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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DnDChick" data-source="post: 2146912" data-attributes="member: 54">At last! The Dire Octopus. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />OCTOPUS, DIREHuge Animal (Aquatic, Augmented Animal, Dire)Hit Dice: 15d8+60 (130 hp)Initiative: +6Speed: 30 ft. (4 squares), swim 40 ft.Armor Class: 22 (-2 size, +2 Dex, +12 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 20Base Attack/Grapple: +11/+30Attack: Tentacle +20 melee (1d6+11)Full Attack: 8 tentacles +20 melee (1d6+11) and bite +14 melee (2d6+5)Space/Reach: 15 ft./15 ft. (25 ft. with tentacle)Special Attacks: Improved grab, constrictSpecial Qualities: Ink cloud, jet, low-light visionSaves: Fort +13, Ref +11, Will +10Abilities: Str 32, Dex 15, Con 19, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 3Skills: Escape Artist +12, Hide +7, Listen +9, Spot +9, Swim +19Feats: Alertness, Improved Initiative, Skill Focus (Hide), Toughness, Weapon Focus (bite), Weapon Focus (tentacle)Environment: Warm aquaticOrganization: SolitaryChallenge Rating: 11Advancement: 16-30 HD (Huge); 31-45 HD (Gargantuan)Level Adjustment: —CombatAn opponent can attack a dire octopus’s tentacles with a sunder attempt as if they were weapons. A dire octopus’s tentacles have 15 hit points each. If a dire octopus is currently grappling a target with the tentacle that is being attacked, it usually uses another limb to make its attack of opportunity against the opponent making the sunder attempt. Severing one of a dire octopus’s tentacles deals 5 points of damage to the creature. A dire octopus usually withdraws from combat if it loses four tentacles. The creature regrows severed limbs in 1d10+10 days.Constrict (Ex): A dire octopus deals 3d8+15 points of damage with a successful grapple check.Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, a dire octopus must hit an opponent of any size with a tentacle attack. It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. If it wins the grapple check, it establishes a hold and can constrict.Ink Cloud (Ex): A dire octopus can emit a cloud of jet-black ink 30 feet high by 30 feet wide by 30 feet long once per minute as a free action. The cloud provides total concealment, which the octopus normally uses to escape a losing fight. All vision within the cloud is obscured.Jet (Ex): A dire octopus can jet backward once per round as a full-round action, at a speed of 200 feet. It must move in a straight line, but does not provoke attacks of opportunity while jetting. Skills: A dire octopus can change colors, giving it a +4 racial bonus on Hide checks. A dire octopus also can squeeze and contort its body, giving it a +10 racial bonus on Escape Artist checks. A dire octopus has a +8 racial bonus on any Swim check to perform some special action or avoid a hazard. It can always choose to take 10 on a Swim check, even if distracted or endangered. It can use the run action while swimming, provided it swims in a straight line.</blockquote>

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