User:ToastTheKnowing/Sandbox/Bestiary/Caturae

These are the most common abilities shared by members of this family and its subspecies. Click on individual monster pages for details on unique abilities. Learnable Blue Magic is indicated with icons next to their links.

• Afflicting Gaze:
  Gaze Attack Bind and Plague.
• Dark Arrivisme:
  Moderate Area of Effect damage with Additional Effects: Knockback and Dispel (3 buffs). Gains a strong Intimidation effect after use.
• Deathly Diminuendo:
  Area of Effect damage with Additional Effects: Bio and Curse.
• Diabolic Claw:
  Powerful, single-target threefold attack. Absorbed by Shadow Images. Additional Effect: Magic Defense Down.
• Draw In:
  Pulls target(s) to the user. Usually followed by a TP attack.
• Hellish Crescendo:
  Area of Effect damage with Additional Effect: Paralysis.
• Interference:
  High Area of Effect damage with Additional Effect: Dispel. Damage may be proportional to number of buffs removed.
• Malign Invocation:
  Moderate-to-high Area of Effect damage with Additional Effect: Amnesia.
• Stygian Cyclone:
  Low Area of Effect damage with Additional Effect: Silence. Ignores Shadow Images.
• Stygian Sphere:
  Heals self for 1800-2000 HP.
• Shadow Wreck:
  High Area of Effect Dark damage. Only used by some NMs.
• Banneret Charge:
  25-30 yalm Area of Effect that reduces HP to critical levels and resets hate. Only used by some NMs.
• Besieger's Bane:
  Area of Effect Bio, Zombie, and Terror (approx. 10 seconds). Only used by some NMs.
• Enthrall:
  Area of Effect Charm and Caturae Costume. Only used by some NMs.
• Royal Decree:
  High Area of Effect Damage and Obliviscence that lasts for up to 5 minutes. Only used by some NMs.

Catura (Sanskrit चतुर or चातुर) is a Sanskrit word with various meanings. It may mean "of 4," "coach" (an enclosed carriage) or "clever," as well as "skillful at assuming different forms."

Caturaṅga (चतुरङ्ग) is roughly translated as "Chess" and is the same name of the ancient game developed in Gupta India during the 6th century. The literal translation is "having 4 limbs or parts" and is used to denote "army" in epic poetry, in which battle formations were divided into 4 parts.

Iratham, Kutharei, Sippoy, Yaanei, Rani and Raja are all playing pieces of the caturaṅga game.

Caturae denotes the plural and taxonomic title of this monster family; it represents a construction using Latin grammar rules, converting "Catura," in this case assumed to be a 1st declension noun, to the theoretical plural "Caturae" by adding the suffix "-ae."