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I spent most of last night writing up this app up since hallloween is approaching us soon, so here's based on 'whats the most ridiculous movie monster concept i can come up with'

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Name: The Crawling Ones From Planet Z (Crawlerz, TCOFPZ, etc)

Physical description: Crawlerz start their life as a pudgy, hairy larva creature with limited vision and movement. At about 5 months of life, the Crawler then buries it's self into the dirt, creates a cocoon, and dies from suffocation. Then about another month later, the Crawer then reemerges as a large, undead spider-like creature, reanimated by the spores found in the planet's soil.

The Crawlerz possess four arms, and four legs. While their primary arms stay at their sides, their secondary arms stay folded against their back. These secondary arms are tipped with a needle sharp claw that can deliver a mildly venous but nonfatal sting. A Crawler may possess from 1 - 8 eyes, almost never symmetrically placed and may end up anywhere on their heads. Their lower jaws are incredibly small, often covered up by their large, jagged teeth on their upper jaw. Crawlerz, being undead, may be in various stages of decay and could be missing patches of hair, eyes, limbs, skin, etc. An adult Crawler can grow to be at least 7 feet tall, although claims of seeing Crawlerz as big as 10 - 15 feet tall have been rumored.

At a certain point of a crawlez's unlife, a mushroom(s) will begin to sprout out from the top of their heads. From this point on the mushroom steadily grows in size and numbers, and ultimately leads up to the Crawlerz's second dead once having consumed their brain.

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Diet: Omnivores, but preferably decayed/rotted food over fresh.

Personality & Traits: Crawlerz are most characterized by being slow, both in movement and mind. Whether this is due to feeling comfortable with this slow pace living or the fact that there is literally a mushroom rooted into their brains is unclear. Motor skills vary, a Crawler can be exceptionally agile for their species, to only being able stumble from place to place, often with a limp or stagger. Same goes for the processing of information, while some could have a sharp wit, others may be completely unaware of their surroundings. For example, a Crawler may be hit with a blunt object and it may take several minutes before they realize that someone had even hit them. Despite this sluggish demeanor, Crawlerz excel in jobs that require repetitive tasks with clear instructions.

For the rest of the universe, there is a stigma placed on the Crawlerz species as being mindless flesh-eating monsters. This is partly true- after what their race calls 'Second Dead', a Crawler may raise up from the dead again under complete control of the mushroom growing in their skulls. Second death Crawlerz are violent, feral, and nonverbal aside from screeching and clicking. These Crawlerz crave meat for the rest of their ‘lives’ to feed the mushroom growing into their bodies. First death Crawlerz live alongside these monsters peacefully, as they only hunt for living flesh rather than their decaying kin. First death Crawlerz even regard second death as an ideal future, and celebrate the reanimation of their loved ones in ceremonies comparable to that of birthday parties.

Both first dead and second death Crawlerz share a fear of fire, while their living infant counterparts are fatally attracted to it.

Common traits: [Differently Abled] [Detrivore] [BO]

Average Lifespan: 4 - 5 months. Undeath may last up to 500- 700 years, second undead lasts indefinitely, until the mushrooms have decomposed the corpse in it's entirety (even the bones).

Home Planet: Planet Z; a planet mostly hidden away by clouds, fog, and space junk. Due to this heavy cover, little sun light reaches this planet and causes it's fauna to come in mostly shades of grey or washed out colors. The weather of this planet is consistent of uncomfortable humidity and having storms every other hour.

History: None

Subspecies: None

Special: None

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Common Jobs: Repairman, Factory worker, manual labor

Likes and Dislikes:
Likes - Large crowds, Elevator music, The occasional need to dance
Dislikes - Being alone, People who talk too fast, Being rushed

Base Stats: Strength-8 Intelligence-4 Charisma-3 Endurance-8 Agility-1 Luck-2

Attack Method: Stingers on the tips of their secondary arms can temporarily incapacitate a foe.

Trivia:
- Before the discovery of the Crawlerz became widely known throughout the universe, the distribution of Crawler larva as a 'cute pet' became popular for their low maintenance and their ""cute"" appearance. Needless to say, most owners of these grubs were shocked when after only a few months the larva eventually buried themselves alive and died without warning. Although far more uncommon these days, some shady merchants may still pass off the grubs as pets to uninformed strangers.

- The mushrooms that parasitize (or one may argue, symbolically live in) the Crawlerz does not infect any other known species. These mushrooms have become a rare delicacy in some parts of the universe, and have said to have medicinal or even magical properties, including extending one's life span, heal injuries, or promote one's growth.