Terrain: Tablelands or Hinterlands
Frequency: Rare
# Appearing: 1 or 2
Mekillots are mighty lizards weighing up to six-tons,
with huge, mound-shaped bodies as long as 30 feet. Their
backs and heads are covered with a thick shell that serves
as both a sunshade and protection from attacks by other
large creatures. Their undersides are covered with much
softer scales.
Despite their vicious dispositions, mekillots are often
used as caravan beasts. A hitched pair can pull a wagon
weighing 10-20 tons at a slow, plodding pace. Mekillots
are never truly tame, however; even when they are hitched
to a wagon, the stubborn creatures have been known to
turn off the road and go wandering off for days – without
any apparent reason. They are also noted for making
snacks of their handlers. Because of the difficulties of
controlling these beasts, most caravans rely on psionicists
with the appropriate powers to drive them.
In a fight, mekillots attack with their long tongues
and tries to draw the victim into its mouth. Swallowed
individuals are helpless to employ any form of attack
other than psionics on the mekillot that consumed
them. Mekillots protect their vulnerable undersides by
instinctively dropping to their bellies when anything crawls
beneath them.