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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 7961942" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p><span style="color: green"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Design Notes</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: green">The SRD Squid is clearly based on the Humboldt Squid (<em>Dosidicus gigas</em>, also known as the Jumbo Squid or Red Devil).</span></p><p><span style="color: green"></span></p><p><span style="color: green">Some or possibly most squid have venomous saliva like octopuses do. Little is known about the venom of squid, which is not known to be dangerous to humans except for the possibility of an allergic reaction (although that proviso would apply to the enzymes in any saliva apart from your own).</span></p><p><span style="color: green"></span></p><p><span style="color: green">It took considerable research to complete some of the above entries, such as determining whether longline squid should be inkless or not (I eventually found reliable sources that <em><a href="http://tolweb.org/Asperoteuthis_mangoldae/19467" target="_blank">Asperoteuthis mangoldae</a></em> has been <a href="https://nautiluslive.org/video/2019/07/26/sinuous-asperoteuthis-mangoldae-squid-filmed-alive-first-time" target="_blank">videod</a> squirting ink and <em><a href="http://tolweb.org/Asperoteuthis_acanthoderma/19466" target="_blank">Asperoteuthis acanthoderma</a></em> has a <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Heather_Judkins/publication/235911140_First_records_of_Asperoteuthis_acanthoderma_Lu_1977_Cephalopoda_Oegopsida_Chiroteuthidae_from_the_North_Atlantic_Ocean_Straits_of_Florida/links/09e415140cb111691a000000.pdf" target="_blank">small ink sac</a> although it was empty and hard to find during dissection).</span></p><p><span style="color: green"></span></p><p><span style="color: green">Speaking of which, during my internet searches I saw no mention of inkless squid even existing, the only inkless cephalopods mentioned were nautiluses, octopuses and vampire squids (which aren't really squid).</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: red"><strong>Skill Breakdown:</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><strong>S<span style="font-size: 12px">quid (6 SPs):</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12px"> Hide 0S+Dex3+4chameleon, Listen 3S+Wis1, Spot 3S+Wis1+4R, Swim 0S+Dex3+8R</span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Large Squid (9 SPs):</strong> Hide 3S+Dex3–4size+4chameleon, Listen 3S+Wis1, Spot 3S+Wis1+4R, Swim 0S+Str6+8R</span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Small Squid (5 SPs):</strong> Hide 0S+Dex3+4size+4chameleon, Listen 2S+Wis1, Spot 3S+Wis1+4R, Swim 0S+Dex3+8R</span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Tiny Squid (4 SPs):</strong> Hide 0S+Dex3+8size+4chameleon, Listen 2S+Wis1, Spot 2S+Wis1+4R, Swim 0S+Dex3+8R</span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Diminutive Squid (4 SPs):</strong> Hide 0S+Dex3+12size+2chameleon, Listen 2S+Wis1, Spot 2S+Wis1+4R, Swim 0S+Dex3+8R</span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Flying Squid Distance Calculations</strong></span></span></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><span style="color: red"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Flying Squid</strong></span></span></td><td><span style="color: red"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Take 10 Distance</strong></span></p> </span></td><td><span style="color: red"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>5 ft. Squares Covered</strong></span></p> </span></td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: red"><span style="font-size: 12px">Jump +22</span></span></td><td><span style="color: red"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px">32+16 = 48 ft.)</span></p> </span></td><td><span style="color: red"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px">45 ft.</span></p> </span></td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: red"><span style="font-size: 12px">Jump +18</span></span></td><td><span style="color: red"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px">28+14 = 42 ft.)</span></p> </span></td><td><span style="color: red"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px">40 ft.</span></p> </span></td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: red"><span style="font-size: 12px">Jump +17</span></span></td><td><span style="color: red"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px">27+13½ = 40½ ft.)</span></p> </span></td><td><span style="color: red"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px">40 ft.</span></p> </span></td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: red"><span style="font-size: 12px">Jump +15</span></span></td><td><span style="color: red"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px">25+12½ = 37½ ft.)</span></p> </span></td><td><span style="color: red"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px">35 ft.</span></p> </span></td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: red"><span style="font-size: 12px">Jump +13</span></span></td><td><span style="color: red"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px">23+11½ = 34½ ft.)</span></p> </span></td><td><span style="color: red"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px">30 ft.</span></p> </span></td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: red"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Elongated Flying Squid</strong></span></span></td><td><span style="color: red"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Take 10 Distance</strong></span></p> </span></td><td><span style="color: red"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>5 ft. Squares Covered</strong></span></p> </span></td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: red"><span style="font-size: 12px">Jump +20</span></span></td><td><span style="color: red"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px">30+15 = 45 ft.)</span></p> </span></td><td><span style="color: red"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px">45 ft.</span></p> </span></td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: red"><span style="font-size: 12px">Jump +16</span></span></td><td><span style="color: red"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px">26+13 = 39 ft.)</span></p> </span></td><td><span style="color: red"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px">35 ft.