Oastal: Creatures

A Creature catalog for the Chronicle System

OASTAL C

CREATURES

GREAT WHITE SHARK Author: Joseph Carriker Graphic Design & Art Direction: Hal Mangold Interior Art: Marc Schmalz Coastal Creatures: Great White Shark © 2015 Green Ronin Publishing, LLC. All rights reserved. Reference to other copyrighted material in no way constitutes a challenge to the respective copyright holders of that material. Chronicle System, Green Ronin, and their respective logos are Trademarks of Green Ronin Publishing, LLC. Original shark image by Lwp Kommunikacio, modified and used under Creative Commons license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode James Cody (order #12348903)

GREAT WHITE SHARK BEAST Terrible and vast are the great hunters of the sea - or so those who have seen them say. In truth, those who are wise in the ways of the sea point out that men are a far greater menace to shark-kind than the other way around, even if their appearance does make a man’s blood run cold. Still, of all the sharks known to attack men, the great white is the one most often guilty. GREAT WHITE SHARK Agility 2, Athletics 6 ( Jump 2B, Strength 4B, Swim 4B), Awareness 4 (Notice 2B), Cunning 1, Endurance 6 (Stamina 1B), Fighting 5, Stealth 4 (Sneak 2B), Survival 4 (Hunt 2B) Combat Defense: 12

Natural Armor: AR 2 Bite

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12 Damage

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Health: 18

Movement: Swim 10 yards Grab, Powerful,

Staggering, Vicious

Blood in the Water: The great white can scent blood in the water from a great distance away. If it is in combat while there is blood in the water, the shark enters a berserk frenzy, ignoring all penalties from Wounds and Injuries inflicted on it. Breaking the Surface: A great white shark can launch itself more than ten feet into the air, allowing it to attack targets outside of the water. This is always a Charge attack action. A target who is unfamiliar with the shark’s ability to do this may lose his Awareness from his Combat Defense if the attack roll is greater than his passive Awareness. Because of the sheer power built up, however, the shark need not sacrifice one of its degrees of success to use the Staggering quality of its bite when making such an attack. Scouring Flesh: Those foolish enough to attempt to attack a great white shark bare-handed risk injury to themselves. If an attacker performs such an attack successfully, he takes 1 point of damage, or 2 points if he gains three or more successes on that attack as the shark’s sandpaper-like texture tears away at him. Terrible Beast: The great white shark is capable of taking Wounds and Injuries, as a primary character.

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James Cody (order #12348903)

Chronicle Creatures: Coastal Creatures