NECURATU 7 (21)

The Strange Bestiary

“These creatures, the necuratu—they don’t belong here. Unless they were here all along, and Gloaming isn’t a recursion created by the fictional leakage everyone assumes.” —Dr. Sybil Holloway

Necuratu are wildly dangerous predators of Gloaming who care nothing for the Code, the Conclave, or the politics that divide Law from Chaos in the recursion. Whether called forth from a presumed history of Gloaming that never happened, from a horror screenwriter’s debased imaginings, or from an alien recursion in the Strange, the necuratu are exactly what Gloaming doesn’t need: creatures that preferentially feed on the blood of vampires and werewolves. Their presence threatens to create a new division, dissolving the allegiances of Law and Chaos as all creatures run for cover.

In dim light, necuratu might be mistaken for humanoids. When revealed, they're anything but human.

Motive: Hunger for supernatural creatures

Environment (Gloaming | Magic or Psionics): Anywhere except populated areas

Health: 21

Damage Inflicted: Moderate wound (7 points)

Movement: Short; long when flying

Modifications: Disguise as level 8 when pretending to be a normal vampire.

Combat: Every time a necuratu hits a living foe with an attack (claw or bite), the necuratu regenerates 1 point of health. If its target is a supernatural creature (such as a vampire or werewolf), the necuratu regenerates 2 points of health.

A necuratu can also call on various magic or psychic abilities if it wishes.

• Cosmic Horror: When a necuratu hits a character, the target doesn’t take damage to her Might Pool; instead, she suffers through a flashing series of appalling, repulsive, and alien images that wrack her with pain and send her staggering back. The character takes 3 points of Intellect damage (ignores Armor) and can’t take offensive actions for one round. If this ability is used on a vampire character, the touch inflicts 5 points of Intellect damage.
• Dominate: When a necuratu hits a target, instead of inflicting damage, the necuratu mentally dominates the character for one round, forcing him to do whatever it wants. If this ability is used on a werewolf character, the target is dominated for three rounds.

Necuratu can see perfectly in the dark. In full daylight, the difficulty of all tasks they perform is modified by two steps to their detriment. Unless the remains of a necuratu are cut into seven or more portions and sealed away from each other, the creature comes back after a few months—even from ash.

Interaction: Necuratu don’t speak. Among themselves, they communicate telepathically, and when they must deal with other creatures, they force dominated victims to speak for them.

Use: Isabel “Issy” Schiaparelli, the werewolf leader of the Conclave of Chaos in Gloaming, comes to the PCs to ask their aid in defeating a new scourge in town: a necuratu.

GM Intrusion: When the character is bitten by the necuratu and takes damage, she must succeed on a Might defense roll or become enthralled by the creature for one minute and refuse to harm it.

Isabel Schiaparelli: level 6, fights as level 8 while in wereform; regenerates 2 points of health per round while in wereform