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CHAPTER 7 THE WEARERS OF FLESH

Illus. by E. Cox

The tsochar revealed (numbers keyed to text references)
seethes constantly. Tsochar take in oxygen through tiny holes provided little information to the forebears of the race. They
(6) spaced along the length of their strands. have no true sense of smell, and instead taste their environment
much like snakes do, sampling scents through their hidden
TSOCHAR SENSES mouthparts. Tsochari do not have very acute senses of touch,
Unlike some of the other aberration races, tsochari enjoy little since their hard flesh resists small impressions or stimuli that

in the way of truly extraordinary senses. Tsochari see well in a soft-skinned human notices easily.
complete darkness and have an uncanny knack for “seeing” The most unusual tsochari sense is their telepathic ability.
heat, although they do not possess true infrared vision. A The race is somewhat empathic, and can easily receive and
tsochar typically has between five and ten eye-strands, well transmit information through telepathy. Some tsochari are

hidden in the mass of motive and fighting limbs. Each eye so sensitive that they can detect and locate nearby creatures

is somewhat weak, but by focusing multiple eyes on objects by their mental signatures, but most tsochari do not ascer-
of interest, tsochari attain a visual acuity equal or superior tain another creature’s presence through mental awareness
to human vision under good conditions. Since tsochari use alone.
multiple eyes on the same target, they do not possess the all-
around vision one might expect of a creature with many eyes PARASITISM
and no particular bodily orientation. More so than other aberrations, tsochari are physically associ-
Tsochari hearing is comparable to human hearing, despite ated with creatures of other races. Monsters such as aboleths,

the conditions of their native world. Undoubtedly, the shriek- grell, and mind flayers frequently eat or enslave humanoids,
ing winds scouring their homeworld made hearing a sense that but tsochari possess the unique capability of inhabiting the

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