HP: 7d8
Num: 1
Spd: 4
Dam: 2d8
Def: 6
Soak: 10
CL: 8

The pardalis is a creature of beauty and refinement, a great cat whose rusty pelt is marked with pinkish rosettes like flower petals and whose golden-green eyes reveal only a quiet patience and the gleam of an almost sphinx-like intelligence. With small fangs and delicate claws poorly suited for tearing flesh, the pardalis appears almost harmless — which is exactly what the cat wants. An ambush predator of the highest order, it waits until it has sent its prey into deep sleep before sinking its blood-siphon into their flesh. Brave souls may approach a pardalis for its advice and sage wisdom, but wiser souls know to bring a gift of fine ornaments or freshly-spilled blood — or both — or else risk being treated as any other potential meal.

Unless pressed in the extreme, a pardalis will never attack another creature without attempting to subdue its prospective victim. Twice an hour a pardalis may breathe out a cloud of opalescent, sweetly scented mist; this dreaming mist causes any caught within its 20’ radius to fall into a deep slumber for ten minutes to an hour unless a successful Willpower check is made (at a -2 penalty to the roll). Once presented with subdued prey, or if forced to defend itself, the pardalis unfurls its blood-siphon — a long, rippling and vein-like lash tipped with a hollow “claw”, normally retracted beneath the tongue — and attacks for 1d8 hit points of damage, drawing blood from the wound through the siphon. If the pardalis deals 4 or more hit points of damage the siphon attaches and damage is automatic each round until the cat drains half its hit points in damage, the siphon is severed or the victim dies. A pardalis’ blood-siphon possesses 7 hit points, and has a Defense of 5 and a Soak of 4.

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HP: 6d8
Num: 1
Spd: 4
Dam: 1d6
Def: 7
Soak: 4
CL: 8

Creatures composed of pearly bubbles of frozen breath suspended in one or more hovering watery rings of emerald green, the oorien travel to the physical world for two purposes: to breed, and to control. Oorien use their pearl spheres to dominate their victims — preferably human or at least humanoid, but any creature may conceivably serve the elemental’s purpose — and, once a critical mass of dominated victims is achieved, a second and lesser elemental is spawned from the first, leaving behind a bubble-less ring added to the “parent”. This ring gradually fills with pearls as time goes on. It is possible for entire small villages, or organizations such as bandit packs and insular guilds, to be under the control of an oorien, and at times one creature may use its pawns against another of its kind as a form of competition or acquisition of territory.

Faced with combat, an oorien launches bolts of liquid at incredible speed, inflicting 1d6 hit points of damage. The creature prefers to attack with a pearl whenever possible, however, ejecting the bubble violently from its substance; this attack also inflicts 1d6 damage, but if the victim fails a mental resistance check its will falls under the oorien’s command. This control is unaffected by distance unless the victim leaves its currently inhabited dimension. The creature may choose to delay exerting its control if it wishes, allowing the victim to believe they are unaffected.

When an oorien has claimed a number of victims equal to half its hit points, it spawns a second elemental with half the hit points of the parent.