Sea Cat (Dungeons & Dragons)
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| Dungeons & Dragons creature | |
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| Sea Cat | |
| Alignment | Neutral |
| Type | Magical beast |
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| First appearance | |
| Image | Wizards.com image |
| Stats | OGL stats |
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the sea cat (also known as the "sea lion") is an aquatic magical beast. It is fish-like, most closely resembling a small, long shark (despite being sea green in color), only with a feline head, reminiscent of that of the cougar. It also has arms with clawed paws towards the front of its body. At the back of it, it has a whale-like tail. A spined dorosal fin is located a little back from the head, and another around the center of the body. Also, growing down the spine is a long mane of glossy hair.
The sea cat is a fairly animalistic beast, it doesn't really have any special properties or habits or such. It makes its home near shores, on rocky islands, and other such sub-oceanic environments, and hunts to feed itself and its young, defends its territory, and basically acts like many real life animals. It may be the result of a magical experiment on a cat and a fish. Despite the fish-like appearance, it is not either a fish or an amphibian, it cannot breathe underwater and though a good swimmer, it needs to come up for air, like a seal, whale, polar bear or penguin. It is a highly courageous creature, and fights to the death to defend its home. Though sometimes solitary, it also lives in prides of 5 to 12 individuals.
They cannot speak, being animalistic.
They are regarded as neutral in alignment.
[edit] References
- Greenwood, Ed. "The Ecology of the Sea Lion" Dragon #107 (TSR, 1986).
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