Good sources for underwater monsters?

Kunimatyu

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Alright, so my underwater-Eberron-pirate-warforged game is about to get underway.

There's only one small problem: I need some (good) underwater monsters!

I own Freeport: City of Adventure and FF's Seafarer's Handbook, neither of which is terribly good in the monsters department, along with Tome of Horrors, MM, MM3, FF, and Frostburn. Are there any good underwater monster books(or conversely, good monster books with a number of underwater monsters)? Are there any good underwater monsters in the above books, particularly Tome of Horrors, that I might have glossed over?
 

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When in doubt, use the SRD:
http://www.d20srd.org/filters/monster.php

It yielded the following list when filtered for Aquatic:
Monster Size/Type Environment CR Alignment
Allip Medium Undead (Incorporeal) Any 3 Neutral Evil
Animated Object, Colossal Colossal Construct Any 10 Neutral
Animated Object, Gargantuan Gargantuan Construct Any 7 Neutral
Animated Object, Huge Huge Construct Any 5 Neutral
Animated Object, Large Large Construct Any 3 Neutral
Animated Object, Medium Medium Construct Any 2 Neutral
Animated Object, Small Small Construct Any 1 Neutral
Animated Object, Tiny Tiny Construct Any 1/2 Neutral
Baleen Whale Gargantuan Animal Warm Aquatic 6 Neutral
Cachalot Whale Gargantuan Animal Temperate Aquatic 7 Neutral
Devourer Large Undead (Extraplanar) Any 11 Neutral Evil
Dinosaur, Elasmosaurus Huge Animal Warm Aquatic 7 Neutral
Dire Rat Small Animal Any 1/2 Neutral
Dire Shark Huge Animal (Aquatic) Cold Aquatic 9 Neutral
Doppelganger Medium Monstrous Humanoid (Shapechanger) Any 3 Neutral
Dragon Turtle Huge Dragon (Aquatic) Temperate Aquatic 9 Neutral
Elf, Aquatic Medium Humanoid (Elf) Temperate Aquatic 1/2 Chaotic Good
Gargoyle Medium Monstrous Humanoid (Earth) Any 4 Chaotic Evil
Gargoyle, Kapoacinth Medium Monstrous Humanoid (Aquatic) Any Aquatic 4 Chaotic Evil
Ghoul Medium Undead Any 1 Chaotic Evil
Ghoul, Ghast Medium Undead Any 3 Chaotic Evil
Ghoul, Lacedon Medium Undead (Aquatic) Any Aquatic 1 Chaotic Evil
Golem, Clay Large Construct Any 10 Neutral
Golem, Flesh Large Construct Any 7 Neutral
Golem, Greater Stone Huge Construct Any 16 Neutral
Golem, Iron Large Construct Any 13 Neutral
Golem, Stone Large Construct Any 11 Neutral
Hag, Sea Medium Monstrous Humanoid (Aquatic) Temperate Aquatic 4 Chaotic Evil
Homunculus Tiny Construct Any 1 Any
Kraken Gargantuan Magical Beast (Aquatic) Temperate Aquatic 12 Neutral Evil
Locathah Medium Humanoid (Aquatic) Warm Aquatic 1/2 Neutral
Lycanthrope, Wererat Medium Humanoid (Human, Shapechanger) Any 2 Lawful Evil
Manta Ray Large Animal (Aquatic) Warm Aquatic 1 Neutral
Merfolk Medium Humanoid (Aquatic) Temperate Aquatic 1/2 Neutral
Mohrg Medium Undead Any 8 Chaotic Evil
Mummy Medium Undead Any 5 Lawful Evil
Mummy Lord Medium Undead Any 15 Lawful Evil
Naga, Water Large Aberration (Aquatic) Temperate Aquatic 7 Neutral
Octopus Small Animal (Aquatic) Warm Aquatic 1 Neutral
Octopus, Giant Large Animal (Aquatic) Warm Aquatic 8 Neutral
Ogre, Merrow Large Giant (Aquatic) Temperate Aquatic 3 Chaotic Evil
Orca Huge Animal Cold Aquatic 5 Neutral
Porpoise Medium Animal Temperate Aquatic 1/2 Neutral
Rat Tiny Animal Any Any 1/8 Neutral
Sahuagin Medium Monstrous Humanoid (Aquatic) Warm Aquatic 2 Lawful Evil
Sea Cat Large Magical Beast Temperate Aquatic 4 Neutral
Shadow Medium Undead (Incorporeal) Any 3 Chaotic Evil
Shadow, Greater Medium Undead (Incorporeal) Any 8 Chaotic Evil
Shark, Huge Huge Animal Cold Aquatic 4 Neutral
Shark, Large Large Animal Cold Aquatic 2 Neutral
Shark, Medium Medium Animal Cold Aquatic 1 Neutral
Shield Guardian Large Construct Any 8 Neutral
Spectre Medium Undead (Incorporeal) Any 7 Lawful Evil
Sprite, Nixie Small Fey (Aquatic) Temperate Aquatic 1 Neutral
Squid Medium Animal (Aquatic) Temperate Aquatic 1 Neutral
Squid, Giant Huge Animal (Aquatic) Temperate Aquatic 9 Neutral
Swarm, Rat Tiny Animal (Swarm) Any 2 Neutral
Tarrasque Colossal Magical Beast Any 20 Neutral
Triton Medium Outsider (Native, Water) Temperate Aquatic 2 Neutral Good
Troll, Scrag Large Giant Cold Aquatic 5 Chaotic Evil
Vampire Spawn Medium Undead Any 4 Any Evil
Wight Medium Undead Any 3 Lawful Evil
Wraith Medium Undead (Incorporeal) Any 5 Lawful Evil
Wraith, Dread Large Undead (Incorporeal) Any 11 Lawful Evil
Zombie, Human Commoner Medium Undead Any 1/2 Neutral Evil
 

