GREAT WHITE SQUARK (#31/31, #305/365) [OOTP IV]
STAMINA: 10
ATTACKS: 4
WEAPON: Large Bite and Tentacles (as per Small Claw)
ARMOUR: None
DAMAGE MODIFIER: +1 to Damage Roll
HABITAT: Seas, Sea-shore
NUMBER ENCOUNTERED: 1
TYPE: Monster
REACTION: Hostile
INTELLIGENCE: Low
The Ocean of Tempest may be named for its storms but it is also full of hideous sea monsters, one of the strangest of which is probably the GREAT WHITE SQUARK! With the head and upper body of a terrifying Great White Shark, and the tentacle-covered lower body of a Giant Squid, this fearsome predator cruises through the oceanic waters, always on the lookout for its next meal. The Great White Squark attacks by biting with its huge mouth, studded with serrated triangular teeth, and grappling with its sucker-lined tentacles. If possible, it will attempt to subdue its prey with its tentacles first, and then bite them; anyone losing an Attack Round to the Great White Squark is hit by an arm and restrained - they must reduce their SKILL by 1 until they win an Attack Round and break free.
The Great White Squark is indeed itself edible, and preyed on in turn by larger creatures such as the Leviathan and the Behemoth. A dead Great White Squark provides 3-18 provisions of edible fresh calamari, that restores 3 STAMINA points per meal when eaten. The floating islands of Pangaria did make an attempt at a fishery for the beasts but had to abandon the project when too many fisherfolk were ending up in the bellies of their Great White Squark fish-stock. Given the presence of tentacles some sages have suggested a Brain Slayer influence or that of their patron Chaos gods but this is currently speculation at best.
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