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The dust beetle appears to be some sort of giant insect. It looks a little like some misshapen scorpion, but the tail on it is not as long as a scorpion's would be, and it flares like the tail of a lobster rather than ending in a poison sting. The segmented body is wide, supported by six short multi-jointed legs. A dull red chitinous shell covers most of its body, and a broad carapace protects its head. Two massive claws provide the creature with formidable weapons.<br />
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==Hunting strategies==<br />
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==Other information==<br />
Beetles are puncture resistant rather than puncture immune since being converted to BCS.<br />
==Behind the Scenes==<br />
Dust beetles were found in [[Shadow Valley]] before the [[shadow mare|shadow mares]] and other defiant cursed equines returned to defeat the [[Muylari|Terrorite]] demon. It is an allusion to the "beetle civilisation" that is supposed to follow the end of the race of man in [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time]" by H.P. Lovecraft, which is also relevant for the [[giant fog beetle|giant fog beetles]] in [[The Broken Lands]]. They are variants of the extra-planar insect raced called Dictics of [[Rolemaster]].<br />
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The reduction of the valley to a poisonous dust plain with dead trees, no healthy plant life, and miasmal vapours comes from [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cs.aspx "The Colour Out of Space"]. The insects of the "blasted heath" were described as: ''"In May the insects came, and Nahum’s place became a [[night mare|nightmare]] of buzzing and crawling. Most of the creatures seemed not quite usual in their aspects and motions, and their nocturnal habits contradicted all former experience."'' It was a place where everything ultimately decayed to grey powder, and its residence would cause [[Ghostly pooka|listlessness]] or being driven mad with nightmares. The walls also shifted, and: ''"No bites of prowling things could have brought the virus, for what live beast of earth can pass through [[Spectral miner#Behind the Scenes|solid obstacles]]?"''<br />
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== See Also ==<br />
* [[BCS_updates_(saved_posts)#Beetles|Beetles buffed to BCS (saved post)]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetle Beetle on Wikipedia]<br />
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