Critters Sourcebook

GOBLIN
Goblins are HMHVV-infected dwarfs. Virally induced
changes include the loss of almost all body hair and fat; the latter
reduces the goblin’s body mass to the point that its skeletal
structure is clearly visible. Goblin ears are large, long, and
slightly pointed. Its favorite food is raw meat, and it prefers the
dark recesses of abandoned buildings or underground caverns.
As with other HMHVV-afflicted species, most goblins suffer
from severely reduced intelligence, though they remain capable
of some coherent speech.
A dwarf who becomes infected with HMHVV and turns
into a goblin uses its normal Attributes.
B Q S C I W E R
5 4 x 2 6 — 1/5 5 2D6 4
INIT: 4 + 2D6
Attacks: Humanoid
Powers: Enhanced Senses (Smell, Taste), Essence Drain
(Permanent), Immunity (Fire), Infection, Regeneration. Some
also have Magical Skills.
Weaknesses: Allergy (Sunlight, Mild), Essence Loss,
Vulnerability (Iron)
GOLDEN BOAR
Highly sought after for its magical tusks, the golden boar
is a hoofed mammal averaging 2.2 meters in length, standing
approximately a meter tall and weighing approximately 170
kilos. Covered in a coat of gray-brown fur, overlaid with redbrown
hair, this omnivore is almost exclusively found in dense
forests. It shows aggressiveness only when mating or protecting
its young.
B Q S C I W E R
6/1 4 x 5 8 — 2/5 6 6Z 4
INIT: 4 + 2D6
Attacks: 6M
Powers: Concealment (Personal), Enhanced Physical Attributes
(Quickness, once per day, for [Essence]D6 turns), Magical
Guard (Self Only), Regeneration
Notes: Each tusk of a golden boar may be used as the equivalent
of 1 unit of material for enchanting that does not require
refinement and counts as a virgin telesma. Reduce all target
numbers for enchanting by 1 if using a golden boar tusk in the
operation, and reduce all base times by 20 percent or by a minimum
of 1 step (1 day and so on), rounding fractions down.
The tusk must be suitable material for the object desired by the
enchanter (determined by the gamemaster); it works fine as a
spell focus but can only be used to make a magical weapon
equivalent to a dagger. The tusk of a female is equivalent to half
a male boar’s tusk, so a magician must use two to gain the
advantages described above. Female tusks are too small to be
enchanted as magical weapons.
GOMATIA
These Awakened chameleons grow to the size of a
Doberman, and their magical camouflage makes them even
harder to detect than their non-Awakened cousins. They have
large, rotating eyes; prehensile tails and toes; and a long, sticky
tongue that reaches three times the lizard’s body length.
Variants are found in rain forests all over Africa, Madagascar
and India. Gomatia are diurnal ambush-hunters that feed primarily
on birds and Awakened insects, but they will eat anything
up to the size of a house cat. They are stupid and will
attack something many times that size if it smells like prey
(insect spirits, for example). They breed once a year and bear
ten to twenty-five live young. Gomatia pose little danger to
metahumans, though they may attack infants. They are sold as
pets and are becoming a common security paranimal.
B Q S C I W E R
6 3 x 1 6 — 2/6 3 6Z 3
INIT: 3 + 3D6
Attacks: 6M
Powers: Adaptive Coloration, Enhanced Senses (Smell, 360 0
vision), Immunity (Poisons)
Notes: The gomatia may attack with its tongue, doing 6L Stun
and taking a Free Action to drag what it grasps to its mouth. An
Opposed Strength Test is required to break the gomatia’s grasp.
This tongue attack has a Reach of 2.
GORGON
The gorgon is an amphibious dracoform, approximately 8
meters long, with powerful limbs and a ruff of loose skin
around the throat. Its feet are webbed and clawed, and a ridge
of spines runs down its back. A ring of snakelike appendages,
each roughly 18 inches long and ending in small spheres,
springs from the crown of its head. Gorgons lack wings but
have well-concealed gills along the neck. They appear to be
carnivores and are known to hunt metahumans.
B Q S C I W E R
11/2 4 x 4 10 — 2/4 4 6Z 4
INIT: 4 + 1D6
Attacks: 8D, +1 Reach
Powers: Innate Spell (Lightning Bolt, Petrify), Noxious Breath,
Paralyzing Touch, Petrifying Gaze, Venom, Weather Control
Weaknesses: Dietary Requirement (Heavy Petroleum Oils)
Notes: Quickness multiplier for swimming is 5.
GREATER UNICORN
The greater unicorn is larger and less delicate-looking than
the standard unicorn, with a thick mane and pink-tinged
hooves. Its single horn is short and thick, and its eyes have a
golden cast. The greater unicorn can grow as tall as a meter
and a half at the shoulder. Many shamans consider this creature’s
horn ideal for making fetishes or spell foci for dealing
with poisons and pathogens, which has prompted a sizable
poaching industry.
B Q S C I W E R
8 4 x 5 8 4 3/4 4 6Z 5
INIT: 5 + 2D6
Attacks: 8M, +1 Reach
Powers: Empathy, Enhanced Physical Attributes (Quickness),
Immunity (Pathogens, Poisons), Magical Guard (Self Only), Search
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