Sand Worm

''A huge, powerful, hundred-foot-long creature burrows through the powdery loess of the Sea of Silt. Suddenly, the worm's head emerges, revealing a triangular maw filled with triple rows of jagged teeth. The worm's thick, segmented hide ranges in color from tan to golden brown, providing natural camouflage.''

Combat
The sand worm attacks first by launching its upper self out of the sand or silt and landing on and crushing nearby prey. It then goes to biting those that are near and swallowing anything it can whole.

Description
Sand worms roam the desert in search of prey. They exist only to eat, for their never-ending hunger doesn't allow them to get full. While they travel, sand and silt they burrow through adhere to their sides, Strengthening and renewing their hide. When no living food is present, sand worms have been known to eat rocks, metals, gems, and other minerals.

Sand worm hide is prized for the armor and shields that can be made out of it. Several suits of hide armor can be made from one sand worm. This is a long and costly process, so such suits of armor are rare. Sand worm hide is treated as Dragonhide for the purpose of crafting armor from it, save for the fact that it has hardness 8. Armorsmiths can work with sand worm hide to produce armor or shields of masterwork quality.

Sand worm meat is quite delicious, able to be preserved with little difficulty and easy to dry into a jerky. Fresh sand worm meat commands up to 5 Cp per pound, and sand worm jerky up to 40 Cp per pound.