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Its mouth opens horizontally and has many rows of teeth, Dwelling in abandoned or isolated areas, it preys fon whatever it can find. The creature has mary red, glistening eyes and is known for its terrible, mournful how. thas the intelligence of an animal and the outlook of a predator. Motive: Hungers for flesh Environment: Dwells alone in rocky wastes, hills, and deserts. Health: 36 Damage Inficted: 8 points ‘Armor: 2 Movement: Short Modifications: Hides in rocky terrain as level 7. Speed defense as level 5 due to size. Perception as level 4. Resists trickery 2s level 3 ‘Combat: A cragworm hides amid rocks and ruins. While hiding, it howis, and the subsonic nature of the sound paralyzes anyone within long range. Vietims who fal Intellect defense rolls are paralyzed for two rounds. ‘When the cragworm emerges from its hiding place to attack, its envenomed bite inflicts terrible damage. Victims who fail Might defense rolls move one step down the damage track. Once a cragworm enters combat, it fights to the death Interaction: Cragworms can’t be reasoned with. They can be intimidated or tricked, but the later is far easier than the former. They resist being tricked as level 3 and are particularly easy to fool if food is involved. Use: Cragworm attacks are seemingly rendom wilderness encounters that usually befall unsuspecting travelers. In many ways, they are the archetypal wasteland beasts of the Ninth World, giving rise to sayings such as “fierce as a cragworm,” “temperamental as a ‘cragworm,” and so on, CREATURES: CRAGWORM. GM Intrusion: While biting a PC the ‘ragworm grabs the character in its mouth, The PC must make | Migh- based roll to ‘avoid being swallowed. Swallowed PCs can attack the bes: fom the Inside, but they ue 6 points of damage each ‘ound they remain there. P= 13 EDCLIC RAIDER 5 (15) Celie ders are humanoid automatons powered by sound. 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In areas with ambient sound, these automatons require no sustenance and operate indefinitely. But in completely soundless areas, such as the void beyond the sky, they collapse and can be restored to function only when exposed to sound. Interaction: Cyclic raiders enact a bizarre agenda. They ambush, incapacitate, and somehow transport humans to another world in the void of space for an unknown purpose. They speak several languages, which seem to be composed of voice recordings of various humans sewn together to make complete new sentences. Use: The PCs arrive to consult with someone who has information or an item they want, but that person is being attacked by cyclic raiders. Loot: A fallen cyclic raider can be salvaged for a couple cof eyphers. Any group of raiders will probably have cone Melu box. ‘MELU BOX (ARTIFACT) Level: 1d6 +3 Form: Small silver box Effect: When activated, every living, ‘creature in short range that can hear must succeed on an Intellect defense task or fall unconscious. Unconscious creatures can attempt an Intellect task each round to rouse themselves. Depletion: 1 in 1di0 aATURES: CYCLIC RAIDER ~ NU ‘The nulleat is a quadruped predator, approximately 1,000 pounds (450 kg) in weight and a deep grey in color. When not moving, the nul-cats crystalline fur seems to make it vanish into its natural surroundings. Its face is a star-shaped slit filled with motile teeth, flanked by five eyes lsid out in a circle around the front ofits head ‘Null-cats are drawn to and drain items that use stored energy, though they supplement their energy requirement withthe flesh of ving prey. They kill, drag off, and store theie vietims, burying them to feed later. Motive: Hungers for energy and flesh Environment: Anywhere empty or on the fringes of civilization Health: 42 Damage Inficted: 7 points Movement: Long; short when climbing, Modifications: Stealth and hiding as level 9; Speed defense as level 6 due to size. ‘Combat: A nulkcat relies on its energy-draining field during combat. All characters within immediate range who have an artifact must roll normally for depletion each round. ‘Anyone who is attacked by the nullcat and suffers damage “burns out” a cypher in their possession (iFany) on a failed Intellect defense task. The nullcat gains 5 points of health for each artifact charge and cypher it consumes in this fashion, Simultaneously with its energy-draining effect, a null-cat can bite a target, inflicting 7 points of damage. The nullcat stalks victims passing through its territory, preferring to wait until night to attack. If possible, it waits to attack sleeping victims. Interaction: Null-cats are clever predators but ultimately have the intelligence of animals. Use: A group of Aeon Priests is surrounded by a small pack of null- cats and can't hold out much longer. Loot: Null-cats drag off and bury their prey in small graves. if a PC can locate a null-cat’ pit, itis often filled with equipment and gear of victims, though the cyphers are burned out and the artifacts are dead. 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When not used as lures, the corpse puppets are set to the task of using bits of the numenera to build or further modify an inexplicable machine set at the tree's base Motive: Hungers for fresh bodies Environment: On hilltops, isolated from other plant life Health: 33 Damage inflicted: 10 points ‘Armor: 3 Movernent: None Modifications: Speed defense as level 5 due to size and immobility; deception and disguise (puppeteering corpses to actin a lifelike manner) as level 6. Combat: Some of the red reeds surrounding a puppet tree end in @ hard, sharp crystal spike. When @ living creature comes within short range ofthe tree the reeds rise behind the target and try to skewer them through the head or neck with the spike. Ifa target is killed by these attacks, the puppet tree controls the body as a corpse puppet, using it to enact its plans. Over time these humanoids rot and are overgrown by the biology of the plant, losing utility for the tree. Most trees have about five corpse puppets active, which can be simultaneously animated to attack foes. A puppet tree is vulnerable to fre. All ire attacks against the tree inflict 2 additional points of damage and ignore Armor. The puppet tree will always attempt to stop a fire, or target the source of flame during combst. Interaction: Puppet trees are highly intelligent, but malevolent. Even if communication can be opened via telepathy or some other means, the tree will always attempt to double-cross the PCs. Use: An agent of the Convergence, hoping to watch 4 puppet tree in action, lures the PCs to one and waits while they approach to talk with his “friend” —one of the long-dead corpse puppets. Loot: Possessions of former victims can be found in the red reeds, usually including ‘dio shins and various bits of gear. The cyphers, artifacts, and oddities of victims are collected by the corpse puppets and cobbled together into a strange device. 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