Dire Reds by Brutorz Bill

Dire Red (Giant Mutant Red Squirrels)
Name: Dire Red
Defense Value: -8
Endurance: 40+2d20
Movement: 9
Initiative: N
Attacks: 1
Strike Value: 01-70
Damage: d12+2
Strength: 70
Agility: 72
Accuracy: 42
Intelligence: 8
Willpower: 42
Perception: 46
Valuables (pelt value): 65sp
Experience Factors: 40
Morale: firm
Size: 3.3 + tail
Weight: 210 kg
Mutations: Heightened Attribute: Olfactory, Heightened Attribute: Cat Balance
Relics: nil
Implants: nil

Dire Reds are enormous mutant red squirrels found only in the largest forested areas. They are not skittish like their smaller brethren and are not opposed to feasting on human flesh (mutant or otherwise) should the opportunity arise. Given their sense of smell they are hard to surprise, but skillful hunters (such as the ones pictured above) can ambush them on occasion if they stay downwind, Though heaven help them should the winds shift in the Dire Reds favor. Dire Reds are cunning hunters and have been reported to lie in ambush for their prey, hunting the hunters as it were. After killing their prey they will often drag it back to their nest to devour at their leisure. Their lair is often a hollowed out massive hole in the largest of trees to be found in the area. Within their nests one can find any treasures their previous victims may have possessed. Dire Reds are usually solitary creatures, but on rare occasions (5% chance) a mated pair or mother with young (8%) will be encountered, a mother Dire Red protecting her young is a fearsome encounter to say the least, and will fight to the death. A long standing rite of passage among pure stock humans is when a father takes his son squirrel hunting. In the age of The Mutant Epoch this ancient tradition takes on a whole new meaning!

Brutorz Bill