Alien Degenerates of the Deep Regions
No. Enc.: 2d4 (6d20)
Alignment: Inimical
Movement: 120' (60')
Armor Class: 6 (some specimens have been seen to wear crude forms of armor)
Hit Dice: 2
Attacks: 1 (weapon, claw or psychic attack)
Damage: by weapon, 1d4, or by ability
Morale: 11
The H'lannikari are tall, lanky, and incredibly pale. Their hearing is on par with shaft bats and they have three eyes that are fully coordinated so as to give them extremely good depth perception, even in the darkest areas. They have shaggy, partially-feathered manes and waterproof coats of fur that seem to be resistant to oils, resins, toxic spills and the like. Approximately 40% of any given group of H'lannikari will have some form of mutation ranging from the innocuous to the most extreme forms of genetic or psychic modification run amok. There are rumors of unfortunate H'lannikari who have become little more than writhing masses of tumors that prey upon their own kind from ventilation shafts and ambushing them from the ceilings of caverns, but the descriptions of these things are woefully incomplete and the information fragmentary at best. It is suspected that these horrific mutants are what drove the small group that was recently exterminated in Griffsilv Crater to the surface. Perhaps an academic/punitive expedition will be assembled to investigate this unsavory matter once and for all? It is rumored that the H'lannikari are descended from a long-lost subterranean nest of survivors from an ill-fated group of colonists from Eta Orionis, but this has ye to be confirmed.
