Penanggalan
Descrição
Penanggalan outwardly appear to be normal humans. Indeed, during the day, they go about their business in Rokugan as farmers, artisans, or even samurai. Patrols in the Shadowlands sometimes encounter them posing as lost merchants or scouts. At night, however, they reveal their true nature: their head and internal organs detach from their body and become capable of flying about. In this horrific form, they seek out their victims, usually individuals who are isolated or alone.
When they attack, they do so swiftly, strangling their victims with their dangling viscera and then draining them of their blood. Because their entrails become engorged, they have difficulty squeezing themselves back into the shell of their body, so they spend several days digesting their meal, soaking themselves in vinegar to speed the process. They take great care to hide their bodies away until their food is completely consumed; many believe this is because if the penanggalan’s body is destroyed in the meantime, the creature itself will weaken and die. Because penanggalan thrive on secrecy, one is unlikely to attack a party of samurai unless it can arrange for one of them to be alone and takes them by surprise. If confronted, penanggalan are likely to flee, but they are fierce fighters if cornered. Some are even capable of using mahō, making them truly dangerous opponents.
Atributos
- Anéis
Air 4 
Earth 3 
Fire 5 
Water 2 
Void 2- Social
- Honra
- 0
- Glória
- 8
- Status
- 0
- Atributos
- Resistência
- 16
- Compostura
- 10
- Foco
- 9
- Vigilância
- 3
- Comportamento
- Shrewd +2 -2
- Grupos de perícia
- Artisan
- 0
- Martial
- 5
- Scholar
- 2
- Social
- 3
- Trade
- 0
Vantagens e desvantagens
- Vantagens
- Flying Horror : Martial; Physical
- Flying Horror
- Desvantagens
- Vulnerable While Eating : Martial; Physical
- Vulnerable While Eating
Armas e equipamento
- Armas
- Tentacle Entrails: Range 0–2, Damage 5, Deadliness 6, Snaring, Unholy
- Equipamento (equipado)
Body shell (Physical 3 while the body is worn)
Habilidades
- FEASTER OF BLOOD: A penanggalan is an Otherworldly, Tainted being. While bodiless, it is silhouette 0; while wearing a body, it is silhouette 2. When a penanggalan inflicts a critical strike on its target, it removes fatigue from itself equal to the severity (after the check to resist). Optionally, the GM may choose 0–2 mahō (see page 224 of the core rulebook and page 118 of this book) that a penanggalan can perform; add 1 to this character’s combat rank for each mahō chosen this way.
Texto do livro
Shadowlands · Chapter 1: Dark Histories › The Shadowlands › Creatures of the Shadowlands › Penanggalan · p. 17
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Penanggalan outwardly appear to be normal humans. Indeed, during the day, they go about their business in Rokugan as farmers, artisans, or even samurai. Patrols in the Shadowlands sometimes encounter them posing as lost merchants or scouts. At night, however, they reveal their true nature: their head and internal organs detach from their body and become capable of flying about. In this horrific form, they seek out their victims, usually individuals who are isolated or alone.
When they attack, they do so swiftly, strangling their victims with their dangling viscera and then draining them of their blood. Because their entrails become engorged, they have difficulty squeezing themselves back into the shell of their body, so they spend several days digesting their meal, soaking themselves in vinegar to speed the process. They take great care to hide their bodies away until their food is completely consumed; many believe this is because if the penanggalan’s body is destroyed in the meantime, the creature itself will weaken and die. Because penanggalan thrive on secrecy, one is unlikely to attack a party of samurai unless it can arrange for one of them to be alone and takes them by surprise. If confronted, penanggalan are likely to flee, but they are fierce fighters if cornered. Some are even capable of using mahō, making them truly dangerous opponents.
00 | 16 08 | 10 00 | 9
+2, –2
DEMEANOR - SHREWD
3
HONOR | ENDURANCE
GLORY | COMPOSURE
STATUS | FOCUS
VIGILANCE
SOCIETAL | PERSONAL
3 4 2 | 5 2
ARTISAN 0 MARTIAL 5 SCHOLAR 2 SOCIAL 3 | TRADE 0
ADVANTAGES | DISADVANTAGES
Flying Horror: Martial; Physical
Vulnerable While Eating: Martial; Physical
FAVORED WEAPONS & GEAR
Tentacle Entrails: Range 0–2, Damage 5, Deadliness 6, Snaring, Unholy
Gear (equipped): Body shell (Physical 3 while the body is worn)
ABILITIES
FEASTER OF BLOOD
A penanggalan is an Otherworldly, Tainted being. While bodiless, it is silhouette 0; while wearing a body, it is silhouette 2. When a penanggalan inflicts a critical strike on its target, it removes fatigue from itself equal to the severity (after the check to resist). Optionally, the GM may choose 0–2 mahō (see page 224 of the core rulebook and page 118 of this book) that a penanggalan can perform; add 1 to this character’s combat rank for each mahō chosen this way.