Kunimatyu said:
Alright, so my underwater-Eberron-pirate-warforged game is about to get underway.

There's only one small problem: I need some (good) underwater monsters!

I own Freeport: City of Adventure and FF's Seafarer's Handbook, neither of which is terribly good in the monsters department, along with Tome of Horrors, MM, MM3, FF, and Frostburn. Are there any good underwater monster books(or conversely, good monster books with a number of underwater monsters)? Are there any good underwater monsters in the above books, particularly Tome of Horrors, that I might have glossed over?

Tome of Horrors has several...been a while since I did that book, and I dont recall all of them, but the Mummy of the Deep is in there. So is the Brine Zombie. And the Eye of the Deep (underwater beholders).

I'll give ya a more extensive list this evening when I get home if you are still in need.

Also- what CR range are ya looking for? I might have some stuff lying around that I cut from Tome 1, Tome 2, and Tome 3, or maybe some stuff for Tome 4 (if we do one) that might work for ya.
 

Into the Blue by Bastion has some good ones as well as good underwater options

Monsters of the Boundless Blue by Goodman Games is mopre monster oriented and has a very good set up.
 

Doesn't expeditious retreat press have a pdf sourcebook of OGC monsters converted to 3.5 specifically for marsh and aquatic terrain?
 

Grazzt said:
Tome of Horrors has several...been a while since I did that book, and I dont recall all of them, but the Mummy of the Deep is in there. So is the Brine Zombie. And the Eye of the Deep (underwater beholders).

I'll give ya a more extensive list this evening when I get home if you are still in need.

Also- what CR range are ya looking for? I might have some stuff lying around that I cut from Tome 1, Tome 2, and Tome 3, or maybe some stuff for Tome 4 (if we do one) that might work for ya.

Thanks, that'd be great! I'm primarily looking for the CR3-5 range, preferably critters without poison, as my players are warforged and immune to that. Otherwise, Giant Moray Eels from ToH1 would have been perfect.
 



I second Into the Blue from Bastion Press. There are some very interesting monsters in there, particularly if you're looking for undead underwater critters. This would probably fit the pirate theme particularly well.
 


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