D&D 5E The Dolphin Delighter is a Teleporting, Telepathic Dolphin

WotC’s Crawford told Gizmodo about the mysterious ‘Dolphin Delighter’ — and while that name might suggest something else to some, it is in fact a new monster in Monsters of the Multiverse.

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“One of the most delightful ones is the Dolphin Delighter—a fey dolphin. When I was putting together the dolphin page for this book, I realized dolphins in the game had often been associated with seals, which are also in the book along with other fey aquatic folk. We finally introduce a telepathic, teleporting fey dolphin!”

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Fun fact, both I and James Wyatt had Dolphins as a playable PC race in our respective homebrews we had since being teenagers, with a tendency to be psionicists. (However, no one ever chose to try one in my games).

I seem to recall player character dolphins in Traveller.

 

[Vaalingrade]

I'd completely forgotten that dolphins were a Thing in the late 80's early 90's what with Anna Mcaffery's Pern Dolphins, Darwin from SeaQuest, Flipper on VHS and Dan Marino.

 

[HammerMan]

Space Dolphins

Space Dolphins are a mysterious species of celestial cetaceans who inhabit the vacuum of space. Little is known about how they survive or propel themselves through the harshest environment in the universe, but they are highly intelligent, sentient animals who communicate through telepathic...

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lobo approves

 

[JustinCase]

Never trust a species that grins all the time. It's up to something.

(a quote on dolphins by the late Sir Terry Pratchett)

 

[Weiley31]

Your next BBEG Archfey.

A flipping psychotic psychic Dolphin.

 

[Nathaniel Lee]

Wait... so the guesses for that name were actually correct?! I was certain we were all going to feel like idiots for thinking that second blurry word was "Delighter". LOL

 

[Mecheon]

Just give the a few class levels. If it's CR 1/2 it will be eligible for sidekick rules.

Ecco ain't the sidekick, he's the hero

Your next BBEG Archfey.

A flipping psychotic psychic Dolphin.

Nah, if there's a lord of them it'd be a whale.

A Big Blue, if you will.

 

[grimslade]

ohplease ohplease ohplease give us displacer sharks with laserbeams!

They can give you ill-tempered mutated sea bass. It's a start.

 

[pukunui]

Is this the only genuinely new creature in this book?

Reminds me of one of those greatest hits albums where the band has included one new song in order to entice fans who already own all the other songs to buy it.

 

[MNblockhead]

Is this the only genuinely new creature in this book?

Reminds me of one of those greatest hits albums where the band has included one new song in order to entice fans who already own all the other songs to buy it.

Is there a word for that? If not, we have one now.

"We've got put a dolphin delighter on the album to attract the hard core fans who already have all the songs."