New Mutant Monday # 67 - Carnichick

Radiation and toxins can occasionally lead to some very strange mutations, of which it appears the victim has digressed along its ancestral lines to become something long thought extinct. This particular mutant is just that – the common chicken has devolved into a huge predatory flightless bird that has turned the tables on would-be hunters.

The average creature stands at eight feet in height and has a mass of around four hundred pounds, and can give an Ostridge a run for its money is sheer orneriness. The creatures are so aggressive that they will instantly attack any creature that comes within three hundred feet of it, first by slamming into the target. The victim is allowed a saving throw versus stun and if this fails, the victim is knocked to the ground, suffering an additional 1d6 points of damage and is considered prone. While targets are prone, the creature will gain a +2 to hit and +4 damage with its claw attacks.

As if the common Mire Lurker was not bad enough, it turns out that there are massive armored monsters who are the mother of all these creatures. The Queen is so large it can easily strike fear into the most stalwart explorers of the wastelands and can easily rip through most creatures it encounters.

The monster is easily thirty feet in height and weighs in at around 20 tons, all of it nearly impenetrable armor. When engaged in combat, the creature is completely immune to all non-energy based attacks, shrugging off hits with the ease, which often causes foes to flee, as it seems to be a nearly impossible to stop killing machine. Even those who run away find that the creature is still deadly, being able to shoot a caustic poison up to five hundred feet. The poison is class six and has a deadly added component – it is acid. The acid burns for 4d8 points of damage a round, reducing by 1d8 per round until it no longer affects the target. Anything caught in the acid must make a saving throw each round against acid or suffer 1d3 points of condition levels of damage.

Anyone unlucky enough to be in the creatures bite distance will be swallowed whole on a 16-20. When this happens, the hapless creature suffers 6d6 points of damage per round from acid (and items must save, see above). The only way to escape is to cut through the incredibly tough stomach lining and to freedom. This requires at least 100 points of damage and an edged weapon. It is the only time that such weapons will work against the creature.

To make matters worse, the creature is always attended by 4d6 hatchlings. These have only 1 hit dice, AC of 6 and can bite for 1d4 points of damage. They are much faster than the queen, moving at 150’ (50’) and can easily chase down prey that has somehow managed to elude the queen.

The creature is likewise immune to all poisons of class six and lower, and cannot be harmed by sonic-based attacks. Any sonic attacks are automatically re-directed in a random direction, which can make it very dangerous to anyone nearby.

The best way to deal with the creature if the victim is incapable of running (or foolhardy enough to fight), is explosives, energy weapons, and toxic weapons (except poison, see above).

Explosives will damage the creature’s shell, and for every 25 points of damage, the creature’s AC drops by +1. Once the shell has been damaged to the point it is considered AC 5 or worse, then physical attacks will actually harm the monster.

Mutations Aberrant form (natural weapons), gigantism, immunity (physical attacks, sonics), toxic weapon.

Source: Fallout 4 (2015)

No. Enc: 1
Alignment:  Neutral
Movement: 90’ (30’)
AC: 0
HD: 50
Attacks: 2 claws, 1 bite, poison / acid spit.
Damage: 6d6 / 6d6, 8d10, class 6 & 4d8
Save: L20
Morale: 11
Hoard Class: None

No. Enc: 3d10
Alignment: Neutral
Movement: 60’ (20’)
AC: 6
HD: 4 hit points
Attack: 1 bite
Damage: 1d4
Save: L1
Morale: 6
Hoard Class: Incidental

No. Enc: 1d6
Alignment: Neutral
Movement: 90’ (30’)
Armor Class: 1
Hit Dice: 2
Attacks: 1 claw, 1 bite
Damage: 1d4+4 / 1d4 & class 11 poison
Save: L2
Morale: 11
Hoard Class: Incidental

No. Enc: 2d8
Alignment:  Neutral
Movement: 150’ (50’)
AC: 2
HD: 4
Attacks: 4 claws, 1 mandible, 1 bite or excrement
Damage: 1d4+1 / 1d4+1 / 1d4+1 / 1d4+1, 1d4, 1d6+2
Save: L4
Morale: 4
Hoard Class: Incidental

No. Enc: 1d10 patches
Alignment: Chaotic
Movement: 30’ (10’)
AC: 7
HD: 1 to 10 per patch
Attack: See below
Damage:  See below
Save: L14
Morale: N/A
Hoard Class: Incidental

No. Enc: 2d3
Alignment:  Lawful
Movement: 90’ (30’)
AC: 5
HD: 8
Attacks: 2 claws
Damage: 1d6+3 / 1d6+3
Save: L8
Morale: 7
Hoard Class: See description

No. Enc: 2d8
Alignment: Chaotic
Movement: 120’ (40’)
AC: 6
HD: 8
Attacks: 2 punches, 2 kicks, 1 bite.
Damage: 1d4 / 1d4 / 1d6+2 /  1d6+2 / 1d6 & special
Save: L6
Morale: 5
Hoard Class: N/A

No. Enc: 4d4
Alignment:  Neutral
Movement: 90’ (30’)
AC:  7
HD: 7
Attacks:  1 tongue
Damage: 1d8+3 and special
Save: 7
Morale: 8
Hoard Class: Incidental

No. Enc: 1d6 males, 1d3 females or 20d10 in communities (with 20% being female)
Alignment:  Chaotic
Movement: 210’ (70’) Swim
                    90’ (30’) land
AC: 4
HD: 10 (males), 6 (females)
Attacks: 2 claws, 1 bite and mental thrust, or by weapon.
Damage: 2d6 (1d8 female) / 2d6 (1d8 female), 2d4 (1d6 female) / 3d6, by weapon.
Save: L12 / 8
Morale: 7
Hoard Class: III, VIII (any artifacts, 75% x 4), XII (x5)

No. Enc: 1d6
Alignment:  Chaotic
Movement: 90’ (30’)
AC: 7 or by armor
HD: 8
Attacks: by weapon
Damage: by weapon
Save: L12
Morale: 11
Hoard Class: VIII (100%), IX (75%), XXI (1d4 weapons and 1 armor, 100%)

No. Enc: 1d6
Alignment:  Neutral
Movement: 90’ (30’)
AC: 3
HD: 10 (2 for young)
Attacks: 2 paws, 1 bite or webbing
Damage: 3d6 / 3d6 / 1d8 and poison, and special
Save: L14
Morale: 9
Hoard Class: XII, XIII, XIV (artifacts only)

No. Enc: 2d12
Alignment:  Neutral
Movement: N/A
AC:  6
HD: 2
Attacks:  1 grab
Damage: 1d4 & special
Save: 2
Morale: N/A
Hoard Class: Incidental

No. Enc: 4d6
Alignment:  Chaotic
Movement: 240’ (80’)
AC: 4
HD: 2
Attacks: 1 bite, 2 claws, 1 stinger
Damage: 1d6+2, 1d4+1 / 1d4+1, 1d6
Save: L2
Morale: 5
Hoard Class: N/A

No. Enc: 2d8 or 10d100 in a hive.
Alignment:  Neutral
Movement: 150’ (50’)
AC: 3
HD: 6
Attacks: 1 bite or psionic attack
Damage: 1d6+1 or by psionic attack
Save: L8
Morale: 11
Hoard Class: N/A

No. Enc: 1d6
Alignment:  Neutral
Movement: 150’ (50’)
AC: 4
HD: 8
Attacks: 1 slam, 1 bite and 2 claws
Damage: 2d6 and special / 1d8 / 4d4 / 4d4
Save: L8
Morale: 6
Hoard Class: N/A