By J.D. Simmons (jsimmons-der@worldnet.att.net) for the Lachna
Sytems: The chararacter spends a Gnosis and rolls Cha + Animal Ken, difficulty 8. For every success, ten pigeons come and will do anything necessary to protect the character. The character can give them orders, but only if she can somehow communicate with them (i.e., Beast Speech) but pigeons aren't very smart, so the Lachna must be very careful. Pigeons have the following Stats: Str 1, Dex 3, Sta 3, Int 1, Per 2, fudge upon all others. they can fly and have a few attacks. Beak 2 dice, Claw 1 dice, flap-madly-trying-to-confuse-target-and-beat-them-senseless-with-your-wings: 2 dice, but this usually accomplishes the task of fending off the opponent. This may not seem like much, but when there are 50 birds all trying to rip you apart, it can be quite unfortunate.