Barracudas were a type of carnivorous fish that inhabited warm salt water.[3]
Behavior[]
Barracudas typically did not attack humanoid creatures. However, they occasionally would attack humanoids carrying shiny objects, out of a mistaken belief that said object was a small fish they could prey upon.[1] They could be very aggressive and vicious.[4]
Combat[]
Barracudas were lightning-quick predators, attacking any prey that was injured or appeared helpless.[3] Occasionally they would use their speed to launch themselves out of the water and bite at creatures on a boat.[5]
Ecology[]
Habitats[]
On the continent of Faerûn, barracudas could be found in the Sea of Fallen Stars.[6] Beyond that continent, they could be found in bodies of salt water in Zakhara.[7]
Outside of the Prime Material plane, barracudas could be found in the domain of Draga Salt-Biter in the Domains of Dread.[8]
Relationships[]
Some sea mages were known to keep barracudas as familiars.[4]
Trivia[]
- Those who specialized in sea-based magic could summon a barracuda with the spells monster summoning I, monster summoning II, and monster summoning III.[9]
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See Also[]
- Giant barracuda
Appearances[]
- Adventures
- Wyrmskull Throne
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- Grotto of the Queen
- Novels
- Black Wizards • Tangled Webs • The Reaver
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- Conspiracy • Rising Tide
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- Neverwinter (Storm King's Thunder)
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Richard Baker, Joseph D. Carriker, Jr., Jennifer Clarke Wilkes (August 2005). Stormwrack. Edited by John D. Rateliff, John Thompson. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 166. ISBN 0-7869-3689-4.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 David "Zeb" Cook, et al. (1989). Monstrous Compendium Volume Two. (TSR, Inc), p. 22. ISBN 0-8803-8753-X.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Gary Gygax (December 1977). Monster Manual, 1st edition. (TSR, Inc), p. 8. ISBN 0-935696-00-8.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 David Howery (December 1993). “Familiar Faces”. In Kim Mohan ed. Dragon #200 (TSR, Inc.), p. 33.
- ↑ Richard Baker, Joseph D. Carriker, Jr., Jennifer Clarke Wilkes (August 2005). Stormwrack. Edited by John D. Rateliff, John Thompson. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 85. ISBN 0-7869-3689-4.
- ↑ Steven E. Schend (1999). Sea of Fallen Stars. (TSR, Inc), p. 138. ISBN 0-7869-1393-2.
- ↑ Encounters Tables included in Wolfgang Baur, Steve Kurtz (1992). Monstrous Compendium Al-Qadim Appendix. (TSR, Inc). ISBN l-56076-370-1.
- ↑ Colin McComb, Scott Bennie (April 1992). Islands of Terror. Edited by Anne Gray McCready. (TSR, Inc.), p. 49. ISBN 1-56076-349-3.
- ↑ Deborah Christian (August 1995). “Arcane Lore: Sea Magic”. In Wolfgang Baur ed. Dragon #220 (TSR, Inc.), p. 72.