Tuesday 5 June 2012

Pajikot

Beneath a glacier in the high peaks of Upper Drongukk there once lived a spider goddess called Zard-kuh. According to legend, Zard-kuh became envious of a beautiful princess of Silaish Vo, who all of the princes of the Mountains of the Moon desired to marry. Zard-kuh knew that her arachnid form could never compete with the slender femininity of the princess, so she used her venom to paralyse those men who she could; she would then spirit them away to her mountain home and force them to mate with her before she ate them.

The children of Zard-kuh and these unfortunate men of ages past are called the Pajikot, and they are found throughout the northernmost places of Yoon-Suin. Typically, they appear as a giant spider with a legspan of 6'. On the tips of their legs are human hands, and their heads are those of men, with 8 eyes clustered in their foreheads. They are wretched things that cannot speak but can communicate a kind of mute desperation even as they devour all that they come across.

Pajikot

Armour Class: 6
Hit Dice: 1+1*
Move: 150'(50')
Attacks: 1 bite
Damage: 1d4
No. Appearing: 2d4
Save As: F1
Morale: 7
Treasure: Nil
Intelligence: 6
Alignment: Chaotic
XP Value: 19

Pajikot can launch silk from their abdomens to bind opponents. Instead of making its bite attack, the Pajikot spreads silk over a target to bind it, successfully hitting on a roll against AC9. The target must make a STR check to break the strands, or else be paralysed.

2 comments:

  1. Very cool. Reminds me of Clark Ashton Smith's works.

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  2. Cool! Sorry I missed this the first time around.

    I'm pulling together a free PDF zine. The first issue has a theme of Big Ass Scary Spiders. Can I use this? Links & credits will be given, of course.

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