Real Sea Monsters

[Huw]

I was always partial to the vampire squid.
Sure, the ones we KNOW are only a foot or so long...

Vampire Squid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There were bigger ones:

Tusoteuthis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[wedgeski]

Thanks for all the links in this thread. I love this stuff!

 

[Aeolius]

Very Cool:
Hokkaido Sea Monster

 

[Qwillion]

This is why my players never want to go on an underwater adventure.

 

[JiffyPopTart]

I present...the Giant Isopod

DS

 

[JiffyPopTart]

I present...the Giant Isopod

DS

 

[Aeolius]

I present...the Giant Isopod

And WAY too much info about them HERE , including songs about giant isopods!

As for Deep Sea Gigantism, the 2e supplement "The Sea Devils" speculated that sahuagin never actually stop growing, throughout their lifetime. I applied the same thinking to my shellycoats (aquatic greenhags).

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I present...the Giant Isopod

DS

How many gigs of music or video will that thing hold?




What?

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

The giant squid are coming for us.

 

[Aeolius]

The giant squid are coming for us.

and the sharks and the mysterious black ooze