Braxat

A huge humanoid of mixed stock, mostly a combination of mammalian and reptilian, this creature has a thick shell that covers its back and a handful of horny protrusions on the top of its head.

Tactics
Braxats are hunters, and they fight like them. They use psionics to disable their opponents, thereby reducing risks to themselves. After attacking with psionics braxats will move in as close as they can while still being able to keep their opponents within their reach. Braxats have a breath weapon as well that they can employ, but they use it as a last resort since the acid can cause their prey to become inedible.

Braxats hunt alone or in mated pairs. They can be sometimes be convinced to work as mercenaries for powerful adversaries or even found in arenas.

Description
The bony protrusions on a braxat's head protect its skull as well as being used for attacking its target. Braxats walk upright, are able to speak with a clear, human voice, have opposable thumbs, and are warm-blooded.

Braxat shells can be used to make excellent shields and armor, usually crafted to create plate armor because of the shell plating braxats have on their backs. Because of this braxats are sometimes hunted, but in most cases the braxat is usually prepared for such things and the hunted ends up becoming the hunter.

Mostly solitary creatures, sometimes they pick a mate and bear some young. The young are usually hidden away somewhere remote while the two parents go out to search for food for their offspring. Braxats are the ultimate terrors of the desert and are usually nocturnal. Braxats prefer intelligent prey but will eat caravan or other mounts on occasion, all but kanks: kank meat unsettles their stomach. Environment: Braxats can be found in most parts of Athas, usually hunting for prey. Sometimes they inhabit abandoned ruins or caves, even close to humanoid settlements.

A typical braxat stands between 15 to 20 feet tall and weighs around 700 pounds. Females are usually lighter colored than males, tending toward grays and beiges than browns.

Braxats have a natural disposition toward cruelty, however they're not arbitrary in their attacks, nor are they wantonly destructive, therefore, braxats are usually neutral evil.

Braxats as Characters
Ferocious, powerful and highly intelligent, it is only the relative rarity of the braxat species that has prevented them from becoming a major threat to the other races of the Tablelands. Braxats are quite capable enough without investing additional time or energy into the pursuit of a character class but some exceptional individuals do just that. Ancient desert epics speak of mighty braxat warriors and even rumor the existence of eldritch braxat wizards. Such tales are dismissed as apocryphal but these things are nevertheless well within the braxat's grasp. Level Adjustment: +8.