Cat, Cactus
Desert cat with hallucinogenic quills. A small beast.
Imagine a greenish gray bobcat with quills on its back. It stares at you in a drunken torpor.
| HD: 0 | Armor: none |
| Hit it: normal | Dodge it: normal |
| Move: fast, climb normal |
It is immune to cactus fever. It can smell and see very well, allowing it to operate in the dark without troubles. It is also very sneaky, especially among cacti.
Attacks (1/round)
Claws. The cactus cat makes a melee attack (1D4).
Quill Spray. The cactus cat sprays a short cone with quills. Creatures who fail to dodge take damage (1) and must make a save vs poison or be poisoned with cactus fever.
Cactus Fever. Ingested or in wound: Save or be poisoned, save again every 10 minutes to cure. While poisoned, you are a drunken mess: each player names a different emotion and rolls a D20, the referee alters your actions in a dramatic way according to the emotion with the highest roll. Roll a new emotion every 10 minutes.
Random Encounter
- Monster: 1 cactus cat.
- Lair: A thicket of slashed cacti, with a strong smell of fermented sap. 1/2 chance there are 2D6 kittens.
OR
Omen: A cat’s drunken meow, very close. - Spoor: A small beast, dead, partially eaten and covered in quills.
- Tracks: Bobcat tracks.
- Trace: A local, extremely drunk and extremely lost.
- Trace: Dried out quill.
Salvaging the body
If the quills are prevented from drying, you can collect the cactus fever venom in it.
D6 Symbolism
In local cultures this beast is a symbol of …
- Sun
- Gardeners
- Dreams
- Drunks
- Witches
- Sacred
Credits
The cactus cat is a cryptid from the South-Western United-State. In the myth, it gets drunk and violent on fermented cactus sap. Richard J. Leblanc Jr’s adaptation in the Creature Compendium gives it hallucinogenic quills. I say why not both? The drunken confusion mechanic is something my table would enjoy a lot. — SaltyGoo