 1 point of stamina damage from acid and its victims must roll 1d6 or suffer a -1 penalty to their Armour Rolls for the rest of the fight as their armour is corroded away. Chomper Seedlings can be summoned by the magic-users called Grove Tenders using the appropriate spell (see Magic Companion, p. 57), and also found occasionally in forests and jungles across Titan.
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