Slapper

Armor Rare

A slapper looks like a medium sized lizard, with a body about foot and a half long, and weighs 25lbs. Its tail is another three feet long and ends with a large, flat, bony plate. The beast rides on the shoulders of its owner during combat, gripping him under both armpits. If any object or creature approaches quickly from behind, the slapper will attempt to swat it away with it’s tail. Slow approaches, such as an attempt to pick the owner’s pocket, are ignored. Therefore any attack with an arrow, stone, hand held weapon, claw, even the bite of a small creature, has a chance of being deflected, or even knocked away. The effect of this is to improve the owner’s armor class by two points. Do not use this armor class bonus for the bite of a large creature, or any attack by something too large to be deflected. As an added bonus, both the owner’s hands are left free.