[species] Rafter Imps

[KC11]

Rafter Imps are rather odd imp like creatures. They are evil tricksters that hide in rafters, hence their name. For ages scientists thought these creatures belonged to the Imp family, due to their apperence, so they were called Rafter Imps. But after some real study, it was found that these are an entirely different species. But the name Rafter Imps had already stuck, and so it stayed the same.

These little tricksters love a good fight, and whenever one seems to be coming to some sort of agreement between the two parties, these little guys jump in and restart the fight. They can do this because they are shapeshifters, although they aren't really good shapeshifters. They have to see something before they can shift into that form, and most such rafter imps aren't very good actors. Even if one is confronted with a good actor imp, they can always identify it as an imp if they look for some sort of bat marking somewhere on the form, be it on the arm or on an arrow.

To restart a fight, they usually transform into a member of one of the parties and attack the opposite party. Sometimes, though, they are a bit more creative. They pretend to be messengers for the two parties, and when they find a letter of agreement, they alter it so it is a rather rude letter, and only fires up the war even more. Sometimes they become Seers, and to each party they tell a terrible fortune, like "The leader on the opposite party will kill you someday and take your wife" or "Someone on the other party will turn you into a pauper."

You will always know when a battle has been won or has come to some agreement if you have a Rafter Imp in your house. Because when you win such a battle, or come to such an agreement, the Imp will scream. If you win something or come to agreement on something three times, the Imp will die.

Rafter Imps have special blood that, if drunk plain, will make you drunker than if you drank three pixie punches. However, mixed with dragon spit, it is an extream calming drink.