Monster: Kharui

Kharui
Armour Class: 4
Hit Dice: 5*
Move: 150' (50')
Attacks: (2 claws +) 4 tentacles
Damage: (1-6/1-6 +) 1-8/1-8/1-8/1-8 + special
No. Appearing: 1 (1-4)
Save As: F5
Morale: 9
Treasure Type: B
Alignment: Chaotic
XP Value: 300

Quadrupedal, reptilian predators, kharui have long, low builds like that of a hunting cat, whip-like tails and long necks. Their heads are adorned with low crests of hornlets and a long, curved and surprisingly delicate ivory beak, their bodies covered with fine golden-green scales -- but their most distinctive feature would be the four long, thin tentacles that sprout from their shoulders. Each tentacle is tipped with a wickedly curved, crystalline talon, hollow like a syringe.

In combat a kharui will use its claws if pressed or overwhelmed, inflicting 1-6 hit points of damage. However, its primary weapons -- and primary source of sustenance -- are its claw-tipped tentacles, each one of which strikes for 1-8 hit points of damage. If a tentacle causes more than 4 hit points of damage with a single strike the claw has imbedded and remains attached, draining blood and causing the victim to lose 1 point of Constitution every two rounds. Tentacles can be severed, which ends the blood drain, and lost Constitution can be regained with a day of rest per point lost.