This is a mental attack and if the attack is successful, the male will claim to hear a beautiful song and will move at their regular speed towards the creature. They have a hypnotic song that only males can hear. It gives the monsters a nasty reputation of being the ‘black widows’ of the sea. This act is almost always fatal for the unfortunate victim, as once the deed is done, they drown and devour the father. They are intelligent and are fully capable of speech, but it seems that all they wish to do is swim, frolic and eat, although they are known to seduce men from time to time for reproduction purposes. They have never been witnessed eating anything but flesh and blood. It is not entirely sure if this is a metabolic requirement or if it is just their preferred source of food. The creatures are pure carnivores, eating only meat and blood. There are also small spine-like protrusions growing out of their elbows and partway up the forearm. ![]() The gills are located low on the body, near the hips and their webbed hands are equipped with retractable claws. Unlike most mermaids however, the scales from their whale-like tails (most merfolk have fish-like tails) all the way up their torsos, only fading away once the scales reach chest-height. They are always female, and rather beautiful to behold. Physically they have all the attributes of the typical mermaid. There are tales abound of these creatures having existed since the earliest recorded histories. Some believe that they are neither a genetically engineered monster, nor are they the result of random mutation. These particular mermaids are usually found off the coast of Western Europe, although they have been known to haunt the Mediterranean. There are several different types of merfolk inhabiting the oceans of the wastelands, and as is always the case, there are those who are not sure if they are the result of genetic tampering or just freaks created through the release of radiation and other toxins during the final wars. It was really on the late 20 th century where certain animated films tried to show the mer-folk as benevolent creatures. The rest of the tales showed them to be seductresses, who lured men into the water, where they would drown and the creatures would feast. If one is to believe the actual origin, and it is strange enough to be true, horny sailors who spotted Sea cows and other similar marine life-forms thought that they were in fact half-fish women waiting to lure them to their deaths.įew of the tales involving mermaids portrayed them as benevolent creatures. ![]() The myth of mermaids has been around for uncounted centuries. As with most of the work I post here, the rules are loose and fast, allowing for relative ease in incorporating these creatures into numerous OSR systems.Īs with most of the monsters I have converted and posted here, these creatures were designed with Mutant Future in mind, although with a little work it will be fairly easy to convert them further to be used in other systems. This is the first in a series of basic system write-ups covering the Aliens.
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