Rifts Mutant Animal: Desert Sleeper

ORIGINAL ANIMAL CHARACTERISTICS

Description: An alien critter that appears to be a cross between a bipedal dinosaur and an armadillo that appears in Rifts New West.
Size Level: 17
Length: 10 to 11 feet tall
Weight: 600 to 800 pounds.
Build: Long

MUTANT COSTS AND CHANGES

Total BIO-E: 1D4x5+20 (thanks to the P.P.E. rich environment of Rifts Earth.)
Attribute Bonuses:

P.P.: +2
P.E.: +3
Spd.: +3
Also gets a +5% tracking.

HUMAN FEATURES

Hands:
Partial automatic.
5 BIO-E for Full, two fingers and an opposable thumb.

Biped:
Full automatic.

Speech:
5 BIO-E for Partial
10 BIO-E for Full

Looks:
None. Body structure is like that of a bipedial dinosaur. Head is more like that of an armadillo with four odd manipulators around the mouth. Legs are long and articulated like a bird. Has a long tail. HF: 7
5 BIO-E for Partial. Body is more humanoid, but legs are still articulated like a birds. Head is still like a Sleeper, but eyes are set more forward, and has only small vestigal manipulators around mouth. Has a medium length reptilian tail. HF: 5
10 BIO-E for Full. Appears mostly human, but is hairless and has skinny limbs. No Tail. HF: 3

NATURAL WEAPONS:

• 5 BIO-E for Claws: +1D6, +1 HF

POWERS:

• Endurance: Advanced - Same as Crazy's O.C.C. power number 1. - 5 BIO-E
• Endurance: Supernatural - Can exert himself for 20 times longer than normal. +4 to save vs. poison and drugs - 10 BIO-E
• Mega-Damage: Major - Convert S.D.C. and hit points into M.D.C. when on Rifts Earth, Phase World and Wormwood etc. - 30 BIO-E
• Mega-Damage: Medium - M.D.C. equal to P.E.x2 plus 1D6 per level when on Rifts Earth, Phase World and Wormwood etc. Natural armor adds half the amount in M.D.C. than it would in S.D.C. - 20 BIO-E
• Mega-Damage: Minor - Has ten times normal S.D.C. and double hit points and can survive minor mega-damage when on Rifts Earth, Phase World and Wormwood etc. - 10 BIO-E
• Smell: Advanced - Same as the Dog Pack R.C.C. power number 6. - 5 BIO-E
• Speed: Advanced - Add 2D4x10 to Spd. running, 1D6 to P.P. and +2 to dodge, parry and init. - 10 BIO-E
• Stregnth: Advanced - Add 3 to P.S. attribute. Stregnth is equal to robotic P.S. - 10 BIO-E
• Stregnth: Supernatural - Add 6 to P.S. attribute. Stregnth is equal to supernatural P.S. - 15 BIO-E

NOTES:

Common OCC's include Wilderness Scout, Rogue Scientist and Psi-Druid.