Whale

Whales are massive aquatic cetaceans with fins, a tail with horizontal flukes, and blowholes on top of the head.¹²

Appearance

Regardless of subspecies, most whales are immense and graceful beasts of the seas.¹

Abilities

Whales tend to be peaceful, but when provoked (or, for carnivorous whales, when on the hunt) they can bite, slap foes with their tail, or simply ram themselves into a target.¹

Ecology

Some whales travel alone or in pairs, but in the wild many also form pods of a dozen members or more.¹

The many subspecies of whale include:

Baleen whales, which feed through the namesake comb-like filters in their mouths¹
Blue whales, tremendous filter-feeding whales with powerful tails³
Crimson whales, aggressive hunters known for their large teeth and red skin⁴
Faceless whales, pale sightless creatures also known as Darklands whales⁵
Fire whales, cetaceans native to the Plane of Fire but now found in several areas of the Material Plane.⁶
Great white whales, colossal and aggressive beasts¹
Narwhals, small whales whose males bear a six-foot-long tusk above their mouths⁴
Orcas¹
Sperm whales¹

Whales on Golarion

Whalers hunt whales to convert the beasts' blubber into oil, and to craft their bones and teeth into weapons and artwork known as scrimshaw.³

References

For additional resources, see the Meta page.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 Wolfgang Baur et al. (2010). Bestiary 2 (First Edition), p. 282. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-268-5
↑ Whale article on Wikipedia.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Savannah Broadway, Ryan Costello, Mark Moreland, Sean K Reynolds. (2012). Bestiary. The Price of Infamy, p. 86. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-416-0
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Savannah Broadway, Ryan Costello, Mark Moreland, Sean K Reynolds. (2012). Bestiary. The Price of Infamy, p. 87. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-416-0
↑ Adam Daigle, Amanda Hamon, Mark Moreland, Eric Morton, William Thrasher. (2012). Bestiary. From Hell's Heart, p. 82. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-422-1
↑ Robert Brookes et al. (2017). Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 6, p. 128. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-931-8

External links

Wikipedia:Whale (real-world animal)

[B2-282-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 Wolfgang Baur et al. (2010). Bestiary 2 (First Edition), p. 282. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-268-5

[wp-2] Whale article on Wikipedia.

[TPoI-86-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Savannah Broadway, Ryan Costello, Mark Moreland, Sean K Reynolds. (2012). Bestiary. The Price of Infamy, p. 86. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-416-0

[TPoI-87-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Savannah Broadway, Ryan Costello, Mark Moreland, Sean K Reynolds. (2012). Bestiary. The Price of Infamy, p. 87. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-416-0

[FHH-82-5] Adam Daigle, Amanda Hamon, Mark Moreland, Eric Morton, William Thrasher. (2012). Bestiary. From Hell's Heart, p. 82. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-422-1

[6] Robert Brookes et al. (2017). Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 6, p. 128. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-931-8

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