Fordorran

''A lumbering reptilian beast with segmented armor like that of an armadillo, this creature sports a trio of long, slender horns sprouting from its bony brow. It heaves itself about on four clawed limbs with great difficulty, rolling into a protective ball at any sign of danger. As you draw closer to the beast, you are almost overcome by a horrendous stench that seems to emanate from the thing.''

Tactics
When facing multiple opponents, fordorrans seek to hide and fool a single target into attacking his fellows. Against single foes, they are similarly cunning, using their false sensory input power to mask their scent, and then striking with concussion blast and inflict pain before charging to melee.

Description
The fordorran is a revolting creature that inhabits areas adjacent to the Silt Sea or inland silt basins. Although it possesses a well-developed selection of psionics, these cater mainly to the creature‘s hunting habits, and it is actually rather dense. Fordorrans are easily distracted, and many an encounter with one of these creatures has ended abruptly with the fordorran aimlessly wandering off. The most memorable characteristic of the fordorran, however, is its stench. Produced by a gland that sits at the base of the creature‘s spine, it continually releases waves of an overpowering toxin that is capable of immobilizing most targets in moments.

The creature can curl into a protective ball and, when it does so in shallow silt, it is easily mistaken for a rock or patch of exposed earth. The creature also possesses a (mundane) chameleon-like ability to alter its coloration to match its surroundings and uses this to conceal itself when threatened – or when awaiting prey. Fordorran flesh is edible but disgusting in taste, although rumors persist that certain elven tribes possess a recipe to make it palatable. The gland that produces their venomous pheromones is much sought after by bards and defilers as a component in poisons, elixirs and other dubious brews.

Society
Fordorrans are solitary creatures that have never been known to congregate in numbers. Scholars are unsure of why this is, but some have postulated that, while immune to their own musk, fordorrans are quite susceptible to the emissions of other fordorrans. As a result, the only way that these beasts could conceivably mate would be through mutual use of the false sensory input power.