Elemental Beast, Fire

''In motion this creature resembles nothing so much as a fireball – a streaking sphere of blazing flame. When it comes to a halt, however, you see that it is actually a panther-like beast composed entirely of flickering tongues of flame that ripple like muscles beneath hide. Coal-black eyes glare from beneath a flaring mane, there is a brief glimmer of bright fang, and then it is off again, trailing incandescent devastation in its wake.''

Tactics
A fire elemental beast uses its speed and incandescent nature to its best advantage during combat. A common tactic is for the creature to rush about at great velocity, igniting whatever combustible material it can. It then waits amidst the flames for its foes to come to it, launching into a ferocious combination of burning claws and bite and searing breath.

Description
The fire elemental beast is a swift, mercurial creature that, while beautiful to behold, can wreak utter destruction on a settlement in mere minutes. On its home plane, the beast fills a predatorial niche not unlike that of Athas' Tigone, but when brought to the Prime Plane it suffers perhaps more than its other elemental cousins. Without the constant presence of elemental fire, the fire beast suffers ravening anguish and gnawing hunger. Mundane fire will nourish it, but is likely to provoke a feeding frenzy, and while the creature can survive on combustible materials, this diet will not preserve its life for long.

A fire elemental beast is eight feet long and weighs 3 pounds.