Thief Compendium - Crayman

The Crayman is possibly one of the weirdest and least explained creatures of Thief. While many of the abominations Garrett sees are part of the Trickster’s army, the Crayman is apparently a creature that is much like the Burrick, but walks on two legs and has some intelligence. Note that the comparison to a Burrick is not by coincidence, these are both animals that inhabit areas abandoned by humans and have some form of communication with each other. The Crayman, much like the Burrick, yells when killed or rendered unconscious and therefore will often alert others in its vicinity. Luckily, like Burricks, Garrett is not punished by murdering these guys. The good news is that they are a lot better than Burricks in path finding, probably due to being upright like humans, meaning they never get on my nerves like a Burrick does. A very interesting thing is just how rare the Crayman is. The first time we see this creature is in The Haunted Cathedral, where a lone Crayman is found wandering the c