SOMENMAL 5 (15)

A somenmal relies on subtlety and stealth to hunt. If possible, it catches lone creatures or
herd animals that have become lost or left behind. When hiding, it looks like nothing so
much as a thick blanket of greenish canopy or a thick layer of lichen on the ground. When a
somenmal springs its trap, it’s revealed as a 20-foot (6 m) diameter span of hungry tissue,
like an animate caul, that can twist, grab, and smother those it catches within its hungry
The metallic globes folds. Globular metallic globes stud a somenmal’s flesh; these are ice cold to the touch,
studding a somenmal and sometimes they steam with condensation. Sounds like whispers continually emanate
house the creature’s from the globes when the somenmal is active, and occasionally while it rests.
mind. The surrounding
tissue is animated by
Environment: Almost anywhere dark
an invisible influence Health: 20
extending from the Damage Inflicted: 5 points
globes. Armor: 1
Movement: Short; short when gliding
Modifications: Stealth as level 7; Speed defense as level 4 due to size.
Combat: A somenmal prefers to attack from ambush. If it succeeds, its attack is two steps
less difficult and it inflicts 8 points of damage. In addition, the victim must succeed
on a Might defense task or be enveloped until it can escape. Each round a target is
enveloped, it suffers 5 points of damage from the constricting
crush and the ice-cold metallic globes. If a somenmal is
noticed before it attacks, or if it
fails to envelop a target, it
attempts to glide away by
flinging itself off a nearby
cliff or into a fissure.
As it attacks or defends itself,
the heat-draining effect of
the globes extends to an
immediate distance around
the somenmal. Any creature
within that range must
succeed on a Might defense
task each round or suffer 2
points of Speed damage
(ignores Armor) from the
numbing, icy influence.
A somenmal is vulnerable
to fire and takes 2
points of damage in
addition to any other
damage it takes from
a fire attack.
Interaction: The whispers
that emerge from the
cold metallic globes sometimes
resolve into words that are apparently
snatches of random, everyday
conversations between intelligent
GM Intrusion: The beings recorded from various
character hears their locations around the world.
name spoken from a
Use: An Aeon Priest will pay in
somenmal’s metallic
globe, in a voice that the cyphers for a chance to study one
PC recognizes as from or more metallic globes that stud a
someone who died. somenmal’s flesh.

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