Monday 9 May 2011

skreewoede

No. Enc.: 1 (1)
Alignment: Chaotic
Movement: 180' (60')
Armor Class: 4 (without Dexterity 7).
Hit Dice: 2d8 + 2
Attacks: 3 (2 claws, bite)
Damage: 1d4/1d4/1d4
Save: M4
Morale: 6
Hoard Class: IV

These yowling beasts are born of a cursed witch's cat and full grown in six months.  They appear as gaunt, hairless cat-humanoids with crazed yellow eyes.  As tall as an elf and swifter, it's claws and bite are needle-sharp.  Always hungry and extremely territorial, one will attack larger or numerous foes in a series of hit and run attacks.  Skreewoede feel no loyalty to anything and often cruelly sport with injured or helpless creatures.  They will also spray a victim's corpse with foul-smelling musk once they've eaten the choice parts.  A pouch full of catnip will quiet and pacify them for 1d4 turns.  Skreewoede are talented climbers (Climb Walls 80%) but their constant yowling makes stealth impossible.  Their vile shrieks increase the chance of attracting wandering monsters by 1 in 6.  These are usually hostile due to sleep deprivation.

2 comments:

  1. Nice evocative beastie. It could work with an occult/horror sort of game as well as traditional D&D.

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  2. I confess there's a little bit of Poe's The Black Cat in there, also some of Zak's remix of the caterwaul from Fiend Folio.

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