Vampiric Kumori

The Vampiric Kumori (pronounced kyoo-mohr-aye) is a rare subspecies of Kumori. Capable of wielding the fearsome Dragon element despite not even being wyverns, these beasts are only more abnormal for their diet of blood.

Physiology
Vampiric Kumori has black fur with red and white accents. It has much more developed canines, but lacks the advanced ears and vocalizations of its normal counterpart.

Abilities
The most peculiar trait of the Vampiric Kumori is its use of the mysterious Dragon element, which it uses to infuse its teeth to easily pierce wyvern armor. While enraged, the monster begins to use the element more offensively, spraying brief spurts of Dragon to soften the opposition.
 * Advancing Bite: The Kumori lunges forward with a bite up to several times. This move inflicts Bleeding, as well as Dragonblight while enraged.
 * Backwards Launch: The Kumori leaps backward and flaps its wings, becoming airborne.
 * Climbing: Kumori are proficient climbers, using their developed fingers to cling onto sheer surfaces. From a wall or ceiling, the Kumori can launch itself at a foe.
 * Dragon Breath: The Kumori sprays a short-ranged stream of Dragon, inflicting Dragonblight. Only done while enraged.
 * Forelimb Smash: The Kumori attempts to crush an enemy beneath one of its forelimbs.
 * Hindleg Dive: The airborne Kumori leads with its hindlegs, attempting to claw at the target. Can lead into the Kumori's pin attack.
 * Pin: The Kumori pins and begins draining a Hunter of their blood, restoring its own stamina. Hunters can escape the pin with a Dung Bomb or rapidly moving. This move inflicts Bleeding, as well as Dragonblight while enraged.

Ecology

 * Lore

The Vampiric Kumori shares the same habitat range as the Kumori, with a preference toward forests and jungles, where life is plentiful. All it requires is a cave or a similar enclosed space to roost and sleep in during the day. Interestingly, Kumori, even the vampiric variety, do not mind sharing the same space with another Kumori.
 * Habitat Range

While capable of draining herbivores and smaller predators of their vital fluids, the Vampiric Kumori, in a reversal from the common species, do not fear Flying Wyverns and actually prey on them. It will lie in wait until the wyvern falls asleep, then make a stealthy ground approach. The smallest infusion of the Dragon element in its bite allows the Kumori to breach the wyvern's armor undetected. Then, the Kumori's fangs delicately cut into the softened tissue, so much as not to rouse the slumbering wyvern. Anti-coagulants in the Kumori's saliva work to keep the blood from clotting, letting the beast lap up blood at its leisure. Despite its size, the Vampiric Kumori hardly ever drains a fatal amount of blood from wyverns this way. It recognizes the value of a reliable food source, so it will relent before drawing too much blood and seek out another victim until it's had its fill. In fact, wyverns in the same territory as a Vampiric Kumori may be drained constantly by it without realizing it.
 * Ecological Niche

Vampiric Kumori have similar sleeping habits to the normal Kumori: lodging in caverns at day and emerging to hunt at night. As opposed to the common Kumori, however, the vampiric subspecies is unafraid of Flying Wyverns, due to its increased ferocity, use of the Dragon element, and regular preying on such beasts.
 * Behavior

Carves
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Equipment
Vampiric Kumori armor has moderately-high ice resistance, low fire resistance, lower-than-average water resistance, and average thunder and dragon resistance.

Armor Skills
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