The traditional mount of a Quen
warrior, armored tigers are natives of virtually all the terrain
types of Rethqua. The various subspecies
of armored tiger have all adapted to their particular ecological
niche, with the small brown and green Rotil Tiger and the short
legged Benthqu Tiger dwelling in the forest, and the Giant Tawny
Elend Tiger roaming the plain. There are well over twenty species
of armored tiger on Rethqua, and it was a mixture of the bloodlines
of many of these tigers that produced the Red Tiger, the warrior's
mount.
All of the armored tigers share several characteristics. They
are all mammalian, live bearing and warm blooded, and all are
covered with a thick layer of fur, usually colored to provide some
cover in their natural terrain. All the armored tigers also have
a pair of thick and bony plates, located just below their skin
protecting their thoracic region. Many of the tiger species have
a pair of thick, powerful, upward curving tusks, designed to
disembowel their prey, and the tiger's armor helps keep them alive
in the territorial struggles of the mating season.
Other than that, the species of armored tigers vary greatly,
having vastly different sizes, proportions, coloration, and clutch
sizes. Most armored tigers are pack creatures, though there are
some exceptions to that rule. The statistics listed below are for
the Red Tiger, the warrior's mount, which is a product of thousands
of generations of crossbreeding between different armored tiger
variants.
Dexterity: 3D+2
Brawling parry 5D, Dodge 4D+1, Running 6D
Perception: 3D
Search 4D+1, Sneak 4D+1
Strength: 6D
Brawling 7D, Stamina 7D+2, Swimming 6D+1
Move: 21
Average Size: 3.6 meters long, 2.1 meters at shoulder
Special Abilities:
Armor: All armored tigers have a thick bony plate
protecting their chest regions, granting them a +1D+2 bonus vs.
physical attacks and a +2 bonus vs. energy attacks from the
direction they are facing.