Dirgies


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.
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