Flederkatze
- Armor Class
- 1 [18] (s) (see below)
- Hit Dice
- 2
- Attacks
- Bite or Claw (1d6-1)
- Special
- silver weapons to hit, poison, regeneration, spells, invisibility, magic weapons to hit
- Move
- 12 Fly 18
- HDE/XP
- 4/120
Description
A Flederkatze ("flitter-cats") is a magical creature that appears to be a mix of feline and bat-like features. It has dark fur with leathery wings sprouting from its back. Its head is cat-like but with bat-like ears. A flederkatze can fold its wings close to its body, appearing to be a normal cat unless closely inspected. A flederkatze has exceptional hearing, including a form of echolocation with a 120-foot range; normal invisibility is easily detected, but magical silence effectively negates this power. Its actual eyesight is quite poor (roughly 30 feet), and it suffers discomfort in bright sunlight (-1 attack penalty in bright or magical light).
A flederkatze attacks with its claws and bite like other felines. Its bite contains a toxin that causes 1 additional point of damage each round for 10 rounds as the poison travels through the body. Each round the affected can roll a saving throw against poison to halt any further damage, although subsequent bites will produce the wounding effect anew (resetting the 10-round duration). Only one such point of poison damage is applied each round, even if multiple bites are scored without successfully saving. In addition to physical attacks, a flederkatze can Detect Magic at will, become invisible at will, and once per day can Bestow Curse (reverse of Remove Curse) as a 7th-level Magic-user (usually utilizing the "-4 to attack rolls and saves" version).
Silver or magical weapons are required to strike a flederkatze. So long as it has at least 1 HP remaining, the creature regenerates 1 HP each round. It makes saving throws against magic with a +4 bonus.
Source note: This creature is converted from The Basic Fantasy Field Guide of Creatures Malevolent and Benign – Omnibus Edition, 1st Edition Release 4, © 2010–2025 Chris Gonnerman, R. Kevin Smoot, James Lemon, Matt Sluis, and Contributors. The Basic Fantasy Field Guide textual material is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International; this page adapts that creature to White Box.