OCTOPEST Created 1989 FREQUENCY: Uncommon NO. APPEARING: 10-30 ARMOR CLASS: 9 MOVE: 7" (MC:A) HIT DICE: 2-5 hp % IN LAIR: 5% TREASURE TYPE: nil NO. OF ATTACKS: 1-3 DAMAGE: 1 per SPECIAL ATTACKS: Acid SPECIAL DEFENSES: Never surprised MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard INTELLIGENCE: Animal ALIGNMENT: CN SIZE: S (1' diameter) PSIONIC ABILITY: nil LEVEL/XP: I / 32 +1/hp

The head-sized Octopest can be found outdoors in even the harshest environment, provided it is not too windy. They almost never are seen on the ground, mobilizing by a bodily manipulation of forced hydrogen through their porous skin. They always travel in moderate numbers for protection, and to better their search for a fleshy meal. Their ugly tentacled mouths secrete an irritating and potentially hazardous acidic saliva, causing 1 point of initial damage upon a successful bite (which HOLDS FAST afterwards), and an additional point per round until forceably removed. The wound will itch terribly; consider it the "habanero" of all insect-like itches! Scratching is nearly irresistable (save at -4 vs. poison, or simply be tied down, to refrain from it), and causes 1-2 additional points per day until it goes away in a week or so. Punier sorts have indeed helplessly scratched themselves to a bloody end. Swarming Octopests will never leave an area where people and animals are near, but can be kept at bay with fire. Killing one might create a dealy burst of acid to anyone near it (1-6 damage) which carries the same itchy effect as a bite.

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