cankerboar

Festering beasts, plagued with a mysterious disease at birth that covers their wiry-haired bodies with cankers that weep black ichor. This plague is thought to make the critters especially ornery and aggressive. The ichor itself is a component in witch wax, a dangerous ointment used to augment one's abilities, but often at a terrible cost. Harvesting their sores exacerbates their already temperamental nature.

Names: Rotbelly, Stinksnout, Gunktusk, Big Slopper

abilities

Cantankerous Tusks

On a 9+ Hit, the target must make a Vitality Check to resist infection that inflicts -3 Charm until cured, and draws the attention of witches looking to collect the ichor.

Gore

May charge and attack a Nearby or Faraway target with Advantage. On a Critical Hit, the target suffers BLEEDING.

vulnerabilities

Cankerboars are hateful, angry critters and frightful to look upon; but deep in their hearts, they want only to be left alone or loved. If one braves the hostility and offers true kindness with respect and, perhaps, food, the cankerboar could be pacified.

combat

Cankerboars are vicious and strike out at every enemy they face at least once to pass on their affliction. They prefer to charge at all foes, running to and fro like a wild bull, and they are relentless attackers, never fleeing from a fight.

crafting

Witch Wax (Alchemy•) Components: Cankerboar Ichor + 3 melted pouches of Gold Coins. Effect: Permanently increases a Skill by +1, but permanently reduces Courage by 1d4. May only