Daskgatt
Size/Catagory: Large (6' - 9') Animal (Feline)
Stats:
Mind: Untrained 20
Body: Expert 11
Magic: Untrained 20
Number of Attacks: 3
Damage/Attack: claw/claw/bite
Special Attacks: Rear claw rake, whisker sting
Special Defenses: Allertness
Special Abilites: See below
Magic Resistence: Nil
Stats:
Mind: Untrained 20
Body: Expert 11
Magic: Untrained 20
Number of Attacks: 3
Damage/Attack: claw/claw/bite
Special Attacks: Rear claw rake, whisker sting
Special Defenses: Allertness
Special Abilites: See below
Magic Resistence: Nil
Climate/Terrain: Underdark; stone, particularly bedrock.
Frequency: Rare
Organization: Solitary
Activity Cycle: Any
Intelligence: Semi
Language: None
Alignment: Neutral
Description:
Sleek feline, with very long whiskers and talons instead of paws on the front legs. Fur may be any natural stone shade, often mottled with metallic colors. Eyes may be blue, green, yellow, or combinations thereof. They require a specialized diet; although they are carnivores, they also need to consume precious metals.
Frequency: Rare
Organization: Solitary
Activity Cycle: Any
Intelligence: Semi
Language: None
Alignment: Neutral
Description:
Sleek feline, with very long whiskers and talons instead of paws on the front legs. Fur may be any natural stone shade, often mottled with metallic colors. Eyes may be blue, green, yellow, or combinations thereof. They require a specialized diet; although they are carnivores, they also need to consume precious metals.
Combat:
Daskgatt will attack a group only it or its gatten (kitten) is threatened, usually by mining. Individuals may be attacked as food. They will grab or rake with front talons, and, if grab is successful, will rake with rear claws. Will bite and hold while stinging with whiskers. A successful sting paralyzes for 2-5 rounds, during which time the daskgatt may drag it through solid rock. If the daskgatt releases opponent inside rock, it is instantly fossilized.
Daskgatt will attack a group only it or its gatten (kitten) is threatened, usually by mining. Individuals may be attacked as food. They will grab or rake with front talons, and, if grab is successful, will rake with rear claws. Will bite and hold while stinging with whiskers. A successful sting paralyzes for 2-5 rounds, during which time the daskgatt may drag it through solid rock. If the daskgatt releases opponent inside rock, it is instantly fossilized.
Habitat/Society:
Highly territorial, meeting only to breed once biannually, the female giving birth to a single gatten after six months. After two years, the gatten is on its own to find a territory or take one from another gatt. They live inside solid rock, traversing it as a surface creature would a heavy fog. In moving through the stone of its territory, it leaves behind an 'aroma' in the rock recognizable by other daskgatta. It can also travel through air, but does so only to hunt or defend its territory. Not only are its whiskers weapons, they can also 'hear' vibrations in the stone, and 'feel' metal pockets/veins and gems. Daskgatta breath oxygen and hear with external ears while in air, and take oxygen from the stone as they pass through it, 'hearing' with their whiskers. Anything they are carrying can pass through stone as easily as they.
Highly territorial, meeting only to breed once biannually, the female giving birth to a single gatten after six months. After two years, the gatten is on its own to find a territory or take one from another gatt. They live inside solid rock, traversing it as a surface creature would a heavy fog. In moving through the stone of its territory, it leaves behind an 'aroma' in the rock recognizable by other daskgatta. It can also travel through air, but does so only to hunt or defend its territory. Not only are its whiskers weapons, they can also 'hear' vibrations in the stone, and 'feel' metal pockets/veins and gems. Daskgatta breath oxygen and hear with external ears while in air, and take oxygen from the stone as they pass through it, 'hearing' with their whiskers. Anything they are carrying can pass through stone as easily as they.
Ecology:
The creation of a drow sorceress with a taste for experimentation, who later became a daskgatt meal, daskgatta thrive in the underdark. They lair in closed caverns in the dense stone, making a nest of raw gemstones, lined with moss and other soft materials, in which to have their gatten. Daskgatta will also stash precious metals in their lair, as snacks for themselves and food for the gatten, which doesn't leave the lair until about four months old. The parent carries fresh-killed, then live meat, through the stone to it. The parent also releases oxygen from the stone for the gatten. Daskgatta must eat prey in open air, as releasing it in the stone to feed would fossilize it.
The creation of a drow sorceress with a taste for experimentation, who later became a daskgatt meal, daskgatta thrive in the underdark. They lair in closed caverns in the dense stone, making a nest of raw gemstones, lined with moss and other soft materials, in which to have their gatten. Daskgatta will also stash precious metals in their lair, as snacks for themselves and food for the gatten, which doesn't leave the lair until about four months old. The parent carries fresh-killed, then live meat, through the stone to it. The parent also releases oxygen from the stone for the gatten. Daskgatta must eat prey in open air, as releasing it in the stone to feed would fossilize it.
