Slorn

Slorns are eight-legged, element-breathing lizards with the personality and independence of any large predator. The most typical slorn is the fire slorn, which tend to nest near geothermal vents or other volcanic locations, but other elemental slorns exist. The average adult slorn is about the weight of a draft horse, or about one ton.
Warning: A bit of homebrew ahead.
==In General==
Slorns are highly independent, highly efficient predators who seldom need to eat or drink. As mounts, they are very difficult to train (with slight exception to shock slorns) but are incredibly low-maintenance. They seem to seek things that are "interesting" more often than things that feed them. 
== Variations ==
===Fire Slorns ===
* Love hot places, volcanoes and sun-bleached badlands in particular
*Aren't cold-blooded, they just like heat
*Can exhale fire
*Will sometimes get into fights with lava lizards
===Cold Slorns===
*Nest in icy caves, surround themselves in crystals and frozen prey
* Exhale frost
*Sometimes freeze things for fun
*Some have learned to use icicle breath, which does impaling damage!
*These slorns will occasionally bully (or eat) frost snakes
===Acid Slorns===
*More common in swamps, as well as caustic sulfur fields and similar biomes.
*Sometimes overlap with the nasty Poison Slorns
*Tricky to train, love digging and swimming
*Greatly feared by trolls for their acidic breath
===Poison Slorns===
* Also found in swamps
*Highly colorful, highly dangerous to the touch
* Somewhat lazy, will sometimes hang their tails off places and wait for careless animals to poison themselves
*Instinctually dedicated to protecting ancient stone structures, for unknown reasons
===Shock Slorns===
*Found in barren plains and mountainsides
*Fast, excitable
*React positively to inclement weather, will go outside during storms
*Natural lightning rods
*Are the only slorns to gather in packs, particularly during the rainy season
*Occasionally trained as rare but valuable mounts by lizardfolk
==References==
*Dungeon Fantasy Monsters 1, p.26
Category:Animals