Sympathy Serpent

Skill 5
Stamina 6
Initiative 2
Armour 0
Damage as Small Beast

Mien
1 Shy
2 Friendly
3 Sympathetic
4 Fearful
5 Sad
6 Inconsolable

Dark, thick as a man’s thigh, and as long as three destriers, they crush their prey as you’d expect such a snake to do but their hunting style is idiosyncratic: they do not wrestle with their quarry but offer a gentle embrace, telling them it’s okay to let go, they’re here now. Together prey and predator mourn the crushing awfulness of reality as one swallows the other whole.

Special
Sleeping or unsuspecting targets must Test their Luck (or Skill for Enemies) or be paralysed with misery and allow the serpent to quietly eat them.