Glorious is the sumptuary beast, with golden coat and silver claws, porphyrous teeth and velvet maw. Intolerant too, gruesomely so, of those who ape its exquisiteness. Fortunately for most, such beasts will only mate with their perfect equals, and attack all others of their own kind on sight.
Munificent is the royal weasel, who bends to the whims of its prince. Of who it chooses to serve none can say - more often pauper than true prince - but the bond is beyond death. Beyond reason as well, for every whim no matter how small is enacted by the royal weasel.
Terrible is the mauler, who breaks the necks of dragons under the weight of its jaws. Terribler still when hungered, for when hunting it kills abundantly beyond the filling of its belly. Terriblest yet when its princess is harmed, for none but its princess may calm its rage.
By another name,
They are
Aurumvoraxes
HD: 7 AC: 16, plus immune to fire and poison ATK: 1d8/1d8 Claws, or Spine-Cruncher SAV: 11 MOV: As swift horse, plus 30' leap INT: As clever beast, or as its prince(ss) when given explicit commands ML: 9, 12 when its prince(ss) is unconscious by injury or dead
No. Appearing: 1
Spine-Cruncher: The aurumvorax clamps its jaws around its target's neck, or the closest equivalent. The target must save vs. death or die instantly as their neck is crushed, or their head severed entirely. If they succeed, they take 2d8 damage and dislodge the aurumvorax. Spine-Cruncher works on targets up to 14 HD.
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