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I'm still having fun working my way through the old Monster Manual where we can find entries for such dread eldritch monstrosities as the fearsome Barracuda!

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Anonymous

Was barracuda really listed as a monster?

A Man with Joe Name

You lying so low in the weeds I bet you gonna ambush me You'd have me down, down, down, down on my knees Now wouldn't you, barracuda? Oh

Anonymous

B is for Bait...Fish bait!

Anonymous

Barracudas are saltwater fish, not salt&pepperwater. Barracudas prey primarily on fish, hope her kitty doesn't taste like fish. They may mistake things that glint and shine for prey, like fishing lures or nipple jewelry. Swimmers have reported being bitten by barracudas, but such incidents are rare and possibly caused by poor visibility, so I think she is safe because I can see Everything!

Classical Salamander

Very nice! In tropical waters where Barracuda encounter swimmers, most, if not all "shark attacks" are actually Barracuda bites. It's fairly rare, and seldom fatal, as, like sharks, a Barracuda really doesn't want to eat a human (or elf), they are looking for fish and make a mistake.

SeanSupreme

The line work for the shading on the fish and the shadows of the for the water are really cool looking

ahunter

Yes, on that first Monster Manual, it kinda felt like they were just picking up the encyclopedia to find enough filler.

ahunter

No, the book says they are terrifying beasts of the deep, so roll initiative!

ahunter

Thanks! I really had no idea how to "ink" water, so I just kept throwing random techniques at it until I was like, "oh, that actually looks kinda cool."

Anonymous

Did it also have Modrons? I first came to D&D with 3.5 and Modrons were gone, but I found out about them later and thought they were very bizarre.

ahunter

I believe Modrons came along in Monster Manual 2. I liked the book, but I felt the art lacked some of the strange charm of the MM1 and Fiend Folio before it.

Anonymous

I've seen the differences between them and I think you're right.