I Need a Sea Monster

[Scribble]

I need a sea monster for an upcoming game.

Anyone have any good ideas?

I guess I could just re-skin a dragon... but that's not completely what I want. I'd rather a more tentacled thing... Maybe I can biggerafy the Darksea Squid from Blackdirge's Dungeon Denezins and then Soloafy it?

Hrmm.. Anyone have any other ideas? (Like do you have one, or know of the location of a set of sea monster stats?)

 

[Nymrohd]

A scylla? From Stormwrack (or greek mythology ).

 

[frankthedm]

What level? I'd guess Dagon [MM2] is too strong?

 

[Nymrohd]

Oh comeon he asked for A sea monster, not THE sea monster You can always go with a dinosaur. Or a kraken. Or a morkoth. Or a half-illithid kraken (ouch!).

 

[Fallen Seraph]

Well checked Compendium with "Tentacle" as search and decreased with "Aquatic" as keyword:

• Tendril of Dagon - 10 - Controller - Standard - Dungeon Magazine 156
• Sebacean Mutant Chuul - 21 - Soldier - Elite - Dungeon Magazine 159
• Chuul Militant - 12 - Soldier - Standard - Dungeon Magazine 162
• Chuul Thrall - 12 - Soldier - Standard - Dungeon Magazine 162
• Sinkhole Chuul - 12 - Soldier - Standard - Dungeon Magazine 162
• Aboleth Lasher - 17 - Brute - Standard - Monster Manual
• Aboleth Overseer - 18 - Controller, Leader - Elite - Monster Manual
• Aboleth Slime Mage - 17 - Artillery, Leader - Standard - Monster Manual
• Chuul - 10 - Soldier - Standard - Monster Manual
• Chuul Juggernaut - 23 - Soldier - Elite - Monster Manual
• Pavan, Aboleth Overseer Lich - 18 - Controller, Leader - Solo - Open Grave

I dunno what it is in MM2 since not on Compendium yet.

 

[Scribble]

Players will probably be around 9th level when this (possibly) happens.

I might end up just building it myself, cause I have a few attacks I know I want it to be able to do...

It needs reach (so it can hit people on a boat from the water...)

It needs to be able to grab (so it can pull people off the ship duh...)

I'd like it to have a smash, and a smash that pushes people around...

I'd also like it to have some sort of ramming attack... (so it can ram the ship.)

Hrmm yeah... Maybe I'll just stat it up myself.

 

[malraux]

Roper with a swim speed + a recharge power that lets it attack the boat in some way?

 

[Scribble]

Roper with a swim speed + a recharge power that lets it attack the boat in some way?

Ohh that sounds like it might be a good starting point.

 

[Fallen Seraph]

Lets see from my list, this one would be best:
Tendril of Dagon: Level 10:

• Reach of 2
• Normal Tentacle attack also grabs
• Has a Drag attack (for grabbed targets)
• Threatening Reach of 2

For the ramming attack. I personally wouldn't have that as part of the monster. Instead it would be a terrain feature. Since the ramming would rock the ship, so could have the PCs sliding over the deck, etc.

 

[Rechan]

I personally wouldn't use a monster so much as An Encounter monster.

But if you insist on a monster in and of itself, what I would do: treat different parts of the monster as different monsters itself.

Tentacle: Controller.
Claw: Brute.

Have two of each come out of the water and attack the boat. After say, half of them are killed, have the head show up:

Head: Elite Controller or Elite Brute.