Beetle, Slicer [694]

Climat/Terrain	Temperate forest
Organisation	Solitary
Fréquence	Rare
Diète	Carnivore
Cycle d'activité	Any
Intelligence	0 - Non intelligent ou non mesurable
Trésor	See below
Alignement	Neutre Absolu
Nombres	1-3
Classe d'armure	3
Mouvement	Au sol : 6'' Vol : - Classe de vol : Nage : Enfouissement : Web :
Dés de vie	6
Thac0	15
Nbre d'attaques	1
Dommage / attaques	2-16
Attaques spéciales	Dismemberment
Défenses spéciales	Nil
Résistance à la magie	Nil
Taille	S - smaller than a typical human ( 2+' to 4' ) (3’ long)
Morale	13-14 - Elite
Valeur en XP	420 xp

Commentaires : Slicer beetles are distant relatives of death watch beetles. Over the course of time, they have lost all traces of their wings and now look much like six-legged centipedes. Their bodies have developed a hardened exoskeleton that is more than adequate protection in combat. Otherwise, the slicer beetle is quite similar in many respects to the stag beetle. It is generally black or very dark gray in color. The slicer beetle’s hearing and eyesight are poor, but it will attack anything it identifies as prey, or anything that attacks it.

Combat : The mandibles of the slicer beetle are highly dangerous because of their powerful muscles and keen edges. When in combat, any natural attack roll of 19 or 20 indicates that the slicer beetle has nipped off an adversary’s limb. If the slicer beetle is engaged in any combat that seems to be going against it, the creature will grab up any limbs it has managed to sever and hurry away, hoping to evade its attackers.

Habitat / Société : The slicer beetle’s lair contains many bones and 1-6 types of normal weaponry. The lair is 25% likely to have one or more magical weapons and 1% likely to have magical boots. It may also have such sliceable items as gauntlets and rings. Items normally found in pairs, such as gauntlets and boots, are only 5% likely to be an intact set; other apparently matched pairs will test normally but have unpredictable results at awkward times: a gauntlet of dexterity may attempt picking pockets with a 50% success chance, a boot of elvenkind might go up on tip-toe, and so on.

Ecologie : Like the stag beetle, the slicer beetle will often raid cultivated lands. However, instead of stripping wood and grain, the slicer beetle seeks the flesh of livestock, peasants, and any other creature unfortunate enough to get in its way.