Plague

Plague, as it is appropriately called, is a bringer of terror and disease. It appears to revel in the destruction of forts and towns, and has been deemed by many as "a truly evil and hate driven creature."



Physiology
Plague is known to stand on it's hind legs, and go on all four limbs, to move and attack. While standing, it's notably slower, but gives itself a large defensive advantage, as no physical weak points are in range to hit, save for the long range ballista-turrets. Plague also has steel like skin, requiring high sharpness; at least white sharpness to cut through. The harder scales running down his belly require purple, and the metal-like mask Plague wears, along with several parts of his body that have similar protection, cannot be cut through regardless of sharpness.

Awkwardly, Plague's grunt's and groans, though low in pitch, sound some-what human. Plague is even known to "laugh" in a human fashion, albeit with a hint of insanity.

And just as a fun fact, Plague has no lips, eye lids, or a discernible brow. Thus, Plague cannot smile, frown, or make any expression. The nickname "Smiley" arose because his "mask" curls upwards at his cheeks, making him look like he was either grinning, or open-mouth smiling.

Abilities
When Standing, Plague's tail is low to the ground and dips poison where ever he treads. Walking into these pools of poison will (obviously) poison the hunter. However, direct contact with the tail will deliver severe poison/toxic (like High-Rank Gigginox). Plague teeth have a paralytic nature to them. If the teeth manage to tear flesh, the victim will instantly tense up and for a short duration, losing control over their nerves. Plague's saliva is surprisingly thin, only slightly thicker than water in terms of consistency. This, unfortunately, makes this poison easily seep through armor and make skin contact. Prolonged contact will cause drowsiness, then sleep. Plague is also able to emit some explosive powder from his palms. He'll usually place his hand in a way to "pseudo-cage" a hunter, then discharge the powder. If the hunter remains under that hand, Plague will press his hand down, both crushing and detonating the victim. As long as the hunter can escape the hand and the explosion cause by it, the hunter should be able to calmly remove the blastblight inflicted on them before it goes off. Lastly, Plague can fire a "laser" similar to the Gravios or Agnaktor, though instead of fire, it's a pitch-black energy ray (Dragon). This laser takes a moment to charge up, and thankfully doesn't explode upon impact with the ground. However, Plague is able to feint this attack. Right before firing, he can close his mouth, readjust his footing, then fire it much faster than usual, since the attack has already been primed.

Equipment
Disclaimer. I don't mind too much, making a monster very powerful, but I believe the armor should be reasonable, for whatever game it was intended for.

This armor's stats will be shown as if it was in Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate.

Plague Bringer (BladeMaster) [Rare 10] Max Defense (Whole Set): = 600 Elemental Defense (Whole Set): • Fire = -5 • Water = -5 • Thunder = -30 • Ice = -5 • Dragon = 20 Slots • Head = 1 • Body = 2 • Arms = 0 • Waist = 1 • Legs = 0 Skills • Unshakable = 10 points [Rock Steady] • Status = 15 points [Status Attack +2] • Potential = 15 points [Adrenaline +2] • Guard = 10 points [Guard +1] (Blademaster Set) • Recoil = 11 points [Recoil +1] (Gunners Set) • Fate = -16 points [Horrible Luck] Design Plague Bringer is loosely based off the appearance of Plague Doctors in the 14th century Europe. "Nomadic Doctors" who traveled around with large beaked masks. They attempted to cure many ailments, and most notably "The Black Death."