Val CHA Cost Roll Notes 35 STR 25 16- Lift 3200 kg; 7d6 HTH Damage [3] 13 DEX 9 12- OCV: 4/DCV: 4 23 CON 26 14- 21 BODY 22 13- 8 INT -2 11- PER Roll 11-/13- 5 EGO -10 10- ECV: 2 15 PRE 5 12- PRE Attack: 3d6 8 COM -1 11- 7 PD 0 Total: 7 PD (2 rPD) 7 ED 2 Total: 7 ED (2 rED) 3 SPD 7 Phases: 4, 8, 12 12 REC 0 46 END 0 51 STUN 0 Total Characteristic Cost: 83 Movement: Running: 10"/20" Leaping: 4"/8" Swimming: 2"/4" Cost Powers & Skills 36 Acrid Discharge: EB 6d6, Area Of Effect (97" Cone; +2); Limited Arc Of Fire (to the rear, one hex row, same horizontal level; -1), No Range (-1/2), END 9 10 Curled Horns: HA +2d6, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2); Hand-To-Hand Attack (-1/2) 2 Thick Hide: Damage Resistance (2 PD/2 ED) 10 Heavy: Knockback Resistance -5" 8 Long Legs: Running +4" (10" total), END 1 4 Sharp Senses: +2 PER with Hearing Group Total Powers & Skill Cost: 70 Total Cost: 153 75+ Disadvantages 15 Physical Limitation: Animal Intelligence (Frequently, Greatly Impairing) 5 Physical Limitation: Large (4m; -2 DCV, +2 to PER Rolls) (Infrequently, Slightly Impairing) 5 Physical Limitation: Reduced Leap, can only leap half as far as STR indicates (Infrequently, Slightly Impairing) 15 Physical Limitation: Very Limited Manipulation (Frequently, Greatly Impairing) 15 Psychological Limitation: Timid (Common, Strong) 23 Experience Points Total Disadvantage Points: 153
Ecology: Found in Asia, the bonnacon is a fairly peaceful herbivore. It seems to be a solitary animal, and tends to flee if confronted. It is also known as the Bonachus, or Bonasus.
Personality/Motivation: Typical animal motivations. The bonnacon is a fairly timid animal, and avoids humans.
Powers/Tactics: Although its horns are of some use in a confrontation, the bonnacon prefers to flee any possible enemy. It pursued, it will excrete a acrid and volatile discharge from its hindquarters that can cover three acres and is capable of burning the hair off of a hunting dog and setting trees and shrubs alight.
Appearence: The bonnacon is described as a large ox-like creature covered in long thick hair. It has the head of a bull, and horns that curl in on themselves leaving no projecting points.
Designer's Notes: A very bizarre creature, the origins of the bonnacon seem to be in somewhat confused descriptions of the bison or Cape Buffalo. It should be noted, however, that there are animals that will empty their bowels if put to flight by an attacker. Apparently, the bonnacon's ability was to compensate for it relatively useless horns.
Game Masters should be aware that accounts of the bonnacon's destructive power varies. Most agree that it was capable of setting trees alight, while a few state that any hunter caught in the area of effect was consumed by the flames. Thus, Game Masters may want to adjust how much damage the bonnacon does with its discharge, or even make in a Killing Attack. One can also consider linking a Flash Attack -- that affects both the Sight and Smell groups -- to the discharge, to further increase its potency.