When swimming, a sahuagin tears with its feet as it strikes with its talons or a weapon. Sahuagin are savage fighters, asking for and giving no quarter. Thanks to their high Intelligence scores, most sahuagin also speak two bonus languages, usually Common and Aquan. Sahuagin speak their own language, Sahuagin. Sahuagin have an only slightly less vehement hatred for tritons. The two cannot coexist peacefully: Wars between them are prolonged, bloody affairs that sometimes interfere with shipping and maritime trade. Sahuagin are the natural enemy of aquatic elves. An adult male sahuagin stands roughly 6 feet tall and weighs about 200 pounds. Many have dark stripes, bands, or spots, but these tend to fade with age.

Most sahuagin feature green coloration, darker along the back and lighter on the belly. Solitary, pair, team (5–8), patrol (11–20 plus 1 3rd-level lieutenant and 1–2 sharks), band (20–80 plus 100% noncombatants plus 1 3rd-level lieutenant and 1 4th-level chieftain per 20 adults plus 1–2 sharks), or tribe (70–160 plus 100% noncombatants plus 1 3rd-level lieutenant per 20 adults, 1 4th-level chieftain per 40 adults, 9 4th-level guards, 1–4 underpriestesses of 3rd–6th level, 1 7th-level priestess, and 1 baron of 6th–8th level plus 5–8 sharks)ģ–5 HD (Medium), 6–10 HD (Large), or by character class Handle Animal +4*, Hide +6*, Listen +6*, Profession (hunter) +1*, Ride +3, Spot +6*, Survival +1*

Trident +4 melee (1d8+3) and bite +2 melee (1d4+1) or 2 talons +4 melee (1d4+2) and bite +2 melee (1d4+1) or heavy crossbow +3 ranged (1d10/19–20)īlindsense 30 ft., darkvision 60 ft., freshwater sensitivity, light blindness, speak with sharks, water dependent

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