Monster Specification: Yeti

Monster Specification

Yeti / Abominable Snowman

Typical Monster Level ("ML"): 4 to 11

Typical Number Encountered: usually 1, but 10% chance of a family group of d4

Usual Alignment(s): E/C, N/C, E/N

Description: a large, bipedal ape-like creature covered with long, shaggy white, gray or brown hair, with large, sharp teeth

Habitat: Icelands, snow-covered mountainous areas of the Wilderness

Language: Yeti

Chars: Co 4d8, Wp 3d8

Movement:

Rate	Melee	Travelling
Walk	4 ft/sec	2.5 mph
Scamper	6 ft/sec	3.5 mph
Run	10 ft/sec	7 mph
Charge	15 ft/sec	n/a

Its wide, shaggy, clawed feet act as natural snowshoes or crampons.

Fighter Abilities:

ML/3, FRU AMR D = 25 + (5ML) % RD = 5 + (5ML) % 5 + (5ML) HP

Attack Modes:

Claw @ A = 10ML %, DAM = d12

Bite @ A = 8ML %, DAM = 2d8

Chilling Gaze (uses 1AMR), Range 30 ft, targets a single Living Being, BTS 10ML% (Wp) (unless 100% Cold Resistant), causes Paralysis with Cold (loses control of body, but retains control of mind and senses, so can cast thought or reflex Spells, rep[eat st to recover every 1 min.

HitLoc Table:

HitLoc Area	Front	Side	Rear
Head	01 to 30	01 to 17	n/a
Arms (*2)	91 to 120	53 to 70	n/a
Chest	61 to 90	71 to 114	n/a
Abdomen	n/a	115 to 131	11 to 30
Legs (*2)	n/a	132 to 149	61 to 80

ADS:

HitLoc Area	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
Head	4	3	2	2	0	0	2	2	3	4
Arms	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4
Chest	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Abdomen	3	3	2	2	0	2	2	2	3	3
Legs	4	4	2	2	1	2	2	3	4	4

Effects of Specific Damage:

Hit Loc Area	%age HP Damage taken	Effects
Head	15%	Unconscious, Co check vs Death
	30%	Decapitation, Death
Arms (*2)	20%	Co check vs Leg Crippled
	40%	Leg Crippled, Co check vs Leg Severed
	60%	Leg Severed
Chest	80%	Incapacitated, Co check vs Death, Bleed 5%/min, Co check vs Bleed 5%/MR
	160%	Death
Abdomen	60%	Co check vs Death/MR, Bleed 5%/MR
	120%	Death
Legs (*2)	25%	Co check vs Leg Crippled
	50%	Leg Crippled, Co check vs Leg Severed
	75%	Leg Severed

Bleeding effects from Crippling, Severance and Decapitation are as for People.

Thievish Abilities:

M on Th Activities:

HS 10ML %, MS 10ML %
AfB, AfS, AbS 10ML%
DetH 10ML%, DetMM 10ML%, Hear 10ML%, Scent 20ML%, Track 10ML%
Cam 10ML% (in snowy terrain only)
Jump 20ML%, Ice 20ML%

Defensive ThL = ML

Other Abilities / Powers / Notes:

Yeti are Simian Monsters.
Yeti are rarely-seen predators that move unseen through snowy and icy terrain.
They are 100% Cold Resistant, but Fire Vulnerable.
Yeti are said to be Servants of HASSAK, Demigod of Ice.

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