Copyright 1997

By: Chris Van Deelen  chrisv@nucleus.com

NAME:  Giant Crabs
NUMBER:  1D4
TYPE:  Mutant Crab
LOCATIONS:  Pacific and Atlantic Shore lines
SIZE:  1.5 meters wide
ST/CN:  20
DX/ACC:  14
SP/BP:  150
ARMOR CLASS:  10
H&M:  4
ATTACKS:  2 Pinchers
SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES:  Incredibly tough shell
DESCRIPTION:  Compared to its unmutated cousin, one of these crabs, if
captured and cooked, could feed a family of six for two days (if they like
crab meat that is).  The crab is supported by six, .5 meter long legs.  Its
for claws are  a good meter in length, and can cut through thin metal with
ease.  This variety of crab has retractable eye stalks.  When fully extended,
they reach 30 CM into the air.  Its shell is a deep sea green in color.
     This mutant attacks by grabbing a target with its fore claws.  After it
has grabbed its target, it pulls it to its mouth to feed.  A rather simple
method, but for the crab, it works.  The only way a victim can get free of the
crabs claw is to destroy the claw.  The claw has 9% of the creatures total DP.
     Giant Crabs are scavengers, eating anything they find on the shorelines
of coastal waters.  Due to the sheer size of the crab, only a few can find
enough food in an area covering several kilometers.  More than 4 in an area
covering 10 square kilometers will strip the area clear of all available food. 
The smaller, weaker members either starve to death, or are cannibalized by the
larger, stronger crabs.