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Fish, Giant Catfish

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Number appearingWild 1d2
Armor class16
MoveSwim 30' (10')
Hit dice8
Treasure typeNone
Damage per attack1 bite/2 fins (2d8/1d4+poison/1d4+poison)
Morale8

Giant catfish fins are edged with a natural poison that causes a painful burning sensation for 3d10 rounds if a save vs. Poison is failed. The pain causes the affected character or creature to suffer a -1 penalty on all attack rolls and saving throws; further poisonings will increase this penalty by -1 each, down to a maximum penalty of -5 as well as adding 6 rounds to the duration of the poison effect.

Because of its large size (15 to 20 feet long) and body design, a giant catfish cannot target more than one of its attacks on any single creature; that is, it cannot bite and fin the same opponent, nor use both fins on one victim.

Special Abilities

Fin Poison — Fins are edged with a natural poison that causes a painful burning sensation for 3d10 rounds if a save vs. Poison is failed. The pain causes the affected character or creature to suffer a -1 penalty on all attack rolls and saving throws; further poisonings will increase this penalty by -1 each, down to a maximum penalty of -5 as well as adding 6 rounds to the duration of the poison effect.

Attack Limitation — Cannot target more than one of its attacks on any single creature; that is, it cannot bite and fin the same opponent, nor use both fins on one victim.

Source: Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game. Attribution: Chris Gonnerman / Basic Fantasy Project. License: CC-BY-SA-4.0.