RENDESA

Rendesa are intelligent, noble creatures, highly valued as mounts.

An adult male rendesa stands some 8 feet tall and can weigh up to 2,500 pounds. Females are only slightly smaller. Their range of color is uniform, from ghost-white to a pearly gray, but many rendesas are dappled with distinctive black or blue markings. Both males and females possess the species' distinctive horns, which appear at about a year old.

Though curious, rendesa avoid contact with the humanoids whose territory they often share. If threatened, however, they defend themselves fiercely, with males typically taking the fight to attackers while the females and young escape to safe ground. When danger presents itself, rendesas manifest their inertial armor ability, using mindlink to instinctively coordinate their attacks.
An adult male rendesa stands some 8 feet tall and can weigh up to 2,500 pounds. Females are only slightly smaller. Their range of color is uniform, from ghost-white to a pearly gray, but many rendesas are dappled with distinctive black or blue markings. Both males and females possess the species' distinctive horns, which appear at about a year old.

A rendesa's psi-like abilities also do not manifest until one year of age. Captured young are thus extremely valuable, since they have fewer abilities with which to defend themselves.

Rendesas are usually lawful neutral. They carry themselves with a grace that seems to exceed their limited intelligence.

Treasure: Rendesas neither carry nor store treasure of their own. However, they are in high demand as mounts - a rendesa foal can fetch a high price from horse traders, twice that of a typical horse foal.

Source: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/we/20070409a∞

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