Oh, and if anyone can think of a better name I will award them 10 Cool Points!Trench Avenger
Strength: 5 Education: 1 Move: 20/40
Constitution: 3 Charisma: 4 Skill/Damage: 3/2d6
Agility: 5 Empathy: 1 Hits: 20*
Intelligence: 2 Initiative: 4 #Appear: 1d6
*Double damage from fire, see below.
A hideous sight to behold, these creatures look at first to be nothing more than bundles of torn and bloody rags bound around with old rusted barbed wire. It is when they make their attack that their true nature is revealed; the “bundles” roll towards their chosen victim at speed. As they reach melee range the barbed wire rears up into the form of a human skeleton, with the tattered rags covering the chest and abdomen in a semblance of strips of torn skin.
To attack they simply use their “hands” as whips, raking the target with strands of razor-sharp barbed wire covered with a red substance that resembles fresh human blood. This red gloop is actually the animating substance that gives them a semblance of life. If they are attacked with fire they take double damage, as the gloop dries out quickly when exposed to high levels of heat. Also, due to their physical form not being completely solid it is one Difficulty level higher to hit them with firearms. Melee weapons work as normal however.
It is believed that these creatures first came into existence during the late 1990s when a chemical lab in northeastern France suffered a serious leak, and an experimental compound leeched into the soil. After several months percolating through the ground it mixed with the residue left over from the fierce fighting that had raged through the area during World War One. Thus, they were born. Nobody knows for certain exactly how the process worked, or if Darklings were involved in the process. What is certain is that these things exist and are spreading slowly across Europe.
Some sources in the empathic underground are of the opinion that the unbelievable amount of human suffering that occurred in the area during wartime has left an indelible empathic scar in the very Earth. To put it another way, the residue mentioned previously is not just chemical in origin. These sources believe that these monsters are motivated by the vengeful spirits of those who were “shot at dawn” (the term used by the British military for the execution of soldiers found guilty of cowardice).
