once a human warrior ,victim of the unfair treatment of her brothers who plotted her death by drowning her in the river, given a second chance of life as a mermaid by the goddess of the moon jaci,as a wandering spirit of the water she takes away the life of men who cross path with her by drowning them or lurnig them with her looks,she's not alone as her company in the dark abyss of the amazon river where the salt and fresh water converges is the Ipupiara and the river dolphins
a tragédia da existência de iara
outrora uma guerreira humana, vítima do tratamento injusto de seus irmãos que planejaram sua morte afogando-a no rio, dada uma segunda chance de vida como uma sereia pela deusa da lua jaci, como um espírito errante da água ela tira a vida dos homens que cruzam com ela afogando-os ou lurnig-los com seu olhar, ela não está sozinha como sua companhia no abismo escuro do rio amazônico onde a água salgada e doce converge é o Ipupiara e o golfinhos de rio
[Sponsored by @some-trash-pigeon. The merrow is the Irish version of the mermaid, and like many folkloric mermaids, typically the men appear grotesque and the women gorgeous. The name has been in D&D since the 1e AD&D Monster Manual, and a similar version appears in Pathfinder. The AD&D/PF merrow is an aquatic ogre, which didn't get a unique stat block until Pathfinder. D&D 5e decided to revamp the merrow, and I gotta say, it's near the top of the list for "biggest art glow-up". And, since the folkloric merrow is a merman rather than a big aquatic guy, it's more accurate to boot.
So why the name "ipupiara"? Well, for one thing, "merrow" is taken in Pathfinder. For another, the ipupiara is a Brazilian mer-thing that is actually oversized, and even has whiskers! That name was suggested to me by monster researcher (and my girlfriend) @abominationimperatrix.]
Ipupiara
CR 5 CE Monstrous Humanoid
This creature has a humanoid torso and the head and tail of a monstrous fish. It has barbels hanging from its underslung jaw, and fins grow along its head, shoulders and arms. It is sinuous from the waist down, and wears shell jewelry and other trophies and trinkets.
The ipupiara are mutant merfolk, the descendants of merfolk who ventured into the Abyss and adapted to its hostile waters. They can be found on any Abyssal layer with aqueous environments, and their scaly hides are capable of withstanding extremes of heat and cold. Although they have no ability to traverse the planes on their own, they are often found on the Material Plane, where they are a menace to sailors and fishermen. The first ipupiara were worshippers of Dagon, and the majority of them still serve the Shadow in the Sea.
Ipupiara are bullies above all else and tend to target the smallest, weakest victims when they have a chance. They carry barbed harpoons, which they use to latch onto prey, before squeezing them to death in their muscular coils. Ipupiara string up the mutilated corpses of their victims as territorial warnings, typically missing their eyes, noses, fingers and toes. Ipupiara can survive in any temperature of water, but prefer to lair in three-dimensional substrates such as kelp forests, shipwrecks and sea caves.
An ipupiara is about fifteen feet long, half of which is tail.
Ipupiara CR 5
XP 1,600
CE Large monstrous humanoid (aquatic, extraplanar)
Init +4; Senses darkvision 60 ft., Perception +7
Defense
AC 18, touch 9, flat-footed 18 (-1 size, +8 Dex)
hp 45 (6d10+12)
Fort +4, Ref +5, Will +7
DR 5/piercing; Resist cold 10, fire 10
Offense
Speed 10 ft., swim 40 ft.
Melee 2 claws +9 (1d4+4), bite +9 (1d8+4) or harpoon +9/+4 (2d6+6/x3 plus grab), bite +4 (1d8+2)
Ranged harpoon +5 (1d8+6/x3 plus grab)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Special Attacks constrict (2d4+6), gripping harpoon
Statistics
Str 18, Dex 11, Con 15, Int 8, Wis 10, Cha 13
Base Atk +6; CMB +11; CMD 21 (cannot be tripped)
Feats Exotic Weapon Proficiency (harpoon) (B), Improved Initiative, Intimidating Prowess, Iron Will
Skills Intimidate +14, Perception +7, Survival +7, Swim +19
Languages Abyssal, Aquan
SQ amphibious
Ecology
Environment any aquatic (Abyss)
Organization solitary, pair, gang (3-8) or mob (9-24)
Treasure standard (2 harpoons, other treasure)
Special Abilities
Gripping Harpoon (Ex) An ipupiara is skilled at using harpoons to grip prey. It can grapple with a harpoon on any successful hit, not just a critical hit.
Alright, finished Step One of my deep ones project! Getting pixel drawings of all the main Deep One Enemies.
In order, they are: Deep Marine, Deep Medium, Deep Raider, Deep Maiden, Deep Coistrel, Deep Prelate, Ipupiara, and Otherspawn.
There are technically 2 other types to fight, but their only differences seem to be their names and are only fightable under specific circumstances that are spoilers. (I’m not going to say them so as not to ruin it for anyone who doesn’t know.) Other than than, they are identical to 2 monsters I already have on here.
I also skipped the bosses (though I do have them), since they seem to be outliers in the race’s designs.
I had to download the webp images from the wiki, then load them into gimp to turn them into pngs to work with. Next step, load the pngs into Clip studio and blow them up to larger sizes. (I’ll probably do the lineart as a vector layer to make them nice and clean, and then work on all the colors.)
Anyways, here are some nice pngs of these guys for anyone who wants them!
(Still don’t get why the females have boobs, but whatever.)
