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[lordxaviar]

So... still no luck finding a default for the hold breath ability?!
Also, the Octopus familiar is 2HD and CR 1, and is equivalent to a Darkmantle in power...

Haha, guess the mods didn't like the thread title. No love for Japanese tentacle monsters. Lesson learned. XD

Edit: I thought Hold Breath was YxCon Modifier, not YxCon Score! I think the latter is manageable.

Well there is the Landwalker feat.. from stormwrack... came in handy when I was updating the U-1 series and they had an aquatic elf held captive on a ship...
LANDWALKER
You can survive out of the water for a longer period of time than most of your kind.
Prerequisite: Aquatic elf.
Benefit: You can survive out of the water for 3 hours per point of Constitution. After this point you must make
a Fortitude saving throw each hour (DC 15, + 1 for each previous check) or you begin to suffocate.
Normal: Aquatic elves can survive out of water for 1 hour per point of Constitution; after this point they begin
to suffocate.
so an octopus isnt an aquatic elf... just the idea behind the ability.

 

[Lord Xaviar]

couldnt you set him up like minion? give him a sphere of sea water, perhaps a wish spell?

suck up to the Dm a little!!!

 

[Dross]

Therefore one could feasibly have an octopus familiar IMO, provided some reliable means of replenishing its moisture could be provided since they aren't true amphibians ....yet, however rumors of a Pacific Northwest tree octopus (Octopus paxarbolis) persist.

Personally I'd go wondrous item/ring with a Water Breathing spell, continuous or #/day to be effectively continuous.

If at a level where you can't afford such a thing it can be provided by someone that can further the campaign in some way.

 

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[Theo R Cwithin]

This isn't for a campaign... I just want to find the Hold Breath Ability standard!

Looking around teh googles, it doesn't look like there is a standard for the Hold Breath (Ex) ability. It's just a multiplier on CON that varies from creature to creature. Those multipliers seem to vary from about 4 to 8 for the most part.

So unless this particular octopus has a special Hold Breath (Ex) ability, it just has to hold its breath normally, as per the rules for drowning; that is, 2xCON rounds.

 

[jefgorbach]

house-rule it ... obviously WOTC (like most of us?) were unaware octopuses routinely leave the water for extended periods of time and thus SHOULD have the Hold Breath ability with a x23 to x69 multiplier since the SRD lists the giant octopus having a Con13 and the professionals(?) indicate their specimens routinely leave the water for 30-90 minutes (300 - 900 rounds).

 

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[gorfnab]

One option would be to see if you can find an Artificer to design a Megamind Minion style suit for your octopus familiar.

 

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