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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 6212980" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>Since you've suggested you'd like to finish off one of our "batches" so we can get something posted on the CC, I'll post a proposal for the flavour text and tactics.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">* * *</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p></p><p><em>A giant rat nearly as big as a man. Its form flows and the "rat" develops disturbingly human-shaped limbs, allowing it to stand on two legs and wield weapons in its furry hands</em>.</p><p></p><p>Ratweres are dire rats infected with a form of lycanthropy that enables them to assume a human or half-human form. This disease, the "ratwere plague", is fatal to all living creatures except for dire rats and humans.</p><p></p><p>Ratweres live in places were both rats and humans can be found – sewers, rubbish heaps and the like. Their lives are a constant struggle for survival with frequent fights over resources and authority. A ratwere's lair normally contains ordinary rats and dire rats, for ratweres have the power to summon and control such vermin. Ratweres view normal rats as disposable cannon fodder and emergency rations. They show little more consideration to their own kind, backstabbing rivals and cannibalizing the sick or elderly. Humanoid flesh is a prized delicacy, but ratweres are cautious enough to mostly prey on people unlikely to be missed.</p><p></p><p>A typical ratwere weighs about 120 pounds and is 5 or 5 feet long in its natural giant rat form, or a little over 5 feet tall in human or hybrid form.</p><p></p><p>Ratweres speak the language of whatever humans they live nearest to, usually Common.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Combat</strong></span></p><p>Ratweres prefer ambushes. They usually summon rats to soften up or distract their enemies. Most ratweres value their own lives far more highly than their allies, so rarely risk themselves to aid each other. A ratwere will often flee if injured.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 6212980, member: 57383"] Since you've suggested you'd like to finish off one of our "batches" so we can get something posted on the CC, I'll post a proposal for the flavour text and tactics. [CENTER]* * * [/CENTER] [I]A giant rat nearly as big as a man. Its form flows and the "rat" develops disturbingly human-shaped limbs, allowing it to stand on two legs and wield weapons in its furry hands[/I]. Ratweres are dire rats infected with a form of lycanthropy that enables them to assume a human or half-human form. This disease, the "ratwere plague", is fatal to all living creatures except for dire rats and humans. Ratweres live in places were both rats and humans can be found – sewers, rubbish heaps and the like. Their lives are a constant struggle for survival with frequent fights over resources and authority. A ratwere's lair normally contains ordinary rats and dire rats, for ratweres have the power to summon and control such vermin. Ratweres view normal rats as disposable cannon fodder and emergency rations. They show little more consideration to their own kind, backstabbing rivals and cannibalizing the sick or elderly. Humanoid flesh is a prized delicacy, but ratweres are cautious enough to mostly prey on people unlikely to be missed. A typical ratwere weighs about 120 pounds and is 5 or 5 feet long in its natural giant rat form, or a little over 5 feet tall in human or hybrid form. Ratweres speak the language of whatever humans they live nearest to, usually Common. [SIZE=3][B]Combat[/B][/SIZE] Ratweres prefer ambushes. They usually summon rats to soften up or distract their enemies. Most ratweres value their own lives far more highly than their allies, so rarely risk themselves to aid each other. A ratwere will often flee if injured. [/QUOTE]
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