Thursday, July 21, 2016

Peryton

CER 57 (OR 42 and PR 15)
A loud snorting sniff rang through the treetops. Jack heard the scuffle of rabbits and squirrels running for their dens. Another sniff, closer this time, sent the boar he was stalking into a startled retreat. Then with a swift stoop, the peryton struck Jack, grabbed him by the belly and thigh, and lifted the boy into the air.
Perytons are omnivorous beasts with the front half of a stag and the back half of a bird. They are fleet of foot and swift of wing, often taking to flight when startled. Perytons supplement their largely herbivorous diet with protein from small deer, lambs, and other mid-sized mammals. They have been known to take children when
ST: 18                                                     HP: 18                                                    Speed: 6.00
DX: 13                                                    Will: 10                                                  Ground Move: 7/14
IQ: 4                                                       Per: 12                                                   Air Speed: 14/28
HT: 11                                                    FP: 11                                                     SM: 1 (4.5 feet)

Dodge: 10                                             Parry: N/A                                             DR: 2 (Tough Skin)

Bite (14): 1d crushing. Reach C
Hooves (14): 1d+2 crushing. Reach C, 1.
Talons (14): 1d+2 cutting or impaling. Reach C.
Antlers (14): 1d+4 impaling. Reach C, 1.

Traits: Bad Sight 4 (Motion Sensitive); Bad Temper (12); Discriminatory Smell; Flight (Cannot Hover, Winged); Night Vision 6; Panic (12); Parabolic Hearing 2; Perfect Balance; Peripheral Vision; Quadruped; Temperature Tolerance 1 (Cold); Terrain Adaptation (Undergrowth); Ultrahearing; Wild Animal.
Skills: Brawling-14; Intimidation-10; Jumping-12; Stealth-12; Swimming-11; Wrestling-14.
Encumbrance: None 64.8 lbs.; Light 129.6 lbs.; Medium 194.4 lbs.; Heavy 388.8 lbs.; Very Heavy 648 lbs.

4 comments :

  1. That CER value is in line for some monsters I need for my current campaign. I might get use out of this.

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  2. Excellent! What other sorts of beasts do you like to employ? I'm due to make some new monsters for the bestiary and am always open to suggestions.

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  3. Things that I feel like I'm somewhat lacking right now... supernatural monsters that use ranged attacks, in a similar 40~80 CER range.

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    1. Hmm...I'll see about putting something together for a future post. I'll have to think on it.

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