Monstrous Large Scorpions exist

[Alisair Longreach]

A fossil of a Monstrous Large Scorpion that lived 400 million years ago. Link

 

[QuaziquestGM]

http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/news.asp?id=7282http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/news.asp?id=7282

this link is better. it has the pics associated.

 

[NewJeffCT]

saw a very interesting special on either Discovery or History channel a few months back entitled "Before the Dinosaurs" and it mentioned giant scorpions like the one above, though I think they had some at 2 feet long and others at 5 feet.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Whoa! But it's typical: Trust the Sea not to know when to stop. Large big squids and fishes (yeah yeah, the whale's mammal) weren't enough for her. Oh no, she needs more nasty stuff.

And who knows whether something like that isn't still around, down in the deepest depths?

 

[Aeolius]

... Trust the Sea not to know when to stop. Large big squids and fishes (yeah yeah, the whale's mammal) weren't enough for her. Oh no, she needs more nasty stuff. And who knows whether something like that isn't still around, down in the deepest depths?

Now THAT sounds like the basis for a D&D campaign!

 

[Delta]

Cthulhu fhtagn, dammit!

 

[Kwalish Kid]

[parade raining]I don't think that thing is actually a scorpion, it is just called a scorpion.[/parade raining] It's still neat.

 

[Breakdaddy]

[parade raining]I don't think that thing is actually a scorpion, it is just called a scorpion.[/parade raining] It's still neat.

They've probably evolved a bit since then.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

It's still Giant Vermin with a 46cm claw. a foot and a half. Wouldn't want to get pinched by that bugger.

 

[Aeolius]

[parade raining]I don't think that thing is actually a scorpion, it is just called a scorpion.[/parade raining] It's still neat.

Well, sea spiders aren't really spiders and I wouldn't eat a sea apple, if I were you.