Giant Skunk

These cat -sized black -and-white animals have a distinctive appearance recognizable to nearly everyone within their range. Skunks are not aggressive, but they are willing to scavenge, and can come into conflict both through accident and through foraging amongst adventurers’ packs or village middens, When encountered, skunks are often shy. They may chatter, stamp their front legs, and spotted skunks even perform a sort of “handstand” to warn other creatures away. When this fails, though, a skunk may spray. Skunks may spray in a general cloud up to 6 feet away with a 20’ radius. Passing through this cloud requires a DC 15 Fort or Will save, but no creature is the direct target. A skunk can target a creature within 20’, and they gain a +2d shift to their attack roll if the creature is within 10’. A successful attack forces the creature to succeed in a DC 20 Fort or Will save to avoid fleeing for 2d10 minutes. Even if successful, they have a -1d shift to all rolls for 2d3 turns, and the scent lingers (drawing attention and hampering stealth) for the next 2d7+7 days. Worse, when a skunk is slain, it releases all of its scent, forcing a DC 25 Fort or Will save to avoid losing the next 1d4+1 rounds of actions due to retching and nausea. This creates a miasma in a 3d6 x 10’ radius lasting 2d6 hours and causing a - 1d penalty to all rolls within its area. Where spotted and striped skunks weigh around 13 pounds, a giant skunk weighs (2d6 x 10) + 100 pounds. Giant skunks spray a 30’ radius cloud up to 40 feet away, and can spray up to 60’, with a +2d shift if the target is within 30’. They otherwise have the same effects and death stench abilities of normal skunks. All skunks have a 5% chance of carrying rabies, and a skunk with rabies suffers the full effects of the disease.