Val CHA Cost Roll Notes 30 STR 20 16- Lift 1600kg; 6d6 HTH Damage 18 DEX 24 13- OCV: 6/DCV: 6 23 CON 26 14- 16 BODY 12 12- 8 INT -2 11- PER Roll 13- 11 EGO 2 11- ECV: 2 25 PRE 15 14- PRE Attack: 3 1/2d6 10 COM 0 11- 6 PD 0 Total: 8 PD (2 rPD) 6 ED 1 Total: 8 ED (2 rED) 4 SPD 12 Phases: 3, 6, 9, 12 8 REC 0 50 END 2 50 STUN 0 Total Characteristics Cost: 112 Movement: Running: 6"/12" Gliding: 12"/24" Flight: 20"/40" Swimming: 0" Cost Powers & Skills 30 Enormous Beak: HKA: 2d6 (2 x 2d6 with STR), AE 1Hex (+1/4) Reduced Penetration (-1/4) 36 Enormous Talons: HKA 3d6 (2 x 3d6 with STR), Reduced Penetration (-1/4) 6 Tough Feathers: Armor: +2 DEF 12 Enormous Size: Knockback Resistance -3" 33 Wings: Multipower, 50 point reserve, all Restrainable (-1/2) 3 1) u Flight 20", Reduced END (1/2 END, +1/4); Restrainable (-1/2) 1 2) u Riding The Thermals: Gliding 12", Restrainable (-1/2) 30 Stooping: Flight +30 "; Reduced END (0 END, +1/2); Restrainable (-1/2), Only to Dive (-1) -2 Doesn't Swim: Swimming -2" 10 Hawk Eyes: Enhanced Perception: +5 with Sight PER 15- 16 Hawk Eyes: Telescopic Sight, +16 VS Range with Normal Sight 9 Reach: Stretching 2" Skills 4 Combative: +2 OCV with Talons 3 Stealth 13- 9 Tracking 14- 202 Total Powers & Skills Cost 314 Total Character Cost 75+ Disadvantages 15 Physical Limitation: Animal Intelligence (Freq, Great Impairment) 10 Physical Limitation: ( -4 DCV, +4 To PER Rolls) (Freq, Slight Impairment) 15 Physical Limitation: Very Limited Manipulation (Freq, Slight Impairment) 20 Hunted By Man,(AP, NCI, 11-) 5 Psychological Limitation: Won't Fly Over Large Bodies Of Water Or Out Of Sight Of The Coastline 10 Psychological Limitation: Very Aggressive When Hungry 164 Experience 314 Total Disadvantage Points
Appearance: The Tarn is giant crested Hawk and a probable sub-species of the Roc. It stands 10 or more feet tall with a wingspan 30 or more feet. Their feathers are shades of brown, gray or black. Tarns are particularly intimidating when hungry.
Ecology: Tarns prefer to hunt mountain foothills and plains. They make their nests at the top of peaks or in the tops of very large, tall trees. Tarns hunt by day or on moonlit nights. They are fierce hunters and typically eat antelope and deer, but may prey on anything 1/2 their size or less.
Motivations: Typical animal motivations. Tarns are very intelligent for a bird, and can be trained to carry a rider and to tow freight. Tarnriders wisely keep these birds well-fed for they have on ocassion eaten their handlers. A tarn can easily snap a man in two with their huge curved beaks or pull his appendages off with their powerful claws.
Combat Techniques: Similar to smaller birds of prey, such as the Eagle, Hawk or Falcon. Trained tarn will have Combat maneuvars to aid their Tarnrider, who is typically armed with a bow or javelins.
Other Names: Tarn Roc
Rumors: Exceptional Tarn may be trained to respond to voice commands, allowing it's rider freedom from the reins during combat.
Designer's Notes: The Tarn are a creation of John Norman.
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