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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5745755" data-attributes="member: 57383">"Spider and reptiles"? Both singular or both plural, if you please.I'd prefer "Its mouth combines" over "bears both"."unusal climbing locomotion"?This could do with some work - especially the final sentence, which is rather vague.I'd rather this be more generic, something about them attacking their natural competitors on sight. We could mention the Kalin under the In Athas section.Surely with the right equipment (carved sticks?), anatomy (some sapient insect might have similar anatomy) or magic (tongues) aonther creature could reproduce this language?The above looks OK, although surely single wall-walkers will prefer stragglers too? I'd consider adding something about it using shadow body.Add Kalin.Suggested revision... This creature is a blend of spider and reptile. Armored scales  cover its body, and its eight legs end in hooked claws.  Its mouth combines insectile mandibles and reptilian fangs, while its tail ends in a  barbed stinger.  A pair of multifaceted red eyes sit on either side of  its head. Wall-walkers are subterranean hunters named after their incredible climbing ability.  They use their claws to excavate hives inside a cavern wall, leaving  great heaps of rock and dirt at the base of the wall.Wall-walkers range across immense territories,  and consider everything that passes nearby to be prey. They are intensely territorial, especially towards those species of underground predator they recognize as competitors for food and threats to their hive and young. Wall-walkers usually attack such rivals on sight. Wall-walkers have their own language, consisting of sounds made by  rubbing their legs together. Because of the specialized nature of this  language, it cannot be reproduced by humanoids (and most other creatures) without the use of exotic devices or magic. COMBAT Wall-walkers hunt alone or in pairs, stalking along ceilings or walls while using their chameleon ability to blend in. A wall-walker will stealthily follow prey until it sees an opportune moment to strike, it prefers to attack a lone straggler. An attacking wall-walker drops or leaps onto prey, attempting to sting  first and paralyze its opponent.  Pairs of wall-walker take advantage of flanking tactics to overwhelm their foe. If its opponent appears powerful a wall-walker will assume shadow body before attacking. Wall-walkers are fiercely protective of their hives and young, and will fight to the death if either are threatened.  In AthasIn the Dark Sun campaign, wall-walkers are found primarily in the cavern  of Kragmorta.  The dray who reside there are in a state of war with  wall-walkers, and fashion armor and weapons from the tough, supple hides  of slain wall-walkers.Kalin are wall-walkers' ecological competitors, and terrible battles often break out when these two predators spot each other. Pairs of wall-walkers will go out of their way to attack a nearby kalin.</blockquote>

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