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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 6957898" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>I'm not feeling very inspired, but how's this for a start:</p><p></p><p>Monarch scorpions are normal monstrous scorpions who have been magically altered to grant them enormous size and devastating psionic powers. They have been imbued with a profound hatred of humanoid life and an instinct for cunning ambushes and cruelty.</p><p></p><p>Many monarch scorpions live alone or with monstrous scorpion "pets" or manscorpion "allies", but they are able to breed true and occasionally form mated pairs or small families. These ravenous creatures can have a terribly impact on desert ecologies and societies, devouring more animals and people than their territory can replace. Monarch scorpions are often forced to relocate or resort to cannibalism after eating or frightening away most of the animal life in their territory.</p><p></p><p>A typical monarch scorpion is about 25 feet long, including 9 feet of tail, and weighs 4,000 to 6,000 pounds.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The length and weight were back-extrapolated from various size and weight references of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_scorpion" target="_blank">Emperor Scorpion</a> (<em>Pandinus imperator</em>) I found on the interwebs.</p><p></p><p>For the master version I'd think they'd normally be somewhat larger. Since it's Strength is 4 points higher, or half the normal +8 for a size category increase, I think it'd be reasonable to assume it's about 50% longer in each dimension:</p><p></p><p>A master scorpion is typically 35 to 40 feet long, including 13 feet of tail, and weighs 13,000 to 20,000 pounds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 6957898, member: 57383"] I'm not feeling very inspired, but how's this for a start: Monarch scorpions are normal monstrous scorpions who have been magically altered to grant them enormous size and devastating psionic powers. They have been imbued with a profound hatred of humanoid life and an instinct for cunning ambushes and cruelty. Many monarch scorpions live alone or with monstrous scorpion "pets" or manscorpion "allies", but they are able to breed true and occasionally form mated pairs or small families. These ravenous creatures can have a terribly impact on desert ecologies and societies, devouring more animals and people than their territory can replace. Monarch scorpions are often forced to relocate or resort to cannibalism after eating or frightening away most of the animal life in their territory. A typical monarch scorpion is about 25 feet long, including 9 feet of tail, and weighs 4,000 to 6,000 pounds. The length and weight were back-extrapolated from various size and weight references of the [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_scorpion"]Emperor Scorpion[/URL] ([I]Pandinus imperator[/I]) I found on the interwebs. For the master version I'd think they'd normally be somewhat larger. Since it's Strength is 4 points higher, or half the normal +8 for a size category increase, I think it'd be reasonable to assume it's about 50% longer in each dimension: A master scorpion is typically 35 to 40 feet long, including 13 feet of tail, and weighs 13,000 to 20,000 pounds. [/QUOTE]
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