Sea Drake

Sea drakes are a species of ground drake living in the Shivan Archipelago. They once had a more extensive living range, nesting on the coasts of southern Altazia and northern Miasina, but human expansion has seen them driven out of those parts of the world.

Biology

Sea drakes have a dark green coloration, and flattened tails that aid in swimming. They can get up to 2 meters in length. They don’t have a ranged breath weapon but can channel a powerful blast of electricity into anything clamped in their mouth. They are tough and strong, but fairly slow and sluggish by terrestrial drake standards. However, they are quite fast and agile in the water.

They primarily feed on fish and other sea creatures, but they have powerful bites and large claws that can easily kill a human. Though they don’t generally hunt terrestrial prey, they are highly territorial and have a fondness for eating birds and their eggs (including chicken and fowl). There have been historical reports of them preying on young children. They are often characterized as lazy and gluttonous, and fishermen hate them for attacking fishing nets for easy food.

Broods

Sea drakes are very social, with their rocky, sea-beaten nesting sites sporting hundreds, possibly thousands of individuals. However, it often appears the drakes are simply tolerating each other’s presence rather than working together. They hunt alone, though they will work together to defend a nesting site. Because of their lack of impressive magical abilities on land, their usual reaction to an attack is to simply flee into the water (where they are much more dangerous) and wait until the attackers leave.
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Mechanical Stat Block

Health: 6 Boxes
Mind Defense: 2
Armor: 2 Temporary Health Boxes (Thick hide)

Key Attributes (Dice Pools)

• Physical: Strength 4, Athletics 5 (Water) / 1 (Land), Acrobatics 4 (Water) / 0 (Land), Hand-to-Hand 4
• Mental/Magical: Readiness 3, Willpower 3, Finesse 3, Projection (Innate Electricity) 4

Attacks & Abilities

• Electric Bite: Roll: Strength + Hand-to-Hand (8 dice). Damage: 2 + Successes. If the bite deals damage, it triggers a channeled shock: Roll Finesse + Projection (7 dice) for an additional 2 + Successes (Lightning) damage. Target must roll Strength + Athletics or be Stunned for 1 round.
• Aquatic Apex: Gains +2 dice to all Physical pools while submerged in water. Suffers a -2 penalty to physical actions on land.
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