One of the most feared mutant insects in Asia is the mukade or giant centipede. This is a huge animal, nearly 30 feet long and weighing as much as a small elephant that resembles a huge armor plated worm with hundreds of legs and clacking mandibles in a bug-eyed face. Centipedes are purely carnivorous and will attack anything they encounter. Worse, these horrors carry a virulent toxin in their bite that burns flesh on contact and causes a slow lingering death.
Attributes: I.Q.: 1d4 P.S.: 8d6 P.P.: 3d6 P.E.: 6d6 Spd: 3d6 Size level: 19
Weight: 3-5 tons. Length: 20-30 feet long A.R.: 15
S.D.C.: 90
Hit Points: Equal to P.E.
Natural Weapons: 2d6 poisonous bite (victim suffers an additional 2d4 points of damage if they succeed on a save against poison if the save fails then they will immediately lose all remaining S.D.C. and will begin to lose 1d4 hit points per day until they die or are cured). Certain herbs will cure centipede poison allowing the victim to regain hit points and S.D.C. as normal.
Attacks per melee: 2
Special Abilities: Advanced hearing, 90% to Prowl checks (if hiding under leaves, cloth, or papers), can walk upside down on ceilings or on walls.
Breeding modifications: none significant, centipedes cannot be tamed.
DRAY
The dray is a giant agamid lizard that resembles a giant iguana. Dray are dim-witted herbivorous
quadrupeds used for riding, pulling carts, and as beasts of burden by domestiques and those highborn who prefer a more sturdy and placid steed than a bounder.
Attributes: I.Q.: 1d4 P.S.: 4d6+6 P.P.: 2d6 P.E.: 5d6 Spd: 3d6 Size level: 18
Weight: 1000 lbs. Length: 5-6 ½ feet long A.R.: 9
S.D.C.: 70
Hit Points: Equal to P.E.
Natural Weapons: 1d8 bite, 1d6 horn Attacks per melee: 2
Special Abilities: Night vision
Breeding modifications: Dray can be bred for speed (+6), for heavy draft work (Size level 19, P.S. and P.E. +1d6 but minus 1d6 from P.P. and speed), or for war (A.R.: 12).
HORNHEADS
In the coniferous woodlands yet another herbivore lives, an antelope that has evolved to eat conifer needles. The most common type is a buffalo sized species that inhabits the vast forested taiga. It has developed horns that cover its entire upper jaw then fuse to the lip and take the place of the (long lost in antelope) incisor teeth. This arrangement allows the hornhead to gnaw off even the toughest plants, even snapping off twigs and small branches with a single bite. The common buffalo sized variety can amplify its calls through this horny helmet as well as use its horns to fight. Interestingly, in ecology and anatomy the hornheads are amazingly like the duckbilled dinosaurs of the Cretaceous. The statistics here are for the most common forest species. It roams the coniferous forest in small herds of 1d10.
Attributes: I.Q.: 1d4 P.S.: 3d6+6 P.P.: 3d6 P.E.: 5d6 Spd: 6d6 Size level: 16
Weight: 600 lbs. Length: 5-6 ½ feet long A.R.: 16
S.D.C.: 60
Hit Points: Equal to P.E. Natural Weapons: 1d8 horns Attacks per melee: 2
Special Abilities: Advanced hearing, Advanced Smell
Breeding modifications: there are many other species of hornhead found in the coniferous woodlands including the pronged horned hornhead (2d6 horns), the moose like water hornhead (size level: 17, add +5 to P.S. and S.D.C.) and the small mountain hornhead (Size Level: 10, S.D.C.: 35,1d6 horns, P.S.: 3d6, and P.E.: 3d6).
Jackalope
The most common herbivorous mammal in Asia is the jackalope, a hoofed
descendant of the hares. Most of these animals resemble long eared deer and can be found in both forests and plains. Unlike its mythical namesake jackalopes do not have horns. The jackalope seems to be a naturally occurring species that has` taken over the niche previously held by deer and antelopes. Two species are domesticated a small goat like form and a large shaggy species used much as pre Crash llama and yaks were. The statistics below are for the common wild jackalope.
Attributes: I.Q.: 1d4 P.S.: 2d6 P.P.: 3d6 P.E.: 3d6 Spd: 7d6
Size level: 13 Weight: 350 lbs. Length: 3-5 feet long A.R.: 5
S.D.C.: 45
Hit Points: Equal to P.E.
Natural Weapons: 1d4 hooves, 1d6 horns Attacks per melee: 2
Special Abilities: Advanced hearing
Breeding modifications: the llama-like jackayak is much larger than the typical jackalope (Size Level 18, S.D.C.: 70) but tends to be more placid and less agile (P.E.: 2d6). They can be bred for softer or coarser wool, richer milk, and for stronger cart oxen (add 1d6 to P.E. and P.S.).
NEZUMI
The nezumi are a type of giant predatory rat. It is a large dog-sized rodent that hunts in packs, as the wolves of long ago did. Nezumi live in temperate forests, where they single out weaker prey animals and hound them to exhaustion while keeping in contact with high pitched howls. This behavior is not new, before the Crash there were at least two species of howling pack-hunting rodents (the so-called grasshopper mice of North America) that fed on small mammals and insects. The nezumi seem to have evolved from these, or a similar species, to feed on the giant insects that evolved after the Crash (indeed it seems likely that they are also found in the North American wilderness). Nezumi have no fear of mutant animals (in fact they will readily add them to their diet) and are as dangerous to travelers as wolves were during the middle ages. Attributes: I.Q.: 1d4+3 P.S.: 3d6+3 P.P.: 3d6+5 P.E.: 2d8 Spd: 3d6 +2 Size level: 6
Weight: 30-60 lbs. Length: 4-5 feet long A.R.: 6
S.D.C.: 30
Hit Points: Equal to P.E. Natural Weapons: 2d4 bite Attacks per melee: 1
Special Abilities: Advanced hearing, Advanced Smell, Night vision
Breeding modifications: Nezumi can be tamed much as dogs used to be and various breeds have been developed. The rapide or racing nezumi are used for hunting in open areas and is clearly built for speed. Its long
legs, sleek physique, and highly flexible spine enable it to reach speeds of up to 45 mph in sprints. Racing nezumi though are weaker in attack (damage 1d6), and are generally either solitary or found in mated pairs if they have escaped into the wild. The ravager is a terrier-like breed about the size of a fox (size level 3, P.S.: 2d6 +3, 15 S.D.C. 1d6 claws and 1d4 bite) and the wasset is an even smaller long bodied dachshund- like form (size level 2, P.S.: 1d6 +3, 10 S.D.C. and 1d4 bite) used to hunt burrowing insects.