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the pack. And the other reason is for attracting mates. During
the mating season, the female gorax produces as much as seven
times the amount of normal saliva, drooling constantly. Not
a particularly endearing quality to us, to be sure, but it drives
gorax males simply wild—or
shall I say, wilder.
Combat
Gorax will attack anything that they perceive as
prey or a threat. Only the promise of sparkling shiny objects can
throw them off a kill… sometimes.
Legends & Lore
CoMMoN: The gorax is a primitive cousin of the ogrun.
UNCoMMoN: Gorax collect shiny trinkets, which the male
gorax uses to court females.
RARE: Young gorax can be tamed and trained, but few remain
in such service today. They have a tendency to go berserk under
pressure—there is a 5% chance that when a gorax has lost half
its hit points it will go mad and attack the closest living target.
obSCURE: Anyone who meets a gorax is advised to throw
down a handful of coins or other shiny objects and flee. If
the gorax fails a Will save (DC 8), the “shinies” will make the
creature lose interest in attacking (if temporarily). If engaged in
combat or protecting cubs, this tactic will be completely useless
and the gorax will fight until death.
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Gorax
Treasure
There will always be at least 1d4 gems of varying worth and
other shiny objects scattered about the gorax’s filthy lair.
Hooks
• During a
venture into the
underground of
a large city, the
PCs somehow
find some among
them—or all of
them—seized and
tossed into a deep
pit. A crowd gathers
around, looking
on and jeering,
as a gate in the
opposite wall
rises up and a
gorax (or two or
three) comes rushing
at them with
bloodlust in its
yellow eyes. Coins
start getting tossed
back and forth above.
The fight is on!
• A flustered farming community
has had the ill pleasure
of a pack of voracious gorax settling
in the woods above their fields.
The pack has already dragged off a few villagers, and
the beasts are just too formidable for the farmers to fend off
with their sundry assortment of picks and firebrands. They’ll
scrap together what coin they can if the PCs would be so good
enough as to rid them of this flesh-hungry nuisance.
I t amazes me that these
beasts were ever trained for
war. I ’d certainly not want
one in my regiment ! —V P
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