Fire Fish
At various places in the planes, rifts of special tears appear and allow the mundane creatures of one plane to intermix with the creatures of other planes. On these occasions, it is most often not the terrible beasts such as demons or angels that pour through, but much less powerful (but not harmless) creatures mirroring the beasts of the natural realm.
Fire Fish (CR 1)
Small Animal (Aquatic, Fire)Alignment: Neutral
Initiative: +6
Senses: Low-Light Vision, Tremorsense 10 feet; Perception +7
Aura: heat (5 feet radius)
Speed: Swim 40 feet
Space: 5 feet
Defense
Armor Class: 14, touch 12, flat-footed 13 (+1 Dex, +2 natural, +1 size)Hit Points: 13 (3d8)
Saving Throws: Fort +3, Ref +5, Will +2
Immunity: fire
Weaknesses: vulnerability to cold
Offense
Melee: slam -1 (1d4-4 plus heat)Reach: 5 feet
Special Attacks: Heat (1d4 fire damage)
Statistics
| Str | Dex | Con | Int | Wis | Cha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 (-4) | 14 (+2) | 10 (+0) | 1 (-5) | 12 (+1) | 5 (-3) |
CMB +0
CMD 12
Feats: Alertness, Improved Initiative
Skills: Perception +7, Sense Motive +3, Swim +16
- Racial Modifiers: uses Dex to modify Swim
Special Abilities
Aquatic
Firefish can swim and breathe in molten lava as easily as a regular fish in water. They are 'aquatic' only in the sense that their natural environment is lava instead of water.Ecology
Environment: Any, Plane of FireOrganization: solitary or school (4-80)
Treasure: none
Light orange to bright red in color, the fire fish is approximately the size of a common salmon. Firefish frequently stay in their schools; a solitary fish is easy prey for many predators.
Firefish spawn yearly, and attempt to return to their place of origin to do so. If unable, a firefish locates a warm, rocky area to deposit their eggs. The females perish within a day after depositing the eggs. The males, after fertilizing the eggs, swim off, living perhaps another week before perishing.
These are just a few of the possible creatures available, but they should be a good starting point to create other elemental animals.
Credit Originally appearing in Rappan Athuk Reloaded (© Necromancer Games, 2006)
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