What.

i quit

Octopus Clan yay

He's not wielding NEARLY enough swords to threaten my players.

seting is a landlocked desert country.

worst boss fight ever.

>>10670140
He's not even supposed to be here.
...
...
Don't tease the octopus kids.

>>10670140
have an oasis with octopus in it

>>10670113
I accept this as my new villain

every time he faces the players, he will have gained an ADDITIONAL legendary sword he hopes will tip the balance.

cut to the end of the campaign, eight of the most legendary swords in the world in his tentacles, are you a bad enough dude to stop him from cutting civilization itself in half?

Octopus clan soon fellow stalker!

but if he holds eight swords he cant move around

no, this is.

>>10670162
what's the dc break of a planet?

>>10670175
only holds them with part of his arms

>>10670182
I don't quite know, but if anyone could do it it's this squid

you must stop him before he gets to the top of the tallest mountain. once he gets there, he will begin his fell divide.

we must fear this.

>>10670175
I bet that with eight legendary swords, at least ONE of them can cast flight on him.

Or, so that your party doesn't break ONLY THAT ONE, they all are able to cast flight.

Have them fight him with his eight legendary swords UNDERWATER

Fuck flight

>>10670180
what the fuck is that?

>>10670161
his goal is to flood the entire desert.

So, not really that villainous.

still worst boss fight ever.

>>10670214
>worst boss fight ever

>comes after you like booster fucking turbo using his swords and limbs as a makeshift wheel

FUCKING 90 MILES AN HOUR BLADEBALL

>>10670202
Let's compromise. One of the swords turns the air around him into water, and the party can attempt to disable that advantage.

So I guess he would be swimming in water that's floating in midair, fighting these adventurers.

Seriously, underwater.

He inks, so you're underwater and blind. AND HE HAS EIGHT SWORDS AND CAN SQUEEZE INTO TINY HOLES

FUCK WHERES THE BOSS? OH SHIT HE'S IN THE VASE

SNEAK ATTACK

BOOF INKED

GOD DAMN WHY CAN HE MOVE 30 SQUARES A TURN THIS IS BULLSHIT

>>10670246
I love this idea

>>10670246
Well, he IS the last boss.

Now all we need is the swords to ALSO be capable of independent actions. Or maybe the swords spawn crazy golem guardians.

>>10670259
well, they ARE the eight most legendary swords worldwide.

several of them are most likely intelligent.

>>10670230
I keep thinking blitzball as what that looks like

>>10670230
>adventurers negate this advantage
see
>>10670223

HE WAS ONLY GOING EASY ON YOU

>>10670296
The next thing he does is start raining fire down from wherever the sun is in the sky. Ice if the moon is out.

Stating that in Mutants and masterminds would be hilarious.

>>10670344
the goal of this campaign, I think, is to get the players to -hate- legendary items.

>>10670374
Fuck yes. I want them to suffer the wrath of every villain who's plans were stopped short by a rag-tag bunch of lunatics with legendary-quality items!

Bump for the legendary octopus!

so, the swords will basically do anything plot demands, right?

to further facilitate hate?

>>10670474
of course

>>10670474
Da comrade.
To take it a step further, the swords won't work for anyone but the octopus.

>>10670113
In some form or another this will make it into an L5R game.

>>10670550
Remember well the words in this thread about his insane legendary sword fetish.

>>10670501
the octopus himself claims that the power of the swords was abused by you land-apes. they can only be used in their true form by the divine cephalopod!

>>10670550
I'm putting it into any campaign i can
"why is there a samurai octopus in europe?"
"MAGIC"

>>10670588
no, not magic

he's in europe to collect one of the legendary swords

>>10670628
Several, he only has one thus far so he's a challenge at low levels, and when he has all of them, he's a super duper boss

>>10670577
Bwahaha, that's great.

By the by, what do we call this Master Octo-Bladesman?

>>10670223
>FUCKING 90 MILES AN HOUR BLADEBALL
it's like a giant wheel--his legs are the spokes and the blades are the hoop, and his beaked maw is the axle

some sort of crustacean rotary saw

>>10670644
some pun based on the word calamari?

>>10670628
when ever i don't feel like coming up with an answer i just say magic

>>10670668
Ackbar

Whoa whoa whoa, you guys are missing the scary part.

Bite attack.

Maybe he's the pure stock illithid descended from so his bite attack EATS BRAINS

>>10670669
Well, he is there BECAUSE OF magic being present, not necessarily DUE TO magic.

Calamity Calamari
CalamarCalamitus

>>10670687
OH SHI-

>>10670704
Calmar Calamitus

Greg the Typhoon

the octopus should regularly cut hills and mountains in half after he gets a few swords.

like, just if they're in his way.

