By
Lord Rasputin, entered by
Dammann
Note: This creature was originally published in Tome of Horrors, p. 330.
This creature resembles a gigantic centipede covered with chitinous plates of hardened bone that run along its back in double rows. Its rear portion ends in a long, scorpion-like stinger.
A stegocentipede raises its spine-plates during combat, and moves rapidly back and forth while attacking.
| ST: 29 | HP: 29 | Speed: 6.00 |
| DX: 12 | Will: 10 | Move: 7 |
| IQ: 1 | Per: 10 | |
| HT: 12 | FP: 12 | SM: +3 (6 hexes) |
| Dodge: 9 | Parry: n/a | DR: 4 |
Bite (12): 3d-1 piercing plus follow-up 1d-2 DX (Resist HT-1). Reach C-2.
Spines: Anyone standing in the hexes in front of the stegocentipede must Dodge on the stegocentipede's turn or take 2d-1 crushing.
Tail (12): 3d-1 piercing plus follow-up 1d-2 DX (Resist HT-1). Reach C-2.
Traits: Acute Vision 2; Doesn't Breathe (Oxygen Absorption); High Pain Threshold; Injury Tolerance (No Vitals); Loner (12); Night Vision 5; Vermiform (Its legs cannot fight); Wild Animal.
Skills: Climbing-13.
Class: Dire Animal.
Combat Effectiveness Rating: 49 (OR 19 and PR 30).
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