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DEMONhunter
2006-10-05, 03:31 PM
Dreonox
Medium Monstrous Humanoid
Hit Die: 1d8+1 (5 hp)
Initiative: +4
Speed: 30ft (6 Squares), Fly 90ft (Perfect)
Armor Class: 17 (+4 Dex, +3 Natural)
Base Attack/Grapple: +1/+1
Attack: Claw +5 melee (1d4+2)
Full Attack: 2 Claws +5 melee (1d4+2)
Space/Reach: 5ft/5ft
Special Attacks: -
Special Qualities: Low-Light Vision (60ft)
Saves: +1 Fort, +6 Ref, +2 Will
Abilities: 14 str, 19 dex, 13 con, 6 int, 10 wis, 9 cha
Skills: +4 Spot, +4 Listen
Feats: Fly-By Attack, Weapon Finesse
Environment: Mountainous
Organisation: Solitary, Pair, Nest (3-5), Swarm (5-7)
Challenge Rating: 1
Alignment: Always Neutral
Advancement: 2-4 HD (Large)

The being before you is about five foot high, with bat-like wings folded across its back. It’s skin is grey and scarred, seemingly composed of scales while its feet and hands are each accompanied by a deadly looking pair of talons. Looking into its eyes, you see the mind of a sentient creature gone insane.

At the dawn of man, a small group of humans was banished from their homelands and forced to settle atop the high peaks of various mountains, for reasons long forgotten. What these outlaws lacked in wits, they made up for with cunning and hunting skills, and so survived and became self-sufficient. They named their kind the Dreon.
As the humans and various other races passed through time and became more advanced and civilized, the Dreon instead grew more savage, and evolved different physical traits to those possessed by their former kin. Their flesh became sturdy and thick, while their shoulder blades grew with each generation until after eons had passed, they became wings, and the modern day species known as the Dreonox was formed.
Long before this stage, the ex-humans had been driven insane by their anger and resentment for their state- by now, they have became gibbering, monstrous wrecks. They live in mountainous areas where they hunt for food- any fresh meat will satisfy them, but nothing feels better in their minds than feasting upon humanoid flesh.
A Dreonox can speak a few basic words of common. On average, they are slightly less than 6ft tall, and weigh about 80 pounds.

Combat
A dreonox prefers to lie in wait atop a steep cliff until it’s prey walks beneath it. Its favoured tactic is to swoop down and claw it, they fly back out of range.
Skills: Dreonox have a +4 racial bonus to Spot and Listen.