Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!: A Dresdenverse Bestiary

[Deadmanwalking]

Sorry this took so long, I've been kinda listless and tired all week.

High Concept: Giant Sea Turtle
Other:
Mild Mannered Creature
Tough Carapace
Surprisingly Good Eyesight

Skills:

Great: Endurance,
Good: Alertness, Athletics, Fists,
Fair: Discipline, Rapport, Stealth, Survival,
Average: Conviction, Empathy, Intimidation, Presence,

Stunts:

Tough Shell (May use Endurance to defend against melee attacks smaller than about car sized.) (Endurance)

Powers:

Aquatic [-1]
Echoes of the Beast [-1]
Hulking Size [-2]
Inhuman Toughness [-2]

Total Refresh: -7

Stress:

Mental: OOO
Physical: OOOOOO(OO)
Social: OOO
Armor: 1.

Notes: Some are smaller than Hulking Size would indicate and thus lack it.


High Concept: Sea Otter
Other:
Playful And Intelligent
Tool User
Adorable

Skills:

Great: Athletics,
Good: Fists, Survival,
Fair: Alertness, Rapport, Stealth,
Average: Empathy, Discipline, Endurance, Presence,

Powers:

Aquatic [-1]
Claws [-1]
Echoes of the Beast [-1]

Total Refresh: -3

Stress:

Mental: OO
Physical: OOO
Social: OOO
Armor: 0

Note: Sea Otters are bigger (up to 100 lbs!) and possibly nastier than you'd think. Also, adorable.

[Mal_Luck]

I love the turtle. 

Do you think Tough Shell could work as a PC stunt? Why did you make the distinction about "melee attacks smaller than about car sized"?

[Deadmanwalking]

Because it's originally from the Armadillo (who get run over a lot)...and because mass trauma will ignore even the toughest animal shell to some extent.

And yeah, it's perfectly acceptable for PC use as is, mechanically (adding a limited Dodge trapping as it does), you'd just need to justify the mechanic somehow.

[CMEast]

Mal_Luck - Think of The Blob from X-men, he's not very athletic but he's sure got a good defense

For the Giant Sea Turtle, can I suggest the aspect 'Surprisingly Good Eyesight' as they can see fantastically well, both at night and during the day. They can also see a wider range of colours. Might be important if someone tries to veil or stealth past them.

[Deadmanwalking]

Aspect added. It does indeed both seem reasonable and relevant.

[lordoracle]

Has anyone made stats for Raccoons? I was surprised to see they didn't include Little Brother in Listen-to-wind's sheet. They just question if Little Brother was a familiar. I have a player wanting to make a template for a Were-Raccoon (he sorta has a pet raccoon which he started feeding).

I was looking at the stats in the bestiary file for Domestic Cats and was going to tweak it.

[Deadmanwalking]

I'll do Raccoons within the day, they're a bit badder than most House Cats.

[CMEast]

I've been trying to think of animals which are quite different to ones that have already been done but could also somehow be useful in a game... how about a bats, moles and chameleons? Or a beetle of some kind like a scarab beetle? I can imagine all of these used for magic either because they have unique abilities or because they could be ritually significant.

[Deadmanwalking]

Beetles are a bit small, but Bats, Moles, and Chameleons are all doable.

[Jeckel]

That turtle looks real good, and I'm already thinking of all the ways I can use bats and moles.

[Vash the white]

the most BAMF wereform of all time, The were-Platypus 

[CMEast]

How about a swan? Beautiful, graceful and it can break your arm with a beat of it's wings!

Were-Swan would be interesting too

[DesertCoyote]

Not exactly related, but this is the closest pre-existing thread and I don't want to start another one.

Mobile Suit:  Gundam Pixie

Backstory:  I've got some technically wild fae, that are all members of a largely forgotten court of fairy.  They're pretty much all little folk of some variety due to political pressures from Summer and Winter.  Led by Queen Aoibheal  (pronounced ae-vahl, but generally known as "Scoot"), the Midnight Court has decided to embrace the recent developments in the mortal world.  As such, the concepts that concern the court have begun to evolve.  Formerly, the court was concerned only with traditional midnight activities (sex, promiscuity, faithfulness), but lately the little folk have begun sneaking into mortal homes and watching TV and playing video games.

Due to some recent security problems for the Midnight Court, Queen Aoibheal's guards have gotten it into their heads to build "giant mechas" . . . as far as giant goes to a creature that's 5 inches tall.  

Aoibheal's Guard
High Concept:  For the honor of Aoibheal! . . . and Pizza!
Trouble:  Ooh, look.  Shiny!

Skills:
Driving: 4
Guns: 2-3
All others default to normal pixie levels.  (OW50)

Stunts and Powers:
[-2]  Gundam Pilot Training  While using a mobile suit construct, this character may roll Driving to attack instead of the construct's Weapons or Fists.  The character can also roll Driving instead of the construct's Athletics to dodge.  Use the higher of either this character's skills or the construct's skills when taking an action or determining initiative.

All other powers default to Pixie writeup.







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Mobile Suit "Leo"
High Concept: Run of the mill mobile suit

Skills:
Endurance: 3
Athletics 2
Weapons: 1-2
Might: 1
Guns: 1
All others default to Mediocre.  Mental/Social stats default to pilot stats

Powers:
[-0] Human Sized: Pilots cannot use their diminutive size or wings powers.
[-0] Ectoplasm Body: Cannot be left unattended in the mortal world
[-2] Fangs: Technically a pair of beam sabers, not fangs.
[-2] Inhuman Toughness
[-2] Inhuman Recovery
[+3] Catch: Cold Iron
[+0] Second Catch:  Must return to Midnight, Nevernever to "heal"

Optional:
[-1] Wings:  See thruster pack

Weapon Carried: (pick one)
10.5mm Rifle (Gun 3)
Beam Rifle (Gun 2, can spray)
Bazooka (Gun 4, explosive, must be reloaded each use)





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Mobile Suit "Tallgeese"
High Concept:  The only thing that can stand up to the gundams!
Trouble: Rough on my pilots

Skills:
Endurance: 5
Might: 4
Athletics 2
Weapons: 1-2
Guns: 1
All others default to Mediocre.  Mental/Social stats default to pilot stats

Powers:
[-0] Human Sized: Pilots cannot use their diminutive size or wings powers.
[-0] Ectoplasm Body: Cannot be left unattended in the mortal world
[-2] Fangs: Technically a pair of beam sabers, not fangs.
[-2] Inhuman Speed
[-2] Inhuman Strength
[-6] Mythic Toughness
[-2] Inhuman Recovery
[+3] Catch: Cold Iron
[+0] Second Catch:  Must return to Midnight, Nevernever to "heal"
[-1] Wings:  See thruster pack

Weapon Carried:
Dober Gun - Gun 5, cannot be fired on consecutive turns without a -3 penalty due to recoil


Other Gundams created as needed, but this is where I'm calling a stopping point on the post. :p

[Ala Alba]

No, I'm pretty sure that has NOTHING to do with this thread.

[Deadmanwalking]

Dude. Don't be afraid to start your own thread. It's not uncommon. Or search out one of the previous Gundam threads, there was at least one and it wasn't long ago. Or the thread on uncommon mythological creatures

In fact, please do one of those things and get the Pixie Gundams the hell out of this thread, this is explicitly for mundane animals, not supernatural creatures, not Gundams, not even dinosaurs (they're too far out there). I have no inherent objections to others contributing here, but only in an On Topic way. That post is pretty much the defintion of Off Topic.