Post by Zeda on Apr 2, 2018 13:30:19 GMT -6
Gloomwing
The creature commonly called the gloomwing is the adult stage of the tenebrous worm. These huge moths are native to shadow areas. Their bodies and wings are covered with shimmering, geometric patterns of black and silver. They have large, fern-like black antennae tipped with white and eight legs each ending in a pearly claw.
Combat:
A gloomwing’s shimmering markings make it a difficult target. The markings also provide excellent camouflage, and the moth is almost undetectable in darkness, twilight, or moonlight. Successfully camouflaged gloomwings cannot cause confusion.
Gloomwings normally swoop to the attack. This allows them to seize and carry away victims less than 3 feet tall and that weigh less than 61 pounds. Such victims are securely held in the moth’s eight claws while the moth attacks. When fighting creatures too large to carry away, the moth hovers, biting and flailing with its two front claws.
During combat, the moth emits a potent pheromone that can attract other gloomwings and can cause weakness in any non-insect. The weakness effect has a 25-foot radius.
Habitat/Society:
Gloomwing moths are short-lived, solitary hunters. They use a variety of pheromones to ward off rivals and to find mates. They form groups, but only to attack large prey, and then only when drawn to the fray by the combat pheromone. When two gloomwings of the same gender meet they flee unless there is combat pheromone in the air.
Ecology:
Gloomwing moths live only 4-9 weeks. During this time they search for mates and eat voraciously. Egg-laden females use corpses of small sized or larger creatures as incubators for their eggs. The eggs hatch in 12 days, sprouting 10 small tenebrous worms. Unless killed, the young worms completely devour the body when they emerge.
Tenebrous Worm
These resemble giant caterpillars. In combat, they strike with powerful mandibles. The head and upper body are covered with poisonous bristles that inflict anyone whose bare skin comes into contact with them. The mandibles of this worm are attractive and worth from 1,000 to 3,000 galleons per set.
Combat:
A gloomwing’s shimmering markings make it a difficult target. The markings also provide excellent camouflage, and the moth is almost undetectable in darkness, twilight, or moonlight. Successfully camouflaged gloomwings cannot cause confusion.
Gloomwings normally swoop to the attack. This allows them to seize and carry away victims less than 3 feet tall and that weigh less than 61 pounds. Such victims are securely held in the moth’s eight claws while the moth attacks. When fighting creatures too large to carry away, the moth hovers, biting and flailing with its two front claws.
During combat, the moth emits a potent pheromone that can attract other gloomwings and can cause weakness in any non-insect. The weakness effect has a 25-foot radius.
Habitat/Society:
Gloomwing moths are short-lived, solitary hunters. They use a variety of pheromones to ward off rivals and to find mates. They form groups, but only to attack large prey, and then only when drawn to the fray by the combat pheromone. When two gloomwings of the same gender meet they flee unless there is combat pheromone in the air.
Ecology:
Gloomwing moths live only 4-9 weeks. During this time they search for mates and eat voraciously. Egg-laden females use corpses of small sized or larger creatures as incubators for their eggs. The eggs hatch in 12 days, sprouting 10 small tenebrous worms. Unless killed, the young worms completely devour the body when they emerge.
Tenebrous Worm
These resemble giant caterpillars. In combat, they strike with powerful mandibles. The head and upper body are covered with poisonous bristles that inflict anyone whose bare skin comes into contact with them. The mandibles of this worm are attractive and worth from 1,000 to 3,000 galleons per set.
HOMEWORK
Why do you think most witches and wizards hung Gloomwings almost to extinction? Some witches and wizards keep Tenebrous Worm's for experimentation in potions, is this a good thing? Do we stand to gain more from experiments on them than we do from their natural place in the habitat?