Bearsharktopus

Okay everyone, here we go with the first installment of the BearsharktopusD20 Blog. BearsharktopusD20 is dedicated to creating stats for those amazing hybrid animals created by very talented people who use photoshop. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the monsters for your D&D 3.5 campaign.

Bearsharktopus

Hybrid Animal

Hit Dice: 12D8+36

Initiative: +6

Speed: 40 ft (8 squares), Swim 30 (6 squares)

Armor Class: 17 (-1 Size, +2 Dex, +6 Natural)

   Flat-Footed AC: 15

   Touch AC: 11

Base Attack/Grapple: +7/+18

Attack: Bite +7 (1D8+4)

Full Attack: Bite +7 (1D8+4), 2 Tentacles +18 (1D6+8)

Special Attacks: Tentacles (2) +18 (1D6+8) Improved Grab

Space/Reach: 5 ft x 5 ft/5 ft (10 ft with tentacle)

Special Qualities: Blind Sense, Improved Grab, Keen Scent, Low-Light Vision

Saves: Fort +9, Ref +11, Will +9

Abilities: STR 28, DEX 17, CON 13, INT 2, WIS 12, CHA 6

Skills: Escape Artist 12, Hide +12, Listen +8, Spot +10, Swim +12

Feats: Alertness, Improved Grab, Improved Initiative, Run, Toughness, Track

Environment: Temperate Forests

Organization: Solitary or Pair

Challenge Rating: 8

Advancement: 13D8 +40 to 16D8 +52 (Large)

Level Advancement: --

 “We thought the thing was a joke. No matter what we did, it just kept coming after us. It smelled our blood, and thirsted for it. It would grapple us, and pull us towards its gaping mouth. We never stood a chance.”

-Unknown Former Adventurer, now a Farmer

The bearsharktopus is a crazy hybrid of a bear, shark, and octopus. It was somehow created through magical means by a mad wizard named Galathrax. Galathrax shared his knowledge with two other wizards. They have now started a competition where they are trying to create the weirdest of hybrids. The competition so far has been very fierce.

Combat: The bearsharktopus will generally use its tentacles to grapple first, then drag the opponent to its mouth where it will use its shark mouth to bite relentlessly.

Blind Sense (Ex): A bearsharktopus can locate creatures underwater within a 30-foot radius. This ability works only when the bearsharktopus is underwater.

Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, a bearsharktopus must hit with a claw attack. It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity.

Keen Scent (Ex): A bearsharktopus can notice creatures by scent in a 180-foot radius and detect blood in the water at ranges of up to a mile.

Low-Light Vision (Ex): A bearsharktopus can use this ability at any time, allowing it to see in extreme low-light situations.

Skills: A bearsharktopus gains +4 to swim, +4 to escape artist due to its tentacles.