This scaly humanoid has a long, fish-like tail. Its arms and legs end in webbed claws, and its piscine head features a toothy maw.

Across fog-shrouded coasts or endless ocean swells, an ominous drone sounded on a conch shell chills the blood of all who hear it. This is the sound of the sahuagin hunting horn-a call to raid and battle. Coastal settlers refer to sahuagin as "sea devils," for sahuagin have no compassion in them, slaughtering the crews of ships and decimating coastal villages.

Devils of the Deep

Sahuagin are a predatory, piscine race that ventures from the ocean's black depths to hunt the creatures of the shallows and shore. Though they dwell in the deepest trenches of the ocean, sahuagin view the entire aquatic realm as their kingdom and the creatures in it as blood sport for their hunting parties.

The self-styled rulers of sahuagin ocean domains are massive mutant males that grow second sets of arms. They are terrible foes in battle, and all sahuagin bow down before these powerful barons.

Way of the Shark

Sahuagin worship the shark god Sekolah. Only female sahuagin are deemed worthy of channeling the god's power, and priestesses hold tremendous sway in sahuagin communities.

Sahuagin are driven into a frenzy by the smell of fresh blood. As worshipers of Sekolah, they also have a special kinship with sharks, which they train as attack animals. Even untrained sharks recognize sahuagin as allies and don't prey on them.

Elven Enmity

The sahuagin might control the oceans if not for the presence of their mortal enemies, the aquatic elves. Wars between the two races have raged for centuries across the coasts and seas of the world, disrupting maritime trade and drawing other races into the bloody conflict.

So intense is sahuagin hatred for the aquatic elves that the sea devils have adapted to combat their ancient foes. A sahuagin born near enough to an aquatic elf community can enter the world as a malenti—a sahuagin that physically resembles an aquatic elf in every way. Sahuagin are prone to mutation, but whether this rare phenomenon is a result of the wars between the sahuagin and the aquatic elves-or whether it preceded or even began the conflict-none can say.

The sahuagin put the malenti to good use as spies and assassins in aquatic elf cities and the societies of other creatures that pose a threat to sahuagin. The mere shadow of the malenti threat incites paranoia and suspicion among aquatic elves, whose resilience is weakened as the prelude to an actual sahuagin invasion.

TThe village was empty, the seagulls were strangely quiet, and all we could hear was the surge of the sea.

Sahuagin

Ravagers from Beneath the Waves

Sahuagin are fiendish terrors that prey on creatures above and below the water. Called "sea devils" by residents of coastal communities, sahuagin are ruthless raiders. They ransack ships, fishing villages, and undersea communities to slake their bloodthirst, claim treasure, and make sacrifices to their vicious deity—the sharklike god Sekolah.

Sahuagin constantly war on any peoples living near their territory. Merfolk and other aquatic folk bear the brunt of these attacks, but sahuagin also hunt air-breathers who sail over or swim through the waters the sea devils claim. Sahuagin often attack alongside sharks, which they can telepathically command.

When a sahuagin comes at you, it doesn't seem to be living until it bites you. Then the thing's black eyes turn red as hellfire and the waves foam crimson. Then comes the screaming.

Predatory fish-man race with green coloration, darker along the back and lighter on the belly

The Sahuagin are a predatory fish-man race that feature green coloration, darker along the back and lighter on the belly. An adult male sahuagin stands roughly 6 feet tall and weighs about 200 pounds. A sahuagin can sense movement underwater within a 30-foot radius. It speaks its own language, as well as Common and usually one other language. A sahuagin can survive out of the water for 1d8 hours before dying from exposure. A sahuagin tears with its feet as it strikes with its talons or with a weapon. About half of any group of sahuagin are also armed with nets.

Predatory fish-man race with green coloration, darker along the back and lighter on the belly

Sahuagin are humanoid ichthyans of evil alignment. They dwell in shallow, warmer salt waters and raid villages and communities on land for loot and sport. They are nocturnal. Each sahuagin realm has a King and is divided into nine provinces, each ruled by a Prince. Each Prince will have a number of Barons under his command, and each Baron controls a war-band. The "Number Encountered" listing for this creature is for the lair of a typical war-band; the lairs of a Prince will be much larger. If encountered outside their lair, there will be no females or hatchlings, no priestesses or above, and the band will be led by a warchief. Sahuagin are typically armed as follows: Dagger and spear 25% of the band Dagger, trident and net 50% of the band Dagger and heavy crossbow 25% of the band All these weapons are fully usable both above and below the water, which makes them quite highly prized. The sahuagin clergy will always be led by a priestess with 6 HD and the spell casting powers of an 8th level cleric. The remaining priestesses will be trainees of 2nd to 7th level (1d6+1). Their HD are equal to their spell casting level -2 (minimum 2). Sahuagin priestesses will typically be attende