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Garnib Ice Scorpion
Type: Lethal Arachnid
DEXTERITY: 3D
PERCEPTION: 1D+1
Search: 3D
Sneak: 5D
STRENGTH: 1D
Special Abilities:
- Pincer Claws: STR+2D+1
- Stinger (Telson): Injects poison that does 2D-5D Stun damage with INSTANT PARALYSIS (If not treated victim dies within 1D6 days.)
Scale: Character
Move: 16
Height: Varies (typically 4cm but some have been known to reach 15cm)
Biology:
Sometimes referred to as "Crystal Scorpions", Garnib Ice Scorpions are indigenous to the cold ice world of Garnib.
Feeding on small worms and fish, the Ice Scorpion is able to withstand temperatures well below freezing. In extreme conditions these creatures enter a "hibernation" like state and reawaken once the temperature rises enough to stimulate their metabolism.
Ice Scorpions have 6 legs and 2 "pinchers". However, only 4 of these legs and the two pinchers are visible. The remaining two legs are retractable and only used to climb in particularly slick areas.
They have two telsons that they can use to sting with. Normally the Ice Scorpion will hold its prey and attack with either one or both of the stingers. The Ice Scorpion can regulate the amount of venom in each sting, which enables it to bring down much larger prey than itself. It is believed that the two stingers evolved from the need for a "second" attack, due to the unsure icy terrain of Garnib.
An Ice Scorpion's sting is said to be extremely painful. Many have died from these stings, but, with proper medical care and an administration of an anecdote in a timely manner, many victims have lived through the experience.
Supplemental:
For a period of time an assassin known as the "Crystal Scorpion" operated in the Celanon sector. He would use poison derived from the Ice Scorpions venom to murder targets. As a calling card he would often leave a tiny Garnib crystal earring somewhere at the crime scene.
His reign of terror came to an end however when an unknown bounty hunter made his way onto the Crystal Scorpions ship and opened dozens of Ice Scorpion cages while the assassin slept. After he was turned in for the bounty authorities determined that he had been stung over 300 times.
GM NOTES: Due to the almost transparent nature of this creature, the Ice Scorpion recieves +1D to its SNEAK roll.
