Fire Grip

An abominable Chimera of a grip, wyvern, and unknown reptiles, made as formidable mounts for wizards and knights alike in the old days, but after the Great catastrophe, many of them escaped into the wild, breeding rabidly, until the population spiraled out of control in the early 1100 century. These creatures were once terrors in all of Kathlam, but were hunted to near extinction during the late 1400 hundreds, with the population slowly returning since then, they are mainly scattered to a few remote places around mount Hadrassa and the Abradeen Ridge, some speculate that most of the population resides further into the badlands, but no expeditions to validate the theory has been made yet.
The creatures possess a rare ability, in that if they spend a large amount of time amongst spell casters, they will develop latent telepathic properties, enable them to communicate with alarming intelligence to whomever they have bonded. This has seen some scholars speculate that they were indeed the favored mounts of the ancient spell lords, but also the darker theory that humans may have been used in the creation of this chimera.
The creatures as they grow older become more reliant on their acidic breath, as the acid over their life begins to wear down their beak and jaws and teeth, as such a telltale sign of dealing with older Fire grips is the remains of their food has been severely melted.

Additional Information

Uses, Products & Exploitation

The Creatures have several key ingredients, with their hide mainly being sought after for the creation of book bindings, the strong yet flexible material excelling in producing high-quality spell books able to withstand most weathering.

Within their brain casing, is a small stone-like organ, which is belied to responsible for their telepathic properties, the organ is highly sought after for the purpose of creating items that enable communication over greater distances.

Of course, their poison is sought after for its paralyzing effects and is much easier to extract than their acid bladders, which are nigh impossible to extract whole if the creature is dead.

Fire Grip Poison

Poison

Rare

(Contact): This poison must be harvested from a dead or Incapacitated Fire Grip's poisoned barbs. A creature subjected to this poison must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or be Poisoned for 1 minute. The Poisoned creature is Paralyzed. The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, Ending the Effect on itself on a success.

Its horns are sought by alchemists, for if ground and properly distilled, it can allow for the connection of potions which enhance speed.

Scientific Name

Chimera

Geographic Distribution

• Kathlam Desert