Inix

This large lizard has a long, curling tail and a broad mouth that looks quite capable of swallowing a halfling in a single gulp.

Tactics
In combat inixes are fierce enemies. They usually attack with their tail first, taking advantage of its increased reach, then move in and try to bite, hoping to be able to grapple or swallow whole their victim.

Description
Inixes inhabit warm plains, or in domesticated herds near to large settlements. Inixes are herbivorous, needing large amounts of vegetation and must forage every few hours to maintain its strength. They are hunted by most intelligent creatures of Athas, as well as tagsters. Inixes can live up to 50 years, but in the wild a life span of 20 to 30 years is more typical. Inixes rarely remain in one place for long, settling only to lay eggs in burrows cut into the side of a hill or in the abandoned nesting mounds of other creatures.

Inixes eggs are about 2 feet in diameter, which they lay in egg wells, small holes dug underground. A typical clutch contains an average of 20 eggs which have an incubation period of 7–8 months.

A typical inix stands between 14 and 16 feet long and weighs around 4,000 pounds. The inix's back is protected by a thick shell, while flexible scales cover its underside. Most inixes are dark in coloration, whites, greys, browns, blacks and greens featuring prominently. Many desert dwelling species also feature yellow-red tones. Camouflage ranges from bands and stripes to splotches, speckles and circles, and can change as the creature matures; juveniles sometimes being brighter than adults.