Wrix

The Wrix were a mountain-dwelling carnivore most distinctive for its mention in a popular but unsettling Corellian fable about two reckless boys who disobeyed their parents:


 * "...and as the wrix bit off their heads and nibbled their toes.
 * Kribben and Zibben knew why there was where no one goes...

While xenobiologists had done their best to promote the notion that the wrix, like most animals, acted from instinct and was neither "good" nor "evil," their efforts had done little to counteract thousands of years of folklore about the ferocious animal.

Wrixes had earned their reputation, and their aggressive hunting patterns often led them to the fringes of settlements. While their favorite prey in the wilderness tended toward small animals, when living near civilization they quickly developed a taste for domesticated pets, much to the dismay of the pets' owners. Needless to say, local citizens' groups made eliminating wrixes from inhabited areas a top priority.

Wrixes had spread to many inhabited worlds, and were known to prey on banthas and other domesticated herd animals. Wrixes were very territorial and were known to drive other animals from their hunting grounds. When confronting large predators, wrixes were known to attack in packs. On some worlds, wrixes had been known to develop a taste for Humans, and there were several recorded incidents of packs of wrixes attacking camps or small settlements at night. Wrixes would hunt most targets at any time of day or night, but all known attacks on Humans or other sapients have occured at night. Some scientists had speculated that this may have indicated that wrixes were far more intelligent than was first believed.

There were several familiar wrix sub-species, the most common of which were the gray wrix (adults massed around 80 kilograms and measureed up to 2.5 meters long from nose to tail). There were several less common but larger sub-species, including the Corellian wrix (which was also dark gray, but had much larger ears and was much more ferocious than other breeds) and the reddish-brown Tanthior wrix (this breed was up to 3.5 meters long, and, with longer legs and faster ground speed, was perfectly evolved for pursuing herd animals).

RPG D6 Stats
Type: Mountain-Dwelling Carnivore

DEXTERITY 1D

PERCEPTION 2D

Search 3D, Sneak 3D+2

STRENGTH 3D

Brawling 7D, Climb/Jumping 4D+1

Special Abilities:

Claws: Do STR+1D damage.

Howl: The piercing howl of the wrix is enough to terrify many creatures. The wrix uses its howl to intimidate its targets (acts as Intimidation 5D) before attacking.

Move: 13

Size: Up to 2.5 meters long.