Crawler

Crawlers are mechanical vehicular constructs commonly ridden in Bassuras.

Description
Members of the Crawler gangs often ride "crawlers", which are constructs of various sizes that they use as vehicles to race across the plains. Many of the Crawler gangs are scavengers, finding war materials outside of trade-protected jurisdictions and utilizing whatever is necessary to be cobbled and added to, or used to repair the crawlers should they undergo any sort of damage. Imahara Joe is a well-known and respected tinkerer in The Ends of Bassuras (where most of the crawlers are assembled) who builds and repairs crawlers for the various gangs, pricing a purchase of one of the baseline model as "a little over 1000 gold"..

Appearance
Crawlers are made of metal, often scavenged scrap. They come in various sizes and have no specific standard design. They have very loud engines and are powered by arcane batteries.

Crawler types
Although each crawler is unique, being individually assembled from whatever pieces and parts were at hand, there are a few renowned initial designs:
 * Mammoth-crawler: Gargantuan crawlers with several platforms atop multiple sets of legs that can transport larger groups of people.
 * Ruiner-crawler: Spider-like tripod crawlers with a dome-covered seat. Rare craft that were used during the Apex War but are no longer much manufactured. The old ones are kept in repair for either gang wars outside the city or for sacking other villages. They cost about 8000 gold.
 * Skirmisher-crawler: Large crawlers with spiked front wheels, center wheel in the front, and clawed, horse-like back legs. The style most frequently used in the Deathwish Run.

Crawler gangs
The crawler gangs of Bassuras derive their name from the crawlers they ride. Disputes are often settled with crawler battles in a sport known as "Deathwish Run".

Deathwish Run
A competition called the "Deathwish" or "The Run" takes place between the various Crawler gangs once every couple of weeks or months in order to settle disputes between them through sport in lieu of going to war.

Behind the scenes
The skirmishers were designed by Tyler Walpole with direction from Matthew Mercer. Tyler worked on the concepts while listening to the Mad Max: Fury Road soundtrack.