Winter Wolf
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Spoilers. This page is written for the GM, and players who read on will learn things their characters don't know.
A cold-breathed pack hunter, one rung below the Ice-Trolls in the food chain. Made for Tir Hathar; see The Northern Reaches.
What it is. A large, pale wolf whose breath is a blast of freezing air. Packs live mostly off squirrels, rabbits, and pinebores, and take mammoth calves, strays, and ice-sheep when they can get them.
In the web. Winter wolves are the alpha predator one rung below the Ice-Trolls, and numerous enough that hunting them is what the Yeti mostly live on. That is what keeps Ice-Troll predation from collapsing the herds beneath them.
Stats¶
First draft, built from WWN's baseline stat lines.
| HD | AC | Atk | Dmg | Shock | Move | ML | Inst | Skill | Save | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Wolf | 3 | 13 | +4 | 1d8 | 1/13 | 50' | 8 | 5 | +1 | 14+ |
- Frost breath. Once per scene, as its Main Action: a 15-foot cone. Everyone in it takes 2d6 damage, with an Evasion save for half.
- Pack tactics. +1 to hit a target that another winter wolf is already fighting.
- Cold-built. Immune to cold, and it moves over snow and ice without slowing.
Still open: playtesting the numbers.