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HYDRUSCIMEX MAXIMUS
"Large Serpent-Bug"

Val	CHA	Cost	Roll	Notes
5	STR	-5	10-	Lift 50 kg; 1d6 HTH Damage [1]
14	DEX	12	12-	OCV:  5/DCV:  5
8	CON	-4	11-
8	BODY	-4	11-
4	INT	-6	10-	PER Roll 12-
5	EGO	-10	10-	ECV:  2
15	PRE	5	12-	PRE Attack:  3d6
2	COM	-4	9-

3	PD	2		Total:  3 PD (1 rPD)
2	ED	0		Total:  2 ED (1 rED)
3	SPD	6		Phases:  4, 8, 12
4	REC	2
16	END	0
15	STUN	0		Total Characteristics Cost:  -6

Movement:	Running:	0"/0"
		Leaping:	1"/2"
		Swimming:	4"/8"

Cost	Powers & Skills
10	Bite:  HKA 1/2d6 (1d6 w/STR), END 1
68	Venom:  Drain CON 4d6, Personal Immunity (+1/4), Delayed Return Rate (points return at 
	the rate of 5 per Hour; +1), NND (defense is appropriate LS [Immunity]; +1); Extra Time (onset 
	time is 1 Minute after victim is bitten, -1 1/2), 4 Charges (-1), HKA Must Do BODY (-1/2), 
	Linked (RKA; -1/2) plus RKA 4d6, Personal Immunity (+1/4), NND (defense is appropriate 
	LS [Immunity]; +1), Does BODY (+1); Extra Time (onset time is 1 Minute after victim is 
	bitten, -1 1/2), 4 Charges (-1), No Range (-1/2), HKA Must Do BODY (-1/2), Gradual Effect 
	(4 Minutes; 1d6/1 Minute; -1/2), [4]
1	Tough Hide:  Damage Resistance (1 PD/1 ED)
2	Heavy:  Knockback Resistance -1"
-12	Only Swims:  Running -6"
2	Only Swims:  Swimming +2" (4" total), END 1
6	Nematode Senses:  +2 PER with all Sense Groups

	Skills
2	+1 OCV with Bite

Total Powers & Skill Cost:  79
Total Cost:  73

75+	Disadvantages
20	Physical Limitation:  Instinctive Intelligence (All the Time, Greatly Impairing)
0	Physical Limitation: Human-sized (2m, or 1")
15	Physical Limitation:  Very Limited Manipulation (Frequently, Greatly Impairing)

Total Disadvantage Points:  73

Ecology: The largest example of neopede to be found on Skull Island, Hydruscimex is an aquatic predator, found all through Skull Island's waterways. Growing to great size, it is fairly fearless and will eager devour anything smaller or weaker than itself.

Personality/Motivation: Typical animal motivations.

Powers/Tactics: As with many of the water dwellers, Hydruscimex prefers to strike from ambush, often lurking near the bottom and coming up on its prey from below. It will deliver a quick venomous bite, then break away and let the poison take effect. Interestingly, Hydruscimex's venom is fairly weak, but delivered in such great quantities as to prove lethal to even small dinosaurs.

Appearance: A Hydruscimex can measure anywhere from nine to twelve feet in length when fully grown. It has a horizontally flattened body lined with multi-jointed legs and a broad tailed used for propulsion. Coloration is uniformly dark.

Designer's Notes: Hydruscimex is what World of Kong calls a "neopede," apparently a new kind of centipede native only to Skull Island. I built is using the Eel character sheet in found in the HERO System Bestiary. It didn't appear in King Kong.

Hydruscimex Hero Designer File


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