These bizarre creatures are the primitive relatives of the
Ghutun floaters. They are herbivorous in nature, floating from
treetop to treetop and eating the leaves as the pass. In form,
dirgies are rather small, with their main body being little more
than five centimeters long, and the gas bubble that keeps them
afloat being around 60 centimeters in diameter. Five eight
centimeter long manipulative tentacles descend from their main
body, ringing their sharp toothed mouth. Their bodies are usually
green or yellow in color, with their tentacles being the same color
as their bodies. The gas bubbles tend to gorgeous, having a soap
bubble like appearance.
The gas pressure in the bubble is controlled by a complex
series of valves, which allow the dirgies to rise or descend as
they chose. The bubbles are very fragile, and the surest way to
bring a dirgie down is to puncture it's gas reserve. When a dirgie
is down, it can move fairly rapidly on it's tendrils. They can
regrow their bubble in a day or to. The flesh of a dirgie is
inedible, and the gasses they use to float their bubbles are
somewhat toxic. They are very intelligent, and affectionate, and
can easily cope with long periods in restricted quarters.
Dexterity: 3D+2
Brawling parry 4D+1, dodge 5D, flying 4D
Perception: 3D
Search 5D+1, sneak 4D, hide 6D
Strength: 1D
Brawling 3D
Move: 8, 15 flying
Average Size: 5 centimeters body, 60 centimeters bubble
Special Abilities:
Natural Weapons: Tentacles: STR+1D, capable of gripping
and holding objects. Some dirgies have been trained to use
weapons, though they have no great proficiency at that task.
Air Filtration: The dirgies are capable of filtering
the gasses they need out of the atmosphere. They are also capable
of detecting and filtering out other harmful gasses, a talent that
proves quite useful when life support systems are damaged.
Weaknesses:
Fragile Bubble: When they take any damage to their
bubble, it is automatically punctured, often causing the dirgie to
fall great distances.