Leviathan and Zaratan

[Arcturus_Rugend]

I'm looking for a couple of overwhelmingly large creatures for an upcoming aquatic adventure with my PCs. Have either the Leviathan or the Zaratan been re-released in 3e in any WOTC or d20 product?

 

[DreamChaser]

Zartan is in Arms and Equipment

 

[Arcturus_Rugend]

There are monsters in the A&EG? That's odd. Thanks for the info!

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Wasn`t the Leviathan in the Monster Manual 2?

You could also simply advance one of the Whales or Sharks a few HD to make them really big..

Mustrum Ridcully

 

[Arcturus_Rugend]

I thought about advancing the sharks / whales, but I was trying to make a somewhat intelligent creature. Probably should have mentioned that earlier.

I don't own either the A&EG or MMII, but if these creatures are in there, I might have to pick them up (or at least borrow them from someone for a little while).

Thanks for the info!

(edited for spelling)

 

[AuraSeer]

I thought about advancing the sharks / whales, but I was trying to make a somewhat intelligent creature.

That's what the awaken spell is for.

 

[DreamChaser]

There are monsters in the A&EG? That's odd. Thanks for the info!

yeah. they have a large array of "mounts" and "vehicles" some of which are creatures. they also have new guard creatures.

And yes, leviathan is in MMII. It is really just a titannic whale with SR.

And why on earth don't cetaceans in D&D have blindsight?

And why does leviathan have low-light vision?

*shrug* time to pull out the old rule-0 again.

DC

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Low Light Vision is fairly useful underwater, since it is dark, but not completely lightless there. I believe the Aquatic Elves do also have Low Light Vision, even better than the Standard Elves one (4x instead of 2x).
Darkvision isn`t so great, because it only has a limited range, and Blindsight doesn`t really fit - Unless you know more about Leviathan than I do (I know only about the Spacefaring kind like in Farscape ). (And Blindsight does also have limited range).

Mustrum Ridcully

 

[hong]

Unless you know more about Leviathan than I do (I know only about the Spacefaring kind like in Farscape ).

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Subject: Re: What happened to Atlantis could happen to us.
From: bdc@world.std.com (Brian "JARAI" Chase)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.kibology, alt.alien.visitors

James "Kibo" Parry <kibo@world.std.com> wrote:
>In several serious UFO-related newsgroups, Andrea Chen
>(fallinghawks@earthlink.net) wrote:

>> Having followed this thread closely, I think most posters are missing
>> the point. I think the question that everyone wants to ask, but is too
>> shy to bring up is: How do the whales travel into outerspace using
>> completely organic and natural methods?

>I would guess it involves hemp and recycling. You see, the whales
>recycle the space in front of them, producing space behind them.
>This moves them forward. To breathe, they just burn some hemp, because
>everyone knows you can smoke hemp. These whales are high, man!
>No I mean high like high in the sky man! Oh, my computer is on. Bummer.

>> The answer of course is jelly fish membranes. That and electric eels.
>> The eels are used to break water into hydrogen and oxegen which is
>> stored in separate bags. After several cubic miles of container are
>> filled, the pod of whales ventures into space going the first dozen or
>> so miles using the anti gravity mechanism of lighter than air. After
>> that the combustable combination is ignited leading to reports of huge
>> energyu discharges in the upper atmosphere.

No. I'm afraid you're both wrong. These matters of inter-galactic whale
transfrubrication were explained to me by the aliens during the second of
my many abductions. [God damn aliens, always kidnaping me and stuff.]

Anyway, the simple chemical process of separating water into its hydrogen
and oxygen components does not create enough energy to efficiently or
significantly propel the whales through space. The whales actually have a
special palladium rich appendix in which deuterium and tritium undergo a
cold fusion process. The energy produced is what's used to power the
whales over inter-galactic distances.

The hydrogen and oxygen separation process is correct to some extent
although it does not involve jellyfish membranes. The electrical currents
are produced within the whale as a cold-fusion by-product. The hydrogen
and oxygen gases are then mixed with methane in the whale's intestinal
tract. When enough of the gases mix in the large intestine of the whale,
the noble creature generates a high voltage spark internally which ignites
the gases to propel the whale beyond the ocean and gravitational pull of
the earth. The whale effectively farts itself into low earth orbit. From
there the whale may venture deep into space using cold-fusion power.

Of course, such launches aren't without mishap. About 95% of all beached
whales are the direct result of failed attempts by those whales to reach a
low earth orbit during the initial launch maneuver. Quite often beachings
involve baby whales who're still learning to master the attainment of
optimum orbital trajectories. These mishaps are generally the result of a
whale traveling at too low of an angle. At very low launch angles the
fire farting whales will skim like tossed stones across the surface of the
ocean until they strike dry land. At moderately low launch angles the
whales first bounce off the bottom of the ionosphere and THEN skip across
the ocean surface.

The gases produced by the whales exiting the atmosphere include CO2, CO,
and unspent methane. All of which are contributing to the greenhouse
effect. Additionally, the cold-fusion reactions produce a fair amount of
alpha, beta, and deadly gamma radiation. In space this isn't a problem,
but it does have negative effects here on earth.

STOP THE FIRE FARTING WHALES FROM KILLING GAIA! DAMN THE WHALES!

 

[Arcturus_Rugend]

ROFLMAO!