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various more-obscure mythical creatures

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Sanctaphrax:
Interesting, but the skills seem too high. Fantastic skills should be something special.

THE_ANGRY_GAMER:
Bumping them all down a notch would be workable.

I think the True Draugr (when I get round to statting it up) should have Fantastic Endurance - this thing ain't going down easy (the Wick article specifies that it can only be killed by someone with True Courage - custom power? Physical Immunity? Aspect?).

EDIT: Changed the writeup.

Taran:
Has anyone done the stats for Red Caps?  I thought I'd seen them somewhere...

Sanctaphrax:
Yo.

123456789blaaa:
Just found this vampire in an article on Bogleech.com. This is a very unique monster among mythological creatures. It seems more like something a creative modern fantasy writer would come up with than a monster locals would invent.


--- Quote ---The final monster I'll be showcasing here is by far the most confusing, and could easily take an entire article just to pinpoint its most accurate name. The self-segmenter is also called an "Aswang", though the name is used for several other very different monsters and is in some regions a generic term for the supernatural in general. It is also sometimes called a Manananggal, though this name more precisely describes another, similar vampire, and all have been used interchangeably with the Penanggalan from time to time.

  Whatever you want to call it, the segmenter is definitely one of the most bizarre and disturbing vampire fables. Batlike or birdlike wings sprout from her back at night, and she leaves behind her entire lower half to go hunting. Easily her most striking feature is the sharp, hollow tongue through which she feeds. Her tongue is long enough that she can prey on someone from the victim's rooftop, and can spin her tongue into the thickness of spider's silk to probe even the tiniest orifice for  sustainance. Not as picky as other undead, she is just as fond of phlegm and bile as she is of blood, and in some accounts can suck a man's intestines out through his navel.

 It is the true source of her "condition", however, that makes the segmenter so delightfully bizarre; for nestled in her stomach is a mysterious black chick (a black-feathered chicken hatchling, not an African-American girl. Learn proper english!) which chirps hungrily in anticipation of the fresh meal brought back every night by its host. Oddly enough, segmenters age like any normal human, and "retire" by passing their parasitic chicken to another young lady.

  The only cure? Find a way to make the host dizzy
until she vomits the bird directly into a fire.
--- End quote ---

I can totally see this monster as still having a soul and Free Will like White Court vamps (and thus being playable). Another interesting touch is that this could potentially be the only vampire that you can turn yourself into without the original vampires consent (just plop the bird into your mouth once you get the original vampire to vomit it out).

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