Nasty Critters of the Sea...

[Varianor Abroad]

"I'd say something of mythic proportion but not inconceivable in terms of one man fighting it and being able to defeat it. Not a stalker. I kind of want a snakelike creature with a human head"

Water naga, perhaps?

Thanks so much guys!

Well, my first response was a giant talking snapping turtle, because it's fun to watch the PCs negotiate with something that bites cows in half. Given above, what about a mermaid or merman with an eel's body instead of the fish?

 

[LcKedovan]

Why, sahuagin of course!

Sahuagin are great. See the look of fear on your players face when you attack them with a swarm led by a four-armed mutant! "He's wielding how many tridents?!"

'fex, I can see you have a trident fetish... this isn't the first time you've said that..... pervert!

-W.

 

[Voadam]

I'd use the sea dragon (not sure of the name) from the Penumbra Bestiary because it is very seaserpent-like and that sounds like a fun mythic sea critter but it may be too much for her one hero. Maybe a fiendish octopus or shark. Demonic infused natural sea predators can be very creepy if done right in a story.

 

[BOZ]

dang, i was going to say kraken.

 

[Aeolius]

When my undersea campaign switched from 1e AD&D pre-Wars GH to 3e D&D post-Wars GH, I had twelve years of game time to "skip over". So I devised the hydrimera; part giant squid, part dire shark, and part feline sea lion (now called sea cat), the hydrimera's ink cloud turned victims to stone. The PCs spent those twelve years as stone statues on the ocean floor.

When it comes to kraken I have my krakidan, a human-kraken crossbreed, and the sykraken, offspring of a kraken and aboleth.

 

[Steverooo]

See? I toldya!

 

[Hand of Evil]

I always love the fantasy & scir-fi of the Sargasso Sea, ships locked in place by the sea weed and the currents, the undead or sea devils guarding treasures long lost at sea.

Shambling Mounds covert for the sea.

Oozes can be fun, think Dark Water.

 

[BOZ]

aeolius = evil.

 

[Crothian]

When it comes to kraken I have my krakidan, a human-kraken crossbreed, and the sykraken, offspring of a kraken and aboleth.

Do I dare ask how these are made??

 

[Aeolius]

Do I dare ask how these are made??

it's.....complicated.....