Predation
Commonly called "lashers" for their whiplike tails, these large, long-necked quadrupeds can grow up to 70 feet (22 m) long. Lashers are covered in light grey scales and feathers when they're young, but as they age, their necks and tails turn dark, deepening into colors like crimson, ochre, and navy.
These mostly docile and slow-moving herbivores are more likely to do damage by trying to move through a space than by direct attack. When threatened, however, they typically do not back down and will fight to the death.
When a lasher "cracks" its whip, the sound is louder than that of a cannon being fired.
Apatosaurus eros means "love lizard." The Apatosaurus eros isn't named the "love lizard" due to its sweet temperament, but because the paleontologist who first discovered it was named Gorden Love.
Scientific Name: Apatosaurus eros
Common Name: Lashers (SATI), eros, love lizard, lizzies
Motive: Hunger
Environment: Ranges up to 25 miles (40 km) per day, mostly in search of food. Many keep to streams and rivers, as the banks provide plentiful food sources.
Health: 50
Damage Inflicted: Major wound (10 points)
Armor: 3
Movement: Long (due to size, not speed)
Modification: Speed defense as level 6 due to size and speed
Upgrades: Strengthening the tail, either through biological means or through the addition of external support, allows the apatosaurus to use it as a dangerous and damaging bull whip. Lashers grown in labs are often modified to have two and even three tails, all of which can do damage.
Combat: Lashes do 10 points of damage with upgraded tailwhips. Additional tails do 5 points of damage. On a single attack, each of the tails can attack a unique target or the same target.
Interactions: These big lumberers don't seem to care about much beyond food.
Use: Someone has noticed a lasher off in the distance that seems to be heading toward the village. If it arrives, it could crush and destroy everything it comes in contact with.
Loot: Sometimes two or three well-tumbled and polished gastroliths are found inside their stomachs.
GM Intrusion: A lasher's whip crack misses its target and instead hits a building, wall, or structure, sending part of it tumbling.