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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knight Otu" data-source="post: 873723" data-attributes="member: 192">Yes, I admit that I took a break.And I also admit that I changed sources.So what? Introducing - Monsters of the Lower Deep! (Dragon Magazine 235)Octo-JellyLarge Animal (Aquatic)Hit Dice: 6d8+12 (39 hp)Initiative: +1Speed: 10 ft., swim 20 ft.AC: 10 (-1 size, +1 Dex), touch 10, flat-footed 9BAB/Grapple: +4/+11Attacks: Bite +7 meleeDamage: Bite 1d10+4Face/Reach: 10 ft./5 ft.Special Attacks: Engulf, smotherSpecial Qualities: Blindsight 60 ft., luminous cloudSaves: Fort +7, Ref +6, Will +7Abilities: Str 17, Dex 13, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 16, Cha 5Skills: Hide +6*Feats: Iron Will, Weapon Focus (Bite)Climate/Terrain: Any aquaticOrganization: Solitary or pairChallenge Rating: 4Treasure: NoneAlignment: Always neutralAdvancement: 7 - 15 HD (Large); 16 - 18 HD (Huge)Octo-jellies are a large, deep-dwelling species of octopi whose tentacles are connected by a form of webbing.These blind, bell-shaped octopi appear otherwise much like other octopi, save that two fins protude from its body. Like other creatures of its kind, it can change the color of its bell-shaped body, but that ability does not usually help it. The octo-jelly is slightly more social that its larger relative, the hide. It will allow a mate to remain in its territory for the mating season only, and the female will keep the young in its tentacle bell for some time after hatching.CombatThe main attack of an octo-jelly is to engulf an opponent, trying almost mindlessly to eat its victim. Octo-jellies cannot afford to retreat usually. Only when they lose more than 75% of their hit points does it release a luminous cloud to cover its retreat.Engulf (Ex): An octo-jelly can try to wrap a creature of its own size or smaller in its body as a standard action. The octo-jelly attempts a grapple that does not provoke an attack of opportunity. If it gets a hold, it bites the engulfed with a +4 attack bonus, and it can smother its prey.Attacks that hit an engulfing octo-jelly deal half their damage to the monster and half to the victim.Smother (Ex): While engulfing a victim, the octo-jelly may take a full-round action to simulaneously bite and smother its victim. The smothering deals an additional 1d6+3 points of damage to the opponent. Blindsight (Ex): An octo-jelly is blind, but it can ascertain its surroundings using environmental clues such as currents.Luminous Cloud (Ex): An octo-jelly can emit a cloud of glowing blue-green particles 20 feet high by 30 feet wide by 30 feet long once a minute as a free action. The cloud provides total concealment, which the octo-jelly normally uses to escape a fight in which it lost more than 75 % of its hit points. In addition, any creature caught in the cloud must make a Fortitude save (DC 15) or be blinded for 1d10 rounds.Skills: *An octo-jelly can change its colors. While this ability does no good in the depths it normally dwells in, it grants a +4 racial bonus to Hide checks in the higher waters.Conversion notes - I have no idea how man HD the octo-jelly was supposed to have, as the article repeats the Movement line in the Hit Dice line. I guess I could have guessed it from the XP Value and THAC0, but I would have needed to dig out my 2e stuff for that. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />For those who didn’t notice - I am more or less going by R3E rules with my conversions now.</blockquote>

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