Armored Tigers


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.
Natural Weapons: Tusks: STR+2D+1, claws: STR+1D+2
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