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Greater kappa
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Level 7
Family Reptilian family creatures
Body Type Biped
Classification(s) Living{{#if: |


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Area(s) Found

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   ! BCS
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Attack Attributes
Physical Attacks
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[[{{{PA10}}}]] align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{{PAJ}}} AS |}}

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{{#if: | ! colspan=2 align=center | Bolt Spells |- | [[]] | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | AS |}} |- {{#if: | | [[{{{BT2}}}]] | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{{BTB}}} AS |}} |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{BT3}}}]] | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{{BTC}}} AS |}} |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{BT4}}}]] | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{{BTD}}} AS |}} |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{BT5}}}]] | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{{BTE}}} AS |}} |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{BT6}}}]] | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{{BTF}}} AS |}} |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{BT7}}}]] | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{{BTG}}} AS |}} |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{BT8}}}]] | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{{BTH}}} AS |}} |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{BT9}}}]] | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{{BTI}}} AS |}} |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{BT10}}}]] | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{{BTJ}}} AS |}} |- |}} |}} {{#if: | ! colspan=2 align=center | Warding Spells |- | [[]] | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | CS |- |}} {{#if: | | [[]] | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | CS |}} |- |}} {{#if: | | [[]] | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | CS |}} |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{WD4}}}]] | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{{WDD}}} CS |}} |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{WD5}}}]] | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{{WDE}}} CS |}} |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{WD6}}}]] | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{{WDF}}} CS |}} |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{WD7}}}]] | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{{WDG}}} CS |}} |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{WD8}}}]] | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{{WDH}}} CS |}} |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{WD9}}}]] |{{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{{WDI}}} CS |}}

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{{#if: | ! colspan=2 align=center | Misc. Offensive Spells |- | [[]] | |- {{#if: | | [[{{{OS2}}}]] | |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{OS3}}}]] | |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{OS4}}}]] | |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{OS5}}}]] | |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{OS6}}}]] | |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{OS7}}}]] | |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{OS8}}}]] | |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{OS9}}}]] | |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{OS10}}}]] | |- |}} |}} {{#if: | ! colspan=2 align=center | Combat Maneuvers |- | [[]] | |- {{#if: | | [[]] | |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{MN3}}}]] | |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{MN4}}}]] | |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{MN5}}}]] | |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{MN6}}}]] | |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{MN7}}}]] | |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{MN8}}}]] | |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{MN9}}}]] | |- |}} {{#if: | | [[{{{MN10}}}]] | |- |}} |}} {{#if: | ! colspan=2 style="background:#ddd; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" | Special Offensive Abilities |- | | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | |}} |- {{#if: | | {{{AB2}}} | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{{ABB}}} |}} |- |}} {{#if: | | {{{AB3}}} | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{{ABC}}} |}} |- |}} {{#if: | | {{{AB4}}} | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{{ABD}}} |}} |- |}} {{#if: | | {{{AB5}}} | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{{ABE}}} |}} |- |}} {{#if: | | {{{AB6}}} | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{{ABF}}} |}} |- |}} {{#if: | | {{{AB7}}} | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{{ABG}}} |}} |- |}} {{#if: | | {{{AB8}}} | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{{ABH}}} |}} |- |}} {{#if: | | {{{AB9}}} | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{{ABI}}} |}} |- |}} {{#if: | | {{{AB10}}} | {{#if: | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{{ABJ}}} |}} |- |}} |}} 

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Defense Attributes
Armor
1 = None | 1N = None (natural) | 2 = Robes | 2N = Robes (natural) | 5 = Light Leather | 5N = Light Leather (natural) | 6 = Full Leather | 6N = Full Leather (natural) | 7 = Reinforced Leather | 7N = Reinforced Leather (natural) | 8 = Double Leather | 8N = Double Leather (natural) | 9 = Leather Breastplate | 9N = Leather Breastplate (natural) | 10 = Cuirbouilli Leather | 10N = Cuirbouilli Leather (natural) | 11 = Studded Leather | 11N = Studded Leather (natural) | 12 = Brigandine Armor | 12N = Brigandine Armor (natural) | 13 = Chain Mail | 13N = Chain Mail (natural) | 14 = Double Chain | 14N = Double Chain (natural) | 15 = Augmented Chain | 15N = Augmented Chain (natural) | 16 = Chain Hauberk | 16N = Chain Hauberk (natural) | 17 = Metal Breastplate | 17N = Metal Breastplate (natural) | 18 = Augmented Plate | 18N = Augmented Plate (natural) | 19 = Half Plate | 19N = Half Plate (natural) | 20 = Full Plate | 20N = Full Plate (natural) | ? }} ASG 1N
Immunities
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   ! colspan=2 align=center | Defensive Strength (DS)
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   | Bolt
   | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;"| 20
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   | UDF
   | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;"| 69 - 140
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   | Bard Base
   | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;"| 21
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   | Cleric Base
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   | Empath Base
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   | Paladin Base
   | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;"| 21
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   | Ranger Base
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   | Sorcerer Base
   | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;"| 21
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   | Wizard Base
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   | Minor Elemental
   | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;"| 21
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   | Major Elemental
   | align="right" valign="top" style="white-space: nowrap;"| 21
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   | Minor Spiritual
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{{#ifeq: Yes | no | | {{#ifeq: Yes | no | | {{#ifeq: Yes | no | | {{#ifeq: Yes | no | | {{#ifeq: a kappa fin | no | | {{#ifeq: None | no | |
Treasure Attributes
Coins Yes}}
Gems Yes}}
Magic Items Yes}}
Boxes Yes}}
Skin a kappa fin}}
Other None}}

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The greater kappa moves slowly on land, its bulk more suited to shallow bays and underwater cities.  It stands on short, fleshy legs and observes the world through lidless, bulbous eyes.  Totally black from head to webbed foot, the greater kappa easily blends in with the dark sands of its hunting area and is nearly impossible to see once underwater. The flesh of the greater kappa is very oily and, though a good source of lamp fuel, is not good to eat.

Hunting strategies

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Other information

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Behind the Scenes

Kappas are water monsters from eastern folklore who try to lure their victims into the water and drown them. In mythology they often preyed on horses especially. These were replacements of "sea witches" from the I.C.E. Age, and may reflect a latter day allusion to the Bandur Etrevion story along the same symbolic lines as the leapers. The beach level of the Coastal Cliffs was at least partially based on the fall of Quellburn. The kappas likely correspond to the unknown beings with webbed feet from "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" who drained the blood of the quest seeker's zebra as he slept by a curious pillar on his way to the mountain of Ngranek. (The "underwater cities" is likely a reference to the city of the amphibious "Deep Ones" in "The Shadow over Innsmouth", or even R'lyeh itself, which is notable as Kadaena was called "the Shadow.") The Black Sands in turn would be explained by the warning against doing so by the "lava-gatherers", and the abandoned village with collapsed walls (reflected by the leapers area where the spectral fishermen were originally located) whose people sculpted out of the smooth lava of Ngranek. There is a Lovecraftian premise, with respect to the god of the Deep Ones, of volcanic upheaval causing long drowned horrors to rise to the surface.

References

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