Spawns Of The Damned
Description
Cat, Damned
Statistics
| Statistic | Value |
|---|---|
| Climate / Terrain | Any Land |
| Frequency | Very Rare |
| Organization | Solitary |
| Activity Cycle | Any |
| Diet | Human / Demi-Human Flesh |
| Intelligence | Low (5 - 7) |
| Treasure | None |
| Alignment | Chaotic Evil |
| No. Appearing | 1 - 3 (1d6 divided by 2) |
| Armour Class | 3 |
| Movement Rate | 18 |
| Hit Dice | 5 |
| THAC0 | 13 |
| No. of Attacks | 3 - Claw / Claw / Bite |
| Damage / Attack | Claw - 1d6+2 / Claw - 1d6+2 / Bite - 1d12+3 |
| Special Attacks | Tree Pounce, Firery Hiss |
| Special Defences | See Below |
| Magic Resistance | 20 % |
| Size | Medium |
| XP Value | 1,500 |
Appearance
A Damned Cat is the feline equivalent to a Hell Hound, except that it is a little bit more advanced. It's fur is a rustic brown with bright red stripes. These cats have coal black eyes, and an even darker tongue. It stands 4 to 5 feet tall at the shoulder, and smell of burned flesh.
Where their paws touch the ground (or tree), flames spruce up leaving blackened claw marks along the surface.
Combat
Damned Cats are very clever hunters, but do not hunt in more than a pack of three. They stay quiet until sighting their prey. This gives them a -7 bonus to surprise against their enemies.
Tree Pounce: Damned Cats leap silently from tree to tree (leaving their scorch marks) until they come in sight of their adversary. They then pounce out at their enemy from the trees. If they successfully hit the enemy on the pounce, their is a 45 % chance the victim will be knocked out, plus the initial 1d10 points of damage the pounce inflicts.
Fiery Hiss: The second attack of the Damned Cat is usually it's fiery hiss. The cat's tail stretches out and the cat exhales a burst of flame up to 15 yards (60 feet) long. This does 1 point of damage for every yard closer the victim is. Example: 15 yards away = 1hp gone. 1 yard away = 15hp gone.
If the subject of pain is still alive after the initial attacks, a Damned Cat would move in to either rip him apart with it's 4 inch claws, or tear the flesh from his bones with it's 6 inch teeth.
The defenses a Damned Cat has are as follows:
- Immune to all fire, and fire-based attacks
- Are only surprised on a 1 or a 2 on a 1d10
- Have a 75 % chance to see invisible or concealed creatures.
Habitat / Society
These fiery feline beasts are commonly found in the Abyss, and are usually gated to the Prime Material Plane to wreak havoc across it for some evil God or demon. In the Abyss, they usually roam the heated levels searching for tormented souls to tease.
Damned Cats have 5 Hit Dice, and use their bulk to make lesser demons and Hell Hounds suffer. These cats do not reproduce on the Prime Material Plane at all, so cannot be tamed by natural ways. Only magic can bring these slashing kittens to order.
After killing all of it's prey, a Damned Cat will eat Human or Demi-Human carcasses first. These are also the ones they attack first.
Ecology
Damned Cats have little place in the ecology of the Prime Material Plane, but are very dangerous, and when tamed, can do major damage. Fire Giantess' usually use these ferocious kitties to destroy their lovers Hell Hounds. They do not make as good guards though, for they seem to wander off and look for something to kill.