| From: | NIGHTFOX <DJWA@******.UCC.NAU.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Submission: Ghost Panther |
| Date: | Wed, 24 May 1995 22:58:48 -0700 |
Ghost Panther
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Ghost Panther (undocumented meta species)
no accepted taxonomy
OTHER NAMES:
Devil Ghost, Ghost Stalker, Ghost of the Mountains, Mountain Howler, Mountain
Devil, Devil Panther, Mountain Ghost
IDENTIFICATION:
From the more reliable reports the Ghost Panther seems to average 1.8 meters in
length with a 1.0 meter long tail. Reports indicate it may weigh up to 110kg.
The general form is that of a great cat. Its has been reported posses amazing
quickness and agility, even when compared to other great cats. The colorings
have been described in various forms ranging from tawny brown, to translucent
grey, to pitch black.
SIMILAR SPECIES:
This species has sometimes been confused with the Saber-Tooth
Cat and the Mist Lynx.
HABITAT:
Any wilderness away from Urban areas. Sightings in, mountains, deserts
(mountainous), and forests.
MAGICAL CAPABILITY:
Innate
HABITS:
Sightings of this predator have occurred both in the day and night hours. It
has been speculated that in has the same activity time as that of a
Saber-Tooth-Cat. For feeding it is believed to prey mostly on herbivores (even
snow moose and elk), though there are no confirmed sightings of this fact.
There are reports of attacks on meta/humans, though not of latter feeding, some
of these attacks may have been placed on Piasma and other Critters.
YOUNG:
No reported sightings.
ECONOMIC VALUE:
None, there has not been any reports of Ghost Panthers being captured or
successfully killed and reclaimed.
RANGE:
The western half of the North American Continent including the South West and
Northern Aztlan. Sporadic reports in Eastern North America.
COMMENTARY:
The reports of this Awakened Species have been on an increase in the past decade
or so, there has been no reliable evidence to support its existence. From
accounts given the Ghost Panther is most likely either an Anima akin to the
Man-of-the-Woods or a new awakened version of the great cat -Felis Concolour
(Puma).
When viewed it has always attacked from concealment, where it had been
unnoticed. It has been reported to have leaped up to 9 meters, almost 1.5 times
the reported distance of the American Cougar. All reported sightings of their
deaths have them disappearing shortly after; with descriptions resembling the
dissipation of spirits. Reports indicate that have attacked astral targets and
may themselves be mostly astral, given the reports of them suddenly disappearing
from an area and reappearing shortly in another.
The reported strength of their attacks does not conform to reports of their
size, and more resembles that of the much larger tiger species.
POWERS: (speculated)
Adaptive Coloration (normal, sonar, radar), Concealment (personal). Enhanced
senses (Low-light, Hearing, Smell) Enhance Physical Attributes, Enhanced
Reactions, Manifestation (special).
>>>>>[ Killers man, one tore through most of my guys, about seven in all,
before
I was able to catch it with a full auto burst. The worst thing was it fell to
the ground and just vaporized right in front of me. We got out of there quick
before the gunfire got us.]<<<<<
-- Kaffer <10:54:23/05-17-56>
>>>>>[What Kaffer fails to mention was that he was in the NAN hunting
things for
illegal bounty, using poisons for most of his prey. I had caught up with him by
about that point, when they got the drop on me by back trackin. Trussed me up
and started to decide what the various ways were they could take care of me.
Next thing I know, this shadow jumps out of a tree on top of the guy closest to
me. Broke his neck. It gutted the next guy and then suddenly disappeared in mid
leap, right before Kaffer shot a burst through where it was standin. I got out
of there as best I could but Kaffer was out of the area before I catch up with
him again.]<<<<<
-- Salish Tracker <17:21/34/05-18-56>
>>>>>[ They hunt Insects too, we ran into a small town in Salish that had
gone
over, it had been killing off some of the people, those taken over anyway. It
appeared once we got into a big case of drek, leapt right out of astral onto the
back of the mother and nearly bit her in half. Our mage hadn't even seen it in
astral even though he had just looked at that area right before hand. He said
it concealed itself somehow in the astral, almost like masking on a
spell.]<<<<<
-- Raider <23:06:45/05-20-56>
>>>>>[ Their not a spirit, at least as far as I can tell. I went back to
the
area where I saw one and found droppings and a mostly eaten deer carcass within
a klick. Definitely killed by a great cat, not a Saber tooth. They eat and
drek, so they is normal. Mountain Lions basically nearly went extinct at the
turn of the century. I think that this and Saber-Tooths is what became of them.
Of course, there are tribes that have always held the Mountain Lion in high
regard and looked upon it as a protector and hunter of evil, so maybe there is
some basis to this. Tails always said that they tended to disappear without a
trace.]<<<<<
-- Salish Tracker <02:13:12/05-21-56>
>>>>>[ There a shaman in Seattle that has one for a pet. First when people
heard about it around him we thought he just conjured up an ally spirit. But
when I saw him tangle with a Wendigo, it just didn't fit, the cat bled, even
though it popped in and out of astral.]<<<<<
-- Gunner <08:07:56/05-21-56>
>>>>>[ Yeah, I know the shaman you mentioned, but the cat has to be a
familiar,
it may not speak, but it sure as heck did cast a spell at one point. There was
a ganger sneakin in the rafters in a fight I saw, the shaman didn't see him
drawing the bead, but the cat did. A bolt of magic leapt from the kitty to the
guy blastin right good. Then he turned his eyes on me. That's when I lit out
of there. Not good being an astral observer to something like that, you might
become a casualty really quick like.]<<<<<
-- Astral Traveler <12:56:12/05-21-56>
GAME INFORMATION
B Q S C I W E R Attacks
6 8x4 6 - 4 6 (7)* 9** 10S
Threat: 5
POWERS: (the real powers) Adaptive Coloration (normal, sonar, radar),
Concealment (personal). Enhanced senses (Low-light, Hearing, Smell,
Thermographic, Visual Acuity) Enhance Physical Attributes, Enhanced Reactions,
Immunity to Pathogens. Demanifestation (Astrally active only for up to 2 x
Essence minutes daily), Search, Astral Stealth (blends in with astral
surroundings).
