Maoi

Maoi

Species: Maoi
Home Planet: Kathol

Maoi
The Maoi were amorphous sapients indigenous to Kathol and were created by the ancient Kathol race. The DarkStryder considered them amoral and self-centered, and attempted to discard them in the Segmi tunnels after the Rift Disaster. Despite this, the Maoi survived and thrived in their underground environment. Like other Kathol servants, they developed an affinity with the Ta-Ree life energy and used it to hold their prey while they devoured it. They did this by forcing themselves through the mouth and into the body of the prey; where they would digest the prey from the inside out by eating the internal organs with powerful digestive acids.

Attribute Dice: 12D
DEXTERITY 2D/4D
KNOWLEDGE 2D/4D
MECHANICAL 0D/0D
PERCEPTION 2D/5D
STRENGTH 2D/4D+2
TECHNICAL 0D/0D

Special Abilities:
Amorphous: the Maoi can flow through openings up to five centimeters wide.

Ta-Ree: The Maoi are naturally adept with Ta-Ree but generally only use these abilities to defend their colonies.

Descentralized Nervous System: The Maoi have a highly decentralized nervous system, and can absorb more damage than an equivalently sized creature: +2D to Strength to resist all damage.

Alien Thoughts: Their thought processes are radically alien, and their minds cannot be read by other species; any attempt to do so registers only deep hunger.

Internal Devouring Attack: The Maoi usually consume a victim from inside. This attack ignores all armor. Succesfully resisting the attack (rolling higher than the Maoi) indicates that the alien is ejected.

Story Factors:
Maoi attack anything that enters their territory, and are universally hated, feared and avoided by the other Kathol sentient species.

Move: 12
Size: varies widely; typically one meter radius, 10 cm thick
Source: The DarkStryder Campaign – Endgame (p. 33-34) & Wookieepedia (For the Maoi Description)