Crackjaw Gnasher In-Play View

Circle: 9

Rarity: Common

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Created at: 2026-03-02 22:43 by chris_allison; Updated at: 2026-03-02 22:45

There is nothing subtle about crackjaw gnashers, even by gnasher standards. They exist simply to consume and nothing else. Crackjaw gnashers are enormous, 6 yards tall, with a disproportionately large maw filled with very many teeth, attached to a long, flexible neck. An even longer, spiked tongue extends and drips a terrible corrosive fluid. They are vaguely bipedal with a reclining posture and long forelimbs. Two slender arms that end in long spikes extend from their midsection. These are used to spear prey and drop them into the second mouth located in the Horrors’ stomach.


Attributes

    Dexterity: 8: 2d6
    Strength: 16: 1d12+1d8+1d6
    Constitution: 14: 2d12
    Perception: 6: 1d10
    Willpower: 8: 2d6
    Charisma: 4: 1d6
    Initiative: 8: 2d6
    Physical Defense: 15
    Mystic Defense: 19
    Social Defense: 14
    Physical Armor: 11
    Mystic Armor: 9
    Unconscious Rating: 105
    Death Rating: 119
    Wound Rating: 21
    Knockdown: 18
    Recovery Rolls: 5
    Karma: 28
    Movement: 16
    Actions: 4

Attacks


  • Bite (Lower Mouth): 24: 1d20+1d12+1d10 (28: 1d20+2d10+1d8)
  • Bite (Upper Mouth): 25: 1d20+1d12+1d8+1d4 (27: 1d20+1d12+2d8)
  • Claws x2: 26: 1d20+1d12+1d8+1d6 (26: 1d20+1d12+1d8+1d6)
  • Spikes x2: 28: 1d20+2d10+1d8 (24: 1d20+1d12+1d10)
  • Tongue: 29: 1d20+1d12+1d10+1d8 (22: 1d20+1d10+1d8)


  • Powers, Abilities and Spells


  • Immune to Fear (Free)
  • Physical Nature (Free): Exist in physical world
  • Corrosive Fluid (Free): 14: 2d12: Opponents are affected by the crackjaw’s corrosive fluid under the following conditions: they are adjacent and cause the crackjaw a Wound, suffer damage from the crackjaw gnasher’s upper mouth or tongue, are entangled or grappled by its tongue, or swallowed. When affected, the opponent’s Physical Armor is reduced by 1. Thread items are never destroyed by this effect. If the target does not have any Physical Armor to reduce, they take Step 14 damage instead.
  • Digest (Free): 23: 1d20+2d10: A swallowed target gets to meet the crackjaw’s internal grinder and corrosive fluids. The target takes Step 23/Physical damage at the beginning of each round before Initiative is determined.
  • Harvest Energy (Free vs. MysticDefense): 17: 1d12+2d8: When feasting on living flesh. If namegiver, it gains an additional Karma.
  • Skewered (Standard): The crackjaw gnasher uses the Swallow Whole special maneuver on a target it started its turn grappling with a spike.
  • Long Tongue (Free): Tongue have range of 8 yards and are entangling


  • Talents


  • Awareness 10 (2d8)


  • Special Maneuvers


  • Grab and Bite [Gnasher]:
  • Overpower [Crackjaw Gnasher, Close Combat]: The crackjaw gnasher may spend two additional successes on an Attack test to force the target to make a Knockdown test against a Difficulty Number equal to the Attack test result. If the test fails, the target is knocked down and knocked back a number of yards equal to the total number of successes on the Attack test.
  • 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]:
  • Swallow Whole [Crackjaw Gnasher, Bite [Lower Mouth]]: The crackjaw can spend two additional successes on an Attack test to swallow the target. The target may escape the crackjaw’s insides by making a successful Attack test with a bladed weapon against the crackjaw’s Physical Defense, or casting a spell that causes damage reduced by Physical Armor against the crackjaw’s Mystic Defense, and inflicting a Wound. Attack and Damage tests from weapons larger than Size 2 have a penalty equal to the weapon's size. The target is harried while swallowed.



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