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Crazy Honey Badger, I missed this due to my desert location and can't believe it hasn't been statted before.
So I did so: Honey Badger Stats. Complete with familiar and companion.
The honey badger is a katana.
You forgot to make it immune to fear, or to take into account it's most feared attack: it goes for the balls. Literally, every time. A male Lion will back off from an irate honey badger, in order to keep his family jewels intact.
Does it really fall asleep in order to neutralize poison? I thought it was more like, the cobra's poison puts its prey to sleep/paralyzes it so that it can finish it off, and the honey badger's strategy is just to make sure the cobra is dead before the poison kicks in.
(By the by, thanks for linking that vid, I'm obsessed now.)
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it's most feared attack: it goes for the balls. Literally, every time.How exactly does one create that ability?
Low Blow(Ex) A Ratel has an innate sense of it's foe's weakest spot, whether this takes the form of an exposed limb or chink in their armor.
If an opponent is equipped with armor, a Ratel will ignore 2 points of AC unless that armor is masterwork.
If an opponent is unarmored the critical range for the Ratel's bite attack increases to 18-20 and becomes a x3 multiplier.
You're welcome.
They aren't actually immune to poison. They just recover attribute damage really, really fast.
That video everyone's seen? When it falls asleep, that's the poison taking effect. When it pops back up and looks a little drunk, that's how fast it's body recovered.
So maybe give it an ability like "Ratels do not suffer the effects of attribute damage while raging. When no longer raging and suffering the effects normally, Ratels recover attribute damage from poison at a rate of 1 point per round."
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Perceptive Strike (Ex) A creature with this ability learns to exploit an enemy's natural weaknesses. At the beginning of the creatures turn, the creature makes a Perception check (DC 20 + enemy's natural armor bonus) to ignore that enemy's natural armor. Each round the creature attacks that enemy, the creature gains a cumulative +2 bonus to the Perception check against that enemy.
A cumulative +2 on each successful Perception check right? Otherwise, as written, even if he fails, he gets the +2.
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Creature makes a single successful check, ignores enemy natural armor.
Each round creature attacks enemy, he gets a cumulative +2 bonus towards the Perception check.
Was a lark and not meant to be a real ability. I would combine a Knowledge check to understand weakness and a Perception check to exploit. Skills need love!
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Honey badger takes what it wants.
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Oh I know it was a lark, but I wonder how many of the best monsters in RPGs started off as jokes?
Here's my take on the honey badger (and dire honey badger), statted up as a Small animal more in line with how regular badgers are. Complete with rules for honey badger animal companions!
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You forgot the following rule
Honey Badger don't give a s*** (Ex)
Honey badgers receive a +2 morale bonus on will savng throws against enchantment and compulsion effects and are immune to fear effects and all sound based mind-affecting effects.