I made this creature using the Mutant and Monstrosity Generator from Logan Howard’s latest Sword Breaker zine: The Folded Lands. Although this is very tongue-in-cheek, I’ve used the generator to make a few really cool, very usable creatures!
The Hunter Solitary
8 HP, 0 Armor – Kick (1d10 damage, Forceful, Close)
Special Quality: Natural Camouflage
The Hunter is a large spell-casting, nearly invisible turkey that preys upon humans one day out of every year. The Hunter will blend into its environment with a natural camouflage and wait until just the right moment to attack with fire spells to debilitate its prey, then move in for the kill with a swift kick. After eating some of the victim it will then cast a freezing spell to save the meat, eating the leftovers of several kills throughout the rest of the year.
Instinct: To wait patiently for prey
Leap out of harm’s way
Blend into the background
Cast elemental spells
I love it. I imagine it as an avatar of all the combined hate/resentment that turkeys feel. And I think it looks like a hybrid turkey-axebeak. 🙂 And it casts spells by doing a fancy, ritualistic, mesmerizing dance (like a bird’s courtship dance).
Yay! Thanks for that Brian! I think I know which options got that result too. What a fun interpretation!
I highly recommend this issue to anyone who hasn’t already gotten it. As soon as I’m done play testing the next issue of my own zine I’m going to start a campaign in The Folded Lands. There’s some really cool stuff going on there!
Ray Otus I like the idea of the mesmerizing dance. A while back, there were a bunch of wild turkeys in our yard and they started doing some pretty amazing dances.
Logan Howard I was just thinking how birds might spell cast without arms to use for hand-waving. 🙂 Seems to make since that they would use their wings and whole body.