Whale

Whale

(Creature)

Type

Animal

CR

10 (varies with species)

Environment

Any ocean

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Adjective

Whale; cetacean; cetaceous

Images of whales

Source: Bestiary 2, pg(s). 282

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

Appearance

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

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.

Ecology

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

The many subspecies of whale include:

• Baleen whales, which feed through the namesake comb-like filters in their mouths
• Blue whales, tremendous filter-feeding whales with powerful tails
• Crimson whales, aggressive hunters known for their large teeth and red skin
• Faceless whales, pale sightless creatures also known as Darklands whales
• Fire whales, cetaceans native to the Plane of Fire but now found in several areas of the Universe.
• Great white whales, colossal and aggressive beasts
• Narwhals, small whales whose males bear a six-foot-long tusk above their mouths
• Orcas
• Sperm 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.

References

For additional as-yet unincorporated sources about this subject, see the Meta page.

External links

• Whale (real-world animal) on Wikipedia