ORIGINAL CREATURES

VULTURE-LION

Val	CHA	Cost	Roll	Notes
25	STR	15	14-	Lift 800 kg; 5d6 HTH Damage [5]
20	DEX	20	13-
20	CON	10	13-
8	INT	-2	11-	PER Roll 11-/14-
5	EGO	-5	10-
23	PRE	13	14-	PRE Attack:  4 ½d6

7	OCV	20
7	DCV	20
2	OMCV	-3
2	DMCV	-3
4	SPD	20		Phases:  3, 6, 9, 12

10	PD	6		Total:  10 PD (2 rPD)
8	ED	4		Total:  8 ED (2 rED)
10	REC	6
40	END	4
16	BODY	6
40	STUN	10		Total Characteristics Cost:  141

Movement:	Running:	18m/36m 
		Leaping:	10m/20m
		Swimming:	4m/8m

Cost	Powers & Skills
6	Tough Hide:  +2 PD, Resistant (+½) plus +2 ED, Resistant (+½)
20	Vulture's Beak:  HKA 1d6+1 (3d6 w/STR), END 2
16	Claws:  HKA 1d6+1 (3d6 w/STR); Reduced Penetration (-¼), END 2
4	Heavy:  Knockback Resistance -4m
3	Powerful Leaper:  Leaping +6m (10m forward, 5m upward), END 1
6	Feline Swiftness:  Running +6m (18m total), END 1
3	Vulture's Eyes:  +3 PER with Normal Sight
2	Vulture's Eyes:  +4 versus Range Modifier for Normal Sight

	Skills
24	+3 with HTH Combat

3	Climbing 13-
2	Concealment 11-; Self Only (-½)
3	Camouflage Coloration:  +4 with Concealment; Only In Home Environment (-1), Self Only (-½)
3	Shadowing 11-
5	Stealth 14-
1	Camouflage Coloration:  +1 with Stealth; Only In Home Environment (-1) 

Total Powers & Skill Cost:  101
Total Cost:  242

175+	Matching Complications (50)
20	Physical Limitation:  Animal Intelligence (Frequently; Greatly Impairing)
10	Physical Limitation:  Large (up to 3m long, +2 OCV to hit, +2 to others PER Rolls to perceive) (Infrequently; Slightly 
	Impairing)
20	Physical Limitation:  Very Limited Manipulation (Frequently; Greatly Impairing)

Total Complications Points:  50
Experience Points:  67

Ecology: Vulture-Lions are found in arid locations, such as deserts or dry scrubland. They will eat both fresh meat and carrion and prey on just about anything smaller then themselves, with a diet that includes coyotes, hares, mule deer, snakes, wolves, and so on. Vulture-Lions live in small family groups called prides, and are usually ruled by either a single male, or more rarely, two related males (normally brothers). Unlike regular lions, the males hunt just as much as the females do, and often deliver the killing strike after the females drive prey items to him.

Personality/Motivation: Typical animal motivations. Due to their resource-poor environment, Vulture-Lions tend to be strongly territorial and will seek to drive off any competition.

Powers/Tactics: Normally ambush predators, Vulture-Lions will give chase if needed, but don't care to run very far, breaking off a chase in order to conserve energy. When they do catch their prey, the killing blow is often a bite to the neck area with the beak, followed by raking slashes from the front and/or rear claws.

Appearance: A Vulture-Lion has the body of a lion with the head of a vulture. Both males and females have feathery manes and can reach lengths of 10 to 12 feet (making them about the size of a tiger).

Designer's Notes: I first encountered Vulture-Lions in the works of Michael Moorcock's Elric novels. There, they are creatures of Chaos and seem to be of immense size (The Vulture-Lion character sheets that appeared in the early editions of Deities and Demigods made them 15 HD creatures!) In this case, I based the character sheet off of a picture I found on somethingawful.com. I took the Tiger character sheet from the HERO System Bestiary and added in portions of the Griffin character sheet to make a Vulture-Lion.

Although I mention Vulture-Lions working as a team, I didn't give them Teamwork or Tactics. You might want to give them such skills. Also, the entry for the Vulture-Lion on my Pictures That Could Be Superheroes page alludes to them being magical creations. If that is the case you could consider adding such Templates as "Smart/Cunning" or "Ferocious."

(Character sheet created by Michael Surbrook)

Vulture-Lion's Hero Designer File

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