Chalo
CHALO
Type: All-Weather Riding Mount
DEXTERITY: 2D
PERCEPTION: 3D+1
Survival: 6D
STRENGTH: 5D
Climbing/Jumping: 6D
Swimming: 6D
Special Abilities:
Low-light Vision: A chalo’s darkness penalties are reduced by 2D
Move: 10
Size: 2 meters at shoulder
Orneriness: 2D
Chalos are genetically-manipulated creatures designed to survive in all environments. They can function with no ill effects in thin, standard, dense, exotic, or tainted atmospheres, in temperatures from –100° C to 100° C. They treat trace atmospheres as tainted, though they are still vulnerable to corrosive and insidious atmosphere. They are unaffected by heavy gravity. Chalos, all of which look the same (thick gray fur, smooth conical faces, four strong legs, no tails), are officially available only from Opaline in Xim Space: they cannot breed naturally, but some researchers have found ways of duplicating the design.