Tlincalli

Tlincallis, also know as manscorpions, scorpion folk, scorpionmen, and stingers, were terrifying monstrous humanoids.

Description
The upper part of a tlincalli was the upper body of a human. The lower part of the tlincallis body was of a six-legged giant scorpion. Plates of armor made from bone covered the body from the upper abdomen down. Tlincalli were completely hairless. Their hands were not dexterous, as they had two large fingers and a thumb.

Combat
Tlincallis were organized warriors. As they frequently patrolled their territory, these six to eight warrior squadrons were most often encountered by other creatures. The leader of the squadron was also the only spellcaster in the group. The favoured weapons of tlincallis were bolas and macas.

Standard tlincalli tactic was to engage an opponent from afar, using their bolas or other ranged weapons. Afterwards they charged and surrounded their target, engaging in fierce melee combat. In addition to using a maca, they used their sharp claws and strong tail to knock an opponent off their feet. The stinger at the end of their tail delivered a fatal poison.

Abilities
Tlincalli spellcaster used divine spells, including hishnashaper spells.

Society
Tlincalli lived in tribes, some tribes settling and founding cities and some tribes were nomadic.

Religion
The tlincalli pantheon contained at least nine major and two minor deities. They used their own zodiac system which was composed of eleven symbols. Little was known about the tlincalli religion but it was understood that Corantllil was the tlincalli god of continual labor. The clerics of some tlincalli tribes worshipped Nula, Plutoq or Zaltec.

Ecology
Tlincallis were obligate carnivores and consumed any meat they could find, both freshly killed or carrion left behind by another predator. Tlincallis were not hunted by other predators.

History
In tlincalli diviners in Maztica created a gate and transported an expeditionary force of over a thousand of their people into the caves under Amn. The Tlincalli journeyed deeper into the Underdark and founded the realm of Oaxapupta in the abandoned dwarf kingdom of Xothaerin.

Around, a unit of two thousand enslaved tlincallis was part of the army of the City of Brass. The unit was called the Black Darts and they used javelins in battle.

In, tlincallis erupted from the Underdark and attacked Murann and settlements along the Trade Way from the Cloud Peaks to the Forest of Tethir. They demanded recompense for all treasure looted from Maztica.

Trivia
When a tlincalli was used in heraldic designs, it represented readiness and betrayal.

Appearances

 * Novels
 * The Shattered Mask
 * Video Games
 * Dungeon Hack • Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide