SNAKE: ANACONDA
Original Animal Characteristics
Description: The name "anaconda" is derived from the Tamil word "anaikolra", which stands for "elephant killer". The early Spanish settlers used to refer to the anaconda as the "matatoro" or "bull killer". These snakes are bad-tempered.
Size Level: 15 (females), 13 (males)
Height: to 30 feet long.
Weight: to 550 pounds.
Build: Long
Mutant Changes & Costs
Total BIO-E: 0
Attribute Bonuses: P.S. +6, Brute Strength, +4 to Spd.
Human Features
Hands: None. In this case, the character has no arms or hands whatsoever. Any objects will have to be manipulated by mouth (treat as Partial Hand), or, if available, by Prehensile Tail.
5 BIO-E for Partial Hands. The snake develops a pair of stubby (Partial) hands and short arms along the upper part of the body.
10 BIO-E for Full Hands. Gives the mutant snake a full pair of hands, arms and narrow shoulders.
Biped: None. Character has no legs, and moves along the ground by slithering. This is not necessarily slow; indeed, the character can maintain a rapid pace, equal to half the character's Spd attribute. The character can rear up on the upper part
of the body while continuing to slither with the lower section.
20 BIO-E for Full. Character has mutated a full set of legs and feet.
Speech : 5 BIO-E for Partial or 10 BIO-E for Full.
Looks: None; Long body, at least ten times as long as it is wide, entirely covered with light scales. Head is long and narrow, tapering only slightly at the back of the neck, and with a blunt snout. The jaw is double-hinged, and the eyes are sunk
under bony ridges. Tongue is long and forked. Long tail.
5 BIO-E for Partial; Body is long and sleek. Head is smooth, covered with tiny scales in place of hair.
10 BIO-E for Full; Entirely bald, with shiny, smooth skin. Body is long, with smooth muscles that clearly ripple just below the skin.
Natural Weapons:
5 BIO-E for 1D8 damage Fangs
10 BIO-E for 2D6 damage Fangs
10 BIO-E for Constrictive Body Muscles (MotY, 17-18)
10 BIO-E for Distending Jaws
15 BIO-E for Digestive Juices
15 BIO-E for Poisonous Musk Glands (Creatures that are 1/3 smaller Size Level than the Anaconda (rounding down) are susceptible to these poisonous glands, which require a saving throw vs lethal poison. Failure means the creature will
asphyxiate after 2D6+20 minutes.)
Mutant Animal Powers:
5 BIO-E for Prehensile Tail
5 BIO-E for Advanced Smell
5 BIO-E for Advanced Touch
10 BIO-E for Light Natural Armor
10 BIO for Hold Breath
10 BIO-E for Predator Burst
15 BIO-E for Advanced Tongue Touch (Like Advanced Touch, but with the tongue, also includes Advanced Taste and Advanced Smell).
15 BIO-E for Master Swimming (113)
15 BIO-E for Light Natural Body Armor (MotY, 18)
20 BIO-E for Medium Natural Armor
25 BIO-E for Medium Natural Body Armor (MotY, 18)
Vestigial Disadvantages:
-5 BIO-E for Color Blindness
-5 BIO-E for Musk Glands
-10 BIO-E for Diet: Carnivore
-10 BIO-E for Nocturnal
-10 BIO-E for Reptile Brain: Predator
-20 BIO-E for Diet: Cannibalism
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