Hodag

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Natural Habitat
Marsh, Woods
Frequency
Rare
Number
1-2 (1)
Description
A hodag is a large creature, about the size of a large moose, weighing between 1000-1200 pounds, with a spiny ridge running down its back.
Talents, Skills, and Magic
Hodags like to walk backward as well as forward making them difficult to track (-20%). Other than the above these creatures have not special ;Talents, Skills, and they do not use magic.
Movement Rates
Running: 450
PS: 40-50 MD: 10-14 AG: 5-8 MA: None EN: 20-25 FT: 25-30
WP: 10-11 PC: 18-23 PB: 5-7 TMR: 9 NA: Hide absorbs 6 DP
Weapons
Hodags can bite in Melee or Close Combat (BC: 75%, D10+8 damage).
Comments
Hodags have difficulty standing if they fall. They lean against trees to sleep, and are sometimes caught by sawing partway through the tree. For the hodag to rise a roll of 2 x AG or less must be made.