Beastie Statistics
Origins
A full-grown Brain Sucker will damage the victim's pineal gland by implanting a small embryo which feeds on empathic energy. The pineal gland is the empathic center of the brain (sometimes referred to as the "third eye"). As the embryo develops, it will attack the victim’s empathic attribute. The Victim’s body attempting to fight the embryo will cause the wasting affects described below:Empathy will be at zero and his Strength, Agility and Endurance will all be at half value for one week’s time. Empathy will increase one point per week. Strength, Agility and Endurance will climb one-half of the remaining difference (round fractions down). i.e. Endurance 9 will be reduced to 4, then after one week, will climb (9-4)/2 = 2.5 = 2 points to a value of 6. Because we are rounding down, this will ultimately result in a loss of one point to the attribute. Remember to recalculate Hit Points accordingly! Once Empathy reaches it's former level, the victim will suffer a relapse.
| Str | Agl | Con | Emp | Head | Chest | Other | Detection
vs. Medical |
Additional
Symptoms |
Embryo
Size |
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| Normal | 9 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 51 | 34 | |||
| Initial Attack | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 of 5 | 8 | 24 | 16 | No Chance | Coma | viral |
| Week 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 36 | 24 | Impossible | Weakness | microscopic |
| Week 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 42 | 28 | Impossible | ||
| Week 3 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 45 | 30 | Impossible | ||
| Week 4 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 45 | 30 | Impossible | ||
| Week 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 45 | 30 | Impossible | ||
| Relapse! | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 of 4 | 6 | 21 | 14 | Formidable | Coma | 1mm |
| Week 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 33 | 22 | Formidable | Weakness
Dizzy Spell 20+ |
|
| Week 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 39 | 26 | Formidable | ||
| Week 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 39 | 26 | Formidable | ||
| Week 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 39 | 26 | Formidable | ||
| Relapse! | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 of 3 | 6 | 18 | 12 | Difficult | Coma | 10mm |
| Week 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 18 | Difficult | Weakness
Mild Headache Dizzy Spell 18+ |
|
| Week 13 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 33 | 22 | Difficult | ||
| Week 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 22 | Difficult | ||
| Relapse! | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 of 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | Average | Coma | 1cm |
| Week 16 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 14 | Average | Constant Headache
Dizzy Spell 10+ |
|
| Week 17 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 18 | Average | ||
| Relapse! | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 of 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | Easy | Coma | 5cm |
| Week 19 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 12 | Easy | Constant Dizzy Spell | |
| Relapse! | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | Automatic | Coma | 10cm |
| Death | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Irrelevent | - | full-grown |
- Coma
- With the Initial Attack and each Relapse, the victim will fall into a deep coma as the embryo uses all available energy to fuel a growth spurt. The coma from the Initial Attack will last for seven days. The coma for each Relapse will last up to seven days, or until the victim passes a difficult Constitution test. The attempt to regain consciousness may be made once per day, and is made against the character's current Constitution value, not their original value.
- Weakness
- This feeling is represented by the loss to the physical attributes. During the Initial Attack and each Relapse, the victim's Strength, Agility and Constitution are all halved. They recover half of the missing points (rounding down) each week until they reach their new level, one point below the previous.
- Dizzy Spell
- Each hour, the player rolls one D20. If the number meets or exceeds the stated value, the character loses their balance and falls to the ground. The dizziness will last for one Combat Turn during which time the player may take no actions.
- Headache
- The headaches are caused by the embryo itself as it grows and begins
to apply pressure to the brain.