Iguana

Core Traits

Senses

Weapons

Skills

Gifts

• Fast Climber
• Fast Swimmer
• Prehensile Tail

Description

The earliest Calabrese encounters with the iguanas paint them in a mystical light. Their spiny crests, horns, and vibrant scales made them seem otherworldly to early explorers from Calabria. But in truth, these peaceful lizards are very worldly, with practical concerns.

The iguanas are found along the coasts of volcanically active islands, where underwater vents allow the iguana to grow and harvest unusual plants. They are very adept swimmers, comfortable vanishing into the water for long minutes. Their scales and hides are oft encrusted with barnacles and kelp; those on land are often encrusted in sand and dried sea-salt like a water spirit.

They are masters of the underwater ambush, apex predators of the kelp forests they cultivate. Any mount of seaweed or drifting flotsam in their domain may conceal one of their hunters, ready to unfurl like a specter to snatch prey.

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