Silver Sliver / Silver Slivers

Silver Slivers are a large insectoid hexapod with a long, silver colored, segmented body. They have 3 sets of beady eyes, a stinger on their tail and sharp mandibles. Their forelegs are equipped with sharp digging appendages. They are the bane of many villages as they are not only dangerous, they are a damnable nuisance. With their ability to burrow, they easily gain access to cellars, larders and coops by digging their way in. Nothing seems to be inaccessible to these massive insects save for solid steel. On top of this behavior, they are difficult to slay as their silver colored shell is actually coated in nearly pure silver. This does however, make them very rewarding to defeat. 

Silver Slivers are aggressive and opportunistic scavengers that specialize in looting from humanoid civilizations. They will often dig their way into a larder or chicken coop and then attack anything that attempts to stop them from devouring everything within. They have voracious appetites and breed rapidly, making them a considerable threat to even well established towns and villages. They have even been reported killing and consuming livestock, pets and humanoids when food sources are scarce.

Silver Slivers don’t fight fair. They will pursue prey by digging their way to them or evade attackers by tunneling underground. This, in addition to their hard silver shells and insectoid arsenal makes them a particularly challenging foe to face. Silver slivers will also often cooperate to take down prey and then resort to infighting afterwards to divide the spoils.

The Silver Sliver’s shells are resistant to Puncture and Slash Damage but they are vulnerable to Blunt Damage.

The Creature possesses an Exoskeleton that acts like Flexible Armor, protecting them from harm.

Effect: +6 AC and + 20 Armor Points.

The creature can attack a couple times in rapid succession.

Effect: The creature is considered to possess a total of 2 Melee Attack Actions per turn.

The Creature can dig and travel through Tunnels it makes in the Ground or Stone.

Effect: The creature can tunnel through earth, sand or stone at a speed of 5 meters per movement. The creature cannot tunnel through forged or cast metal, such as steel or Iron.

The Creature possesses a Painful Bite Attack.

Action: Melee Attack Action

Range: Adjacent

Damage: 1d8 + 2 + 5 Slash or Puncture Damage.

The Creature Possesses Deadly Claws that it wields as a Natural Weapon.

Action: Melee Attack Action

Range: Melee

Damage: 3d4 + 2 + 5 Slash or Puncture Damage.

The Creature possesses a devastating Venomous Sting Attack.

Action: Melee Attack Action

Range: 2 Meters

Damage: 1d10 + 2 + 3 Venom Damage.