Locathah

Locathah

Species	humanoid (ichthyes)
No. Appearing	3–30
Behaviour	clan
Range	intertidal, ocean banks
Size	5 ft. 9 in. tall
Weight	190 lbs.
Intelligence	11–12
Armour Class	6
Hit Dice	2+3
Action Points	5
Max. Stride	{{{stride}}}
THAC0	19
Hp/Die	d8
Attack Forms	by weapon type
Damage	varies
Special Attacks	dagger & trident, speak with animals, tongue

The locathah are a humanoid race of aquatic nomads, roaming shallow seas hunting and gathering. They are best known for raids along the coast of the Red and Arabian seas, and have been spotted in the Persian Gulf. They have been known to trade pearls and corals for mithril or with fishing vessels for some of that day's catch. Locathah have fish-like heads with large ears like fins and big, glassy eyes. They're covered with scales and possess hairlike growths that sprout behind their ears and below their chins. Their mouths are toothless.

History

They've had almost no impact on terran history. Contact between the surface and these creatures began only a century ago, and may have been encouraged by Portuguese traders. There are no examples of locathah mercenaries attacking coasts, but small parties do plunder very occasionally; it is supposed that increased fishing in their habitats has reduced their food supply. Envoys to learn what locathah want or even to investigate their culture have produced little. It is guessed that there are as few as 20 to 40 thousand of these creatures in existence.

Fighting

Locathah prefer to fight with tridents and daggers, each being made of hard fish bone and often with multiple serrated points. They are +1 to hit and damage with these weapons.

and toothless mouths.  Locathah prefer to fight with tridents, but they also have short knives; both are typically made of hard bone, with multiple serrated points.

They have a long tongue that they can use when out of water to seize hold of an enemy; if they hit with it, this tongue does no damage but will stun an opponent up to the locathah's size. It is common for locathah to use this attack to pull their enemies into the water, where they will be less able to defend themselves; a stunned victim must make a dexterity check (-4 penalty) or else topple forward.

They are known to dwell in warm, sub-tropical seas the world-wide, though they are most plentiful from the Malabar Coast to the East Indies. They have no king, but there are rumours that they are so common in some undersea lands that no other seagoing race may encroach there.

See Bestiary