[The Hacklopedias have no fewer than eight monstrous skinks, all of which have punny names. These include the teleporting blink skink, the metal-scaled clink skink and the super-intelligent think skink.]
Stink
Skink This giant
dark lizard is lean and elongated. It has a palpable musk about it.
Stink skinks are subterranean reptiles that prey on
giant vermin. This habit might make stink skinks welcome in the peripheries of
settlements, but their foul odor and peevish temperaments make them unpopular
with most humanoids. The exception is, naturally, troglodytes, which frequently
domesticate stink skinks and use them as guard animals and occasional meals.
Stink skinks are social animals, but not especially
cooperative hunters. They may work together to take down large or aggressive
prey, but this is more of a feeding frenzy than a coordinated assault.
Dominance hierarchies among stink skinks are frequently shifting things, with
fights between members of a pack being common. They are not territorial and
frequently wander between hunting grounds—the exception is during mating season.
Female stink skinks guard their eggs furiously, and male stink skinks will
provision their partners with food while the eggs incubate.
Stink Skinks as Animal Companions
Starting
Statistics: Size Medium; Speed 30 ft., climb 15 ft. ; AC +1 natural armor; Attack bite (1d4); Ability Scores Str 13, Dex 15, Con 14, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 4; Special Attacks stench spray (15 ft.
line); Special Qualities low light
vision, +4 on saves vs. poison
4th
level Advancement: Ability Scores +4
Str, +4 Con; Special Attacks stench
spray (15 ft. cone)
The troglodytes of Cannehr bear a great fondness for stink skinks, training them as hunting companions. Their appetite for giant vermin makes them suitable for war, but troglodytes prefer the tougher dinosaurs as war-beasts. Though they are edible, troglodytes will only eat stink skinks as a last resort.
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