NAUTILOID
Original Animal Characteristics
Description: Nautiloids are a group of marine mollusks in the Cephalopod class, subclass Nautiloidea, all of which possess an external shell. Nautiluses are free swimming animals that possess a head with two simple lens-free eyes, and as
many as 90 tentacles are arranged in two circles around jaws which are horny and beak-like. Their body fills the last chamber of their smooth shell. The other chambers are usually filled with an inert gas similar to air but with more nitrogen and
less oxygen) making the animal buoyant in the water. As they grow, they detach their body from the walls of the shell, moving forward into a new section of shell, known as the living chamber. They are typically found in the south west Pacific
Ocean, from Samoa to the Philippines, and the in the Indian Ocean off of the coast of Australia and are usually found in waters between 328 and 2300 feet (100-700 m). Nautiluses propel themselves by jet propulsion, expelling water from an
elongated funnel called the hyponome, which can be pointed in different directions to control their movement. They live mainly on crustaceans. However, due to the very little energy they devote to swimming, they need only eat once a month.
They do not have good vision or an ink sac like other cephalopods.
Size Level: 1
Height: 6-8 inches (16-21 cm).
Weight: up to 1.5 pounds (347-648 g).
Build: Medium
Mutant Changes & Costs
Total BIO-E: 90
Attribute Bonuses: +4 to P.S., Brute Strength
Human Features
Hands: Partial hands are automatic, because the tentacles are the equivalent of partial hands.
5 BIO-E for Full. The tentacles have developed three branches at the end of each which serve as two fingers and a thumb.
15 BIO-E for Full Humanoid arms and Hands (MiO, page 42) Note: must be bought for EACH Extra Pair of Tentacles for full use.
Biped: None; cannot move unless in water.
2 BIO-E for Four legs for walking (MiO, page 42)
5 BIO-E for Four legs for running (MiO, page 42)
5 BIO-E for Two-legged Biped (MiO, page 42)
10 BIO-E for Two-legged Biped with a second pair of partial limbs used as both arms and legs (MiO, page 42)
15 BIO-E for Two-legged Biped with a third pair of partial limbs used both as arms and legs
20 BIO-E for Two-legged Biped with a fourth pair of partial limbs used as both arms and legs
Speech : 5 BIO-E for Partial or 10 BIO-E for Full.
Looks: None; huge head with hard, shelled back; large eyes; white, leathery skin.
5 BIO-E for Partial; Huge head wearing what appears to be a helmet and thick neck; long, flexible body; multiple arms protrude from upper torso, humanoid legs and body form; clearly not human!
Full Human Looks are NOT available.
Natural Weapons:
10 BIO-E for 1D4 damage Beak
Mutant Animal Powers:
Automatically gets Breathing: Gills and Swimming: Basic.
2 BIO-E for Positive Buoyancy
5 BIO-E for Advanced Smell
5 BIO-E for Nightvision
5 BIO-E for Hold Breath (in the air)
10 BIO-E for Breathing: Lungs
10 BIO-E for Beastly Strength
15 BIO-E for Jet Propulsion
15 BIO-E for Medium Body Armor (138)
20 BIO-E for Breathing: Dual Breathing
20 BIO-E for Retreat into Shell
20 BIO-E for Minimal Diet
25 BIO-E for Heavy Body Armor (138)
35 BIO-E for Extra-Heavy Body Armor (138)
Vestigial Disadvantages:
-5 BIO-E for No Gills
-5 BIO-E for Colorblindness
-5 BIO-E for Nearsighted
-5 BIO-E for Vestigial Tentacles, per 10 tentacles.
-10 BIO-E for Simple Eyes
-10 BIO-E for Diet: Carnivore
-20 BIO-E for Dehydration: Extreme
-20 BIO-E for Vestigial Shell
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