The Mudclaw is a relatively intelligent amphibious creature that dwelt in small colonies among the thickets of reeds and rushes on the fringes of marshes and river-banks.[1]
Description[]
Mudclaws were small, two-legged amphibians that stood only half a metre or so tall. Their skins were coloured in mottled patterns of green and brown blotches, which provided them with good camouflage against larger predators.
They had powerful legs with wide, webbed toes, allowing them to both run and swim at high speed. They had a high ridge of bony spikes across their backs, and a short tail, which helped them steer when swimming. Their short arms finished in surprisingly strong prehensile hands, which were equipped with short, sharp claws.[1]
These ravenous little beasts will eat almost anything they can find, including fish, insects and plants, but are most fond of warm-blooded meat. They had been known to prey on rats, voles, and stray herd animals.
Occasionally, they will gang together to assail a lone adventurer, who will suddenly find themselves assaulted on all sides by mudclaws, slashing and rending with dagger-sharp claws, whilst trying to drag their prey into the water before tearing off strips of flesh to eat. In such a coordinated attack, they can be more deadly than piranhas, though smaller groups of mudclaws tended to be less blatant and more selective in their choice of meals.[1]
Mudclaws live in dens similar to those built by beavers, small hut-like structures of woven reeds covered with mud and grass. Their young could not provide for themselves until almost fully grown, relying instead on the food brought by their intriguingly loyal parents.[1]
Origins and Distribution[]
They had been recorded from the Blackmire in north-western Ruddlestone.[2] This appearance, together with the fact they occurred in Allansia,[3] would suggest that mudclaws were found in similar habitats across Titan.
The origins of mudclaws were obscure, but the fact they have a tail suggested they have some newt or salamander ancestry. In fact, they could be a smaller relative of the much rarer newt-like humanoid creature known as the Gremoll.[4]
Further Information in Canon[]
More information can be found at:Source[5]
Out of the Pit
(Large) (pg85#*, pg127-128)
Allansia
(pg157, pg172)
Spellbreaker
(para43#)
Appendix[]
Appearances[]
Adventures
Sourcebooks
- Advanced Fighting Fantasy – The Roleplaying Game (mentioned)
- Allansia (book) (mentioned)
- Créatures de Titan
- Out of the Pit
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Out of the Pit - p.85
- ↑ Spellbreaker - 43
- ↑ Allansia - p.157, p.172
- ↑ Non-canon
- ↑ Complete list of references catalogued by FF Titan Bestiary