Populating a tropical archipelago
Looking foreword to the email Hairfoot.
Hey Tonguez,
Please email me. Seriously.
I can be reached at either:
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Hey Tonguez,
Please email me. Seriously.
I can be reached at either:
danielwall@earthlink.net
or
dwall@crunch-waffle.com
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Shrimp and coral
I think they'd make great guard dogs for communities of offshore aquatic races. I'm thinking of including a nearby "coral town", perhaps of aquatic elves, which uses cultivated coral for building and defense. It probably breaks every law of oceanography, but D&D's not known for realism.
I spotted that in the giant crayfish thread (only at ENworld...).Dannyalcatraz said:
I think they'd make great guard dogs for communities of offshore aquatic races. I'm thinking of including a nearby "coral town", perhaps of aquatic elves, which uses cultivated coral for building and defense. It probably breaks every law of oceanography, but D&D's not known for realism.
Actually, not only is that cook, it could work!
Pistol shrimps have been known to form symbiotic relationships with fish like gobies, and may live to be 20 years old. In a fantasy setting, aquatic elves could use their husbandry skills to form symbiotic relationships with them. Indeed, oversized ones would make ideal companions for non-nomadic aquatic druids or rangers, or possibly even familiars for arcane spellcasters.
Stomatopods like Mantis shrimps are highly intelligent (for crustaceans) and are active hunters. For adventuring aquatic druids, rangers, or paladins, the aggressiveness and fighting instincts of oversized specimens would be ideal. They would also make good stationary guard animals...as long as you only place one in the room- they only get along with others of their species when they're male & females.
And if your druids just happen to know Awaken...
Pistol shrimps have been known to form symbiotic relationships with fish like gobies, and may live to be 20 years old. In a fantasy setting, aquatic elves could use their husbandry skills to form symbiotic relationships with them. Indeed, oversized ones would make ideal companions for non-nomadic aquatic druids or rangers, or possibly even familiars for arcane spellcasters.
Stomatopods like Mantis shrimps are highly intelligent (for crustaceans) and are active hunters. For adventuring aquatic druids, rangers, or paladins, the aggressiveness and fighting instincts of oversized specimens would be ideal. They would also make good stationary guard animals...as long as you only place one in the room- they only get along with others of their species when they're male & females.
And if your druids just happen to know Awaken...
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Heh, spent the morning looking up Mantis and Pistol Shrimp. They are indeed cool. Anyway, I thought I'd give it a shot at making up a giant version:
http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?p=3162341#post3162341
Hm... just noticed "Hammerclaw" in Stormwrack. It appears to be a giant creature modelled partially on the Pistole Shrimp; kind of a cross with a Lobster.
http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?p=3162341#post3162341
Hm... just noticed "Hammerclaw" in Stormwrack. It appears to be a giant creature modelled partially on the Pistole Shrimp; kind of a cross with a Lobster.
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