Sunday, December 13, 2009

Monster: Ladanna

Ladanna
Armour Class: 6
Hit Dice: 2+5
Move: 150' (50')
Attacks: 1 bite or 1 gore, + 2 hooves
Damage: 1-6 or 1-8 + 1-4/1-4
No. Appearing: 2-8
Save As: F2
Morale: 9
Treasure Type: Nil
Alignment: Chaotic
XP Value: 25

Ladanna have the basic appearance of deer: the same size, body shape and speed. However, complementing their rusty-tan pelt a ladanna's upper body, from muzzle to tail, is cloaked in articulated blue-green scales. Ladanna have scythe-like horns instead of antlers, and a pair of tusk-like fangs jut from their muzzle. Carnivorous and savage, ladanna both attack mundane deer and breed freely with them; the offspring resemble normal deer but possess the ladanna's fangs and taste for blood.

In combat a ladanna strikes with its dewclaw-armed forehooves, inflicting 1-4 hit points of damage each. Against weaker or impaired targets a ladanna will also gore for 1-8 hit points of damage; others are bitten first, the bite inflicting 1-6 hit points of damage and bleeding freely from the wound because of the rending fangs. Bite wounds continue to lose 1-2 hit points per round until treated.

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