I'm just talking to a player about our up coming game, and we were discussing Lycathropy.
Its a rather flexible template which causes a bit of madness when you get things like a WereOctupus. 2HD and 3LA is rather bothersome, but if you did have a WereOctopus, how does the jet work? From the SRD
This is a Special Quality, which according to Lycanthrope entryQuote:
Jet (Ex)
An octopus can jet backward once per round as a full-round action, at a speed of 200 feet. It must move in a straight line, but does not provoke attacks of opportunity while jetting.
Since Jet doesn't actually specify water, does it work on land? How does that even work? It has a rather amusing mental image, but if you did have a wereoctopus, what would happen? What about the Ink Cloud? This could become a rather amusing build...Quote:
A lycanthrope retains all the special qualities of the base creature and the base animal, and also gains those described below.
While we're at it, why does the Octopus have a land speed if it can't breath air?