Bred for battle in a prior world, these creatures are gigantic moths with pale yellow wings and bodies the color of skulls. Most have a wingspan of at least 5 feet (1.5 m). When they open their wings wide, they shed a brilliance that withers flesh without harming nonliving objects.
Level: 2
Motive: Hungers for battle
Environment: Any
Health: 6
Damage Inflicted: 2 points
Movement: Long while flying; immediate while on the ground
Combat: Stratharian war moths can swoop in to attack with a bite, but their major offensive power is the flesh-withering light from their wings. The light manifests as a short-range cone of energy that inflicts 4 points of damage to living creatures. Creating this light requires an action, and a moth can use the ability once every other round. If a moth is reduced to 3 health or less, it flies away.
A Stratharian war moth is immune to mind-influencing effects.
Interaction: The war moths think only in terms of battle.
Use: Stratharian war moths make for a dangerous encounter, usually in the wild. However, a wandering pack could come upon a village and terrorize it, keeping people trapped in their homes until help arrives—perhaps in the form of traveling PCs
GM intrusion: The light from the moth’s wings causes the PC to move one step down the damage track.
