Manta / Sting / Pungi Ray
- Habitat
- Warm shallow tropical seas and sandy sea floors
- Biomes
- +water
- Spawn
- solo, day
- Temper
- Wary; dangerous when trodden on or provoked
- Threat
- High
- Rarity
- Common–Very Rare
- Move
- crawl; swim.
- Special
- Tail-spine venom briefly paralyzes a struck creature for a few seconds, dealing damage over that time.
| Variant | STR | DEX | CON | INT | Health | Damage | Armor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manta | 29 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 325 | 75 | 16 |
| Pungi | 15 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 152 | 28 | 12 |
| Sting | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 93 | 16 | 12 |
Rays are broad, flat fish with eyes set on their dark upper surface and mouth and gills hidden beneath. Wing-like fins ripple to glide them gracefully through warm shallows, while a slender tail trails behind as a rudder. Most bury themselves in silt to ambush shellfish and rarely trouble larger creatures. The great manta spans several strides wing to wing and can engulf a swimmer whole in one cavernous gulp, or lash out with a stinging tail-barb. The smaller sting ray hides in sand and whips up a venomous spine when stepped on, leaving victims numb and helpless. The pungi ray bristles with poisoned back-spines disguised as weed, lethal to anyone who treads on it. In play they make coastal foraging and wading genuinely perilous.
Behavior
- Glides on broad fins and steers with a whip-like tail
- Buries in sand or silt to ambush passing prey
- Mantas engulf man-sized swimmers in a single bite
- Sting and pungi rays strike upward when trodden upon
- Generally flees disturbance unless cornered or hunting
Abilities
- Engulf. A large manta can swallow a man-sized swimmer whole.
- Venom Spine. Tail or back spines inject poison that numbs or paralyses.
- Sand Ambush. Lies hidden beneath the seabed until prey draws near.
Drops & Crafting
- Ray hide (durable rough leather for grips and bindings)
- Spine venom (a coating for darts or fishing spears)
- Edible ray flesh (wing fillets)
- Cartilage and tail-barbs for hooks or awls