Size/Type: Large AnimalHit Dice: 4d8+6 (33hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 50
Armor Class: 13 (-1 size/+3 dexterity/+7 natural), touch 12 flat-footed 10
Base Attack/Grapple: +2/+10
Attack: Bite +0 melee (1d4+2)
Full Attack: Bite +0 melee (1d4+2)
Space/Reach: 2 meters/ 1 meter
Special Attack: -
Special Qualities: Low-light vision, Scent
Saves: Fort +5, Ref +6, Will +1
Abilities: Str 18, Dex 16, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 11, Cha 4
Skills: Listen +5, Spot +5
Feats: Alertness, Endurance
Environment: Any desert
Organization: Domesticated or herd (6-30)
Challenge Rating: 1
Alignmnet: Neutral
Advancement: -
Level Adjustment: -
Eopies are 2 meter tall herbivores that are distinguished by their pale, cream-colored skin, and long flexible snouts. The light color of their skin helps to keep the animal cool by reflecting the intense sunlight away from them. An elongated, flexible snout and sharp incisors allow the eopie to pick desert lichens off of rocks, and to dig for underground tubers. Eopies get most of their moisture from their food.
Reaching maturity around six standard years of age, eopies tend to live for approximately thirty years, often times living their entire lives with a single owner. Young eopies are much more vulnerable to the harsh desert conditions of Athas, and need to consume more food than a mature one. Unable to carry as heavy loads as the older eopies, the young are sometimes released into the wild, where they face either fatal ends or gather with others of their kind to form wild eopie herds. Newborn eopies are slow and awkward, often falling prey to one of the many dangerous predators that stalk the deserts of Athas.
Those creatures who are kept as livestock become invaluable, as they perform havey labor, require little shelter, and eat weeds which would rob other cultivated plants of much needed water.
Kept mainly to tranport cargo acorss vast stretches of Athasian deserts, eopie are renowned for their endurance and ability to carry semi-heavy loads. They also have a reputation of being stubborn and moody creatures. This, however, tends to be attributed more to their owners, who often push these animals to their limits, packing them with extremely heavy loads.
Carrying Capacity: A light load for an eopie is up to 300 pounds; a medium load, 301-600 pounds; and a heavy load, 601-900 pounds. An eopie can drag 4,500 pounds.
Reaching maturity around six standard years of age, eopies tend to live for approximately thirty years, often times living their entire lives with a single owner. Young eopies are much more vulnerable to the harsh desert conditions of Athas, and need to consume more food than a mature one. Unable to carry as heavy loads as the older eopies, the young are sometimes released into the wild, where they face either fatal ends or gather with others of their kind to form wild eopie herds. Newborn eopies are slow and awkward, often falling prey to one of the many dangerous predators that stalk the deserts of Athas.
Those creatures who are kept as livestock become invaluable, as they perform havey labor, require little shelter, and eat weeds which would rob other cultivated plants of much needed water.
Kept mainly to tranport cargo acorss vast stretches of Athasian deserts, eopie are renowned for their endurance and ability to carry semi-heavy loads. They also have a reputation of being stubborn and moody creatures. This, however, tends to be attributed more to their owners, who often push these animals to their limits, packing them with extremely heavy loads.
Carrying Capacity: A light load for an eopie is up to 300 pounds; a medium load, 301-600 pounds; and a heavy load, 601-900 pounds. An eopie can drag 4,500 pounds.
Eopie with common-style saddle and pack bags
