Encounters with....the Giant Squid!! [Archive] - Wizards Community

Encounters with....the Giant Squid!! [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
AH_PUNISHER
02-19-08, 02:01 PM Anyone here ever faced a giant squid in a game?
ToastedAmphibian
02-19-08, 06:45 PM Im fairly certaint that Polls are prohbited on the WOTC message boards.
AH_PUNISHER
02-20-08, 12:48 AM Im fairly certaint that Polls are prohbited on the WOTC message boards.

:confused: I didnt say anything about a poll. Just wanting to know if the giant squid is ever used that much in the game.
bhu
02-20-08, 02:16 AM Nautical campaigns, at least in my area, are somewhat rare. But giant squid seem to be in all of them. Its like the other aquatic critters arent there...
Rappy
02-20-08, 06:11 AM Bhu: I imagine that is due to the fact that, since the days of Kraken onward toward 20,000 Leagues and Peter Benchley's Beast, the giant squid has had a facet of amazement toward humankind, a creature that exists but is beyond our reach. Or was, since we are now getting films such as those off the coast of Japan and the 108-foot individual filmed off the Sea of Cortez.

To the OP: I have given a few scenarios out before with the giants. They're the most fun in an adventure where you have the means to breath underwater. Facing a giant on its own terms is sort of an awe-inspiring moment for players: you can be dwarfed by a dragon, you can be dwarfed by a titan, but it isn't until you see such a beast in its own watery realm, a creature whose dinner-plate sized eyes watch you move, tentacles swinging, an aura of alien intelligence from a creature that is smarter than most of its invertebrate kin watching you, studying you, maybe for food, maybe from curiosity, that you truly understand that humanity isn't the top of all of the food chains.
ToastedAmphibian
02-20-08, 06:40 PM Bhu: I imagine that is due to the fact that, since the days of Kraken onward toward 20,000 Leagues and Peter Benchley's Beast, the giant squid has had a facet of amazement toward humankind, a creature that exists but is beyond our reach. Or was, since we are now getting films such as those off the coast of Japan and the 108-foot individual filmed off the Sea of Cortez.

To the OP: I have given a few scenarios out before with the giants. They're the most fun in an adventure where you have the means to breath underwater. Facing a giant on its own terms is sort of an awe-inspiring moment for players: you can be dwarfed by a dragon, you can be dwarfed by a titan, but it isn't until you see such a beast in its own watery realm, a creature whose dinner-plate sized eyes watch you move, tentacles swinging, an aura of alien intelligence from a creature that is smarter than most of its invertebrate kin watching you, studying you, maybe for food, maybe from curiosity, that you truly understand that humanity isn't the top of all of the food chains.

At which point you then kill it, and then serve sushi to the entire populace of the nearest fishing village....

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
AH_PUNISHER 02-19-08, 02:01 PM	Anyone here ever faced a giant squid in a game?
ToastedAmphibian 02-19-08, 06:45 PM	Im fairly certaint that Polls are prohbited on the WOTC message boards.
AH_PUNISHER 02-20-08, 12:48 AM	Im fairly certaint that Polls are prohbited on the WOTC message boards. :confused: I didnt say anything about a poll. Just wanting to know if the giant squid is ever used that much in the game.
bhu 02-20-08, 02:16 AM	Nautical campaigns, at least in my area, are somewhat rare. But giant squid seem to be in all of them. Its like the other aquatic critters arent there...
Rappy 02-20-08, 06:11 AM	Bhu: I imagine that is due to the fact that, since the days of Kraken onward toward 20,000 Leagues and Peter Benchley's Beast, the giant squid has had a facet of amazement toward humankind, a creature that exists but is beyond our reach. Or was, since we are now getting films such as those off the coast of Japan and the 108-foot individual filmed off the Sea of Cortez. To the OP: I have given a few scenarios out before with the giants. They're the most fun in an adventure where you have the means to breath underwater. Facing a giant on its own terms is sort of an awe-inspiring moment for players: you can be dwarfed by a dragon, you can be dwarfed by a titan, but it isn't until you see such a beast in its own watery realm, a creature whose dinner-plate sized eyes watch you move, tentacles swinging, an aura of alien intelligence from a creature that is smarter than most of its invertebrate kin watching you, studying you, maybe for food, maybe from curiosity, that you truly understand that humanity isn't the top of all of the food chains.
ToastedAmphibian 02-20-08, 06:40 PM	Bhu: I imagine that is due to the fact that, since the days of Kraken onward toward 20,000 Leagues and Peter Benchley's Beast, the giant squid has had a facet of amazement toward humankind, a creature that exists but is beyond our reach. Or was, since we are now getting films such as those off the coast of Japan and the 108-foot individual filmed off the Sea of Cortez. To the OP: I have given a few scenarios out before with the giants. They're the most fun in an adventure where you have the means to breath underwater. Facing a giant on its own terms is sort of an awe-inspiring moment for players: you can be dwarfed by a dragon, you can be dwarfed by a titan, but it isn't until you see such a beast in its own watery realm, a creature whose dinner-plate sized eyes watch you move, tentacles swinging, an aura of alien intelligence from a creature that is smarter than most of its invertebrate kin watching you, studying you, maybe for food, maybe from curiosity, that you truly understand that humanity isn't the top of all of the food chains. At which point you then kill it, and then serve sushi to the entire populace of the nearest fishing village....