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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 6289105" data-attributes="member: 4937"><p>I also vote for Sauhaugin, which are basically Cthulhu worshiping Deep Ones in my version of them.</p><p></p><p>I like the crabfolk suggestion as well. </p><p></p><p>Kopru are a favorite of mine, as they are from the same sort of Far Realm world as Mind Flayers and Aboleth. They are an amphibious race from outside of reality (or another world) and this world is too cold for them by about 100 degree F, forcing them to only live in the vicinity of hot springs and volcanic regions. In the deeps, they inhabit the areas around 'black smokers'. They are plotting to raise the temperature of the world (magical global warming), boiling the oceans and killing off all native lifeforms. The fact that this world is about as harsh as the artic to them is the main thing stopping them. To enable them to extend their reach beyond their little pools of life sustaining heat, they have powerful mind control abilities that they use to create slave empires for them. At one time they held control of large regions of the world, but a slave revolt led by a group of wizard slaves who studied necromancy (because the Kopru couldn't control the minds of undead) broke the back of Kopru empire and its never been able to recover. The descendents of those long ago necromancers still keep the Kopru isolated from potential slaves by basically killing anyone that goes looking for the Kopru, and armies of savage zombie warriors still patrol the lands around their ancient dwellings.</p><p></p><p>As others have pointed out, there are far more underwater monsters than you'll probably ever use or need - even if you ran a purely underwater campaign.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 6289105, member: 4937"] I also vote for Sauhaugin, which are basically Cthulhu worshiping Deep Ones in my version of them. I like the crabfolk suggestion as well. Kopru are a favorite of mine, as they are from the same sort of Far Realm world as Mind Flayers and Aboleth. They are an amphibious race from outside of reality (or another world) and this world is too cold for them by about 100 degree F, forcing them to only live in the vicinity of hot springs and volcanic regions. In the deeps, they inhabit the areas around 'black smokers'. They are plotting to raise the temperature of the world (magical global warming), boiling the oceans and killing off all native lifeforms. The fact that this world is about as harsh as the artic to them is the main thing stopping them. To enable them to extend their reach beyond their little pools of life sustaining heat, they have powerful mind control abilities that they use to create slave empires for them. At one time they held control of large regions of the world, but a slave revolt led by a group of wizard slaves who studied necromancy (because the Kopru couldn't control the minds of undead) broke the back of Kopru empire and its never been able to recover. The descendents of those long ago necromancers still keep the Kopru isolated from potential slaves by basically killing anyone that goes looking for the Kopru, and armies of savage zombie warriors still patrol the lands around their ancient dwellings. As others have pointed out, there are far more underwater monsters than you'll probably ever use or need - even if you ran a purely underwater campaign. [/QUOTE]
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