Most jellyfish have the defense advantage of "no vitals" because their organs are rubbery and buried deep in their rubbery flesh; blunt blows are dissipated through the quivering flesh, while edged strikes are gummed down in the flesh and unlikely to do major harm to any vital organs.
| Class: | Beast |
| Hab: | Any damp area; woods, caves, marshes, old buildings |
| Fre: | Rare |
| Num: | 1 or 1-6 |
| Lair: | 90% |
| Size: | 1' bell dangling 5-10' tentacles |
| Move: | Rapid, guided "drift" |
| Def: | Rubbery, no vitals |
| Att: | Lashing poison tentacles |
| Int: | Non-sentient but cunning |
| Spec: | Poisons + blood draining |
| Posns: | Incidental; on remains of previous victims |
Pale, luminescent, and drifting through the air, rendering its victims paralyzed, it is no wonder this perfectly natural jellyfish may be mistaken for a ghost. The ghost jellyfish uses its luminosity to create hypnotic pulsations. Entranced, the prey is lured in as far as possible through the bone-yard with develops before the jelly's lair. The "foyer" will have a mass of bones, often inhabited by some other creature or creatures that live symbiotically with the luring jellyfish.
The true lair, or nest, will often be a hidden chamber reachable only by hovering upward and squeezing through a cranny. There, in the nest, the ghost jellyfish nurture their hordes of larvae.
| Class: | Beast |
| Hab: | Enclosed terrain; caverns, woods, ruins |
| Fre: | Uncommon |
| Num: | 1 or 3-18 |
| Lair: | 90% |
| Size: | Dog to cow |
| Move: | Jet-propelled flight or hovering |
| Def: | Rubbery, no vitals |
| Att: | 2' Lashing poison tentacles |
| Int: | Non-sentient but cunning |
| Spec: | Poisons |
| Posns: | Incidental |
The marking characteristic of shrouding jellyfish is their use of their unique "shrouding gum." Once they have paralyzed their prey, the jellyfish enshroud it in this preserving gum and either glue it directly to the ceiling of their "larder" area, into a wall crevasse, or suspend it, hanging from the ceiling; suspended food may have additional gum attached in the form of trailing tentacles, so it resembles the jellyfish themselves, thereby warding off other creatures which might raid the jellyfish's larder. The shrouding gum is infused with the jellyfish's paralytic poison, so it keeps the preserved prey alive and fresh. They jellyfish - and their larvae - can tap in to the shrouded food creatures whenever they need a sip.
| Class: | Beast |
| Hab: | Damp areas; woods, caves, marshes |
| Fre: | Uncommon |
| Num: | 20-1200; swarms |
| Lair: | 90% |
| Size: | 1" + tentacles trailing to 2' |
| Move: | Slow hover but rapid 20' harpoon-and-reel |
| Def: | Rubbery, no vitals |
| Att: | 2' Lashing poison tentacles |
| Int: | Non-sentient but cunning |
| Spec: | Poisons + blood drain |
| Posns: | Incidental |
| Class: | Beast |
| Hab: | Damp areas; woods, caves, marshes |
| Fre: | Uncommon |
| Num: | 1 or 3-18 |
| Lair: | 90% |
| Size: | Dog to cow |
| Move: | Hover + jet-propelled flight |
| Def: | Rubbery, no vitals |
| Att: | Lashing poison tentacles |
| Int: | Non-sentient but cunning |
| Spec: | Electricity + minor toxins |
| Posns: | Incidental |
After they have fully fled, they move on; prey that has not been overly drained may recover.
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