Jade Colossus
A tarrow mole appears to be a creature of both living and inorganic material. Flesh is fused seamlessly with metal, crystal, stone, synth, and, in some cases, fabric. This varied construction seems related to the tarrow mole's ability to flow through the solid walls, floors, and ceilings of prior-world structures as if they were composed of nothing more than thick fluid. Usually, the holes a tarrow mole leaves after passing through a solid substance close up immediately afterward, but sometimes a passage remains.
This mottled creature with odd winglike projections is about three times as large as a human. The winglike projections are unique organs that somehow help it to make solid substance flow like syrup.
Even when separated from potential food (which includes anything living or, in a pinch, a midnight stone), a tarrow mole's keen senses allow it to detect the slightest vibrations and pinpoint their source with amazing accuracy.
Motive: Hungers for flesh
Environment: Prior-world structures, alone or with a single rider when used as a mount
Health: 22
Damage Inflicted: Moderate wound (5 points)
Armor: 2
Movement: Short; short when burrowing (after first using an action to begin the burrowing mode of movement)
Modifications: Perception as level 8.
Combat: A tarrow mole smashes targets with its powerful winglike stubs. When it does so successfully, it regains health by absorbing matter, whether that be flesh or inorganic material. For each 5 points of damage it inflicts, it regains 2 points of lost health by directly incorporating portions of the material, which seem to flow like honey before reforming as the new skin section of the tarrow mole.
Interaction: These creatures are somewhat intelligent, and if one or two midnight stones are offered, a tarrow mole may agree (using simple words and symbols scrawled on a solid surface) to serve as a mount for an explorer for a limited period.
Use: Although they can be encountered on their own, tarrow moles are even more interesting when used as a mount by an antagonistic NPC.
When a tarrow mole serves as a mount, the rider enjoys the same ability to move through solid substance without coming to harm.
GM Intrusion: The tarrow mole attacks, appears through a wall or floor, or departs through one. In any event, the jostled character's armor, weapon, or other piece of equipment is absorbed on a failed Speed defense task.