>>10670735
He needs to not be too serious of a threat until he can suddenly slay gods and rend the Earth in twain.

Alright, I have to ask, where did this image originate?

>>10670735
he should start the game cutting trees in half.

it should be VERY EASY to track him. follow the trail of things that have been DECIMATED.

Shogun Karamari

>>10670744
ah, like one of those SURPRISE

BBEG

fights?

>>10670704
>>10670730
Calamari is squid, this guy is an octopus. I'm pretty sure he'd be pissed if someone called him a squid.

>>10670752
OP here i found the image here http://designyoutrust.com/2009/06/16/%E2%80%9Coctopus-samurai%E2%80%9D-art-print-by-phineas-x-jones/

>>10670771
maybe we don't know his real name, and all the peasants call him calamity calamari?

and when he hears that, he gets REALLY PISSED?

>>10670771
And thus what starts his rivalry against the PCs

shhh do you want them to prob you
......
maybe

>>10670687
Or he could just have venom. MIND CONTROL VENOM.

>>10670782

Yes.

Stats for 3.5 please

Mushatako-sama.

katamari?

>>10670820

>>10670820
... no

>>10670113

picture seems familiar but I can't quite place it. it is from a game book, right?

Him name am Inku Sakku.

TAKOLUKA :D

PO PI PO PI PO PI PO
PO PI PO PI PO PI PO
PO PI PO PI PO PI PO
PO PI PO PI PO PI PO
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

His name is robert paulson

Oh hey.

>>10670882
It's his mom and dad!

>>10670909
canon back story

>>10670938
His mom is an octo-mom.

I will now commit hara-kiri to regain my honor.

>>10670909
So how did he get more octopus like? Did she cheat on him with an actual octopus or something?

and now for the tragic part

octopi mothers always die after their eggs hatch. HE HIS PARENTS ARE DEEEEAD

>>10670985
it's an octopus samurai logic left quite a while ago

>>10670985
genetics happened

why do you think white couples occasionally have a black baby? even the ones that don't cheat?

>>10670991
we have the makings of a first class anti-villain here

>>10671014
tries to avenge mothers death

>>10670985
Yes.

goal: cut world in twane
means: eight legendary swords
motivation: ???

>>10671064
worships cthulhu

>>10671064
Because the party have hounded him at every step, driving him further and further away from his already dwindling humanity.
He lost his mom, the adventurers beat him up all the time, and everyone treats him like a joke.
THE WORLD WILL BURN!

This is hilariously easy to stat in Savage Worlds.

Just like Pablo and his bees.

>>10671076
believes he will become cthulhu if he cuts the world in half

>>10671076
avenging his mother.

his mother starved to death because of this uncaring world! why should he care for it?

>>10671064
Motivation: had a hard life

>>10671064
The rise of octopus culture when humans (and other DnD races I guess) are purged from the earth
Naturally only creatures with 8 appendages would thrive in a sundered world

>>10671118
motivation: had a hard life, lacks the spine to bear whit it.

>>10671136
dammit

>>10671136
MOTHERFUCKER WHY DID I LAUGH

>>10671136
I imagine he REALLY hates spineless puns.

>>10671064
Because he loves the world and feels that destroying it is the only way to make it his </theluciferandbiscuithammer>

>>10671136
>>10671136
>>10671136
>>10671136

so...

motivation: always being called a squid, spineless jokes.

>>10671263
Something to that effect, yes.

Next question: How did/does he find out about the swords?

>>10671278
he journeys the land, helping peasants for information on where ancient temples holding lost and forbidden artifacts and the like are.

he then clears them out, and takes the good stuff, and leaves the PCs to be pissed.

>>10671278
sunken magic sword?

>>10671278
inherited a wakazashi that senses them when placed on the ground it points towards the closest one

>>10671094

>>10671278
his mom dies trying to save him to an adventurer whit a minor enchanted sword, when he finaly manages to avenge her he learns from the sword that there are hundreds of other adventures out there, hundreds of other magical items, and yes, billions of other orphans due to XP hungry faggots who go out of their way to kill innocent sapient just because they want to optimize their sheets .

>>10671404
I heart you, anon.

archive it?

>>10671411
meta backstory is meta

>>10671411
octopi mothers die when the eggs hatch. they exhaust/starve themselves caring for the eggs.

the FATHER should sacrifice himself for the kid.

That is awesome.

>>10671574

this.

BOTH OH HIS PARENTS ARE DEAAAAAD!!!

