Difference between revisions of "Hungry stirges"
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''Something is happening in the sky. A confusion of wings. A large flying creature attacked by several distinctly smaller ones. Pretty soon the larger creature stops moving. The smaller beasts carry it for a time then release it crashing into the water in front of you.'' | ''Something is happening in the sky. A confusion of wings. A large flying creature attacked by several distinctly smaller ones. Pretty soon the larger creature stops moving. The smaller beasts carry it for a time then release it crashing into the water in front of you.'' | ||
| − | '''Wisdom (perception)''' check '''DC(10)''' - ''You see that all of the creatures have leathery wings and long beaks. The larger creature has a crest on the back of it's head almost as long as it's beak.'' | + | '''Wisdom (perception)''' check '''DC(10)''' - |
| + | ''You see that all of the creatures have leathery wings and long beaks. The larger creature has a crest on the back of it's head almost as long as it's beak.'' | ||
| − | '''Wisdom (perception)''' check '''DC(15)''' - ''The smaller flyers look like a combination of a bat and mosquito. Parts of their body are covered in tufts of ratty fur. Their beaks are actually stingers as large as knitting needles.'' | + | '''Wisdom (perception)''' check '''DC(15)''' - |
| + | ''The smaller flyers look like a combination of a bat and mosquito. Parts of their body are covered in tufts of ratty fur. Their beaks are actually stingers as large as knitting needles.'' | ||
| − | '''Intelligence (Nature)''' check DC(10)''' - ''The larger flyers is a fisher king. Also named [http://imgur.com/nRVxdfu Pteranodon].'' | + | '''Intelligence (Nature)''' check DC(10)''' - |
| + | ''The larger flyers is a fisher king. Also named [http://imgur.com/nRVxdfu Pteranodon].'' | ||
| − | '''Intelligence (Nature)''' check DC(10)''' - ''The smaller flyers are [http://imgur.com/SVc66EP styrges], banes of the swamp. Hungry blood eaters that swarm their pray and suck them dry. They hibernate during the winter, and they wake up hungry.'' | + | '''Intelligence (Nature)''' check DC(10)''' - |
| + | ''The smaller flyers are [http://imgur.com/SVc66EP styrges], banes of the swamp. Hungry blood eaters that swarm their pray and suck them dry. They hibernate during the winter, and they wake up hungry.'' | ||
''As soon as the fisher king falls, the stirges swarm towards the barge, looking for more blood.'' | ''As soon as the fisher king falls, the stirges swarm towards the barge, looking for more blood.'' | ||
Revision as of 05:06, 28 January 2015
Something is happening in the sky. A confusion of wings. A large flying creature attacked by several distinctly smaller ones. Pretty soon the larger creature stops moving. The smaller beasts carry it for a time then release it crashing into the water in front of you.
Wisdom (perception) check DC(10) - You see that all of the creatures have leathery wings and long beaks. The larger creature has a crest on the back of it's head almost as long as it's beak.
Wisdom (perception) check DC(15) - The smaller flyers look like a combination of a bat and mosquito. Parts of their body are covered in tufts of ratty fur. Their beaks are actually stingers as large as knitting needles.
Intelligence (Nature) check DC(10) - The larger flyers is a fisher king. Also named Pteranodon.
Intelligence (Nature) check DC(10) - The smaller flyers are styrges, banes of the swamp. Hungry blood eaters that swarm their pray and suck them dry. They hibernate during the winter, and they wake up hungry.
As soon as the fisher king falls, the stirges swarm towards the barge, looking for more blood.
4-8 stirges. hp: 3,4,3,4,1,3,1,4
