The chief form of self-protection on Klixixta, Stun Seeds are a potent stunning weapon. Each of the 3 barbs of the triangular shaped seed is coated with a potent neurotoxin (curiously, Klixixtans are immune to the toxin, though creatures from the planet are not, perhaps due to a universal inoculation), causing 8D of stun damage for creatures of mass > 30kg and 4D of damage to creatures mass < 30kg. More than one stun seed hit to a creature may cause non-stun damage to the order of 4D+nD where n is the number of stun seeds hitting.
On impacting exposed skin, the barb snaps off of the main seed, creating a virtually invisible puncture. Hitting improperly, the seed may not snap off, delivering a secondary toxin which neutrilizes the stunning effects of the primary toxin, and delivers a painful 1D of stinging damage per turn until the seed and barb are removed.
The seeds are accelerated out of a magnetic tube at a high translational and rotational velocity. The tubes are manufactured exclusively on Klixixta where the seeds grow indigenously. At ranges exceeding 15m, a true mastery of the seed thrower is required to avoid the malfunction describes above. |