>>10671574
octopi fathers abandon the mother as soon as they FILL HER WHIT CUM (6 to10 gelatinous pods of ~200ml). either we assume fantasy octopi care for their children and have human lifespans (octopi die at 2yo if virgins, a week after first successful mate for males and after hatch if females) or he'd be an agsty orphan who's better at everything than everyone, knows all kinds of magical and martial art secrets before the age 2 and has a minimum of 8 magical swords, can fly, doesn't need water to survive and wears a stylish samurai hat. oh, also, his eyes and skin change colors whit his mood and can please a woman in ways no human male will possibly can, but he's still a virgin cause he hast found the girl who will tame his raging heart.

>>10671734
So you want to make Gary MOTHERFUCKING Octopus?

>>10671734
except we already decided his father was a samurai seduced by an octopus woman >>10670882

Can we get 3.5e or 4e stats up in this mother fucker?

I want me a deadly joke villain

>>10671734
I thought his mother was an octopus and his father a human

>>10671800
This is correct.

>>10671783
i second this request

>>10671783
we'd need like eight sets of stats, for his eight seperate levels of power at the various points he gains swords.

because in addition to level ups, he is getting multiplicative bonuses from carrying so many swords.

>>10671896
Well, let's brainstorm some powers.

I motion that we start with the least frequently used powers, the Daily powers.

Any ideas?

>>10671919
tentacle rape 1d8 females in range?

>>10671919
ability to never be flanked?

able to spread attacks among various enemies?

>>10671973
...Maybe only as a level 1 power.

>>10671990
this

>>10671919
Well obviously he should have something that uses all swords at once. At lower levels it's powerful but if he crits at higher levels with it the opponent is down in the negatives.
Some good parry skills is needed to. Just to be annoying. Like a can make an opposing attack roll once per round per sword.

Maybe he should have a bit of the 1d8 (like beholder) to determine sword to attack with.

as for daily. The ink should of course be one. It's not something they use often so blinding something with close blast 3. He can then shift his speed within the cloud.

>>10671990 ability to never be flanked?

yea apparently octopi have no blind spot.

>>10671734

Using this pic >>10670882 I say Octo-Samuria's father was a human man. So him giving his life to protect his only son and heir makes sense.

>>10672052
have you SEEN their eye positioning?

This is the Tako from Japanese legends. they would sometimes come to land armed for war, seeking human goods...and women.
They stat them up in Oriental Adventures for 3e, which you can find on /rs/

>>10672089

yes I have, why?

>>10672128
it's much more 360 designed that humans.

>>10672189
AND their brains are set to handle all that data at once.

>>10672189

right, I know that.

that's why I said >yea apparently octopi have no blind spot.

either you have horrible reading comprehension or you must think I was being sarcastic

archive please

>>10672244
yes, I thought you were being sarcasting.

ANYWHO.

back onto spinning octoballs of death.

>>10672264
it is it has no votes though

>>10672281
maybe link us to where I can vote?

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html
search for octosamurai

>>10672411
Or just scroll to the very bottom.

>>10672438
same thing

>>10670113

Been there, fought that. Thanks Scion.

>>10672043
this seems good

parrying is essential. the octopamurai's main defense is his ability to parry anything coming his way. even lightning.

>>10672679
holy shit how does it do that?

>>10672707
contested attack rolls?

if its attack roll beats your attack roll and/or your spell's DC/spellcraft requirement/youhavetorollitanywayevenifit'sinstantdeathnosave,yesImeanyoujosh.

it parries.

>>10672758
nah require crits to parry otherwise it's to unbalanced

>>10672828
>too unbalanced
>the effing BBEG

this is not a player character.

in fact, it's designed to fight groups of SEVERAL player characters. probably mostly wizards.

>>10672828
This octopus doesn't care if he's balanced or not, he just wants revenge.

>>10672838
>>10672855
gamism and narrativism agree!

>>10672838
>>10672855
unless you're aiming for gygaxian levels of fucking players over it needs to be possible

>>10672877
Oh, it's possible, the heroes just need to be prepared as fuck.

>>10670162

I love him already

>>10672907
yeah it seems like it would make the fight long and annoying though just my opinion

>>10672877
the STATED GOAL of this campaign is to make players hate legendary items.

>>10672707
Uses a sword like a ground, duh.

>>10673394
there is a difference between hating items and hating the dm

Question, would it be able to stab a grappled enemy with the swords in its other hands?

>>10673443
well it doesn't need the entirety of an arm to hold and it has what basically counts as infinite hands id go with yeah it could

>>10673443
most likely.

this would fit so well in my eclipse phase game

>>10670113

>>10673542
doesnt mater if it fits it belongs in everything

bump

...Final Fantasy's Gilgamesh, but an octopus?

>>10675665
WHAT'S THE MATTER ADVENTURERS

NOT ENOUGH SWORDS?

>>10675665
great idea or greatest idea?