False Seal

creature MBC_Eat-Prey-Kill.pdf, p.8 (Kergüs)

the seal-corpse driven by a puppeteering spider

HP 22, Morale −, Exoskeleton −d4, Bite d6 + special

Special: Test DR16 Toughness or your body will reject any food consumed until you imbibe an antidote made from the spider's venom-gland. Attacking the False Seal means angering this very dangerous arachnid.

Lore: It looks almost like a regular seal. That's because it is the corpse of one, now home to a puppeteering spider of seal-like proportions. The pelt sags wrong on the ice. The eyes do not blink at the right intervals. The hunter who realizes this on the third sighting is the lucky one.

Connections

Kergüs, Eat-Prey-Kill

Gaps / Expansion Notes

Whether the spider waited for a seal to die or hollowed a live one is a question for the cold. Multiple False Seals presumably imply multiple spiders. The venom-gland antidote requires killing the very thing that poisoned you.