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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5088142" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p><strong>Tusoteuthis</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Tusoteuthis</span></em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> (Prehistoric Giant Squid)</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Large Animal (Aquatic)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Hit</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> <strong>Dice:</strong> 6d8+12 (39 hp)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Initiative:</strong> +3</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Speed:</strong> Swim 60 ft. (12 squares)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Armour</strong> <strong>Class:</strong> 15 (–1 size, +3 Dex, +3 natural), touch 12, flat-footed 12</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Base</strong> <strong>Attack/Grapple:</strong> +4/+15 [<em>+1 per 2 limbs</em>]</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Attack:</strong> Tentacles +7 melee (1d4+3)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Full</strong> <strong>Attack:</strong> Tentacles +7 melee (1d4+3) and 8 arms +4 melee (1) and bite +4 melee (1d10+1)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Space/Reach:</strong> 10 ft./5 ft. (15 ft. with tentacles, 10 ft. with arms)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Special</strong> <strong>Attacks:</strong> Constrict, gnawing beak, improved grab</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Special</strong> <strong>Qualities:</strong> DR 5/slashing or piercing, Ink cloud, jet, superior low-light vision</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Saves:</strong> Fort +7, Ref +8, Will +3</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Abilities:</strong> Str 16, Dex 17, Con 15, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Skills:</strong> Listen +7, Spot +12, Swim +12</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Feats:</strong> Weapon Focus (tentacles), Blind-Fight, Endurance, MultiattackB</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Environment:</strong> Warm aquatic</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Organization:</strong> Solitary</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Challenge</strong> <strong>Rating:</strong> 3</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Advancement:</strong> 7–9 HD (Large); 10–12 HD (Huge)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Level</strong> <strong>Adjustment:</strong> —</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em>Tusoteuthis </em>is an type of giant squid that lived in the warm, shallow seas of the Cretaceous. They are not closely related to the modern-day giant squid.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">A typical <em>Tusoteuthis </em>is 20 feet or so from tailfin to tentacle-tip and weighs around 500 pounds. Its body is about 6 feet long, but its tentacles exceed 10 feet in length.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Combat</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">A <em>Tusoteuthis </em>giant squid seizes hold of prey with its tentacles, then secures them in its arms and bites with its beak. If threatened it jets away, maybe covering its escape with a cloud of ink.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">A <em>Tusoteuthis</em> has an arm reach equal to a tall creature of its size, and a tentacle reach equal to its space plus its base reach, so 15 feet for a Large <em>Tusoteuthis</em> and 25 feet for a Huge one.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">[<em>note a lot of the previous is highly speculative, it's quite possible Tusoteuthis had tentacles as short or shorter than its arms, or even no tentacles at all, as it may have belonged to the Vampyromorphida.</em>]</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Constrict</strong> <strong>(Ex):</strong> A <em>Tusoteuthis </em>deals automatic arm or tentacle damage with a successful grapple check.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Improved</strong> <strong>Grab</strong> <strong>(Ex):</strong> To use this ability, a giant squid must hit an opponent of any size with a tentacle or arm 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.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">A <em>Tusoteuthis </em>has a +4 racial bonus to grapple checks with its tentacles, with an additional bonus of 1 per two arms or tentacles it is holding its opponent with. If it hits a target with multiple limbs as part of a full attack routine it only makes one grapple check to resolve the hold.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Gnawing</strong> <strong>Beak</strong> <strong>(Ex):</strong> If a <em>Tusoteuthis </em>seeks to bite an opponent it is grappling, the attack is resolved as a primary attack (bite +7 melee for 1d10+3 damage).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Ink</strong> <strong>Cloud</strong> <strong>(Ex):</strong> A <em>Tusoteuthis </em>can emit a cloud of jet-black ink 10 feet high by 10 feet wide by 20 feet long once per minute as a free action. The cloud provides total concealment, which the squid normally uses to escape a losing fight. All vision within the cloud is obscured.