Critters Sourcebook

acters’ Attributes, with a minimum Strength 4, Willpower 5,
and Essence 2.
VOLLEYING PORCUPINE
Nocturnal and solitary, the volleying porcupine is a large
rodent with a body length of 1.1 meters and a 25-centimeter
tail. It weighs approximately 14 kilograms and is covered with
long, slender white quills and shorter, thicker, black-and-white
banded quills. Though not normally aggressive, when threatened
it can spray a noxious musk as well as fire its quills short
distances in an effort to drive away enemies.
B Q S C I W E R
1 4 x 2 1 — 1/3 4 6 3
INIT: 3 + 1D6
Attacks: 3L
Powers: Enhanced Senses (Low-Light Vision), Spraying (1/4
normal range)
Weaknesses: Dietary Requirement (Salt)
Notes: The Damage Code shown applies to melee attacks
(claw, bite). In melee combat, an attacker must make a
Quickness Test using the creature’s Essence as the target
number to avoid getting stuck with quills. If the character
rolls no successes, the quills do 6L damage. The victim
resists this damage normally. Modify the target number for
the Quickness Test by –1 for each point of Reach above 0
provided by the character’s melee weapons.
The porcupine can also make ranged attacks using its
quills. It fires a volley of quills for each Simple Action, using
taser ranges. It may also spread this volley as if it were a shotgun
blast (SR3, p. 117). Make a Ranged Combat Test using the
critter’s Reaction; attempts to dodge the quill volley should
suffer target modifiers for the spread. Quills do 6L damage out
to Medium Range and 5L beyond that. Treat the quills as
flechette ammunition.
WENDIGO
A wendigo is an ork infected with the Human-Metahuman
Vampiric Virus. It is a white-furred humanoid standing 2.5
meters tall. The nails of its hands are hardened into clawlike
weapons, and the canine teeth are pronounced. They are found
in forests and urban areas worldwide.
Wendigos feed on the flesh of humans and metahumans
and derive psychic sustenance from their victims as well. They
typically induce others to partake of a cannibalistic feast. This
seems to create a psychological dependence on such food in
the victim, who then aids the wendigo in spreading its habits,
creating a secret society of cannibals. The members of such a
group are unaware that they will ultimately become meals for
the wendigo, which seems to prefer the Essence of such corrupted
spirits.
Wendigos are all shamanic magicians following predatory
totems such as Wolf or Shark. They use their magical skills to
enhance their hunting, and some wendigos use illusion magic
to disguise themselves and walk unseen among their prey.
A character who becomes infected with HMHVV and turns
into a wendigo uses their normal Attributes.
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