Ik'sas (Ick zas)
Durlosk’s speech stops abruptly as you feel the ground beneath you rise and sink like waves under the sand, the wave flows underneath you 3 times
“Ik’sas…” and from the sanded earth a few feet behind you bursts 3 giant insect creatures, they scream and screech as they break the surface, mandibles clashing and gnashing.
“ GET UP!” Durlosk roars “If we have to fight the beasts DO NOT STOP MOVING! DO NOT STAND STILL!!” - Session 4
The Ik'sas resembles an enormous many legged insect, it's long antennae twitching in response to any absence of movement through the sands. It's legs end in sharp hooks adapted for burrowing and grasping it's prey, and it's powerful mandibles can snap a small tree in half.
“Ik’sas…” and from the sanded earth a few feet behind you bursts 3 giant insect creatures, they scream and screech as they break the surface, mandibles clashing and gnashing.
“ GET UP!” Durlosk roars “If we have to fight the beasts DO NOT STOP MOVING! DO NOT STAND STILL!!” - Session 4
The Ik'sas resembles an enormous many legged insect, it's long antennae twitching in response to any absence of movement through the sands. It's legs end in sharp hooks adapted for burrowing and grasping it's prey, and it's powerful mandibles can snap a small tree in half.
Basic Information
Anatomy
The Ik'sas is a pale red and bronze in colour on tough exoskeleton
6 Large mandible limbs
Multiple black eyes Mouth pincers
6 Large mandible limbs
Multiple black eyes Mouth pincers
Ecology and Habitats
The Ik'sas can be found in the sand deserts of Barsil, there is no knowledge of their tunnelling systems but it is believed that they would have some kind of hive/den beneath the sand possibly from the clay stones.
Biological Cycle
The Ik'sas is known to not breach the surface during the daylight hours of Solime and only hunts during the night.
Behaviour
Ik'sas are fabled to be gem collectors, they would scavenge and form burrows of gems on the surface and were not hostile to the Barsil folk. Believed to get nutrients from the clay stacks in the desert, the Ik'sas were known to not be predators of travellers. At present the previous behaviours described have been evolved or changed, they are now night prowlers, anticipating and waiting for the pressure changes in the rolling sands of night to burst forth and seize prey, disintegrating the body partially before devouring.
Additional Information
Uses, Products & Exploitation
In the base bodily section of the Ik'sas, there is a soft meat like section. This is a common source of nutrient for the folk of the Barsil Outpost, terminating the life of the Ik'sas, tying it off and dragging it so the sand will not take it, walking it to daylight then dissecting it and procuring the useful parts of the Ik'sas to bring back to post.
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
The Ik'sas has tremor sense through it's antennae and can distinguish different pressures and movement on the ground above it.
Stat Block Ik'sas
Scientific Name
Large Monstrosity
Lifespan
Unknown
Average Height
20 ft
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