User:TheLongConn/Necropolis: Hunter Pets

A list of the various new hunter pets one will find in Azjol'Nerub in User:TheLongConn/World of Warcraft: Necropolis. WIP

New Pet Families

Name	Exotic	Spec	Description	Primary Ability	Exotic/Bonus Ability
Drifter	X	Cunning	The Drifter family features a variety of floating invertebrates, including the Stygizoa native to Azjol-Nerub, Jellyfish and Zoatroid of Nazjatar, and Helsquid of Stormheim and Helheim.	Ink Spray — Sprays a cloud of dark ink, increasing the chance to dodge by 30% for 20 seconds.	Mindbreak — Psychically attacks an enemy, interrupting spellcasting and preventing any spell from that school from being cast for 3 seconds.
Salamander		Cunning	The Salamander family features many lizard-like amphibians, including salamanders, newts, and skinks, all of whom dwell in the waterways of Azjol-Nerub.	Cleansing Purge — The salamander purges the toxins from its skin, removing 1 disease, 1 poison, and 1 magic effect from itself and its owner.
Scytheclaw	X	Ferocity	The Scytheclaw family includes a number of large, predatory insects native to Azjol-Nerub. These are primarily the imago, a bipedal mantis with 4 scything arms, and the assassin beetle, a sinuous insect that hides multiple combat limbs within its unassuming shell.	Chitinous Exoskeleton — When below 40% health, the scytheclaw's exoskeleton extends, reducing damage taken by 60% for 15 seconds. Can only occur once every 120 seconds.	Scythestorm — The scytheclaw spins around for 8 seconds, dealing physical damage to all nearby enemies.
Hopper		Ferocity	The Hopper family features many orthopteran insects native to the mold jungles of Azjol-Nerub, including locusts, grasshoppers, crickets, and weta.	Grasshopper's Grace — The hopper hops about quickly, increasing the chance to dodge by 30% for 20 seconds.	Spring — The hopper springs forward, leaping onto enemies to close the distance.
Gastropod		Tenacity	The gastropod family includes large mollusks such as snails and the shelled squid known as the nautilus.	Gastroshell —  The gastropod partially retracts into its shell, reducing damage taken by 50% for 12 seconds.

Additional Info

Aberration Taming

Azjol-Nerub once echoed with the tuneless chants and eldritch rites of the Old Gods, and their corruption still festers in the darkest corners of the underworld. Many beasts have been marked by their touch, decorated with hideous mutations, and they are resistant to all but the strongest beast-tamers. In order to tame the Aberrant Beasts, you must obtain a [Ritual of Aberrant Binding] , which can be found at...

Void elves can tame Aberrant Beasts by default.

Aberrant Beasts are not a specific pet family, and they can be found as a member of multiple families, similar to undead beasts.

• New Creatures
  • N'shaar: Hound-like creatures with gaping maws and writhing tendrils. Tamed as Hounds.
  • Garmoth: Massive creatures born from the corrupted corpses of long-dead mammoths. Tamed as Mammoths.
  • Nyctizoa: Silent, tentacled creatures that drift in the paradox sky of Ur'hedj Plateau. Tamed as Drifters.
• Now tamable
  • Blood Worm: Worms born from G'huun. Tamed as worms.
  • Mindborer Serpent: Flying serpents from beyond reality. Tamed as serpents.
  • Allseer: Jellyfish studded with eyeballs. Tamed as Drifters.

Simulant Beasts

Scattered around Azjol'Nerub are mysterious groves known as the Simulant Gardens. Crafted by wayward mechagnomes in appreciation and wonder of nature, they are cogwork forests of living metal and glass. Self-replicating machine beasts of all shapes and sizes dwell under platinum trees and synthetic flowers. Built in the graceful design of art nouveau and decorated with wind-up keys and gears, they are sure to be visually striking.

They can be tamed as members of the Mechanical pet family. Engineers can build a [Life-like Behavior Optimizer] , allowing all Mechanical beasts (not just Simulants) to gain the typing and abilities of the creature they are modeled after. For example, Mechanocats would gain the Ferocity spec and have access to Cat abilities.

Hidden Abilities

Some creatures can gain additional skills while exploring Azjol-Nerub by completing quests, looting objects, and more. Once learned, these skills are available across all accounts.

Murro are deceptively intelligent rodents with traits of both rats and reptiles. Through exploration, they can learn the hidden ability Nimble Paws, allowing them to pick locks!

New Beasts/Models of Existing Families

Name	Description
Aqiri	New models, including ones beholden to Yogg-Saron, covered in gaping mouths.
Bat	Primal Bats that can crawl on the ground using their forelimbs, similar to Proto-Drakes.
Bear	Talphants, lumbering mole-bears with powerful forelimbs for digging, native to Amenthis.
Beetle	Multiple new models for the fungal wilds of Khep'set.
Carapid	Ohm, enormous pill-bugs of the Khep'seti Wilds, some covered with ritual ornaments and armor. New trilobite models, as well as a Dire Beetle based on a modified Nerubian spiderlord skeleton.
Courser	The Khepsteed is a six-limbed insect in the approximate shape of a warhorse, feeding on the moss native to Amenthis.
Crustacean	Formerly Crab, the family includes other crustaceans, including the Crayfish and Rhocaris, a beast resembling an anomalocaris.
Clefthoof	Golisks, armored quadrupeds with the heads of Goliath beetles.
Feathermane	Kyropterans, flying canines with the heads of bats.
Hound	N'shaar, hound-like creatures of the Old Gods, covered with gaping maws and writhing tendrils.
Lizard	New models for the subterranean reptiles of Azjol-Nerub.
Mammoth	Garmoths of Ur'hedj Plateau, aberrant beasts born from the frozen bodies of fallen mammoths.
Monkey	Stonejesters, mischievous, lanky primates related to earth elementals.
Moth	New models for the flying insects of the Khep'seti Wilds.
Ray	New beasts, including the subterranean Cloakrays and armored Aerocaris, a flying cousin of the land-bound Rhocaris.
Rodent	Multiple new models, including deep rats', moles, and the Murro, a deceptively intelligent rat-like reptile.
Scalehide	Ferrovore, a large reptilian beast that devours metal and ore.
Shale Beast	A flying, bird-like shale beast known as a Lithwing. Updated models for Shale Spiders and Gyreworms.
Spider	Multiple new models, including nerubian spiderlings, jumping spiders with forward-facing eyes, and Deepstriders, towering arachnids used as pack animals.
Spirit Beast	(New spirit beasts).
Sporebeast	Formerly Sporebat, the family includes Gloomwings (flying creatures of mold and fungi), Pufflets (fungal hedgehogs), and Sporegrazers (large herd beasts composed of flowing mold).
Wasp	Multiple new models, including dragonflies.
Wind Serpent	Underwyrm, a grotesque flying worm with ragged wings.
Worm	Multiple new models, including centipedes with both upright and serpentine models.