Illus. by R. Spencer
THE SLAVE TAKERS
CHAPTER 5
Neogi employ a peculiarly horrible means of reproducing their brothers, but a few survive to become the next generation of race. When an adult neogi grows old and weak, its fellows turn adult neogi. on it, injecting it with a special venom that initiates terrible changes in the old neogi’s body. This venom causes the subject’s Combat body to swell into a great, bloated sack 10 feet in diameter. A great old master attempts to eat anything it encounters, Upon becoming a great old master, a neogi’s intellect dims to biting ferociously and spewing forth spawn. the verge of nonsentience, and it loses most of its memories, Poison (Ex): Injury, Fortitude DC 20, initial damage 1d4 feats, magical abilities, and skills. In place of its cruelty and Dex, secondary damage 1d4 Wis. cunning, there is only a ravenous hunger. Spit Spawn (Ex): As a standard action, a great old master When the transformation is complete, adult neogi lay can spit out 2d4 neogi spawn, which can attack the moment they land. The great old master can place the spawn anywhere their eggs in the great old master’s abdomen. Thereafter, the within a range of 30 feet, but no two spawn can land more than adult neogi provide the great old master with food—alive but 10 feet apart. immobilized—to sustain it and nourish the young that are Also, when a great old master takes damage, it can release devouring their host from the inside out. Eventually, twenty 2d4 spawn. This version of the spit spawn ability is usable once to forty neogi spawn chew their way out of the dying master. per round as a free action. Most of these are in turn eaten by their voracious newborn
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A neogi raid
