Monster NPC Shardik

Shardik, while originally appearing to be a massive bear, is actually a mechanical construct. At the time that he is encountered by the PCs, he is several thousand years old and dying. Driven insane by his illness, he attacks the PCs and  they may be forced to kill him.

Shardik behaves very much like a normal bear who just happens to be part machine and eighty feet in height. He is as unpredictable as any bear; he may benignly ignore a party or hungrily maul them to death.

The cybernetic claws were once fitted with numerous ray and missile batteries. Despite his impressive arsenal of ranged weapons, Shardik enjoys close combat greatly, and is more inclined to engage his enemies in melee combat.

His remaining organic components are fully integrated with his cybernetic attachments, but after thousands of years its circuitry have begun to melt and its internal systems are malfunctioning. Left to his own, Shardik seems to favor two extremes. The cyborg tends to lean towards up close combat, reverting to the animal instincts of its replicated DNA sequences. He will make every effort to close with his enemy if left to his own devices. The other extreme Shardik tends to display is indulging in a brutal excess of destruction, firing all of his weaponry in a horrendous all-out barrage of laser beams and missiles.

Alignment: The animal side is Neutral, while the cyborg side is Aberrant evil.

Physical Strength: 90.

Physical Prowess: 9.

Physical Endurance: 45.

S.D.C: 1,534.

Horror Factor: 16

Height: 80 feet high

Weight:

Natural Abilities:

Habitat: The Great West Woods

Damage: Bite inflicts 3D6x10 damage.

Description: Standing eighty feet high, Shardik is the largest creature ever to walk the Great West woods. It seems to have both veins and fuel cords running through its body, bleeding both blood and machine fluids.