Bat, Common (Creatures Book):

Species: Bat. Breed/Type: Common. Class: Animal.

Align: Basic Instinct Creature. Gender: 01-50: Female, 51-00: Male.

 

Level: 1. Damage-Points: 1-D2.

Number encountered: 1-D10. If within a cave, there will be 1-D100 +17 x 20.

 

Experience-Points: 1 per 50 bats killed.

 

Characteristics:

Awareness: Hearing: 30, Sense of Smell : 30, Sixth Sense: 0, Taste: 30, Touch: 20, Vision: 1,

Charisma -: Appearance: See: "Description". Speech: 1, Constitution: 10, Coordination: 10, Dexterity: 30, Intelligence: 1, Mental-Strength: 1, Strength: 1, Wisdom: 1.

 

Movement:

Flying: 12. Grounded: 2. Swimming: Can't.

 

Luck: 0.

Oxygen-Points: 30.

Blood-Points: 30.

 

Attacks:

Attack descriptions:

     Bites ---------- : 1

     Damage ------ : 1.

     Range -------- : 1 space (5').

     Attack type - : Sharp.

     Special ------- : None.

 

Defense: 10 Offense: 30 -- only when in flight.

See: "Special Abilities".

 

Treasure: %Roll needed to have money and treasure:

None.

 

Description:

Annihilation Strike?: No. Sudden Death Strike?: No.

Description:  Eye color: Onyx-Black. Eye shape: Tiny and slanted.

                      Height: 0' 5". Length: 0'-5". Posture: Avian (like a bird, or relating

                      to the family of birds). Fur color: It’s leathery dark-red skin is lined

                      with a vest of brown-black fur covering its chest and back areas.

                      Skin texture: Soft and smooth. Weight: 2 ounces. Wing Contour: Bat.

                      Wingspan: 10".

 

 

Dislikes ----- : Bright light and Fire.

Disposition - : The common bat likes solitude, infesting dark places, clinging high

                         to roofs, waiting for nighttime to come. Once night arrives, they take

                        flight from their lair seeking food.

 

                         These creatures take turns watching their young while the

                         others go out and hunt for food. They are family oriented

                         and watch out for one another.

 

                         The Common Bat will hibernate during the cold season. If

                         they are encountered during this time, it will be only within

                         a sheltering cave, or the like, where the cold cannot penetrate.

 

                         Females give birth to but one offspring per year in the early

                         spring, in which the males are attacked if they come near the

                         nest (some of the females stay behind to guard the nest when

                         nighttime comes (as the others are out hunting for food).

 

                         These creatures are highly organized. One female will always

                         dominate the entire nest, taking the role of protector. The

                         title of the female leader is known as “The Mother” (she will

                         be worth x10 experience).

 

                              Brood Mother:

                              1. Level 3-D4

                              2. The Brood Mother will have the following stat adjustments:
                              3. Attack-Damage will be 1-D6. She will also gain 3 attacks per turn.
                              4. Characteristics: 1-D6 +3 x3 added to all. These added characteristics

                                  will adjust her Defense, Offense and other rulings for her. Make sure

                                  you pay attention to her characteristics and write them down.

 

                              5. Damage-Points will be 1-D6 per level.

                              6. If The Brood Mother confronts an intruder, and a fight ensues, all her

                                  brood, who are not protecting young, will aid her to the death. They

                                  will swarm.

 

                              7. The Brood Mother will never leave her cave, only in the most extreme

                                  circumstances.

 

Fears -------- : Fire. The Mother is fearless.

Habitat ------ : This creature can be found in many regions.

Immunities - : Disease and Sickness. Brood Mother is FEARLESS.

Life-span --- : 30 years. The Mother's life-span is 60 years.

Likes -------- : Insects.

Needs ------- : Basic needs of life (food, water, shelter, etc.).

Note --------- : None.

 

Special Abilities:

Control Offspring: Under ANY circumstances, The Mother will have a 90% chance to will the actions of her children, commanding them to do anything she wills. The Mother will always attempt to keep safe her brood if possible.

 

Echolocation: This creature has very poor eyesight, but they make up for it with the ability to send out sound that will bounce back from all objects, telling the precise shape and pattern of the obstacles being approached. With this ability, bats can effectively hunt or evade a potential collision with objects.

 

Special Defenses:

Evasion: This creature will have a 50% chance of automatically evading a strike against
it while in flight (this does not apply to area of effect attacks). The Mother's Evasion chance = 70%.

 

Special Offenses:

None.

 

Susceptibilities: Bright light blinds this creature for 1-D6 turns (-30 Defense/Offensive).

Weapon susceptibility: Rank-0 (or better) non-magical weapon to harm.