| Giant octopus | |||||
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| Huge Aquatic Animal | |||||
 Giant octopus attacking a shipwrecked sailor | |||||
| Stats | |||||
| Level | 4 | Total Losses | 17 | Difficulty Rating | 5 |
| Traits | |||||
| Aquatic: No penalties for being underwater. Begins suffocating if removed from water for over a minute. | |||||
| Camouflage: 3 successes to hiding and staying hidden in any environment. | |||||
| Malleable: Can fit through openings 1/10 its size. | |||||
| Actions | |||||
| Ink Cloud | The giant octopus releases a cloud of ink filling the area near it. The ink obscures visibility and poisons anyone who stays in it for more than 1 round. | ||||
| Head | |||||
| Number | 1 | Max Losses Each | 1 | Passive Defense | 0 |
| Head Actions | |||||
| Venomous Bite | The giant octopus bites a target brought to its beak by a tentacle. A critical success paralyzes the target. | ||||
| Tentacles | |||||
| Number | 8 | Max Losses Each | 2 | Passive Defense | 0 |
| Tentacles Actions | |||||
| Grab | The giant octopus grapples a target with its tentacle, restraining them. | ||||
| Slam | The giant octopus slams a target with its tentacle, dealing a loss and knocking them prone. | ||||
| Squeeze | The giant octopus squeezes a target it has grappled, dealing a loss and suffocating them. | ||||
A giant octopus is a huge aquatic animal. Giant octopods typically live in oceans and seas, but can also be found in some dungeons. They are solitary creatures, so are unlikely to be encountered more than one at a time.
A giant octopus is unlikely to attack unless provoked or hungry, which is thought to be the reason they occasionally attack small ships. In combat a giant octopus should be treated as a multi-creature; one head and eight tentacles. The head and each tentacle all have a turn, making the giant octopus very dangerous with the number of actions it can use in a round.
A giant octopus' head is its weak spot, if it takes a single loss the whole octopus is out of combat. However, the tentacles will always try to protect the head from harm. Each tentacle can take up to two losses before it is out of combat.
A giant octopus prefers to grab then squeeze its prey, occasionally bringing one in for its venemous bite. If the octopus feels threatened, it will use an ink cloud to hide, then try to escape or camoflage itself.