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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5823307" data-attributes="member: 57383">We seem to be getting our Crabs in a tangle, don't we? I'll add those scraps of tactics to the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5803372-post888.html" target="_blank">Crab Swarms</a>.Anyhow, here's what I came up with for the Sand Crab flavour:This massive crablike creature moves on four legs, scuttling with surprising speed and grace for its size. It also has two powerful claws and crushing mandibles.Giant sand crabs are close kin to normal monstrous crabs (see Stormwrack). They scavenge along beaches, and usually lair in burrows or caves just at the water line. They are more likely to forage for food at night on lonely beaches at low tide. Like other monstrous crabs, giant sand crabs are scavengers, feeding upon the reeking bodies of dead sea creatures that wash up on shore.A giant sand crab has a body up to 10 feet across and a legspan of 15 to 20 feet. They normally weigh 1500 to 3000 pounds.Combat Giant sand crabs are fierce creatures, but normally fight only in self defense or to protect their lairs. They are not above attacking wounded but still-living creatures if they are hungry. Straightforward combatants, these crabs scuttle forward with surprising speed to attack with their claws and mandibles. Once it has food or a living opponent in its claws, a giant sand crab tries to retreat into its lair to eat. Creatures held in its claws when it does so will soon drown if they can't breathe water.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 5823307, member: 57383"] We seem to be getting our Crabs in a tangle, don't we? I'll add those scraps of tactics to the [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5803372-post888.html"][B]Crab Swarms[/B][/URL]. Anyhow, here's what I came up with for the Sand Crab flavour: [I]This massive crablike creature moves on four legs, scuttling with surprising speed and grace for its size. It also has two powerful claws and crushing mandibles.[/I] Giant sand crabs are close kin to normal monstrous crabs (see [I]Stormwrack[/I]). They scavenge along beaches, and usually lair in burrows or caves just at the water line. They are more likely to forage for food at night on lonely beaches at low tide. Like other monstrous crabs, giant sand crabs are scavengers, feeding upon the reeking bodies of dead sea creatures that wash up on shore. A giant sand crab has a body up to 10 feet across and a legspan of 15 to 20 feet. They normally weigh 1500 to 3000 pounds. [SIZE=3][B]Combat[/B] [/SIZE] Giant sand crabs are fierce creatures, but normally fight only in self defense or to protect their lairs. They are not above attacking wounded but still-living creatures if they are hungry. Straightforward combatants, these crabs scuttle forward with surprising speed to attack with their claws and mandibles. Once it has food or a living opponent in its claws, a giant sand crab tries to retreat into its lair to eat. Creatures held in its claws when it does so will soon drown if they can't breathe water. [/QUOTE]

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