Animal, Household (Athas), Ock’n [258]

Climat/Terrain	Any
Organisation	Solitary
Fréquence	Commun
Diète	Charognard
Cycle d'activité	Any
Intelligence	0 - Non intelligent ou non mesurable
Trésor	See below
Alignement	Neutre Absolu
Nombres	1-10
Classe d'armure	8
Mouvement	Au sol : 1/10" Vol : - Classe de vol : Nage : Enfouissement : Web :
Dés de vie	1/2
Thac0	20
Nbre d'attaques	0
Dommage / attaques	Nil
Attaques spéciales	Nil
Défenses spéciales	Nil
Résistance à la magie	Nil
Taille	T - tiny ( 2' tall or less) (½”)
Morale	Spe - Special
Valeur en XP	7 xp

Commentaires : Ock’n appear as small, spiral-shelled snails. When they move, they leave a slime trail composed of an amber-like liquid that has many household uses. Nautiloid in shape, this small snail seldom reaches 1” in length. Ock’n shells are almost always light in hue, but vary in color and striping. All ock’n sensory organs are located on the forward protruding head. The head holds a very small pair of light sensors affixed to independent eye stalks. A slit mouth is also located on the head. Ock’n communicate to other gastropods via a complex system of eye stalk movements. The eye stalks are always in a slow, constant motion as the creature conveys only the most simple of concepts.

Combat : These harmless snails have no attack form whatsoever.

Habitat / Société : Ock’n live in loose colonies, always in oddnumbered groups. Should an even number be confined in a small area, one will die or be killed by the others. Only the ock’n knows why this phenomenon occurs. The ock’n breathes via osmosis through exposed skin.

Ecologie : Unpalatable as food, ock’n shells make interesting jewelry. The gastropod spends each day in search of food and moisture, leaving behind a valuable slime trail. The glossy, ochre-colored slime is composed of an amber-like resin. When the resin dries, it becomes hard as stone (saves as stone also), but has only a quarter of normal stone’s weight. The snail’s highly-prized slime/resin is used in numerous ways. Coating weapons, waterproofing materials, and sealing perishables or the dead are just a few of its uses. Ock’n snails only produce a single fluid dram (1/8 fluid ounce) of this material each day.