On the left, the Cadaver Collector! A 10 foot omnilingual construct brought into this world by necromancers to collect bodies and equipment from battlefield. They can also summon and control specters for however many bodies its collected, and can emit a paralyzing gas!

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‘Crocotta & Leucrotta, two creatures of uncanny similarity, derived from ancient reports of hyenas. Despite their natural origin, they seem to possess rather fantastical abilities, with the numerous embellishments making it impossible to equate either with a single species. In this episode I plunge myself into the rather plagiaristic lore of these peculiar misidentifications.’

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Ancardia's Unusual Animals--the Leucrotta

Classification: Beast (hyena)

Habitat: Shrublands, dense grasslands, and various highland forests concentrated in the Southern Heartland, Southern Akimmia, and the Fallar region.

            One of the largest members of the hyena family, the Leucrotta does not have the pack dynamics and efficiency of the Spotted Hyena or the sheer hulking strength of the Crocutta, but still possesses bone-crushing power and a unique and intelligent solo hunting strategy. Weighing between 250 and 450 pounds, the leucrotta emerges from its den at dusk and follows various animal trackways and footpaths used by humanoids. While hyperbolized by folktales and legends, the leucrotta does indeed use its strategy to hunt humanoids alongside various other species; this animal can remember and mimic short refrains of many different creature’s voices, including that of humanoid speech, and one of the surest ways to know a leucrotta is stalking a roadside is to listen for repeated, insistent calls for help or greetings coming from the dense brush. The beast is known very well for mimicking the calls of deer and antelope as well, sometimes fooling hunters stalking the same types of animals and resulting in nasty incidents when they unintentionally sneak up on and corner the leucrotta. Despite the common misconception, leucrotta do not exclusively target humanoid species, and the actual percentage of humanoid prey that the average leucrotta pursues tends to be only about 10% of all creatures it stalks.

 If you happen to be a medieval monk (the priestly kind, not the martial artists), few things are more terrifying than a group of raiders that don’t give a hoot about your faith charging up from the shore.

However, while the classic idea of the barbarian horde has them coming from the sea, there are those that prefer to stay on the shoreline, either becoming a whirlwind of death in the surf, or defending their own homes from invaders by sea.

Associated with the dragon-like fey Eldest Ragadahn, these warriors seek to emulate his fierceness in battle, moving in surprisingly acrobatic ways on both solid ground and in surf, and enjoy grappling with their foes as well, not to mention their familiarity with swimming in their own right.

Ragadahn’s nature as one who takes what he pleases also appeals to the raider lifestyle as well, however, there’s still plenty of precedent for these ragers to be inspired by lesser dragons, or simply develop the style on their own.

 Befitting the aquatic nature of their object of reverence, these warriors have developed impressive lung capacity to better survive underwater for long periods.

Emulating the spiralling, agile movements of Ragadahn, they can maintain momentum on a charge despite not moving in a straight line, though they have to take a fairly direct path, and must be able to see their foe.

Like a writhing sea serpent, these warriors fling their foe around in their grasp, dizzying them and making it all to easy for them to lose their footing even when they break free.

Furthering the analogy of a serpent’s coils, these barbarians learn to crush their foes in their arms as well.

The more powerful among them seem to need less oxygen when the adrenaline flows through their bodies and brain, able to stay down longer.

Additionally, the recommended rage powers for this archetype include those that improve their swimming, make them skilled dodgers and grapplers, and make them extremely intimidating with their mighty battle cries.

With their focus on grappling and swimming, these warriors love dragging foes under the water to defeat them, but their ability to move almost freely while charging makes them terrifying in their own right as well. With that in mind, I would recommend a grappling and unarmed strike build, perhaps mixed with various intimidation debuffs, charge attacks, and the like.

 As you can probably imagine, dragons, particularly linnorms and those that dwell near water are likely to be revered by these warriors, who may in fact belong to cultures that feel the same way. With that in mind, we can assume that they look upon dragons, even those that threaten their lands, favorably, though not necessarily being peaceful to them, such as how Golarion’s Land of the Linnorm Kings treat linnorm-slaying as the rite to prove oneself worthy as a king.

  The Dragon Moon Clan, named for a legend of a dragon that arises from the lake they live by on nights of the full moon, have long learned how to move and shift in the surf of that oceanic lake. A worthy visitor might be instructed in their ways if they prove themselves.

 Unusual even by the standards of a fleshwarped creatures, the driders of Versan Cove not only dwell above ground, but they ply the seas themselves, their arachnid halves resembling diving spiders. There, they hunt and farm in seclusion, but occasionally venture out in raids.