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Skinned Slab — Description
The Skinned Slab is the next step in Ver'Rahl's research into the linking of living hosts to undead bodies. Starting with Coffeurs, he has made strides in creating organic bodies that can be steered by living (or undead) pilots. He does this because normal undead are feral and not very smart. This process, however, will allow the smarts of one being to be combined with the brawn and power of an undead beast. By connecting the nervous system of the two, he can create monstrous soldiers of dangerous strength and intelligence.

The Skinned Slab is one of these creations, a giant brain-dead creature that requires a pilot. The beaked maw of this monster opens up into a cavity in which a pilot climbs and is linked up through spinal spikes and burrowing tentacles. The maw is then closed and the pilot gains control of the massive body. With the jaws closed, the pilot is safe from attack, as the hard beak and teeth can take a lot of punishment. And though the Skinned Slab looks fat and doughy, it allows it to absorb many attacks without any serious damage. The fleshy arms are tough and built for smashing and crushing. The whole beast is designed to plow through defenses and crush prey. The three eyes are linked to the pilot, who uses them to see the outside world.

With such a tough build and heavy body, it takes a lot of damage in order to even slow the monster. The only way to efficiently defeat the large beast is to remove or kill the pilot. Or else it will take an army's worth of arrows and steel to bring the monster down by brute force.

The Skinned Slab is the only one of its kind and is piloted only by General Nekrosis. His strategy and blood lust turns this odd creation into an engine of destruction.

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An update for an old undead design I did a while back. Once again, there are some added stuff I like, and there are some stuff I do not. Will this cycle of updating and redesigning ever end? Probably not.