Bestiary Gripe

[TheAuldGrump]

[rant] Four editions of D&D and D&D OGL spinoffs and we still don't have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads!!! [/rant]

Missed one! (Legos Agents: Mission 4)

Damn! When I was a kid Legos were the coolest toy ever! And they have just kept on getting cooler....

The Auld Grump

 

[Chronologist]

I've run a shark in my campaign once, and it bit and held (grapple/constrict). On the other hand the PC in question was small sized, against medium sized PCs it would have tried to do the same, but at a -4 size penalty.

 

[jaerdaph]

Missed one! (Legos Agents: Mission 4)

Damn! When I was a kid Legos were the coolest toy ever! And they have just kept on getting cooler....

The Auld Grump

Ooh! Legos Thunderball!

 

[Sylrae]

The shark presented in the core rules is only one species of shark, first of all; you can ABSOLUTELY do a different species that has a bite-n-shake attack, and if you do create a different species by advancing the shark, that's a good idea; helps to keep the sharks feeling different.

And if you're looking for game rules for a grab-n-shake type attack, check out the crocodile's death roll attack.

Thanks! Those crocodile 'death roll' rules will definitely come up next time I want a shark that can grab and twist.

 

[VanorDM]

Well I'll agree that you could argue that different sharks have different methods of attacking prey...

But what I can't see flying is a player telling the DM "No the rules say this so you have do this."

That has never ever been a valid argument that I remember. Especially considering rule 1, what the DM says goes. It has said that in every RPG I've played since 1st edition AD&D. So there is really no way a player can make a argument like that, seeing how the rules say the GM has the final say.

 

[Skytheen]

Go for the eyes Boo! Go for the eyes!

"...Sometimes that shark he looks right into ya. Right into your eyes. And, you know, the thing about a shark... he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes."

 

[Kodyax]

Sharks have a special meaning for me and the one campaign I'm planning is going have a lot of them swimming around. I'll have to look but a GM tacking on an Improved Grapple/Grab feat onto the standard shark shouldn't be too much of a stretch and from what I have seen and read it wouldn't be too far from what they do in real life. Of course I'm also in the process of converting monsters from Stormwrack, Dead Man's Chest and probably one or more of the Monster Manuals for this so I'll have plenty of material to say the least.

 

[Walking Dad]

Great picture!

Missed one! (Legos Agents: Mission 4)

Damn! When I was a kid Legos were the coolest toy ever! And they have just kept on getting cooler....

The Auld Grump

Also like the castle stuff... great alternate fantasy miniatures.

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I neither argue with players nor play with arguers. If someone shows up for my game and doesn't like the style of play, he's welcome to leave and find another group.

Having played in your games, I have to say that you are much easier to game with than you sound in this thread. Take this as a compliment.

 

[Mark Chance]

Having played in your games, I have to say that you are much easier to game with than you sound in this thread. Take this as a compliment.

Of course. And I love you too.