Mumaaq
Mumaaq are very large (mastodon-like but larger) animals with one pair of massive tusks and a secondary smaller pair of curving, straight, or in case of the desert breed, curling or corkscrewing tusks. They are very aggressive if confronted and are very likely to attack in force, often forming circles or taking a back to back stance, with young at the center. They dwell in grasslands, planes, tundras, and there is one desert variety, the Mumaaqu that has mole-like hair so short that it looks naked.
The desert Mumaaqu are the most agreesive of the mumaaq breeds. They have a thin soft pelt like mole-skin covering their thick hides which matts easily with the sand, dirt and mud which keeps them cool and protects their skin from the sun. They are dun in colour with brown heads, amber manes, and breasts, and have dark brown striping on their sides and legs. Their smaller tusks curve inside the larger tusks and are handsomely corkscrewed, while the outter tusks are very long and heavy. Shaamae shamans and Ariad mages alike value the smaller spiraling tusks as staffs when they can find straight ones, which they intriquitely carve; and where the Shaamae only ever take the tusks off of dead animals which died of natural causes, the Ariad elves ritualistically hunt animals which lack the curve in the spiral tusks, which is rare. The Ariad also protect the herds in their territories. Some Ariad mages will occasionally buy such rare tusks off of traders for a hefty price, which invites poaching of these animals, much as poachers have perfected methods of straightening the tusks with pressure steam and presses.
The tundra Mumaasqim are covered with thick, soft, dark brown fur which is quite long and have black manes and breast hair. Both sets of tusks are almost as long, though the outter tusks are much heavier. Some herds of Mumaasqim are white with grey manes and breasts, or mottled grey and white. They are called Mumaaqsun which means snow mastodon.
The planes Mastumaaq have short, soft hair which varies in light shades of brown, dun, or grey, often mottled with these colors while their manes and breast hair are dark brown or black. Their fur thickens in the winter and thins in the summer where climates are temperate.
All mumaaq have soft valuable fur with thick hides beneath. A muumaq blanket can sell for roughly eleven hundred gold marks, which equals ten-thousand silver dollars. The value of their fur also invites poaching of these amazing animals. Mumaaq feed on brush, leaves, fruit, nuts (thin shelled), grains, and grasses. These animals originated in Mhas Andoreth where the largest herds still roam but can be found in Morendor (which was once part of the same land mass as Andorath) and Mephais.
Level: age = level (roll 1 d50, or for higher levels and alphas, 1 d120 for age of each animal, with oldest animal as the herd alpha bull, or alpha matron)
Number: if rolling for a herd, roll 5-9 d6 (in Morendor) 6 d6 (in Mephais), or 6-10 d6 (in Andorath) for how many. Add total dots for number in herd. Roll level of each animal.
Strength: level x 2 + 2O
Mvm: level +10
Dex: level +5 up to 30
Will: level +10, -5 to handler if raised correctly from young, -3 if desert breed.
MR: 100%
Heat Resistance: (desert and tropics breeds) 60%
Cold Resistance: (tundra, subarctic and arctic breeds) 60%
Shock Resistance: (all breeds) 50%
Trample: level x 10 + Strength
Charge: Tusks + Strength
Tusks: level x 5
Trunk: +1 damage per level, +50% strength, able to toss up to 100 pounds per level with trunk up to 1 d6 feet per 5 levels.
Lifespan of up to 120 years.