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Training a War Whale Training a war whale requires six weeks of work and a successful DC 20 Handle Animal check. Riding a war whale requires an exotic saddle. A war whale can fight while carrying a rider, but the rider cannot also attack unless he or she succeeds on a Ride check. A trained war whale is worth 5,000 gp to most aquatic races, but they are very rarely for sale. Some unscrupulous merchants try to raid orcam pods to Cephalarcane Large Magical Beast (Aquatic) Hit Dice: 7d10+21 (59 hp) Initiative: +1 Speed: Swim 60 ft. (12 squares) Armor Class: 24 (-1 size, +1 Dex, +14 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 23 Base Attack/Grapple: +7/+14 Attack: Tentacle +9 melee (1d6+3) Full Attack: 8 tentacles +9 melee (1d6+3) Space/Reach: 10 ft./5 ft. (40 ft. with tentacles) Special Attacks: Constrict 1d6+4, improved grab, spells Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., ink cloud, jet, low-light vision Saves: Fort +8, Ref +6, Will +5 The squid is roughly 12 feet long, with inky black skin and eight grasping tentacles. Most startling, however, is that the beast is adorned with all manner of treasure; bracelets, rings and necklaces glitter in the murky depths. Combat Cephalarcane are usually reluctant to enter combat, using their followers to take care of such matters while they stay back and offer magical support. They often employ sharkmen (page 78) for their muscle, while the cephalarcane watches nearby underwater. When forced into combat, a cephalarcane attempts to strangle victims with its powerful arms. Constrict (Ex): A cephalarcane deals ld6+4 points of damage with a successful grapple check. Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, a cephalarcane must hit with a tentacle attack. It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. If it wins the grapple check, it establishes a hold and can constrict. Spells: A cephalarcane casts spells as an 8thlevel druid. The save DCs are Wisdom-based. Typical Druid Spells Prepared (6/5/4/4/2; save DC 13 + spell level): 0—create water (x2), detect magic, know direction, read magic, resistance; 1st— 169 capture whales for market, but keeping them against their will is not an easy task. Those few orcam who turn their back on their people can make a fortune training these battle mounts for others. Carrying Capacity: A light load for a war whale is up to 400 pounds, a medium load, 401-801 pounds, a heavy load is 800-1,200 pounds. A war whale can drag 6,000 pounds. Abilities: Str 17, Dex 12, Con 16, Int 14, Wis 17, Cha 13 Skills: Diplomacy +7, Hide +3*, Knowledge (arcana) +10, Knowledge (nature) +7, Spellcraft +9 (+11 scrolls), Spot +8, Use Magic Device +10 (+12 scrolls), Survival +3 (+5 natural environments), Swim +11 Feats: Blind-Fight, Enlarge Spell, Leadership, plus one (bonus) item creation feat Environment: Temperate and warm aquatic Organization: Solitary Challenge Rating: 10 Treasure: Triple standard Alignment: Always lawful evil Advancement: 8-14 HD (Large); 15-21 HD (Huge) Level Adjustment: — cure light wounds, entangle, faerie fire, obscuring mist, speak with animals; 2nd—bear’s endurance, bull’s strength, chill metal, warp wood; 3rd—greater magic fang, poison, protection from energy, summon nature’s ally III; 4th—control water, dispel magic. Ink Cloud (Ex): A cephalarcane can emit a cloud of jet-black ink in a 30-foot spread once every three hours as a free action. The cloud provides total concealment, which the cephalarcane normally uses to escape a fight that is going badly. Creatures within the cloud are considered to be in darkness. Jet (Ex): A cephalarcane can jet backward once per round as a full-round action at a speed of 300 feet. It must move in a straight line, but does not provoke attacks of opportunity while jetting. Skills: A cephalarcane has a +4 racial bonus on Use Magic Device checks. A cephalarcane has a +8 racial bonus on any Swim check to perform some special action or avoid a hazard. It can always choose to take 10 on a Swim check, even if distracted or endangered. It can use the run action while swimming, provided it swims in a straight line. *A cephalarcane has a +12 racial bonus on Hide checks in low-light or darkened conditions. 10
10 Dragonship Gargantuan Construct Hit Dice: 20d10+60 (170 hp) Initiative: -3 Speed: Swim 40 ft. (8 squares) Armor Class: 23 (-4 size, -3 Dex, +20 natural), touch 3, flat-footed 23 Base Attack: +15/+36 Attack: Bite +20 melee (3d6+9) Full Attack: Bite +20 melee (3d6+9) and 4 slams + 15 melee (2d6+4) Space/Reach: 20 ft/15 ft. Special Attacks: Breath weapon Special Qualities: Construct traits, damage reduction 15/adamantine, darkvision 60 ft., This automaton appears as a massive wooden longship. A dragonship is an animated sailing vessel—identical to a longship in every way (see the PHB) except that it is only 40 feet long. It has a standard square-rigged sail, and 10 oars (5 on each side). The front of the ship sports a great wooden dragon-like figurehead. Using its oars or its ability to generate winds on its own, a dragonship is rarely at the mercy of the weather. It has a near perfect knowledge of local sea charts and navigation routes. Its primary function is as a transport that needs no crew; it can be told one’s destination and it will sail there by the quickest route possible. As a sailing vessel, a dragonship has a crew of 30 and can carry up to 35 tons of cargo. Its speed is that of a normal longship. Combat Although generally used as a warship, a dragonship’s primary function is that of a sailing vessel. A dragonship is not particularly adept at combat and it cannot maneuver to defend itself if it is beached; in such cases it relies on its crew for defense. A dragonship bites and breathes fire with its dragon-like head, and can use up to four oars to slap at foes that approach from the flanks. Breath Weapon (Su): Three times per day, a dragonship can belch forth a gout of fire in a 30foot line that deals 10d6 points of fire damage. A successful DC 20 Reflex save halves the damage. The save DC is Constitution-based. Navigate (Ex): A captain merely has to whisper into the ear of the dragon-head and make a Profession (sailor) check (DC 15) to get the dragonship to understand its course. A dragonship never gets lost on an ocean voyage, and has a 50% 170 low-light vision, navigate, vulnerability to fire, winds Saves: Fort +6, Ref +3, Will +6 Abilities: Str 28, Dex 4, Con —, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 10 Skills: Swim +17 Feats: — Environment: Any aquatic Organization: Solitary Challenge Rating: 10 Treasure: None Alignment: Always neutral Advancement: — Level Adjustment: — chance of automatically being aware of any safe coastline, seaside towns and villages, and hidden ocean dangers such as reefs and sandbars (it only knows of such dangers if