CREATURES FROM THE WORLD OF NEHWON

ICE-CAT

Val	CHA	Cost	Roll	Notes
15	STR	5	12-	Lift 200 kg; 3d6 HTH Damage [1]
18	DEX	24	13-	OCV:  6/DCV:  6
18	CON	16	13-
12	BODY	4	11-
8	INT	-2	11-	PER Roll 14-
5	EGO	-10	10-	ECV:  2
15	PRE	5	12-	PRE Attack:  3d6
12	COM	1	11-

6	PD	3		Total:  6 PD (1 rPD)
4	ED	0		Total:  4 ED (1 rED)
4	SPD	12		Phases:  3, 6, 9, 12
7	REC	0
36	END	0
29	STUN	0		Total Characteristics Cost:  58

Movement:	Running:	9"/18"
		Leaping:	3"/6"
		Swimming:	2"/4"

Cost    Powers & Skills
	Martial Arts:  Hunting Techniques
	Maneuver	OCV	DCV	Damage
3	Trip Prey	+2	+1	3 1/2d6 Strike; You Fall, Target Falls

10	Bite:  HKA 1/2d6 (1d6+1 w/STR), END 1
8	Claws:  HKA 1/2d6 (1d6+1 w/STR); Reduced Penetration (-1/4), END 1
1	Tough Skin:  Damage Resistance (1 PD/1 ED)
6	Swift Runner:  Running +3" (9" total), END 1
9	Cat's Senses:  +3 PER with All Sense Groups
5	Cat's Nose:  Tracking with Normal Smell
1	Used To The Cold:  Life Support  (Safe in Intense Cold); Requires A Survival Roll (-1/2)

	Skills
15	+3 with HTH Combat

5	Climbing 14-
2	Concealment 11-; Self Only (-1/2)
5	Winter Coat:  +4 to Concealment ; Self Only (-1/2)
5	Stealth 14-
2	Winter Coat:  +2 to Stealth ; Only In Snow/Ice (-1)

Total Powers & Skill Cost:  77
Total Cost:  135

75+	Disadvantages
15	Physical Limitation:  Animal Intelligence Frequently, Greatly Impairing
0	Physical Limitation: Human Size
15	Physical Limitation:  Very Limited Manipulation Frequently, Greatly Impairing)
30	Experience
135	Total Disadvantage Points

Ecology: These mountain-dwelling felines are fairly intelligent and even trainable. They live in small family groups, often spread out over a large area to take advantage of the limited resources the mountains offer.

Personality/Motivation: Typical animal motivations.

Powers/Tactics: Ice-cats, like most felines, will do their best to slowly sneak up on their prey before bursting out of cover to chase it down. They’ll eat just about anything they can catch, including small mammals, birds, and mountain-dwelling goats and antelope. It’s even possible they’ll kill and devour very young snow snakes.

Appearance: An ice-cat is said to be the size and shape of a cheetah, with long tufty white hair.

Designer's Notes: The ice-cat appears in the full-length Lankhmar epic, Swords Against Wizardry. This character sheet combines the Cheetah from HERO System Bestiary with the Winter template. Leiber also mentions “snow lions,” which I would presume to be a lion with the Winter template.

(Ice-Cats created by Fritz Leiber, character sheet created by Michael Surbrook)

Ice-Cat Hero Designer File


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