Katakan

Appearance
In natural form, katakans have many bat-like traits although somewhat larger and monstrous. They have long claws which continue to grow during all its life. Many of them like to wear shiny objects collected and woven into their fur.

Bestiary Entry
Katakans and their more dangerous kin, nekurats, are the embodiment of human fear. They hide in the shadows. They feed on blood. They resemble enormous bats - though with long fangs and even longer talons. And, as if that weren't terror enough, they can turn invisible, waiting unseen while dread of their unpreventable attack overwhelms their victim.

When fighting a katakan one must pay particular attention to its shadow -- often the only way to know its location.

Katakans are invulnerable to steel, regenerate quickly, hear acutely and move at incredible speed. To even the odds one can temporarily immobilize katakans using the Yrden sign, then seize that moment to attack with all one's might -- for their might not be another chance.

Unfortunately, the legends are wrong and the sun's rays do not turn katakans to ash. They are vulnerable to sunlight, however, and when the sun stands at its zenith their regeneration is considerably slowed.