Skank

Homeland: Most wilderness areas

"Many tales I can tell, for I have spoken to wanderers of all lands, including the azure giants of the floating sky-castles. You have not heard of them? Then let me tell you my tale, one of bravery and great peril... "

Ever since you were a hatchling, your head was filled with many great tales by your parents, and you marveled at the great, seemingly impossible adventures of which they spoke. Life as a skank could be terribly dull, digging for shelter, grubs, or roots, and gossiping with others of your kind, so you often took to watching the ways upon which the tall beings traveled, and would approach them to hear of strange lands, and trade stories and gossip. It saddens you that you cannot perform the same tasks, and it is a constant irritant that some of the unenlightened beings often regard you as little more than a pest, or even worse, a pet or mindless creature of some variety. The indignity of it! Of late, the tall tales you tell have begun to ring hollow to your antennae, and you have wondered if you might convince some travelers to take you with them, and experience the wonders of which you have only heard, first hand.

Physical Characteristics: 1'-2' diameter, 2'-3'6" length, 2-4 lbs. Lizard-like green-brown skin, snout-like head, antenna, small black eyes, long neck, four short thin limbs with prehensile paws, hard bulbous, thick marbled gray-brown shell covering body, tail.

Attributes:
INT +1
PER +5
WIL -1
CHA 0
STR -6
DEX -6
CON 0
SPD -6
CR -3
MR 0
HP 6

Special Abilities: Thick shell (PR 6, may retract into it fully), adhere to almost any surface (cannot fail a climbing attempt except in truly unusual cases), burrow into soil (rate of 1" per second).

Skills:
Cultures +2
Deception +2
Oratory +3
Guide +5
Low Talislan, native
Two Languages of choice, basic

Equipment: None.

Wealth: None. 1