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Medusa - Greater
Phyla: Gorgons
Game World
Mazes and Monsters
Fortitude High
Knowledge Average
Charisma Average
Intuition Average
Stability Low
Vitality High
Muscle High
Physique Average
Reflexes Average
Durability High

Racial Description

This is the Medusa of classical mythology, and it is a terror to behold. From the waist up it is a woman with thick green scales for skin, a swarming nest of asps for hair, and a jaw that distends to show two long slender poisonous fangs spread among other more blunt teeth designed for crushing and eating those it manages to turn to stone. From the waist down it resembles a giant snake. When "standing" up, like a cobra looking to strike, the greater medusa stands almost fifteen feet tall. The beast's actual length from head to tail is usually three to four times this length.
The greater Medusa is a tropical species most at home in a sweltering jungle with heavy overgrowth and high humidity. Other species have been known to live happily in colder more mountainous environments but these are thankfully rare. It is a geovore, but it can only eat creatures it or another Medusa has turned to stone. In a strange way this is the perfect food preservation system. Hundreds of years can pass by and these statues will remain just as tasty as the day the hapless adventurer first looked into those blazing gorgon eyes.
Needless to say. Medusa's typically lair in rocky caves which are kept crowded with half-eaten statues.

Sexual Description

All medusa's are female. The male half of the gorgon equation is the Basilisk

Talents

Poison Glands. Infravision. Gorgon Gaze. Camouflage, Static.

Gamewise

Communication: Vocal, Polysyllabic. Techno: Iron Age.
Dexterity: Hands With Thumbs. Manipulative Ability: Able to deftly manipulate objects.
Diet: Geovore, Picky - only eats the rocks created by its gorgon gaze.
Environment: Tropical. Breathe: Air. Average Temperature: 90 Varience: 30.
Lifespan: 1000 Years.
Reproduction: These sexual egg laying, duck-like creatures produce 1 offspring once every 100 years.


Body Size

Size Index: 005.02. Height: 15' 10". Weight: 847.1 lbs.
Skeletal Weight: 476.1 lbs. Muscle Weight: 301 lbs. Fat Weight: 0 lbs.
Virtual Vitality: 151. Virtual Muscle: 151.
Modified RDF: -32. Reach: 76 inches. Food Required: 30 lbs.

Claws & Jaws

Talons, Reptilian. Fangs, Deadly Poisonous.

Communication

Vocal, Polysyllabic. Average Tech Level: 3.

Dexterity

Hands With Thumbs. Able to deftly manipulate objects.

Diet

Geovore, Picky. Physical Regeneration Modifier: 12. Mental Regeneration Modifier: 12.

Environment

Tropical. Breathing Element: Air. Average Temperature: 90. Temperature Varience: 30.

Lifespan

1000 Years

Locomotion

Belly Slider. Walk: 3. Climb: 2. Base Move: Walk. Cannot Run. Sprints Slowly, x3.

Natural Armor

Scales, Plate-like. Defense: 16. Weight Percentage: 000.09.

Reproduction


State: Complete
Contributed By: EyeintheSky
Status: System Made.
Date Created: 09/25/09
Last Changed: 09/25/09
Looks: 403
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