Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Fear flies forth on scarlet pinions

TERRORWING (#21/31, #295/365) [OOTP IV]
SKILL: 10
STAMINA: 8
ATTACKS: 1
WEAPON: Large Bite or Claws
ARMOUR: None
DAMAGE MODIFIER: None
HABITAT: Deserts, Wilderness, Plains
NUMBER ENCOUNTERED: 1
TYPE: Monster
REACTION: Hostile
INTELLIGENCE: Average

Possibly related to the Wrapper, with which it shares many bizarre physical aspects, the TERRORWING is a hideous beast that inhabits the badlands and arid wilderness of central Khul. A sleek, blood-red creature, it swoops through the air on enormous wings consisting of broad spiny flaps of skin stretching from between its fore and rear limbs. The Terrorwing has a lizard-like head, yellow eyes and long jaws full of sharp teeth and its limbs end in barbed claws, while a row of iron-grey spikes stretches from the top of its skull and down its back to the tip of its pointed tail.

In addition to their physical attributes, the Terrorwing has great powers of the mind, attempting to addle the will of its victims so it can alight and rend them limb from limb while they stand there slack-jawed. Typically, a Terrorwing will have a PSIONICS score of 6-8, 12-16 Psy Points, and all abilities drawn from the Dark Power tradition, such as Choke, Dominate, Drain Life, Induce Fear, Insanity, and Weakness. Indeed, so powerful are the creature's psychic powers that its body will appear to shimmer and coruscate as if charged with electricity.

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