Sahuagin
Amphibious creatures who occupy the south seas. Sahuagin are very territorial and distrusting of other peoples, which has led to occasional conflict with fisherpeople and sea travellers.
Game Info
Age
Sahuagin reach maturity at age 7, and few live far past 27. A sahuagin is considered elderly at age 35, but there is no natural limit to a sahuagin's lifespan. Some have been known to reach 500 or more years of age.
Size
Sahuagin are Medium.
Average sahuagin are around 5'10“ and weigh around 230 pounds.
Speed
A sahuagin's walking speed is 25 feet, and their swim speed is 40 feet.
Ability Score
Sahuagin have +2 Con.
Languages
- Common (spoken only)
- Aquan
Limited Amphibiousness
Sahuagin can breathe air and water, but their ability to breathe air relies on their gills staying hydrated. A sahuagin who goes more than 4 hours without wetting their gills will begin to suffocate.
Bite
A sahuagin's teeth are long and sharp. Their bite allows them to make an unarmed attack which deals Proficiency + Strength piercing damage.
Blood Frenzy
A sahuagin has advantage on melee attacks against any living target which is missing hit points.
Shark Telepathy
Sahuagin can telepathically command sharks and other aquatic predators. As a bonus action they may make an Animal Handling check with a DC equal to the creature's CR + 8 to command such creatures. On a success, the creature does its best to follow any command on its next turn. A new check must be made each turn to command the animal.
Torpor
Sahuagin do not sleep, but need to rest in a state of limited consciousness for eight to ten hours per day, During this period, they move very little but can wet their gills. They see and hear normally and snap back to consciousness at any disturbance. When not disturbed, their mind occupies itself with dreams.
Reputation
Sahuagin are broadly feared or reviled and have historically had no allies among other peoples. Some sahuagin have formed symbiotic relationships with seaside communities but even in these cases there's very little contact with others.
As of 107NE, some sahuagin have elected to attempt to integrate with what remains of triton society.
Sahuagin Culture
Sahuagin have a loose association and not much structure to their society. They mostly roam as hunting packs of six to ten with trained hunting animals like sharkwolves and eelhounds.
Sahuagin names are sharp and abrupt, and commonly contain K, TK, ZZ, SZ. Sahuagin surnames are not hereditary, but pack names.
Example names: Kit, Cat, Tak, Szit, Szik, T'kn, Kizik
Religion in Sahuagin Society
Sahuagin don't typically follow any religion, but some know of and revere the titans. Those who do refer to the titans as “the old ones” and give thanks to them for creating Prasinos and making the sea a perfect and bountiful home for sahuaginkind. Followers of the old one often believe that sahuagin are the people that Prasinos was made for, and everyone else is just visiting.
Notable Sahuagin
Cat Tekken
Szikk Kikkzz
Major events in Sahuagin History
Prehistory
Sahuagin are the first sapient mortals to appear on Prasinos, and there is evidence of organized worship in the deepest parts of the ocean. The ocean floor is dotted with ruins of prehistoric places of worship dedicated to each of the titans.
200BNE
Centuries into the isolation, the waning influence of magic has not affected sahuagin life much. The seas remain teeming with life and hunting remains sustainable for them.
0
The sahuagin were largely unaffected by the year zero catastrophe.
106NE
Many sahuagin allied with Heron Sunstar to take Duar. Those who died attacking Duar were taken to Allento by Heron as an army of undead, and those who stayed to occupy Duar were slain or driven out by the Lords of Goon's Folly.
107NE
The remainder of sahuagin have begun to integrate with triton to resettle Duar.