Leaping Leeches

This horrid pests infest stagnant water. They're tiny, about the size of a pinky finger, but they can be dangerous in groups. They can jump out of water if they need to.
== Attacks ==
Leaping (16): Up to 4 yards! Against an armored victim, this targets the face (at -5) or eyes (-9). Leeches can cluster on body parts; only one can fit on a human-sized eye, but there’s no practical limit to how many can cling to limbs, extremities, or the head. The leap does no damage, but . . .
Leeching: This attack cannot penetrate any DR, not even Tough Skin. One second after hitting bare flesh, though, the leech begins to suck blood. It inflicts 1 HP per second for 1d-2 seconds (minimum 1). Then it’s gorged and drops off.
== Notes ==
A leech that steals 2 HP or more has SM -8 – and if such a distended leech is killed, it bursts, showering everything nearby with gore. Anyone (except other leeches!) within one yard must roll vs. HT to avoid being blinded for 1d-3 seconds (minimum 1). A safer option is to pick it off, but leeches are slimy and difficult to remove. Grabbing a leech in one second requires a DX roll, at -9 for SM; carefully doing so takes two seconds but requires no roll. Then roll vs. ST at -3 to pull it off; this inflicts 1 HP of injury. Even 1 point of flame damage will make the leech let go.
== Tactics ==
Leaping leeches move in schools. About 1d6 will try to jump on a particular adventurer. Anyone with Survival, Urban Survival (in sewers, for instance), or Naturalist should be wary of leaping leeches in stagnant water. Keeping one's arms up should help prevent them from having a good angle of attack. They are vulnerable to (Vermin) Control spells. Likewise, those familiar with the food chain may use Create Animal and summon a snake or amphibian that normally eats leeches!
Furthermore, characters with particularly tough skin--barbarians, dwarves, half-ogres, lizard-menDFRPG: Monsters, p.41--are immune to most attacks (except to the eyes). Likewise, the Armor spell can help!
== Suggestions ==
Leeches should probably have a lower Will and Perception.
== References ==
* DFRPG Monsters, p. 40
** Also featured in DFRPG: I Smell A Rat, p.18