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ErskineF
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 Posted - 03 Jun 2012 : 14:59:42
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Hi All,
I'm looking for ideas on natural predators that would live in the Moonsea. Planning to get my gaming group wet, and I'm wondering what might be down there trying to eat them. It's a large freshwater lake, so ocean-going predators wouldn't be very realistic.
Anyone ever statted a giant muskie? 
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ericlboyd
Forgotten Realms Designer
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Posted - 03 Jun 2012 : 15:35:51
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Originally posted by ErskineF
Hi All,
I'm looking for ideas on natural predators that would live in the Moonsea. Planning to get my gaming group wet, and I'm wondering what might be down there trying to eat them. It's a large freshwater lake, so ocean-going predators wouldn't be very realistic.
Anyone ever statted a giant muskie?
Stormwrack has some good choices:
anguillian ... although arguably saltwater creatures, you could make them freshwater variants of the sahaghuin
blackskate (ray-like undead)
caller from the deeps
monstrous crabs (freshwater, coldwater variants)
nereids
scyllan
seawolves
sisiutl
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Hoondatha
Great Reader
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Posted - 03 Jun 2012 : 16:53:35
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Sahuagin can't stand the fresh water, so at least by canon, they wouldn't be there. Kuo-toa and koalinth can, however. As can scrags, as far as I know.
For a more organized threat, don't forget the albino sea elves with the temperament of drow. They're supposed to be a relatively small settlement, but you could always bump them up into a genuine city or even empire.
I once ran a campaign set entirely under the Moonsea, with my party being a bunch of exile Selu'Maraaran nobles. It was a great deal of fun; I had three warring koalinth empires, plus the albino elves, plus kuo-toan cities in the Underdark near the Sea, plus roving bands of scrags. Oh, and some random big things like a dragon turtle or two. It was a lot of fun.
edit: Here's the thread I started to get some ideas about that campaign I mentioned:
http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=13705
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Edited by - Hoondatha on 03 Jun 2012 16:57:19 |
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
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Posted - 03 Jun 2012 : 20:42:37
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Originally posted by Hoondatha
For a more organized threat, don't forget the albino sea elves with the temperament of drow. They're supposed to be a relatively small settlement, but you could always bump them up into a genuine city or even empire.
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Ayrik
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Posted - 03 Jun 2012 : 21:01:23
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ErskineF
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Predators in the Moonsea?
