An octopus was a breed of multi-tentacled cephalopod that lived within the ocean.
Habitats[]
Octopuses were lived in the Trackless Sea off the coast of Lantan.[3]
Combat[]
An octopus tentacle.
Generally, regular octopuses were not dangerous unless provoked, and in this case, would usually try to escape.[2]
Species[]
- Blue ring octopus
- Inherently good creatures that dwelt in the oceans of the Underdark, trying to avoid the more powerful races with which they shared territory.[4]
- Giant octopus
- Unlike regular octopuses, they were aggressively territorial and could have tentacles up to 10 feet (3 meters) long.[5]
- Mottled sidi octopus
- A species of fierce octopus larger than an adolescent human in size that inhabited the depths of the Sea of Fallen Stars.[6]
- Octo-jelly
- A blind, bell-shaped octopus with the ability to change color.[7]
Ecology[]
Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue sold dried octopus tentacles for 4 gp a piece.[8]
Notable Octopi[]
Trivia[]
The city of Bral on the Rock of Bral had a tavern named the Drunken Octopus.[10]
Appendix[]
Appearances[]
- Novels
- Referenced only
- The Ring of Winter • War in Tethyr
- Video Games
- Referenced only
- Icewind Dale
- Board Games
- Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Begins
- Gamebooks
- Escape the Underdark
External Links[]
Octopus article at Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins (2014-09-30). Monster Manual 5th edition. Edited by Scott Fitzgerald Gray. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 333. ISBN 978-0786965614.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Skip Williams, Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook (July 2003). Monster Manual v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 276. ISBN 0-7869-2893-X.
- ↑ Victor Milán (October 1995). War in Tethyr. (TSR, Inc), p. 53. ISBN 0-7869-0184-5.
- ↑ Wolfgang Baur (March 1996). “The Dragon's Bestiary: Monsters of the Underdark”. In Pierce Watters ed. Dragon #227 (TSR, Inc.), p. 30.
- ↑ Skip Williams, Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook (July 2003). Monster Manual v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 277. ISBN 0-7869-2893-X.
- ↑ Black Isle Studios (June 2000). Designed by Matt Norton. Icewind Dale. Interplay.
- ↑ Gregory D. Detwiler (November 1996). “The Dragon's Bestiary: Monsters of the Lower Deep”. In Pierce Watters ed. Dragon #235 (TSR, Inc.), pp. 44–45.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb, Julia Martin, Steven E. Schend et al (1992). Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue. (TSR, Inc), p. 37. ISBN 0-5607-6327-2.
- ↑ Ashley Warren, Chris Lindsay (July 6 2019). Blood in the Water (DDAL-DRW02) (PDF). D&D Adventurers League: Dreams of the Red Wizards (Wizards of the Coast), p. 27.
- ↑ Map included in Richard Baker (1992). Rock of Bral. (TSR, Inc.). ISBN 1-56076-345-0.