Val CHA Cost Roll Notes 28 STR 18 15- Lift 1212.6 kg; 5 1/2d6 HTH Damage [3] 17 DEX 21 12- OCV: 6/DCV: 6 20 CON 20 13- 15 BODY 10 12- 8 INT -2 11- PER Roll 14- 5 EGO -10 10- ECV: 2 20 PRE 10 13- PRE Attack: 4d6 6 COM -2 10- 10/12 PD 4 Total: 10/12 PD (1/3 rPD) 8/10 ED 4 Total: 8/10 ED (1/3 rED) 3 SPD 3 Phases: 4, 8, 12 10 REC 0 40 END 0 39 STUN 0 Total Characteristic Cost: 76 Movement: Running: 8"/16" Leaping: 5"/10" Swimming: 2"/4" Cost Powers & Skills 7 Roaring: +15 PRE; Only For Fear-Based PRE Attacks (-1), Incantations (must roar; -1/4) 25 Bite: HKA 1 1/2d6 (3d6+1 w/STR), END 2 16 Claws: HKA 1d6+1 (2 1/2d6 w/STR); Reduced Penetration (-1/4), END 2 3 Ant Exoskeleton: Armor (2 PD/2 ED); Activation Roll 11- (Hit Locations 13-18; -1) 1 Tough Hide: Damage Resistance (1 PD/1 ED) 2 Heavy: Knockback Resistance -1" 4 Swift: Running +2" (8" total), END 1 9 Sharp Senses: +3 PER with all Sense Groups 5 Can See In The Dark: Nightvision 5 Acute Sense Of Smell: Tracking with Normal Smell 6 Six Legs: Extra Limbs (2), Inherent (+1/4) Skills 10 +2 with HTH Combat 5 Climbing 13- 2 Concealment 11-; Self Only (-1/2) 5 Stealth 13- 5 Tracking 12- Total Powers & Skill Cost: 110 Total Cost: 186 75+ Disadvantages 15 Physical Limitation: Animal Intelligence (Frequently, Greatly Impairing) 0 Physical Limitation: Human Size 5 Physical Limitation: Reduced Leap, cannot leap (Infrequently, Slightly Impairing) 15 Physical Limitation: Very Limited Manipulation (Frequently, Greatly Impairing) 15 Psychological Limitation: Eternally Hungry, Goes Out Of Its Way To Find Food (Common, Strong) 61 Experience Points Total Disadvantage Points: 186
Ecology: Mermecoleons are said to live in the deserts of Libya and Arabia, where they hide in the dust and steal grain from passing ants. Because of their nature, scholars agree that they cannot eat, as the ant body refuses any meat the lion part devours, and the lion will not eat the grain the ant desires. Thus, it is believed that the mermecoleon's lifespan is very short.
Due to their highly unusual anatomy, it is unknown how, or even if, the mermecoleon is capable of reproducing. Other details of their life are equally unknown.
These creatures are also known by the names Ant-Lion, Formicoleon, and Mirmecoleon.
Personality/Motivation: A mermecoleon is driven by overwhelming hunger. As they cannot digest anything they eat, they are eternally hungry and seek to find something to sustain themselves with. Thus, it is highly likely that they will quickly attack anything that seems like a food item.
Powers/Tactics: Mermecoleon's attack with their claws and by biting. As they are not as fast as lion, they tend to lay in wait for prey and spring upon it suddenly. Due to their hunger, mermecoleon's will not normally retreat from a confrontation, and will also quickly attempt to devour anything they have killed.
Appearance: The mermecoleon, also known as the ant-lion, is a strange hybrid creature with the fore part of a lion and the hindquarters of an ant. The lion half is tawny colored, while the ant body is black. It has a lion's front legs, and four rear legs of an ant. All in all, it presents a very strange appearance.
Designer's Notes: The mermecoleon has a highly unusual origin. When Job IV, II was translated from the Hebrew, the line "The old lion perisheth for lack of prey" was written using the old Arabic word myrmex for lion. Later, this version of the Bible was read to be "The ant-lion perisheth for lack of prey" as myrmex means 'ant' in Greek. Thus, the legend of the mermecoleon was born.
In a Fantasy Hero game, the mermecoleon can be used as a magical construct created by a wizard as a guardian. Although slower than the lion, it is much larger and far stronger.
Mermecoleon Hero Designer File