Numenera Discovery
A writhing mass of tendrils 15 feet (5 m) across and 12 feet (4 m) high, a travonis ul is a creature from another world that hunts for cellular material to consume. Three to five tendrils are particularly long, with bulbous yellow eyes at approximately their midpoint. One broad tentacle has a mouth with several mandibles.
A travonis ul is an intelligent creature, but it's utterly alien to almost everything that dwells in the Ninth World. It doesn't seem to speak, read, or use tools of any kind, but it clearly understands and respects the numenera.
Is it an extraterrestrial or an ultraterrestrial? No one knows for certain.
In the Caecilian Jungle, there is a massive travonis ul twice the size of any other. It is level 10, with 60 health and 4 Armor, and it inflicts 13 points of damage (17 points with its bite, attacking as level 9).
Motive: Hungers for flesh or plant material
Environment: Anywhere
Health: 36
Damage Inflicted: Moderate wound (6 points)
Armor: 3
Movement: Short
Modifications: Speed defense as level 5 due to size and speed. If using its mouth, attacks as level 5, inflicting 8 points of damage.
Combat: This creature lopes forward to attack in an ungainly fashion, using some of its tendrils as pseudopods for locomotion. It flails and grabs at prey, and it also attempts to bite with its terrible mouth (attacking as a level 5 creature and inflicting 8 points). The travonis ul can attack up to ten foes at once (no more than one attack each), as long as they are within short range.
In addition to the damage it inflicts, the touch of a travonis ul causes great pain and disrupts nervous systems. Anyone who is struck by the creature must make a Might defense roll; those who fail are stunned and lose their next turn.
Interaction: A travonis ul looks upon all other creatures as food or enemies (or both).
Use: Travonis ul are some of the most dangerous predators that hunt in the wilderness or in ancient ruins. The alien creatures eat constantly, so when one moves into an area, it quickly depletes the region of flora and fauna. Intelligent inhabitants usually organize resistance or just flee.
Loot: If a travonis ul is slain in an area that has intelligent residents, sometimes corpses with valuables can be found in its mass—perhaps 1d100 shins' worth of goods and 1d6 Ð 1 cyphers.
GM Intrusion: The travonis ul's foe is overwhelmed by the flurry of tendrils and becomes lost in the crushing mass of the creature's body. The victim automatically suffers 10 points of damage each round unless it can free itself (a Might task).