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Alleorn
keywordsTwilight, Plant, Pack, Rare
level5
At Def Ag Int Phys Pre Spi H S W Ar MD Mv Fer Quick Lvl
Tree
0
0
0
3
0
12
10
30
3
4
6
0
0
0
58
2
Thorns
:
A10
damD6
Sting. Phys vs. 13 or D10 Lethal
Ants
16
17
12
2
10
10
8
12
0
0
1
0
3
4
84
5
Bite
:
A16
D15
Init15
damD4+2
Sting. Phys vs. 13 or D6 Lethal.
Alleorn trees are a unique danger of the Twilight Jungles. Tall, thick trunked, and dark leaved, Alleorns are covered in foot-long thorns that exude a deadly venom. Though sharp, these thorns are mostly only dangerous to anyone coming very close to the tree (or attacking it), the real danger comes from the nest of symbiotic ants that invariably guards each tree. Growing to enormous size (nearly a Legat in length) these ants ingest the Alleorn poison, and can inject into anything they bite.

When the tree is threatened, warrior ants boil out of holes in the trunk and roots, biting attackers and then latching onto them. Each ant that latches on gives -2A/-2D. When enough ants have bitten one target (when Attack falls to zero) they will drag them back to their nest, letting their decomposing remains feed the tree. At other times, ant foragers will range out into the surrounding jungle, cutting down rival plants and killing small animals for food. As an Alleorn grows, the area infested with ants may expand to as much as a Kleg in diameter.

Alleorn poison can be extracted from the tree (but not the ants) and distilled (Poisons Difficulty 20) into a potent blade venom.