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Stingers Heroes: 1 - Stingers: 0 These horrors, sometimes called manscorpions, are part human and part scorpion. A stinger has a dark-skinned human torso that sits atop a 4-foot-long, bony-plated, scorpionlike body. Its abdomen is protected by bony plates, and its ribs and backbone protrude from the body. The protruding spine continues along the abdomen and forms a tail 10 feet long. Their hands have two thick fingers and a long thumb; the hands are often mistaken for scorpion-like claws. The creatures are hairless, and their faces are handsome and noble, except for the red, glowing eyes which have no pupils. In AranoX, stingers are the sworn enemies of the Thri-Kreen. On numerous occasions, the kreen have tried to exterminate all of the stingers. All these attempts were ended in a dire defeat of the kreen, for the sole and simple reason that stinger-poison instantly kills any kreen. The origins of these creatures is thought to lie in an ancient curse placed on evil humans. They speak their own language, and 20% also speak some locally spoken tongue. Stats (Large size, CR: 4) HD: 4D8+8 (26hp) Initiative: +6 Speed: 30 ft. AC: 15 (+4 natural, +2 dex, -1 size) Attacks: Stinger: +6 melee, D6+3 dmg + poison Halberd: +6 melee, 1D10 dmg Special: Poison, DC:15, D6 STR Saves: F +3, R +6, W +4 Abilities: S 16, D 14, C 14, I 10, W 10, Ch 12 Skills & Feats: Hide +3, Listen +6, Move Silently +4, Search +4, Spot +4, Wilderness Lore +4; Improved Initiative