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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 7594838" data-attributes="member: 57383">Okay this looks fairly straightforward.It is basically a SRD Giant Octopus or Giant Squid magnified to Colossal++ size and with a 3-point boost to its Intelligence.I've also remembered there's another giant cephalopod that probably belongs in this thread - the Leviathan of Nehwon, which is pretty much a 40 HD Giant Octopus. I think I'll add it to the list.Anyhow, getting back to the Mystaran Kraken should we make it an Animal or a Magical Beast? The description doesn't give it any supernatural abilities unless you count its extraordinary size or the ability to imitate kelp but it IS in the &quot;Monsters and Other Fantastical Creatures&quot; section of AC9 rather than the Animals: Mundane, Extinct and Giant&quot; section.Then again, that section does include a few extinct animals like the Phororhacus and Grangeri - which are pretty obviously <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorusrhacos" target="_blank">Phorusrhacos</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraceratherium" target="_blank">Paraceratherium</a> (previously known as the Baluchitherium and Indricotherium, under which name they have AD&amp;D and 3E stats).So do you prefer Animal (Aquatic) or Magical Beast (Aquatic) for the Mystaran Kraken's type?I'm inclined to give it a Size/Reach larger than the standard 30/30 for a Colossal creature considering the original's ridiculous dimensions, which also suggests we should bump up the Strength and Constitution to impressive numbers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 7594838, member: 57383"] Okay this looks fairly straightforward. It is basically a SRD Giant Octopus or Giant Squid magnified to Colossal++ size and with a 3-point boost to its Intelligence. I've also remembered there's another giant cephalopod that probably belongs in this thread - the Leviathan of Nehwon, which is pretty much a 40 HD Giant Octopus. I think I'll add it to the list. Anyhow, getting back to the Mystaran Kraken should we make it an Animal or a Magical Beast? The description doesn't give it any supernatural abilities unless you count its extraordinary size or the ability to imitate kelp but it IS in the "Monsters and Other Fantastical Creatures" section of AC9 rather than the Animals: Mundane, Extinct and Giant" section. Then again, that section does include a few extinct animals like the Phororhacus and Grangeri - which are pretty obviously [I][URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorusrhacos"]Phorusrhacos[/URL][/I] and [I][URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraceratherium"]Paraceratherium[/URL][/I] (previously known as the [I]Baluchitherium[/I] and [I]Indricotherium[/I], under which name they have AD&D and 3E stats). So do you prefer Animal (Aquatic) or Magical Beast (Aquatic) for the Mystaran Kraken's type? I'm inclined to give it a Size/Reach larger than the standard 30/30 for a Colossal creature considering the original's ridiculous dimensions, which also suggests we should bump up the Strength and Constitution to impressive numbers. [/QUOTE]

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