If successful, they’ll latch on with their legs, then burrow into the skull with their beak. When they locate their prey, a headcrab will leap for the target’s head. They prey on humans, although one supposes they could attack just about any humanoid. Headcrabs can be found almost anywhere, but tend to be lurk in ruined urban areas. Areas of dissidents and malcontents are hit with barrages from mortars firing “Headcrab Shells.” These artillery shells carry a payload of 4-6 headcrabs and a sufficiently large-scale shelling can destroy entire towns.

Many infestations of headcrabs are due to the Combine using them as a terror weapon. They first appeared following the Black Mesa Incident and are now found the world over. 5m +12m KB) (Frequently Ģ0 Physical Complication: Very Limited Manipulation (Frequently Greatly Impairing)Ĥ0 Susceptibility: water 3d6 damage per Segment (Very Common)Įcology: Known variously as cranial-conjugal parasites, head-humpers, and parasitics, headcrabs are a strange form of alien life. Sand -1), No Noncombat Movement (-¼), END 1ģ2 'Sees' Without Eyes: Spatial Awareness (Hearing Group)Ĩ Aims For The Head: +8 versus Hit Location penalties with BiteĢ0 Physical Complication: Animal Intelligence (Frequently Greatly Impairing)ġ5 Physical Complication: Diminutive (typically no larger than about. Time may vary -1 ¼), All Or Nothing (-½), No Range (-½), Limited Target (humans -½), Must Followħ Resilient: LS (Immunity: All terrestrial poisons Safe in High Radiation)ġ Short Legs: Leaping +3m (3m forward, 1 ½m upward) No Noncombat Movement (-¼), END 1ġ Burrowing: Tunneling 1m through 1 PD material Limited Medium Very Limited (loose soil and HALF LIFE 2 HEADCRAB ValĜHAĜost Roll Notesħ Grab: +10 STR, Reduced Endurance (0 END +½) Only For Grabs (-1)ĥ Unperturbed: +10 PRE Only To Resist Presence Attacks (-1)ġ5 Bite: HKA 1/2d6, Constant (+1/2), END 1ĥ0 Create Headcrab Zombie: Severe Transform 10d6 (humans into Headcrab Zombies, healing processĬurrently unknown), Reduced Endurance (0 END +½) Extra Time (1 Turn (Post-Segment 12), this

Half life poison headcrab