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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shade" data-source="post: 3617529" data-attributes="member: 287">I promised to convert this for someone awhile back, and just missed its opportunity yet again when I began a three-creature run of linnorms in the Monstrous Compendium thread.So in order to right this wrong, and not derail that thread (like when I jumped to the rainbow dragon before the swamp dragon in the true dragons thread), this is a special conversion thread.Cat, Great - Cath SheeClimate/Terrain: ForestsFreq: RareOrg:  SolitaryActivity Cycle: AnyDiet: CarnivoreIntelligence:  Low (6)Tresure: NilAlignment: Chaotic neutral (good)# Appearing: 1AC: 4Movement: 18Hit Dice: 4 + 3THAC0: 15# Attacks: 3Damage: 1d6/1d6/1d8SA: Surpise, rear claw rake, frenzySD: TeleportMagic Resistance: 10%Size: M (4' at shoulder)Morale: Champion (15)XP: 975The cath shee, or faerie cat, is a large, greenish-gray feline about the size of a mountain lion, with large tufted ears and wide golden eyes.  They can weigh as much as 400 pounds.  Cath shee are clever and independent, but sometimes can be persuaded to become a companion to a wood elf or high elf.Combat:  Normally, cath shee are solitary creatures and highly efficient predators.  An inborn natural ability enables cath shee to teleport without error instantly, up 10 100 yards.  This ability is used to escape from enemies and to attack prey.  They are naturally somewhat magic-resistant (10%).Cath shee are ferocious fighters, and often lie in wait for prey, then use their teleport ability to attack with complete surprise.  If both a cath shee's claws strike, it will then rake with its back legs, hitting automatically and inflciting 2d6 points of damage.While normally solitary and relatively unsocial, mated cath shee pairs will fight furiously for each other, and for their offspring if they are threatened.  If a cath shee's mate or litter is threatened, it will go into a frenzy, attacking at +4 to hit and damage and never checking morale.Habitat/Society:  Once, cath shee were found in relative abundance, but today are found only in sylvan lands.They are solitary creatures, associating with each other only in spring during mating.  They remain together in mated pairs through the summer if kits are born.  For the rest of the year, cath shee tend to keep to themselves, staking out territories as large as several square miles in area, and defending them, even against others of their own kind.Cath shee sometimes consent to serve as companions (never pets) to wood or high elves.  An elf who wishes to approach a cath shee must get a reaction of "friendly" (use the "Threatening" column of the Encounter Reaction Table in Chapter 11 of the DMG, applying any Charisma modifications).  Every six months, another check (this time on the "Friendly" column) is required, or the cath shee will leave.Ecology:  Cath shee are highly efficient carnivores, preying on other mammals, primarily rabbits and small rodents.  Their natural teleportation abilities help make sure that a cath shee's prey rarely escapes.There are many legends about cath shee in elven society.  Some claim that cath shee were created by Corellon Larethian to serve as companions to the elves.In the Forgotten Realms setting, the elves of Evermeet believe that cath shee are reincarnated elves who have been sent back to Toril by the Seldarine to defend the elven nations, or to atone for misdeeds in their previous lives.Source:  Monstrous Manual.</blockquote>

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