Ice Eel
Size/Category: Small Aquatic (Fish)
Stats:
Mind: Untrained 20
Body: Expert 11
Magic: Untrained 20
Number of Attacks: 2
Damage/Attack: bite/freeze
Special Attacks: Ice
Special Defenses: Nil
Special Abilities: Resistant to cold
Magic Resistence: Nil
Stats:
Mind: Untrained 20
Body: Expert 11
Magic: Untrained 20
Number of Attacks: 2
Damage/Attack: bite/freeze
Special Attacks: Ice
Special Defenses: Nil
Special Abilities: Resistant to cold
Magic Resistence: Nil
Climate/Terrain: Any cold saltwater
Frequency: Uncommon
Organization: Solitary
Activity Cycle: Nocturnal
Intelligence: Animal
Language: None
Alignment: Neutral
Description:
Ice eels are visually almost identical to Wolf eels, the differences being that they are smaller and tend to have a blue tinge. Large, blocky head, lots of teeth, and a long slender body with large fins. The skin is pale blue to medium gray, usually blotchy blue-gray, with darker spots of either blue or gray.
Frequency: Uncommon
Organization: Solitary
Activity Cycle: Nocturnal
Intelligence: Animal
Language: None
Alignment: Neutral
Description:
Ice eels are visually almost identical to Wolf eels, the differences being that they are smaller and tend to have a blue tinge. Large, blocky head, lots of teeth, and a long slender body with large fins. The skin is pale blue to medium gray, usually blotchy blue-gray, with darker spots of either blue or gray.
Combat:
Ice eels usually are usually only dangerous to fish, but if harassed or startled they will attack by delivering a nasty bite and holding on while they thrash, until the mouthful is torn loose. Simultaneous, they deliver a jolt of extreme cold, that if strong enough can freeze an opponent solid.
Ice eels usually are usually only dangerous to fish, but if harassed or startled they will attack by delivering a nasty bite and holding on while they thrash, until the mouthful is torn loose. Simultaneous, they deliver a jolt of extreme cold, that if strong enough can freeze an opponent solid.
Habitat/Society:
Unable to live in warm water, Ice eels meet only to lay from 10--20 eggs and fertilize them, then part ways, leaving the eggs to survive on their own. They usually follow the shifting currents of icy water from the glacial regions as they push south, then move back north as the currents change and become warmer. Although neither large nor actively aggressive toward anything too large to be food, Ice eels are dangerous to other creatures in that they are very easy to come upon suddenly, and even easier to startle into attacking.
Unable to live in warm water, Ice eels meet only to lay from 10--20 eggs and fertilize them, then part ways, leaving the eggs to survive on their own. They usually follow the shifting currents of icy water from the glacial regions as they push south, then move back north as the currents change and become warmer. Although neither large nor actively aggressive toward anything too large to be food, Ice eels are dangerous to other creatures in that they are very easy to come upon suddenly, and even easier to startle into attacking.
Ecology:
Usually living on a diet of fish and shellfish, Ice eels will also use a freezing attack if threatened. If the attack works well enough to freeze the opponent, the eel is then free to gnaw off parts as they thaw for food. Only very cold-resistant predators hunt Ice eels.
Usually living on a diet of fish and shellfish, Ice eels will also use a freezing attack if threatened. If the attack works well enough to freeze the opponent, the eel is then free to gnaw off parts as they thaw for food. Only very cold-resistant predators hunt Ice eels.
