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12.2. KILLER BEES, GIANT CHAPTER 12. K
• Hindrances & Edges: Bloodthirsty; Danger Sense, Level Headed, Improved
Nerves of Steel, Quick Draw
• Gear:
– Knife: Str+d4. The Ripper always forces the possessed to use a
knife as their preferred weapon. Once the Ripper has moved on,
the possessed may choose another weapon more suited to their
temperament.
• Special Abilities:
– Possession: The Ripper can take total control over a target with
an opposed Spirit roll. It can only take over those who want to
kill but haven’t. Once possessed, the target takes on the Ripper’s
Smarts and Spirit, as well as all its Skills, Hindrances, and Edges.
Their Agility, Strength, and Vigor increase by one die type. They
retain their own Skills and Edges. (Where two Skills overlap, use
the best of the two.)
– Ethereal: In its natural state, the Ripper is both ethereal and invisible,
flying about at Pace 12. In this state, it cannot be harmed
in any way, but neither can it interact with the physical world.
– Weakness (Holy Ground): The Ripper, either in ethereal form or
while possessing a target, cannot set foot on holy ground. If a
possessed target is forced onto it, the Ripper is wrenched out of
the target; they must make a Spirit roll at -4 or be rendered catatonic
for the rest of their natural life. The Ripper can’t possess a
new target for 1d6 days as it licks its wounds.
– Weakness (Ritual Death): An ancient ritual exists which can kill
the Ripper once and for all; it must be used while the Ripper is in
possession of a host body. If the Ripper is trapped at the scene of
one of its murders, and that ground is then sanctified by a priest
at the same time the possessed is killed, the Ripper is ‘attached’
to the killer’s soul, and is forced to ride along on its trip to Hell,
locked together for eternity in the pit.
12.2. Killer Bees, Giant
These are foot-long bees, vicious and fearless. Unlike modern Africanized
killer bees, they have barbs on their stingers, so they can strike only once.
Since they usually attack in groups of anywhere from twenty to a hundred,
though, this is no great comfort to those attacked. Anyone who approaches
too close to a killer bee hive will be attacked mercilessly until they are dead
or well away from the hive.
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