A beast evolved in the lightless jungle, the chironian floater is a strange creature indeed: almost spherical and roughly four feet across, trailing four languid, boneless limbs beneath it, the floater drifts placidly and aimlessly through air and water, lighting the night with the gentle luminescence of the blue-green veins of its body. When flying the floater expands several airy, transparent flaps of flesh (far too small to actually carry it; experts suspect that the wings manipulate flows of magic to allow flight) - it also uses these as fins underwater. The floater can effortlessly transition between water and air, showing surprising speed beneath the waves.

The chironian floater is enveloped in several layers of extremely durable skin, which in turn contain thick rolls of jelly-like substance - while this sweet, peppery substance is a nourishing imperial delicacy, actually getting it can be tricky as the jelly also cushions blows, while the skin itself is devilishly hard to pierce with a blade. The floater possesses only a scant few semi-liquid organs which, while delicious when cooked into a broth, give few hints as to their purposes.

It should be noted that floater-hunting is not for beginners: floaters tend to move in packs, they drink blood, and are almost supernaturally capable at hiding themselves (their ability to turn almost transparent is a feat to respect). Worst of all, the stingers on its lengthy legs emit an anaesthetic poison so one may well not notice a floater feeding one oneself. Many an expedition has vanished into the jungles, to be drained dry of all vital fluids. Natives claim that the chalk-white corpses occasionally found have also been drained of their soul; who can say?
Would-be hunters should be aware that floaters are nocturnal. Finding one during the day can be an execise in frustration, but this is also the period of time during which the chironian is weak and disoriented.

One last thing should be noted of the chironian floater: it is greatly attracted to shiny objects, and may even be dissuaded from an attack by suitable offerings. Floaters are drawn towards glass, mirrors, gems and polished metals alike, collecting them and hoarding them away in their nests (there is some evidence that the refraction of light upon reflective surfaces has something to do with their life cycles or breeding, but the details are unknown).


Hit points and locations:
(10) HEAD 4 hitpoints, AR1
(9) WINGS 2 hitpoints
(5-8) TORSO 8 hitpoints, AR1
(1-4) LEGS 3 hitpoints

BODY 4
COORDINATION 3
SENSE 2 (nocturnal, -1 in daylight)


Fight + (waste dice in shock)
Bite ++ (anaesthetic and hard to notice)
Stealth ++++ and a MD
Sight +
Hear +
Swim + and a MD
Fly +++

Possessions +5