</span></p> </span></td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: red"><span style="font-size: 12px">Jump +15</span></span></td><td><span style="color: red"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px">25+12½ = 37½ ft.)</span></p> </span></td><td><span style="color: red"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px">35 ft.</span></p> </span></td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: red"><span style="font-size: 12px">Jump +13</span></span></td><td><span style="color: red"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px">23+11½ = 34½ ft.)</span></p> </span></td><td><span style="color: red"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px">30 ft.</span></p> </span></td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: red"><span style="font-size: 12px">Jump +11</span></span></td><td><span style="color: red"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px">21+10½ = 31½ ft.)</span></p> </span></td><td><span style="color: red"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px">30 ft.</span></p> </span></td></tr></table></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 7961942, member: 57383"] [COLOR=green][SIZE=5][B]Design Notes[/B][/SIZE] The SRD Squid is clearly based on the Humboldt Squid ([I]Dosidicus gigas[/I], also known as the Jumbo Squid or Red Devil). Some or possibly most squid have venomous saliva like octopuses do. Little is known about the venom of squid, which is not known to be dangerous to humans except for the possibility of an allergic reaction (although that proviso would apply to the enzymes in any saliva apart from your own). It took considerable research to complete some of the above entries, such as determining whether longline squid should be inkless or not (I eventually found reliable sources that [I][URL='http://tolweb.org/Asperoteuthis_mangoldae/19467']Asperoteuthis mangoldae[/URL][/I] has been [URL='https://nautiluslive.org/video/2019/07/26/sinuous-asperoteuthis-mangoldae-squid-filmed-alive-first-time']videod[/URL] squirting ink and [I][URL='http://tolweb.org/Asperoteuthis_acanthoderma/19466']Asperoteuthis acanthoderma[/URL][/I] has a [URL='https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Heather_Judkins/publication/235911140_First_records_of_Asperoteuthis_acanthoderma_Lu_1977_Cephalopoda_Oegopsida_Chiroteuthidae_from_the_North_Atlantic_Ocean_Straits_of_Florida/links/09e415140cb111691a000000.pdf']small ink sac[/URL] although it was empty and hard to find during dissection). Speaking of which, during my internet searches I saw no mention of inkless squid even existing, the only inkless cephalopods mentioned were nautiluses, octopuses and vampire squids (which aren't really squid).[/COLOR] [COLOR=red][B]Skill Breakdown: S[SIZE=3]quid (6 SPs):[/SIZE][/B][SIZE=3] Hide 0S+Dex3+4chameleon, Listen 3S+Wis1, Spot 3S+Wis1+4R, Swim 0S+Dex3+8R [B]Large Squid (9 SPs):[/B] Hide 3S+Dex3–4size+4chameleon, Listen 3S+Wis1, Spot 3S+Wis1+4R, Swim 0S+Str6+8R [B]Small Squid (5 SPs):[/B] Hide 0S+Dex3+4size+4chameleon, Listen 2S+Wis1, Spot 3S+Wis1+4R, Swim 0S+Dex3+8R [B]Tiny Squid (4 SPs):[/B] Hide 0S+Dex3+8size+4chameleon, Listen 2S+Wis1, Spot 2S+Wis1+4R, Swim 0S+Dex3+8R [B]Diminutive Squid (4 SPs):[/B] Hide 0S+Dex3+12size+2chameleon, Listen 2S+Wis1, Spot 2S+Wis1+4R, Swim 0S+Dex3+8R [B]Flying Squid Distance Calculations[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR] [TABLE] [TR] [TD][COLOR=red][SIZE=3][B]Flying Squid[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=red][CENTER][SIZE=3][B]Take 10 Distance[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=red][CENTER][SIZE=3][B]5 ft. Squares Covered[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=red][SIZE=3]Jump +22[/SIZE][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=red][CENTER][SIZE=3]32+16 = 48 ft.)[/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=red][CENTER][SIZE=3]45 ft.[/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=red][SIZE=3]Jump +18[/SIZE][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=red][CENTER][SIZE=3]28+14 = 42 ft.)[/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=red][CENTER][SIZE=3]40 ft.[/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=red][SIZE=3]Jump +17[/SIZE][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=red][CENTER][SIZE=3]27+13½ = 40½ ft.)[/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=red][CENTER][SIZE=3]40 ft.[/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=red][SIZE=3]Jump +15[/SIZE][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=red][CENTER][SIZE=3]25+12½ = 37½ ft.)[/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=red][CENTER][SIZE=3]35 ft.[/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=red][SIZE=3]Jump +13[/SIZE][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=red][CENTER][SIZE=3]23+11½ = 34½ ft.)[/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=red][CENTER][SIZE=3]30 ft.[/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=red][SIZE=3][B]Elongated Flying Squid[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=red][CENTER][SIZE=3][B]Take 10 Distance[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=red][CENTER][SIZE=3][B]5 ft. Squares Covered[/B][/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=red][SIZE=3]Jump +20[/SIZE][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=red][CENTER][SIZE=3]30+15 = 45 ft.)[/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=red][CENTER][SIZE=3]45 ft.[/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=red][SIZE=3]Jump +16[/SIZE][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=red][CENTER][SIZE=3]26+13 = 39 ft.)[/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=red][CENTER][SIZE=3]35 ft.[/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=red][SIZE=3]Jump +15[/SIZE][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=red][CENTER][SIZE=3]25+12½ = 37½ ft.)[/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=red][CENTER][SIZE=3]35 ft.[/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=red][SIZE=3]Jump +13[/SIZE][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=red][CENTER][SIZE=3]23+11½ = 34½ ft.)[/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=red][CENTER][SIZE=3]30 ft.[/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=red][SIZE=3]Jump +11[/SIZE][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=red][CENTER][SIZE=3]21+10½ = 31½ ft.)[/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=red][CENTER][SIZE=3]30 ft.[/SIZE][/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/QUOTE]
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