Gravetail Gnasher In-Play View

Circle: 8

Rarity: Common

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Created at: 2026-03-02 22:31 by chris_allison; Updated at: 2026-03-02 22:31

Gravetail gnashers are large lizards covered in spikes with eight legs and four powerful, nimble tails. Each tail ends in a large, barbed spike and the Horrors use them to spear food and bring it to its mouth full of blunt, crushing teeth. Their head is wide and frog-like with four sets of eyes, two sets above and below its broadly grinning mouth.


Attributes

    Dexterity: 8: 2d6
    Strength: 14: 2d12
    Constitution: 10: 2d8
    Perception: 5: 1d8
    Willpower: 8: 2d6
    Charisma: 4: 1d6
    Initiative: 10: 2d8
    Physical Defense: 14
    Mystic Defense: 15
    Social Defense: 13
    Physical Armor: 10
    Mystic Armor: 8
    Unconscious Rating: 86
    Death Rating: 96
    Wound Rating: 15
    Knockdown: 22
    Recovery Rolls: 3
    Karma: 20
    Movement: 16
    Actions: 3

Attacks


  • Bite: 20: 1d20+1d8+1d6 (26: 1d20+1d12+1d8+1d6)
  • Tail x4: 22: 1d20+1d10+1d8 (25: 1d20+1d12+1d8+1d4)
  • Trample: 19: 1d20+2d6 (25: 1d20+1d12+1d8+1d4)


  • Powers, Abilities and Spells


  • Astral Attack (Free): Tail attacks can target Mystic Defence instead of Physical Defence
  • Charge (10) (Free)
  • Enhanced Sense [Sight] (2) (Free): Low-Light Vision
  • Harvest Energy (Free vs. MysticDefense): 16: 1d12+1d8+1d6: When feasting on living flesh. If namegiver, it gains an additional Karma.
  • Immune to Fear (Free)
  • Long Tails (Free): Tails have range of 12 yards and are entangling
  • Physical Nature (Free): Exist in physical world
  • Stolen Vitality (Simple): 18: 1d12+1d10+1d8: The gravetail gnasher can spend a Recovery test gained through Life Siphon to heal itself by making a Stolen Vitality test and recover current damage equal to the result. Only Recovery tests gained through Life Siphon can be used with this power.
  • Wicked Barb (Free): 14: 2d12: f an attack with a tail causes a Wound, the victim is speared and automatically grappled. The victim suffers Step 14 damage each round they begin their turn grappled. Removing the barb without causing additional damage requires 5 minutes and a successful Physician (8) test. Failure causes the victim a Wound and Step 14 damage. If the victim is removed from the grapple by any other means, the victim suffers an additional Wound. Armor does not protect against this damage.


  • Talents


  • Awareness 9 (1d8+1d6)


  • Special Maneuvers


  • Armor Piercing [Gravetail Gnasher, Tail]: The gravetail gnasher may spend additional successes on an Attack test to reduce the target’s Physical and Mystic Armor by -3 per success. This reduction is only for this attack.
  • Ethereal Attack [Gravetail Gnasher, Tail]: The gravetail gnasher may spend an additional success from an Attack test to affect Mystic Armor instead of Physical Armor.
  • Life Siphon [Gravetail Gnasher, Tail]: The gravetail gnasher may spend two additional successes on an Attack test to drain a Recovery test from the victim if the spell causes a Wound. The gravetail gnasher cannot go over its maximum Recovery tests.
  • Oh, you look hungry! [Opponent]: An opponent may spend three additional successes on an Attack or Spellcasting test to make an Interaction test against the gravetail gnasher’s Social Defense as a Free action. The gravetail gnasher attacks the nearest ally (opponent’s choice if there are multiple, equidistant allies) for one round per success.
  • Overrun [Gravetail Gnasher, Trample]:
  • Provoke [Opponent, Close Combat]: For an additional two successes on an Attack test, the opponent convinces the gravetail to attack the nearest ally.
  • Pry Loose [Opponent, Close Combat]:
  • Vicious Wounds [Gravetail Gnasher, Tail]: The gravetail gnasher may spend additional successes on an Attack test to reduce the target’s Wound Threshold by -3 per success. This reduction is only for this attack.



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