Garbuche

An extremely strong, horned loadbeast, the Garbuche is even stronger and stupider than a Carter. It is also less tractable. A frightened or enraged Garbuche is a danger to the surrounding community, so many cities ban them from being used to work inside the city during daylight hours, or even ban them totally. However, a Garbuche can pull enormous loads with ease and they will eat things (thornbushes, stubble, etc) that a Carter would turn its nose up at, so they are a common sight on the highways of many countries. A further point in the Garbuche's favour is its broad, almost flat, back. Often, this is used as a resting place for the rider and it is not uncommon to see a Garbuche plodding along, its owner asleep on a straw pallet on its back. The ribs of a Garbuche are splayed out rather than curling in, and bone spurs project out, their sharp tips protecting the animal's flanks. Working Garbuches normally have these spines cut off, but they can be quite formidable on an old wild Garbuche. In the Khish states, warriors sometimes attach gilded and painted palanquins to the back of Garbuches and goad them into a rage with a spiked prods and fireworks. The disadvantage of this is that although little can withstand the charge of a maddened Garbuche, the riders have no control over their direction. They rely on the fact that a charging Garbuche tends not to be diverted by anything, and the riders hope to be able to bale out in the midst of their enemies.

STR 35 +10 DEX 14 +12 CON 25 +30 BOD 25 +22 INT 2 -8 EGO 4 -12 PRE 15 +5 COM 10 PD 14 +7 ED 14 +7 SPD 3 +6 REC 8 END 50 STUN 56 Total 79 OCV 5 ±2 DCV 3 ±2 ECV 1

POWERS 32 20 points of Growth, always on 20 11/2d6 HKA, reduced penetration, horns and spines (2 x 11/2d6 with STR) 14 +7" running (13" total) 2 +1 with hearing perception 4 +2 with smell perception 6 +2 with move by or move through or strike 78 Total powers and skills 157 Total creature cost NOTES -5 KNB, + 2 to others PER rolls 50+ DISADVANTAGES 15 Physical limit. No fine manipulation 10 Physical limit. Cannot leap 15 Enraged when seriously injured or stressed 11-/14- 67 Spiky, dangerous loadbeast bonus