Mass Craft
Reaper (NPC stats): Comp X; Skills: Intimidate X, Resolve X, Tactics X; Qualities: Banned action (Calm, Impress), darkvision II, dramatic entrance, fearless II, fearsome, natural spell (Animate Dead I: creates Husk drones; Charm Person V: Casting Time is increased to 1 week, may target any and all characters inside them), telepathic (constructs only) Reaper (vessel stats): Force 10; Traits: Capital, FTL drive, kinetic barriers, landing thrusters; Upgrades: Ablative armor; 1 vessel Element zero discharge (Battlefield Trick): If you win this round, destroy one enemy fortification of your choice. Fire main gun 6 (Battlefield Trick): If you win this round, destroy one enemy unit of your choice with a Force of 6 or lower and the Capital trait.
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Wildlife Life forms on any given world tend to conform to the ecological conditions present, fitting into niches that are entirely absent off-world. This can lead to some weird and wonderful creatures, some of which are really odd, and some of which are downright lethal. Throw in space travel and sapient curiosity, and some species have transported to worlds very far from home indeed. Gas bags are floating gas bladders that are native to the world of Eden Prime. They drift slowly over shallow swamps, using dangling tentacles to fish for small prey. Whilst mostly harmless, the gas they use to stay aloft is flammable, and they tend to explode when injured.
Harvesters are huge insectoid-reptile creatures that inhabit several worlds throughout the galaxy, including Tuchanka and Tarith. Nearly the size of a Thresher Maw and equally as aggressive, their primary means of attack appears to be flying low and ‘dropping’ klixen. This could mean that harvesters either birth klixen or simply pick them up and relocate them. Either way suggests a rather fiendish intelligence; the harvesters are smart enough to use klixen both as shock troops and, failing that, mobile ordnance. Klixen are an insectoid species resembling crabs or beetles. Little else is known about them, but they are usually found present with harvesters. Klixen do not appear to use weapons, and are likely not sentient. They are slow moving, but their fire breathing capabilities make them deadly at melee range, and they explode violently when killed. Pod crabs are massive, grey, flat-headed crustaceans. They walk on four sturdy arms, each ending in hard points that are used to impale large mollusk-like creatures found in the shallow beaches and estuaries along the coasts of Virmire. They are not aggressive, and seem incapable of defending themselves if attacked. Pyjaks are a simple breed of primate, present on dozens of different planets. They are small, with pronounced snouts and long, prehensile tails, and they travel in ‘herds’. Despite not being sapient, they are a curious species and have been known to steal items that take their interest. Space beetles are found in a variety of different sizes, from a few inches to several feet in length. They are harmless scavengers, and despite their carapaces they are quite fragile. Space cows are thin oxygen-breathing herbivores with four legs and two, small, arm-like forelimbs. There is no visible distinction between the sexes, and they naturally browse in herds. Thresher maws are enormous, subterranean carnivores that burst up from the ground without warning when disturbed. They reproduce via spores that lie dormant for millennia, yet are robust enough to survive prolonged periods in deep space and atmospheric re-entry. As a result, thresher maw spores appear on many worlds, spread by previous generations of space travelers. They are capable of spitting a powerfully corrosive acid, and possess massive talons capable of smashing a tank to pieces. Varren are omnivores with a preference for living prey. Originally native to the Krogan homeworld of
le Scriptorium - Campaign Setting - Mass Craft by Mark Newman