Monster Specification: Displacer Beasts

Monster Specification

Displacer Beasts

Typical Monster Level ("ML"): 4 to 8

Typical Number Encountered: d6

Usual Alignment(s): E/C, E/N

Description: blackish / dark purplish, puma-like creature, with six legs and two tentacles growing from shoulders, eyes a hellish green

Habitat: Dungeons, Green Areas, Wilderness Areas, Hell

Language: none

Chars: Co 3d8, Wp 2d6

Movement:

Rate	Melee	Travelling
Walk	5 ft/sec	3 mph
Scamper	9 ft/sec	6 mph
Lope	18 ft/sec	10 mph
Charge	30 ft/sec	n/a

Fighter Abilities:

ML/3 (FRU) AMR D = 35 + (5ML) % RD = 15 + (5ML) % 5 + (5ML) HP

NB The above figures for D & RD include +10% for the Displacing Effect. This applies against sight-targeted attacks (usually the case in Melee) only, and the +10% applies even when D would otherwise be 0 (e.g. against certain Thievish attacks).

Attack Modes:

Tentacle @ A = 10ML %, DAM = 2d6+2 (tentacles have rough, horney pads on ends)

HitLoc Table:

HitLoc Area	Front	Side	Rear
Head	01 to 25	01 to 12	n/a
Tentacles (*2)	26 to 50	13 to 30	n/a
Front Legs (*2)	76 to 100	31 to 48	n/a
Chest	51 to 75	49 to 86	n/a
Mid Legs (*2)	n/a	87 to 104	n/a
Abdomen	n/a	105 to 119	01 to 40
Hind Legs (*2)	n/a	120 to 137	41 to 70
Tail	n/a	138 to 150	71 to100

ADS:

HitLoc Area	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
Head	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	3
Tentacles	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	4
Front Legs	3	3	2	1	0	1	2	2	3	3
Chest	3	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	3	3
Mid Legs	3	3	2	1	0	1	2	2	3	3
Abdomen	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	3
Hind Legs	3	3	2	1	0	1	2	2	3	3
Tail	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	3

Effects of Specific Damage:

Hit Loc Area	%age HP Damage taken	Effects
Head	20%	Unconscious, Co check vs Death
Head	40%	Decapitation, Death
Tentacles (each of 2)	20%	Co check vs Tentacle Crippled
	40%	Tentacle Crippled (DAM now d6 +1 from other Tentacle), Co check vs Tentacle Severed
	60%	Tentacle Severed
Front / Mid / Hind Legs (each of 6)	30%	Co check vs Leg Crippled
	60%	Leg Crippled, Co check vs Leg Severed
	90%	Leg Severed
Chest	80%	Incapacitated, Co check vs Death, Bleed 5%/min, Co check vs Bleed 5%/MR
Chest	160%	Death
Abdomen	60%	Co check vs Death/MR, Bleed 5%/MR
Abdomen	120%	Death
Tail	15%	Co check vs Tail Crippled
	30%	Tail Crippled, Co check vs Tail Severed
	45%	Tail Severed

Bleeding effects from Crippling, Severance and Decapitation are as for People. Tail and Tentacles do not bleed.

Thievish Abilities:

M on Th Activities:

HS 25ML %, MS 20ML %
AfB, AfS, AbS 15ML%
DetH 20ML%, DetMM 15ML%, Hear 25ML%, Scent 20ML%, Track 15ML%
Jump 20ML%, Climb 10ML%

Defensive ThL = ML

Other Abilities / Powers / Notes:

Displacer Beasts are Feline Monsters.
They are cunning Monsters, who use their Thievish powers and love to kill.
Displacing: the Displacer's aura bends light, making it appear to be 2-8 ft from its actual position. This Displacing Effect gives bonuses to D as above, and also gives +10 to sts against any effects targeted by sight.
Magic Resistant: Saving Level vs Magic = ML * 2, in addition to Displacing Effect as above. This applies to Level dependent effects as well as sts.
Great enmity with Blink Dogs.

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