Date: Mon, 06 Mar 1995 17:25:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Scott Sutherland Subject: Dark Side Force Creature Here is a creature that I whipped up to attack my players. My Jedi has just found the home of a Jedi Knight who died several years ago, and she found his lightsabre that he left behind. Of course, the sabre was safe under a small deflector shield, so the Jedi had to use telekinesis to get it (and she only has 1D in Alter). Boy, that took a couple of tries, I tell you, and she had to use a force point finally. (she rolled a 1 on the 1D, thus getting a mishap, at which point I will not allow her to try again, but in this case I made an exception, with spending the force point)...but I digress. The Jedi Knight brought this creature with him, to the unihabited moon on which he lived, to hide him from the Emperor's agents, much the same as Yoda did. This creature was genetically created by Sith lords, and there are but a few left. GEDSU-DQ-131 (Genetically Engineered Dark Side User-Designation Quadraped-131) Dark Side Force Creature Length: 2m DEX: 3D dodge 4D INT: 1D PER: 1D sneak 4D STR: 4D Move: 8 Force Points: 3(or more) Dark Side Points: 6(or more) Natural Weapons Weaknesses claws: STR+2 damage blind: has no eyes, senses victims bite: STR+1D+1 damage through the force. Therefore cannot see nonliving objects, Armor: +1D physical, +2 energy droids (unless they are force sensitive) Force Skills Control: 6D Resist Stun, Reduce Injury, Control Pain, Aborb/Dissipate Energy Sense: 4D Life Detection, Life Sense, Danger Sense, Magnify Senses Alter: 3D Force Scream Control/Sense/Alter: Drain Life The Gedsu is a burrowing creature, with an armored carapace, and a tough beak and claws. It is shaped like a large, armored mole. It's legs are retracted up into its torso leaving only the claws exposed, for digging. It is quite strong, and can burrow very quickly through the topsoil, but it cannot dig through anything harder than packed clay. When it attacks, it pierces up through the ground and emitts a force scream (see The Last Command sourcebook pg.37) to damage and frighten its victims. The Gedsu is capable of multiple force screams without the deliterious effects that would usually befall a Dark Jedi who used this. This power is instinctive, as these creatures are consumed by the dark side. The creature will attack force users first, attempting to drain the life out of them using Drain Life(see the ftp site file). It will use Absorb/Dissipate energy if it is attacked with energy weapons, but it will use it every round *after* the first round it is attacked with them, since it needs the stimulous to start using it. It will physically attack it victims with claws and teeth, to wound them and prevent them from escaping. It will drain life on the victims it can succeed on, and will physically consume the rest.