they are in the volume of sea charts used in its creation). Winds (Su): At will, a dragonship can cause winds to fill its sails. This operates as the control winds spell (caster level 10th) with the restriction that it can only increase the wind’s force for the purposes of propulsion. The winds are generated from a point beyond and slightly above the dragonship’s stern. A dragonship cannot use these winds to attack; their sole purpose is propulsion. Skills: A dragonship has a +8 racial bonus on any Swim check to perform some special action or avoid a hazard. It can always choose to take 10 on a Swim check, even if distracted or endangered. It can use the run action while swimming, provided it swims in a straight line. Construction A dragonship’s body is a constructed similar to a normal longship fitted with a dragon-head mounted on the bow. The ship costs 10,000 gp and the figurehead costs 1,000 gp. Also required is a volume of sea charts and maps (total value at least 1,000 gp), to be burned in the mouth of the dragonship’s head upon completion of its construction. Consumed in the fire, the distilled knowledge of the sea charts provides the dragonship with its ability to navigate. Assembling the body requires a successful Craft (ship¬building) check (DC 20). Caster level 16th; Craft Construct (see the MM), fireball, geas/quest, limited wish, liveoak, polyrnorph any object, caster must be at least 16th level; Price 99,200 gp; Cost 60,800 gp + 3,520 XP.
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200 monsters from the wetlands and
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Alphabetical Listing of Monsters Ad
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Aberration: Grethell (2), Feasting
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1/4 Lurking Lizard Tiny Animal (Aqu
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1/3 Drowner Fish Tiny Animal (Aquat
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1/2 Delusion Hummer Diminutive Verm
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1/2 encountered away from their hom
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1 Carp Eater Medium Monstrous Human
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1 Eyeburn Eel Medium Animal Hit Dic
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1 Mantafai Small Fey (Aquatic) Hit
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1 Rakklethorn Toad Small Magical Be
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2 Barrow Roach Large Undead Hit Dic
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2 Dragonfish Small Magical Beast (A
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2 Gray Lady Medium Undead (Incorpor
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2 Iridescent Coral Small Plant Hit
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2 Marsh Assassin Medium Monstrous H
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2 creatures trapped inside the wate
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2 Poisonous Frog Swarm Diminutive A
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2 Skin Wraith Medium Undead Hit Dic
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2 Spinal Leech Hazard (CR 2) These
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2 Waterlost Medium Undead (Aquatic)
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3 Devil Bine Medium Plant Hit Dice:
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3 Fungoid Medium Plant Hit Dice: 5d
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3 prey from above. They drift along
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3 Leechman Medium Aberration Hit Di
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3 Puddle Stalker Large Magical Beas
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3 Retch Hound Medium Magical Beast
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3 Rust Fern Medium Plant Hit Dice:
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3 Sloth Viper Large Magical Beast H
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3 Swamp Troll Large Giant (Aquatic)
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3 Whipstriker Large Animal Hit Dice
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4 Awabi Large Monstrous Humanoid (A
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4 Crystal Ooze Medium Ooze (Aquatic
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4 Fen Vapor Large Aberration Hit Di
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4 Floating Dead Medium Undead Hit D
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4 Gharian Large Monstrous Humanoid
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4 form of water-jet propulsion that
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4 Mummy of the Deep Medium Undead (
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4 Sharkman Large Monstrous Humanoid
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4 Stymphalian Bird Medium Magical B
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5 Archer Clam Huge Vermin (Aquatic)
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5 Bog Beast Large Monstrous Humanoi
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5 Coral Snare Large Aberration (Aqu
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5 Dingonek Huge Magical Beast (Aqua
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5 Diseased Boar Large Animal Hit Di
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5 Fukuranbou Medium Undead Hit Dice
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5 Kari Dragon Large Magical Beast H
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5 Memory Moss Hazard (CR 5) Memory
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5 Shipwreck Ooze Large Ooze (Aquati
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5 Skresh Medium Humanoid (Reptilian
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5 Transposer Medium Outsider (Nativ
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5 Winterbrood Fury Medium Fey Hit D
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6 Blight Belcher Large Magical Beas
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6 Bloodworms Large Animal (Aquatic)
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6 Giant Slug Huge Vermin Hit Dice:
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6 Melboreth Large Magical Beast (Aq
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6 Myrcloud Fine Plant (Swarm) Hit D
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6 Renzer (Devilfin) Large Magical B
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Page 133 and 134: 7 Mire Horror Gargantuan Aberration
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Page 137 and 138: 7 Plague Bringer Medium Monstrous H
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