[Commissioned by @wannabedemonlord. The Missourium is another gaffed skeletal mount by Albert Koch, this one incorporating multiple mastodon skeletons. A lot of inspiration came from the pamphlet Koch released promoting his skeleton, wherein he compares it to the Leviathan and calls it King of the Beasts.]
Missourium This shaggy mountain of
flesh is vaguely elephantine, but its fingers and toes are both webbed and
clawed, and it possesses no trunk. Instead, its enormous tusks curve out and
upwards from its head, and two smaller spikes grow downward from its large and
muscular jaw. Nodules of bone are visible from underneath its long pelage.
Some
call the missourium the true king of beasts. It is a foul tempered and violent
carnivore that views animals as its vassals and commands them to its bidding. As
such, it only preys upon them as a necessity, preferring the taste of humanoids
and other sapient lifeforms. Regions where animals are unusually violent and
territorial towards humans, or an upswing of predatory attacks by animals on
humanoids may be signs of a missourium in a region. They prefer grassy
environments, including marshes, where they hold court in a wallow frequented
by animals of all types, even natural enemies.
A
missourium is fearsome in combat. Its gaze illuminates and strips creatures of
their invisibility, allowing its animal allies to attack them easily. It
bolsters itself and its minions with magic before tearing into opponents with
tooth, tusk and claw. It especially enjoys picking on creatures much smaller
than it, charging through the front ranks of its enemies to assault their weak
and vulnerable. Missouriums are wise enough to flee from a fight that is going
poorly—a missourium not confident of its chances against a foe may save its
blinding flash for a retreat, hoping to slow pursuit.
A
missourium is about forty feet long and twenty feet at the shoulder. They walk
on their knuckles, but rear up on their hind legs when battling. They are
decent swimmers, but are large enough that they often simply walk along the
bottom of rivers and lakes.
Encounter: The Smiling Horse, a beacon of strength for children about to experience dental services, appearing in a flash of light with a comforting aura.
Encounter: Sriracha Rooster; when equipped as a familiar, the player selects a type of creature and the Rooster develops an irrational hatred of them, attacking them on sight and imbuing them with a delightful spicy flavor, aka granting them Flavored Enemy status.
Encounter: Scrappy Doo, lawful-neutral dogfolk Barbarian-Paladin liable to go Berserker at anything that even remotely offends his sense of good and evil. Charisma is firmly locked at 1 and cannot be affected by Charisma-raising magic or items.
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