OSE Encounter Activities – Octopus, Giant (d100)
1 Adhering to the underside of a passing Ship to hitch a ride
2 Altering the texture of their surface to perfectly match a Reef
3 Angrily wresting an Oar from a Smuggler's Dinghy
4 Attacking a group of Pearl Divers who disturbed their rest
5 Battering a Longship, as Berserkers try to haul it ashore
6 Biting an Anchor Chain clean in half with its powerful Beak
7 Breaking the surface to peer dully at a passing Pirate Ship
8 Burrowing in bone-white sands, to ambush prey
9 Camouflaging itself as Kelp with beguiling Chromatophores
10 Carefully clamping a tremendous Dire Urchin
11 Changing direction suddenly with powerful jets of water
12 Choking four helpless Crew Members simultaneously
13 Churning up massive amounts of seafoam as they surface
14 Clinging to the starboard side of a Schooner
15 Clouding a stretch of Sea with tenebrous Ink
16 Clutching a Statue of a Minotaur, gilt and inset with Gems
17 Coiling an arm around the Mast of a makeshift Raft
18 Completely capsizing a storm wracked Cutter
19 Consuming a struggling Seal
20 Contracting after being shot with a Flaming Arrow
21 Cracking open the shell of a massive Giant Crab
22 Crawling rhythmically along the Sea floor
23 Crushing a Clam, the size of a Pony
24 Decorated with vibrant blue, bioluminescent Rings
25 Devouring a Mutineer, tossed overboard by vote
26 Drowning a Dolphin in its writhing clutches
27 Dwelling in an ornate Shrine, sunken by ancient cataclysm
28 Eating constantly, barely any life remains on a barren seabed
29 Embracing a sunken Shipwreck sullenly
30 Emerging from a massive undersea Cavern to hunt
31 Ensnaring a sinking Scow to tow toward the shore
32 Escaping from the jaws of a slavering Sea Serpent
33 Evicting Fishermen from their Lagoon by tossing boats ashore
34 Extending an arm onto shore to shake fruit from a Tree
35 Feeding on Shield-sized Scallops
36 Ferociously thrashing after being stung by a Giant Rockfish
37 Floating lazily in the shallows, digesting a large lunch
38 Forcing an arm through a porthole, shattering the thick glass
39 Gouging huge holes in a hull with their bird-like Beak
40 Grabbing Goblins from the deck of an ill-built Barque
41 Gracefully swimming among a colorful kingdom of Corals
42 Guarding an atoll, inhabited by a Cyclops Sage
43 Hauling long lost treasures from the deep to its den
44 Heaving itself over a stone strewn skerries
45 Hiding among thick Corals from a hungry Sea Dragon
46 Holding a Magic Trident in one of its arms
47 Hunting a migrating pod of Orca
48 Impatiently waiting for a seasonal Sacrifice
49 Inadvertently summoned by a very scared Sorcerer
50 Inhabiting an Abandoned Merfolk Shell Keep
51 Jetting a plume of Ink in the eyes of a Sea Troll
52 Juggling a wailing Buccaneer from arm to arm
53 Looming as a dark blot, just below the sea surface
54 Lovingly tending dangling strings of Halfling-sized Eggs
55 Lugging a barnacle encrusted Magic Anchor wherever it goes
56 Luring a Sloop onto a sandbar for easy pickings
57 Lurking inside the bleached shell of a once enormous Sea Turtle
58 Marooned in a very large Tidal Pool during a Hurricane
59 Menacing a coastal community by sinking Trading Ships
60 Mimicking a small, Rocky Island among the waves
61 Moving massive Boulders into an eldritch arrangement
62 Opening Lobster pots and dining casually on the contents
63 Outflanking the four heads of a Sea Hydra
64 Overturning a lifeboat full of starving, sea-mad Sailors
65 Playfully grappling with a Storm Giant companion
66 Plucking tasty Water Termites from their maze-like nest
67 Pounding an intrusive Pier to smithereens
68 Pouring forth out of a surprisingly small crevasse in the seabed
69 Protecting a stone-strewn shoal, where Nixies dwell
70 Prying open a Pirate's sunken Treasure Chest
71 Pulling on Fishing Lines out of curiosity
72 Quietly seizing single Sailors as they serve a sting on Watch
73 Recoiling as a Dwarf's powerful Axe swing severs an arm
74 Releasing their grasp on an Acolyte after a Magic Missile strike
75 Restraining a Tiger Shark with five arms still free
76 Shooting through the brine with breakneck speed
77 Snatching a screeching Harpy out of the air
78 Splintering floating wooden crates in search of an Evil Idol
79 Sprawling in the shallow surf, soaking in the warm seawater
80 Squeezing and snapping the ribs of a small Pilot Whale
81 Squirming its way around a school of frightened Fish
82 Squirting ink ashore, barreled an enterprising Alchemist
83 Staring balefully with an eye the size of a Buckler
84 Strangling a seven-foot Sea Snake, a mass of knots
85 Submerging suddenly after being struck by a Lightning Spell
86 Tearing apart a helpless Sea Turtle
87 Throttling members of an aquatic Ghoul pack
88 Toppling the timbered masts of a Reef-bound boat
89 Tossing a hogtied Wave Druid back aboard a Ship
90 Undulating rhythmically in response to distant Whale song
91 Unfurling suddenly to corral a clumped-up Cod
92 Utterly enveloping a frenzied Bull Shark
93 Violently constricting a Veteran who will sink like a stone
94 Waving their Arms frantically above the water
95 Wearing a Magical Coral crown that endows Telepathy
96 Worshipped by strange Eelfolk and their Undersea Clerics
97 Wrapping their arms around a wooden bridge, tearing it asunder
98 Wrestling with a Giant Squid as awed Sailors make wagers
99 Writhing their way ashore after a nearly drowned Ogre
100 Yanking down the rigging of a foundering Cog
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