Tren

A tren weighs about 220 pounds, with leathery gray, green or brown scales, spiky on males and smooth on females. The stubby tail helps a little when swimming. They wear belts and loincloths, warriors carry leather shields (AC 5 without one), and they see 60 feet with infravision. They speak the troglodyte and lizard man tongues, often mixing the two.

Tren fight like a disciplined war band, using traps and ambushes. Motionless against a steady background they are 90% invisible, and striking from that cover gives foes a -4 penalty on surprise. Warriors favor steel short swords, but even unarmed a tren has three attacks. When excited it sweats an oil that disgusts humans, demihumans and humanoids: everyone within 10 feet saves vs. poison, and those who fail drop 1d6+1 Strength for the next 10 rounds.

A clan follows its biggest, cleverest member, a tren of 6+6 Hit Dice. Each ten tren include a 4+4 Hit Dice sub-chief, and each twenty a shaman, a cleric of 3rd, 4th or 5th level. Females and young are 40% of a clan. Females (2+2 HD) fight only for home or young; the young (1+1 HD) never fight.

Unable to forge metal, tren crave it, steel most of all. They ambush dwarven patrols and pass travelers for weapons, then turn them on local dwarf holds.

Tren hate all warm-blooded life, dwarves above all, since the two races fight over underground water. They are strict carnivores that relish dwarves and humans but will eat nearly anything.