View source for Landsquid (3.5e Monster)

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{{author
|author_name=Eiji-kun
|date_created=5-29-11
|status=Complete
}}

{{3.5e Monster Classic
|monster=Landsquid
|size=Gargantuan |type=Animal |subtypes=
|hd=7d8+56 |hp=89
|init=+0
|speed=30 ft., burrow 30 ft.
|ac=20 (+14 natural, -4 size) |touch=6 |flat=20
|bab=+5 |grapple=+24
|at=Barbed Tentacle +8 melee (2d6+7, 20/x2)
|full_at=Two Barbed Tentacles +8 melee (2d6+7, 20/x2)
|space=20 ft. |reach=10 ft. (20 ft. with tentacles)
|sa=Overrunning Charge, Rush
|sq=Blindsense 60 feet, Murky Eyes, Resist Fire 10, Rough Shell, Tremorsight 120 feet
|fort=+12 |ref=+2 |will=+6
|str=25 |dex=11 |con=25 |int=2 |wis=12 |cha=8
|skills=Listen +9, Survival +11
|feats=[[SRD:Improved Overrun|Improved Overrun]]<sup>B</sup>, [[SRD:Endurance|Endurance]], [[SRD:Diehard|Diehard]], [[SRD:Blind-Fight|Blind-Fight]]
|env=Desert
|org=Solitary, Pair, or Convoy (3-8)
|cr=7
|treas=None
|align=Always True Neutral
|adv=8-14 HD (Gargauntuan), 15-21 HD (Colossal)
}}

''The sandy ground rumbles with a telltale buzzing noise as the massive cone shaped head of a landsquid breached the surface.  Along its hardened and craggy skull, riders cling on inside protective bubbles, and two of its many tentacles stretched out with long metallic barbs.''

The landsquid (''teuthis ergvahana'') is an ancient creature which inhabits deserts and warm places with loose soil.  They appear much like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_Squid colossal squids], with eight normal tentacles and two long tentacles with barbed tips.  Their heads are covered in a thick rocky shell with a spade-like metallic tip which seems to be vibrating.  Their eyes are large rocky orbs cloudy and pale.  They have terrible eyesight, but their eyes also function as ears allowing them to sense their surroundings through vibrations and noise.  Their mouths are powerful beaks with crushing teeth inside, devouring minerals as it passes them by with their longer tentacles.  They leave a trail of sandy waste in their wake.

They are primarily used as great mounts by desert people, employing them in the same sense one would use elephants.  Large and powerful, they are used largely for their immense carrying capacity (up to a light load of 4,256 lbs and pushing or pulling 64,000 lbs for the average creature).  They have been specially bred for rough and craggy surfaces to allow passangers to ride them.  Their rapid burrowing abilities is a result of their vibrating tip, which pulverizes and resonates material in front of it and transforms it into a quicksand or mud consistancy for the duration the landsquid passes through.  These same vibrations also act as its means of communication and as a form of siesmic echolocation to help it see underground.

Landsquids can be taken up as a desert themed druidic animal companion with a -12 level adjustment.  They are 42 feet long and weight 90,000 lbs.
Alignment	Always True Neutral +
Author	Eiji-kun +
Challenge Rating	7 +
Environment	Desert +
Identifier	3.5e Monster +
Level Adjustment	— +
Rating	Undiscussed +
Size	Gargantuan +
Title	Landsquid +
Type	Animal +