Happy Beaster Day! A Holiday Critter For FrontierSpace

Movie poster for Beasterday.

The Beaster Bunny

BP 60
STR 75
AGL 50
PER 70
INIT 1
MOV 25
Behavior Instinctive Carnivore

Claw 55% 1D
Bite 65% 2D
Poisonous Bite does 2D damage for 10 turns, STR check each turn for half damage unless treated after 10 turns the creature bitten dies.

The Beaster Bunny looks like a cross between a rabbit and a large lizard, rabbit eyes & body shape but covered in reptilian scales and fur. It has iguana like dorsal spikes, and the creature sheds much of its fur in summer months. This 2-3 meters long creature is carnivorous and lays clutches of large eggs 20 to 200, which it incubates in warm mounds. Beaster Bunny eggs are white with blood red markings that are rather striking. The eggs are approximately 20 cm long, 15 cm wide, and weigh around 2 kilograms. Once established on a planet the species migrates with the seasonal changes to breeding nesting areas in warmer climates and then to hunting territories. The yearly Beaster Bunny migration in spring are something a kin to shark migrations in which 1000s of hungry carnivorous animals mass migrate towards their breeding and nesting areas from across the planet. Beaster Bunnies form underground warren systems and are territorial of these lairs towards invading species. Once the males mate with the females during the breeding period they disperse back across the planet, females often breed with multiple males, the female then create incubation mounds near their lair in usually a hot humid environment. The Sow Beaster Bunny guards the nest and her hunting territory. When the eggs hatch the fully formed offspring will continue to be guarded and protected by their mother who will begin teaching them to hunt and migrate the family pack in stages to new hunting territory as they mature. Young Beaster Bunny hunting packs can be very dangerous. The bite of the adult creature does 2D, claws do 1D, and has a poisonous bacterial infused bite. Baby Beaster Bunnies do 1D, claws do 1/2D but the poison is full strength. Beaster Bunnies often bite prey and wait for it to die, tracking the poisoned prey animal until it dies. Beaster Bunnies will eat fresh kill or act as scavengers. Beaster Bunnies can live and hunt in as variety of climates but require a warm climate for breeding and nesting. Once a Beaster Bunny is fully mature they generally become more solitary hunters working in much smaller groups of 1-5 animals.

Image from Beasterday (I made my bunnies smaller).

History Notes:

A while back I wrote an article for Frontier Explorer 20 about the Beaster Bunny for the Star Frontier setting. The Beaster Bunny was inspired by the movie Beasterday. How could I not want to create mutant alien killer bunnies after watching that movie! As it will be Easter soon I decided to rework the Beaster Bunnies for FrontierSpace so you to can have killer mutant rabbits making the Easter Egg hunt a life and death matter! Happy Beaster!

To see the original article for the Star Frontiers check out: Frontier Explorer 20

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