Editing Arqet

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An '''arqet''' was a type of carnivorous ungulate beast native to [[Pellastrallas]].

Arqets were by nature highly aggressive creatures, a trait visible even by their features. The skull of an arqet's large head was flanked by two huge ridged horns longer than the head itself, which they used to gore opponents. Their wide mouths were filled with serrated fangs, ostensibly for tearing the flesh of their prey, with four very large canines recessed into the corners of the mouth.

One of the most ferocious of all warm-blooded predators in the Agarix sector, the arqet is a murderous predator inhabiting the mountain ranges of the planet Pellastrallas. A solitary hunter, arqets feed off of various smaller animals such as the Ixzinian rock ram and the Uthori breix that inhabit the region.


The arqet combines sure-footedness, numerous dense plates of rigid hide, and piercing, sharp teeth for a bundle of rampaging death. Yet for all this power, the arqet survives mainly by its ability to remain hidden until the very last minute. Arqet patience is legendary. In the presence of a potential victim an arqet is capable of remaining immobile - to all appearance virtually rock-like - until its prey is within range, at which point it attacks by skewering the unfortunate victim on its horns.


Even in the presence of armed Humanoids, arquets have been known to take damage from energy and slug-throwing weapons without flinching in hopes of dissuading its attackers or to lure the confused assailant in closer for a last, desperate lunge.



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| class="labels" width="75"|Type:
| class="body" width="325"|Mountain carnivore
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| class="labels" width="75"|Size:
| class="body" width="325"|1.8 to 2.4 meters long, up to 2 meters tall at the shoulder
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| class="labels" width="75"|Move:
| class="body" width="325"|9 (walking); 12 (charging)
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| class="labels" width="75"|Scale:
| class="body" width="325"|Character
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| class="labels" width="75"|Source:
| class="body" width="325"|Creatures of the Galaxy ( page 7-8 )
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| class="labels" width="125"|DEXTERITY:
| class="body" width="75"|3D+2
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| class="labels" width="125"|PERCEPTION:
| class="body" width="75"|3D
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| class="body" colspan="2"|Sneak 5D
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| class="labels" width="125"|STRENGTH:
| class="body" width="75"|5D
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Special Abilities:
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| align="left" class="body" valign="top" width="125"|''Armor:''
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| align="left" class="body" valign="top" width="470"|The Arqet's dorsal and spinal plates give +2D verses physical and energy attacks.
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| align="left" class="body" valign="top" width="125"|''Camouflage:''
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| align="left" class="body" valign="top" width="470"|Arqet skin varies in hue according to the amount of solar radiation received. This allows it to blend in with its rocky surroundings with considerable ease. This is accounted for in the animal's sneak.
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| align="left" class="body" valign="top" width="125"|''Claws:''
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| align="left" class="body" valign="top" width="470"|Hoof claws do STR +2 damage.
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| align="left" class="body" valign="top" width="125"|''Feigned Immobility:''
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| align="left" class="body" valign="top" width="470"|Arqets are extremely patient predators, capable of remaining absolutely motionless so as to draw to point blank range before attacking.
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| align="left" class="body" valign="top" width="125"|''Horns:''
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| align="left" class="body" valign="top" width="470"|The arqet's curved horns do STR +2D damage.
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| align="left" class="body" valign="top" width="125"|''Teeth:''
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| align="left" class="body" valign="top" width="470"|The arqet's teeth do STR +1D damage.
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