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Impaling Charge (Ex): A spine ripper deals 3d4+5 points
of damage when it makes a charge. If the spine ripper hits a
Medium or smaller creature with its impaling charge, it can
then attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking
an attack of opportunity.
Impale (Ex): A spine ripper deals 3d4+5 points of piercing
damage to a grabbed opponent with a successful grapple check.
Spine Defense (Ex): Any creature striking the spine ripper
with handheld or natural weapons takes 1d4+5 points of
piercing and slashing damage from the ripper’s spines. Note
that weapons with exceptional reach, such as longspears, do not
endanger their users in this way. Furthermore, opponents do
not gain a flanking bonus against the spine ripper, though sneak
attacks can still be made.
Skills (Ex): Spine rippers have a +4 racial bonus
to Hide and Move Silently checks.
Treasure
Spine rippers are not known
to hoard anything of
value, however their spines
find many uses, from
dart shafts, to sewing
needles, to
harpoon heads.
They can fetch
anywhere from
5 cp to 5 gp
depending on
the type of
barb and the local
market. Their venom
likewise is valuable, although difficult
to extract. It fetches as much as 15–25 gp
per effective dose.
Legends & Lore
CoMMoN: Spine rippers can be found in just
about any land and any climate.
UNCoMMoN: Spine rippers hunt largely
pre-dawn and in the morning, and they are
usually quite groggy in late evening.
RARE: Biannually, spine rippers
migrate to one of two dozen
ancestral mating grounds,
where groups numbering
into the hundreds
can be witnessed in
howling revelry.
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Spine Ripper
obSCURE: Spine rippers are strongly attracted to the scent of
the uncommon food spice vetlum, which can be easily used to
throw them off of one’s trail… or on to someone else’s.
Hooks
Llael seems to be having a far worse spine ripper problem
lately than most other kingdoms, and Prime Minister Deyar
Glabryn has recently placed a bounty on their hides of 20
gold crowns per scalp. As of yet, few adventurers have stepped
forward to collect, but entrepreneurial individuals could collect
quite a bundle under the right circumstances.
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