Val CHA Cost Roll Notes 23 STR 13 14- Lift 606.3 kg; 4 1/2d6 HTH Damage [2] 13 DEX 9 12- OCV: 4/DCV: 4 15 CON 10 12- 20 BODY 20 13- 5 INT -5 10- PER Roll 12-/14- 10 EGO 0 11- ECV: 3 18 PRE 8 13- PRE Attack: 3 1/2d6 2 COM -4 9- 8 PD 3 Total: 8 PD (0 rPD) 6 ED 3 Total: 6 ED (0 rED) 3 SPD 7 Phases: 4, 8, 12 8 REC 0 30 END 0 40 STUN 0 Total Characteristic Cost: 64 Movement: Running: 10"/20" Leaping: 4"/8" Swimming: 2"/4" Cost Powers & Skills 10 Bite: HKA 1d6-1 (1d6+1 w/STR), END 1 4 Kick: HA +1d6, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2); Hand-To-Hand Attack (-1/2), Only When Kicking (-1/4) 2 Heavy: Knockback Resistance -1" 8 Swift: Running +4" (10" total), END 1 6 Sharp Senses: +2 PER with all Sense Groups 4 Sharp Senses: +2 PER with Smell/Taste Group 5 Sharp Senses: Discriminatory with Normal Smell 5 Sharp Senses: Tracking with Normal Smell Skills 5 Stealth 13- 7 Tracking 12- Total Powers & Skill Cost: 56 Total Cost: 120 75+ Disadvantages 15 Physical Limitation: Cannot Tolerate Bright Light (such as torches) (Infrequently, Fully Impairing) 5 Physical Limitation: Large, up to twice human size (Infrequently, Slightly Impairing) 15 Physical Limitation: Animal Intelligence (Frequently, Greatly Impairing) 10 Psychological Limitation: Savage And Cannibalistic (Common, Moderate) 20 Susceptibility: direct sunlight 1d6 damage per Segment (Uncommon) Total Disadvantage Points: 140
Ecology: Ghasts live in caves both on Earth and in the Dreamlands. They dislike light of any type, and direct sunlight will quickly kill them. Within their caves they are safe, as the light-level is low enough for them to operate unhindered. Ghasts are carnivores and will eat anything they can catch... including each other. It is thought that ghasts are the result of serpent people experiments on various human (and subhuman) races in the distant past.
Personality/Motivation: Typical animal motivations. Ghasts are driven primarily by hunger.
Powers/Tactics: Ghasts fight by a combination of biting and kicking. They tend to attack in packs.
Appearance: A ghast is a huge humanoid standing over seven feet in height. They have long legs, and move by hopping and running. At least one description makes them the size of a small horse, and almost all descriptions agree on their unwholesome and repulsive look.
Designer's Notes: The ghast is a creature of the Cthulhu Mythos of H.P. Lovecraft. This design was based upon the ghast presented in the 5th Edition of Call of Cthulhu. It has nothing in common with the AD&D creature of the same name.
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