In the Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...

fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 role-playing game

Role-playing game

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, the tojanida is a turtle

Turtle

Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines , characterised by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs that acts as a shield...

-like outsider

Outsider (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, an outsider is a type of creature, or "creature type". Outsiders are at least partially composed of the essence of a plane other than the Prime Material Plane....

 from the Elemental Plane of Water.

Publication history

The juvenile tojanida, the adult tojanida, and the elder tojanida appeared in the third edition Monster Manual

Monster Manual

The Monster Manual is the primary bestiary sourcebook for monsters in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. It includes monsters derived from mythology, and folklore, as well as creatures created for D&D specifically...

(2000), and in the 3.5 revised Monster Manual (2003).

Description

A tojanida has a giant turtle/tortoise shell, which has 8 openings in it, 4 at each end. The central body of the tojanida beneath the shell has 7 stems. 4 of those end in flippers, 2 end in large claws, and the last ends in a head with two eyes on stalks and a vertical mouth. It can rearrange its stems so that any of them fits through any of the 8 holes (note that this leaves one free). The tojanida is sea-green in color, with hints of violet and blue.

The tojanida is usually peaceful and lives like a normal aquatic creature. When attacked, however, it shows other properties. First off, approaching the tojanida is hard, as its stem rearrangement allows it to see in almost any direction at a whim. It can grab and grapple with its claw stems, and bite with the head stem. Its favorite tactic is to clutch an opponent, pull them into its shell, and then jet them out through the unusued opening. A tojanida can also unleash a cloud of ink.

Tojanidas speak Aquan and can be loquacious, but usually only on the subject of food.

They are neutral in alignment.