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Monster: Lawn Ornament Mimics

Lawn Ornament Mimics take the form of lawn decorations, ranging from garden gnomes to a seasonal variety such as skeletons and reindeer. It removes the original ornament to take its place, making the lawn its new territory. Anyone that encroaches onto its territory will have it lash out or hunt them. Otherwise, it will not bother anything or anyone else once it’s settled down.

They also reproduce via fragmentation or binary fission, meaning if a piece of themselves is broken off, a new individual develops from that piece or they split themselves in half naturally.

Type: Parasite (motive: to possess, control and devour)

Powers:

False Appearance

Strong Carapace

Adhesive Residue

Razor-sharp Teeth

Acid Spray

Weakness:

A way to tell a lawn mimic from an ordinary decoration is to tap it with a stick. If its hard, doesn’t crack, and possibly sticks to the stick, that’s a mimic.

As the mimic will regenerate/reproduce if even a little piece of it still exists after being killed/destroyed, it’s advised to disintegrate every last piece of it with blue fire or a disintegration spell. Bug Spray will also help melt the carapace to get to its soft weak spot. Melted carapaces do not regenerate into new beings.

Attacks:

Bite (2 harm hand ignore-armor messy)

Acid Spray (1 harm far area volatile)

Harm: 9 harm (2 armor)

Custom Moves:

False Appearance: While the mimic remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from an ordinary lawn object.

Strong Carapace: Unlike ordinary lawn ornaments, the mimic has a thick, hardened shell encasing its soft flesh.

Adhesive: The mimic adheres to anything that touches it and starts to dissolve it for consumption.