Leech Lichen

== Attributes ==
 STR: N/A INT: N/A
 
 AGL: N/A WLP: N/A
 
 DEX: N/A FTH: N/A
 
 REF: N/A FOC: N/A
 
 FOR: N/A PSY: N/A
 
 PER: N/A LCK: N/A
 
 FEAR: N/A
== Abilities ==
*Becoming (85)
*Devour (60)
*Encompass (50)
*Engulf (45)
*Generate Fog (60)
== Characteristics ==
*Amphibious
*Bloodthirst
*Breathless
*Confinement (water, until it takes control of a body)
*Habitat (lakes or swamps)
*Vulnerability (heat, fire, cold)
== Description ==
Leech Lichen is a sentient moss which grows on the surface of water. It looks like most moss, being dark greenish in color.
== Location ==
On the surface of water in swamps or forests.
== Modus Operandi ==
Leech Lichen sits patiently, waiting for a living creature to pass through it. As soon as they do, it coats their skin, sucks out their blood (thus feeding itself) and takes over their body. At this point in time, the victim essentially becomes a Swamp Beast, cannibalizing other creatures in order to nourish the Leech Lichen.
== Neutralization ==
Someone who has been taken over by Leech Lichen can be killed, but the Leech Lichen will simply find its way back to water and continue to exist unless it is burned or frozen. Getting it off someone who has been trapped is a different story. Skillful use of magick or psionics may work, and surgery may work, but for the most part, after several hours the person trapped within the Leech Lichen will cease to live, and the Leech Lichen will begin to digest their victim until he no longer exists. At this point, which takes about a week, the Leech Lichen will go back to water and take up their position again.
== Story Seed ==
A campground is found empty, except for a whole lot of blood splashed on every tent and every surface. Only one person remains, found in the campfire, most of his body burned away not by the fire but by some sort of acid. He can barely speak, but when he does speak he only says five words: “Stay away from the water!”
Category:ESPER
Category:Creatures