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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8913041" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>Description #3!</p><p></p><p>Amiraspian cyclopes are one-eyed man-eaters known for their savage attacks on humans and other humanoids. A cyclops stands around 9 feet tall and resembles a man in general shape, with powerful arms, clawed hands and a horrible mouth, broad and crammed with flesh-ripping fangs. Its single massive eye is clear sea green and eerily human apart from its size. The cyclops's weathered skin is tan in color, with scattered clumps of straggly green-black hair.</p><p> <em><strong>Foes of Humankind.</strong></em> Amiraspian cyclopes are carnivores with an innate fondness for humanoid flesh. Their favorite food is halfling, followed by gnome, dwarf, elf, gnome and human, but they loathe the taste of orcflesh. Only a starving cyclops would eat an orc or half-orc, it would rather leave the corpse as carrion.</p><p> Cyclopes are notorious for raiding undefended settlements, repeatedly attacking them whenever they feel hungry. Like many predators, cyclopes prefer weak victims (<em>e.g.</em> abducting unarmed villagers from hamlets or farmhouses) over hunting strong prey that might injure them (<em>e.g.</em> fighting warriors or adventurers).</p><p> <em><strong>Cave Tyrants.</strong></em> These monsters can live off most types of terrain, including subterranean, and normally lair in caves. Amiraspian cyclopes often dominate bands of humanoid monsters (orcs, gnolls, goblins, et cetera) as their minions. The group is ruled by the strongest and fiercest cyclops (see Amiraspian Cyclops Chief for an example). A cyclops lair might also contain young cyclopes and captured humanoids. Often human, these living prisoners are held to be eaten. Unlucky captives suffer ghastly fates before being devoured.</p><p> A cyclops may attract scavengers that feed on the gory remains of its prey. They are sometimes trailed by carrion-eaters such as buzzards or jackals, and their dwellings are usually infested with corpse-flies and similar vermin.</p><p> <em><strong>Cursed Births.</strong></em> While their chest and shoulders might resemble male humanoids and giants in form, these cyclopes are incapable of natural procreation. Instead, they somehow curse pregnant human women they have captured so their offspring are sometimes born as cyclopes. This "Amiraspian curse" must be performed during the delivery; pregnant humans who escape or are rescued from a cyclops den birth regular infants. Little is known of this unholy rite save it requires the human mother be eaten once the baby is born and does not always work. Instead of a cyclops whelp, the newborn may be fully human (in which case it is eaten too), or a one-eyed humanoid called an amiraspian hybrid [<span style="color: red"><strong>?</strong></span>](described separately). Hybrid infants grow to resemble a cyclopian human rather than a cyclops, and are cast out once the cyclopes realize they aren't their kind. The type of baby can be randomly determined with a d10 roll: 1-4 is a cyclops, 5-7 a human, 8-10 a hybrid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8913041, member: 57383"] Description #3! Amiraspian cyclopes are one-eyed man-eaters known for their savage attacks on humans and other humanoids. A cyclops stands around 9 feet tall and resembles a man in general shape, with powerful arms, clawed hands and a horrible mouth, broad and crammed with flesh-ripping fangs. Its single massive eye is clear sea green and eerily human apart from its size. The cyclops's weathered skin is tan in color, with scattered clumps of straggly green-black hair. [I][B]Foes of Humankind.[/B][/I] Amiraspian cyclopes are carnivores with an innate fondness for humanoid flesh. Their favorite food is halfling, followed by gnome, dwarf, elf, gnome and human, but they loathe the taste of orcflesh. Only a starving cyclops would eat an orc or half-orc, it would rather leave the corpse as carrion. Cyclopes are notorious for raiding undefended settlements, repeatedly attacking them whenever they feel hungry. Like many predators, cyclopes prefer weak victims ([I]e.g.[/I] abducting unarmed villagers from hamlets or farmhouses) over hunting strong prey that might injure them ([I]e.g.[/I] fighting warriors or adventurers). [I][B]Cave Tyrants.[/B][/I] These monsters can live off most types of terrain, including subterranean, and normally lair in caves. Amiraspian cyclopes often dominate bands of humanoid monsters (orcs, gnolls, goblins, et cetera) as their minions. The group is ruled by the strongest and fiercest cyclops (see Amiraspian Cyclops Chief for an example). A cyclops lair might also contain young cyclopes and captured humanoids. Often human, these living prisoners are held to be eaten. Unlucky captives suffer ghastly fates before being devoured. A cyclops may attract scavengers that feed on the gory remains of its prey. They are sometimes trailed by carrion-eaters such as buzzards or jackals, and their dwellings are usually infested with corpse-flies and similar vermin. [I][B]Cursed Births.[/B][/I] While their chest and shoulders might resemble male humanoids and giants in form, these cyclopes are incapable of natural procreation. Instead, they somehow curse pregnant human women they have captured so their offspring are sometimes born as cyclopes. This "Amiraspian curse" must be performed during the delivery; pregnant humans who escape or are rescued from a cyclops den birth regular infants. Little is known of this unholy rite save it requires the human mother be eaten once the baby is born and does not always work. Instead of a cyclops whelp, the newborn may be fully human (in which case it is eaten too), or a one-eyed humanoid called an amiraspian hybrid [[COLOR=red][B]?[/B][/COLOR]](described separately). Hybrid infants grow to resemble a cyclopian human rather than a cyclops, and are cast out once the cyclopes realize they aren't their kind. The type of baby can be randomly determined with a d10 roll: 1-4 is a cyclops, 5-7 a human, 8-10 a hybrid. [/QUOTE]
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