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 Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:29 am
Piscine
Piscines are a class of aquatic monsters. They all have the common trait of some form of swimming, whether it is the Plesioth in the water, Cephadrome in the sand, or Lavasioth in the lava. They usually have a fish-like body with fins and/or wings that help them swim.
Piscine
Cephalos
Cephadrome
Plesioth
Green Plesioth
Lavasioth
Red Lavasioth
Delex
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:36 am
Cephalos
Nicknames: Ceph
Titles: None
Size: Medium
Status Inflictions: Waterblight/Paralysis
Weakness: Thunder
Habitat: Desert
The Cephalos are younger forms of the sand living, wyvern-like Piscines, Cephadrome. These minions are surprisingly social, swimming and hunting in packs. They are predatory, and can work together to defeat creatures many times their size. Mildly aggressive, they can become a nuisance when fighting other monsters. Cephalos body shapes are streamlined and flat, to help them swim through the sand. The Guild rewards hunters who retrieve Piscine Livers from these monsters.
Despite being relatively large minions, Cephalos are rather weak to experienced hunters, though easily take out rookies.
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:40 am
Cephadrome
Nicknames: Cephy
Titles: The Land Sharq
Size: Medium
Status Inflictions: Waterblight/Paralysis
Weakness: Thunder
Habitat: Desert
Cephadrome are sand swimming creatures of the desert. They have younger minions named Cephalos. Cephadrome have brownish-green skin, which is actually black, but appears as such due to the sand packed in between its scales, and yellow eyes. They have a flat, diamond-shaped head much like a hammerhead sharq, fins, and a tail that help propel themselves through the sand. Cephadrome can only survive in deserts. Their body shapes have adapted to swimming through the sands, and have turned extremely streamlined.
The most sensitive parts of their bodies are their stomach and dorsal fin, which can be broken for reward Items. While swimming they have been known to paralyze prey with their dorsal fin, but can be easily avoided by using a sonic bomb which will startle them out of the sand because of their very sensitive hearing. They are most damaged by thunder elemented weapons. Their caution in fighting causes them to run away frequently by diving into the sand. They use hipchecks, tail swipes, and shoot sand streams to damage hunters. When weak, its dorsal fin flattens down.
The only way to distinguish the Cephadrome from its minions are their size, while Cephalos are relatively small, the Cephadrome is larger, its head along can be taller than a hunter.
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:46 am
Plesioth
Nicknames: Plessy, Skellig
Titles: The Underwater Terror, The Master of the Lake
Size: Medium
Status Inflictions: Waterblight/Sleep
Weakness: Thunder/Fire
Habitat: Jungle and Desert
Plesioth are large water wyverns commonly found in jungles and desert water caves. Plesioth have shiny blue scales and heads shaped like that of sharqs. They are commonly seen in the water, but have adapted legs for hunting. When weakened, the Plesioth's top fin flattens against their back.
Due to its aquatic nature, the Plesioth spends a lot of its time in the water, making it difficult for Blademasters to attack. However, there are a few ways to lure the monster out of its domain. The most common way is throwing a Sonic Bomb; this will make the Plesioth jump with surprise and it will usually leap out of the water afterwards. However, Sonic Bombs don't work 100% of the time, and automatically send the Plesioth into Rage Mode. Gunners can shoot Crag S and Clust S to trigger the same effect. Another method would be to fish it out, using Frogs as bait. This method can only be done if the Plesioth is calm and not engaged in a battle with a hunter.
The Plesioth subspecies is covered in shades of green, from light to jade green, and doesn't live in the desert but jungles instead.
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:55 am
Lavasioth
Nicknames: Lavasi
Titles: The Magma Pirate
Size: Medium
Status Inflictions: Burn
Weakness: Water/Thunder
Habitat: Volcano
Lavasioth is a Piscine Wyvern with rock hard scales. Glowing magma aurates from veins in its body. It lives in volcano zones where it can freely swim in the lava. Its attacks and movements are vaguely similar to those of a Plesioth and Blos-type wyverns. It can fire huge balls of magma at hunters; when these hit the ground, they scatter into smaller molten rocks which can still do considerable damage. Lavasioth can also jump up and slam itself down on the ground - this attack is very powerful. Another attack is the 'Sliding U Turn'. It will slide bodily across the floor towards hunters, but after missing can turn around and slide at hunters again, with pin-point accuracy.
The subspecies of Lavasioth is completely red with glowing red veins of magma across in between its armor.
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:08 am
Delex
Nicknames: Dell
Titles: None
Size: Small
Status Inflictions: None
Weakness: Water/Ice
Habitat: Desert
Very little is known about Delex. They are fish-like in appearance, sporting long dorsal fins and reptilian-like snouts. They have, like a Cephalos, the ability to spit and "swim" through sand. They also appear in the fight with Jhen Mohran, jumping onto the boat and attacking hunters. Delex most likely hunt in small groups and prey upon small animals. They may also scavenge off the remains left from the prey of larger desert-dwelling monsters, such as Jhen Mohran.
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