26 February 2010

Pocket guide to Haggis

First spotted on the Shattered Isle homeland in September these beasts have been spreading across the know worlds by the trader going by the name of Mike at Black Hat miniatures.  For fellow adventurers I have the pleasure in providing the following guide to the wee beasties:

Common traits

Fast, vicious and lots of teeth.
Eyes bright green and normally the only thing seen at night (often the last thing seen as well).
Their main aim in life seems to be eating and scaring cattle and to date only the bravest dwarf warrior has dared to capture and train them for war.
For Song of Blades and Heroes:
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To date, I have spotted four discreet sub-species:

The Rock Haggis (Haggis Rockus)

Living in the highlands and mountains this breed is dark grey in colour matching the rocks making up their territory.  Often found stamping out a warning on a pile of rocks (the home stones) these are the only Haggis that give a visual warning before attacking by blinking both eyes twice.
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The Heather Haggis (Haggis Gingeritus)

Only seen in Autumn, this red Haggis is the most vicious and normally attacks anything on site.  This behaviour is believed to be due to a mating ritual but this is unconfirmed (due to death of observer).
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The Loch Haggis (Haggis Sandius)

Found mainly eating salmon, this group normally hide in the rough bracken found near the loch beaches and fast moving rivers.  Ranging in colour from light to dark brown these can be easily mistaken for the woodland Haggis.  Locals have it that these beasts killed the local bear population once they had tried salmon.
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The Woodland Haggis (Haggis Tree-ey)

Only seen at twilight, these beasts are dark in colour and hide in lowland forests and can be mistaken for dark Loch Haggis.  Only during attacks can the difference been detected.  Woodland Haggis give a long high pitched squeal where as the Loch Haggis gives out a constant drone.
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2 comments:

El Grego said...

Those are nice - what did you use for the bases? Looks like lichen...

ADB said...

Forgive the delay - I had to dig the bag out again. the lichen is from Jarvis the railway model folks and sold under at least two packet names but basically is autumn / winter range.