Goal
Basic—sex (depending on reproductive proclivities), food (depending on metabolism), simple entertainment (depending on intelligence).
Description
- Metabolism
- Psychotroph of unknown basis: lives off of the intense emotions (pain, fear, lust) of sapients.
- Intelligence
- Vastly superior to a human in intelligence (possesses warp-capable technē).
- Reproductive Proclivities
- Choosy: humanoid in its sociality and multiple forms of sexuality. (If this alien is unintelligent, then it only mates with other things like itself)
- Senses
- Only senses via touch and either sound or smell.
Appearance
- Body Plan
- Crablike.
- Size
- Medium, human-sized.
- Color
- Absorbs 100% of light
Combat
- Attacks
- Two simple attacks for d20 damage each
- One mega attack (giant shark-jaw bite, firehose vomit of toxic chemicals, advanced shoulder-mounted coilgun battery) that kills instantly if successful and inflicts d20 damage if not. All PCs who see other PCs die in this gruesome manner must make a WIL check or flee immediately.
- Defenses
- DR 3, sophisticated armor (if intelligent) or menacing shell/hide (if dumb): every target in melee with this alien takes d6 damage per round from its defenses
Powers
Ability to birth a single copy of itself (free, copy has same stats); Can perfectly imitate a pc or other sapient indefinitely (free)