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Bred for battle in a prior world, these creatures are gigantic moths with pale yellow wings and bodies the color of skulls. Most have a wingspan of at least 5 feet (1.5 m). When they open their wings wide, they shed a brilliance that withers flesh without harming nonliving objects.
Motive: Hungers for battle
Environment: Any
Health: 6
Damage Inflicted: Minor wound (2 points)
Movement: Long while flying; immediate while on the ground
Combat: Stratharian war moths can swoop in to attack with a bite, but their major offensive
power is the flesh-withering light from their wings. The light manifests as a short-range cone of energy that inflicts a moderate wound (4 points) to living creatures. Creating this light requires an action, and a moth can use the ability once every other round. If a moth is reduced to 3 health or less, it flies away.
A Stratharian war moth is immune to mind-influencing effects.
Interaction: The war moths think only in terms of battle.
Use: Stratharian war moths make for a dangerous encounter, usually in the wild. However, a wandering pack could come upon a village and terrorize it, keeping people trapped in their homes until help arrives—perhaps in the form of traveling PCs.
No one knows the origin or meaning of the word "Stratharian."
GM Intrusion: The light from the moth's wings causes the PC to move one step down the damage track.