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Jet</strong> <strong>(Ex):</strong> A giant squid can jet backward once per round as a full-round action, at a speed of 400 feet. It must move in a straight line, but does not provoke attacks of opportunity while jetting.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Superior Low-Light Vision (Ex):</strong> A giant squid can see five times as far as a human can in dim light.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Skills</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Giant squids' huge eyes give them a +8 racial bonus to Spot checks. A giant squid has a +8 racial bonus on any Swim check to perform some special action or avoid a hazard and 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.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 5088142, member: 57383"] [b]Tusoteuthis[/b] [SIZE=4][B][I][FONT=Arial]Tusoteuthis[/FONT][/I][FONT=Arial] (Prehistoric Giant Squid)[/FONT][/B][/SIZE][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][FONT=Arial]Large Animal (Aquatic) [/FONT][B][FONT=Arial]Hit[/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial] [B]Dice:[/B] 6d8+12 (39 hp) [B]Initiative:[/B] +3 [B]Speed:[/B] Swim 60 ft. (12 squares) [B]Armour[/B] [B]Class:[/B] 15 (–1 size, +3 Dex, +3 natural), touch 12, flat-footed 12 [B]Base[/B] [B]Attack/Grapple:[/B] +4/+15 [[I]+1 per 2 limbs[/I]] [B]Attack:[/B] Tentacles +7 melee (1d4+3) [B]Full[/B] [B]Attack:[/B] Tentacles +7 melee (1d4+3) and 8 arms +4 melee (1) and bite +4 melee (1d10+1) [B]Space/Reach:[/B] 10 ft./5 ft. (15 ft. with tentacles, 10 ft. with arms) [B]Special[/B] [B]Attacks:[/B] Constrict, gnawing beak, improved grab [B]Special[/B] [B]Qualities:[/B] DR 5/slashing or piercing, Ink cloud, jet, superior low-light vision [B]Saves:[/B] Fort +7, Ref +8, Will +3 [B]Abilities:[/B] Str 16, Dex 17, Con 15, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2 [B]Skills:[/B] Listen +7, Spot +12, Swim +12 [B]Feats:[/B] Weapon Focus (tentacles), Blind-Fight, Endurance, MultiattackB [B]Environment:[/B] Warm aquatic [B]Organization:[/B] Solitary [B]Challenge[/B] [B]Rating:[/B] 3 [B]Advancement:[/B] 7–9 HD (Large); 10–12 HD (Huge) [B]Level[/B] [B]Adjustment:[/B] — [I]Tusoteuthis [/I]is an type of giant squid that lived in the warm, shallow seas of the Cretaceous. They are not closely related to the modern-day giant squid. A typical [I]Tusoteuthis [/I]is 20 feet or so from tailfin to tentacle-tip and weighs around 500 pounds. Its body is about 6 feet long, but its tentacles exceed 10 feet in length. [/FONT][B][SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Combat[/FONT][/SIZE][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial]A [I]Tusoteuthis [/I]giant squid seizes hold of prey with its tentacles, then secures them in its arms and bites with its beak. If threatened it jets away, maybe covering its escape with a cloud of ink. A [I]Tusoteuthis[/I] has an arm reach equal to a tall creature of its size, and a tentacle reach equal to its space plus its base reach, so 15 feet for a Large [I]Tusoteuthis[/I] and 25 feet for a Huge one. [[I]note a lot of the previous is highly speculative, it's quite possible Tusoteuthis had tentacles as short or shorter than its arms, or even no tentacles at all, as it may have belonged to the Vampyromorphida.[/I]] [B]Constrict[/B] [B](Ex):[/B] A [I]Tusoteuthis [/I]deals automatic arm or tentacle damage with a successful grapple check. [B]Improved[/B] [B]Grab[/B] [B](Ex):[/B] To use this ability, a giant squid must hit an opponent of any size with a tentacle or arm 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. A [I]Tusoteuthis [/I]has a +4 racial bonus to grapple checks with its tentacles, with an additional bonus of 1 per two arms or tentacles it is holding its opponent with. If it hits a target with multiple limbs as part of a full attack routine it only makes one grapple check to resolve the hold. [B]Gnawing[/B] [B]Beak[/B] [B](Ex):[/B] If a [I]Tusoteuthis [/I]seeks to bite an opponent it is grappling, the attack is resolved as a primary attack (bite +7 melee for 1d10+3 damage). [B]Ink[/B] [B]Cloud[/B] [B](Ex):[/B] A [I]Tusoteuthis [/I]can emit a cloud of jet-black ink 10 feet high by 10 feet wide by 20 feet long once per minute as a free action. The cloud provides total concealment, which the squid normally uses to escape a losing fight. All vision within the cloud is obscured. [B]Jet[/B] [B](Ex):[/B] A giant squid can jet backward once per round as a full-round action, at a speed of 400 feet. It must move in a straight line, but does not provoke attacks of opportunity while jetting. [B]Superior Low-Light Vision (Ex):[/B] A giant squid can see five times as far as a human can in dim light. [/FONT][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Arial]Skills[/FONT][/B][/SIZE][FONT=Arial] Giant squids' huge eyes give them a +8 racial bonus to Spot checks. A giant squid has a +8 racial bonus on any Swim check to perform some special action or avoid a hazard and 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.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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