Poh-ack

Poh-acks are a species of wild slithering animals that aren't native to Sejan. How and when they first appeared there is unknown. Sejan's poh-acks have evolved to be different from the population that resides in their native habitat in that they're much smaller, as normally they're almost twice as big and much more dangerous.

They are hostile towards anyone and anything that gets too close to them or their underground lairs. When detecting an intruder, they'll try to intimidate them by spreading their scythes and hissing until they leave. They will attack a foolhardy wanderer if they are provoked enough, though. Poh-acks are not a significant threat, and once they deem their attacker to be weakened enough, they lose interest in them and retreat. On the other hand, if they are defeated, they become extremely docile and submissive, to the point of being paralysed. This behaviour is known, and it is pointed out by Miggpli in relation to barbaric tribes fighting against poh-acks in adulthood rites of passage, followed by them mating with the pacified, harmless creatures.

Player interactions
Poh-acks are found only in thick Sejan forest, visible on the game map as the darker area between Witch's house and the pond. They can only be encountered during the day. The chance to encounter a poh-ack varies whether or not the player has collected all rusty spearheads and if Miggpli's quest for tagging cuoxurs is active, as shown in the table below. The table shows chances to encounter a given poh-ack variant (male or female). The chance to encounter any poh-ack is double that seen here.

Poh-acks are moderately tough opponents for the player due to their high stats, likely requiring the player to be armed to be able to defeat them.

If the player's Will level is minimal, defeating them in a fight without foreknowledge of their behaviour is going to be fruitless to the player, since the player character will be too averted by their dangerous appearance to approach them for inspection. In order to access their scenes, the player will need to talk to Miggpli about the poh-acks.