Vana'diel Bestiary: Sea Horror  

I would guess that since this is a NM it is rare, but I saw it on my first (and so far only) trip to Mhaura. I was playing on my friend's character, he had never been there before either. We got on the boat, and I was surprised to see battles happening on the deck. I thought it was quite amusing. Some pugil appeared, "too weak" for our L22 fighter. Well, I thought I'd chat it up for a bit with some of the other travelers. A couple guys were at the bow of the boat, by the crate, so I go over to talk to them. One guy said he was chatting on LS, so I left him alone, but just as I started chatting with another guy, both of them go running behind the crate. As I figure it's some kind of trend, I follow them and as I turn my camera around I see this "Sea Horror." Looks big, I start laughing because it's probably some oversized "too weak" enemy. Then I check it and you know what it read. So, I run behind the crate too and ask the two other guys how hard this thing is. They said "too hard." My friend was watching over my shoulder and he decided it would be a good idea to run behind it to get to a safer spot on the other side of the boat. *pop* 460 damage and I was done. A WHM raised me on the other side so that was helpful. It seems that a lot of people are fighting this guy, maybe he's more common than other NM's? I admit my case is an isolated incident. 1:1 on Sea Horror sightings. ;)

I thought I'd add: it showed up about halfway through the voyage.

Edited, Wed Mar 10 13:45:46 2004

I just noticed through the stories that someone stated that the JP players started casting sneak on themselves and whatnot, and shortly thereafter the Horror appeared. Well my own experience was less than enjoyable because he slapped me down in 2 shots before I could even get one in... BUT I have an interesting coincidence in my story... The guy that the horror appeared next to and subsiquently killed immediately was, for some reason unknown to me, casting sneak over and over again. He was in his mid-30's so I doubt he was doing it to raise his lvl.

This thing appeared right on top of me iterally! >.>;;

The other day i was just chillin on the boat goin home to Sandy. When i came across a Sea Horror. Having been killed numerous times before i was quick to avoid it. But, alas, a high lvl decided to tamper with it. She was /anon but had equips for a lvl 72, she was a RDM. Full AF gear in tow, she prepared with Refresh and the other basic spells. And began the battle with the monster. She actually beat it, solo. She had a few close calls and had only 2 cures from outside help and she had bound it and sleeped it to heal for a bit, but she came through. Very surprising as information ive recieved told me it cant be solo'd. it was a long and sweet battle.

Narsil
Alexander
40 DRK/ 30 WAR/ 19 RNG

The sea horror is a NM that i heard has a rare drop for a very high fame quest that allows you to have your AF armor all job equippable. Personally i think its bs ,but if its true anyone know the details on this.

here how my story gos: people talk about sea horror i figure i can run away i go on deck i fish i get hit and killed by a sea horror pretty much all people get killed luckily has a lvl 70+whm on board smart enough to not fight it everyone but him is piled up people laugh at us when the see us he raises

this NM drops Boots called Monsoon Kyahan:MNK/SAM/NIN lev: 49 and def: 9 RainyWeather : Evasion+8

sea horror is definetely NOT ur friend :p

I was cruising back and forth on the ship in my world of Siren, with my buddies Color and Amiba, color being a level 73 whm/ 32 smn, and Amiba a lvl 74 monk and i dont remember his subjob. i spent about 10 trips with them fishing and catching sea monks, killing them as color healed me, getting 100 xp most of the time, (FYI, color and amiba can not speak english, but i can read japanese, just cant type it. I used the translator to tell them things) and for three times in a row, the boat was attacked by pirates. At level 43, they were easy prey to me, but i was quickly injured and needed rest. Amiba sat there taking them out each with near 3 punches, and color used Carbuncle and curing spells to help. So here is the part where the sea horror comes in: this dragoon in AF armor who is not helping at all continues to fish off the other side of the boat, and catches a sea monk. The sea monk does not aggro him, but instead attacks me. Amiba saves me from many skeleton pirates, but nighttime came to be during the attack. The sea horror sprang aboard during the fight with the sea monk, and killed the dragoon in AF armor, since he was AFK i guess. not sure. anyway, color and Amiba leave me to the sea monk alone as they go and team up to fight the horror. Amiba comes within a smidgen of his death, but Color uses benediction. As most of you know, benediction cannot be provoked off since it brings so much hate. Color is killed since even aquaviel did not allow her to cast cure on her. I tried to use my pld subjob to to cure her, but was also having difficulty casting magic as the sea monk kept hitting me. I used mighty strikes to finish the sea monk, and tried to make a dent in the sea horror while it lasted. Little is my luck that it wears off after the first swing, which i miss. Amiba and i sit there hitting it, me using weak curing spells to attempt to help, and he using potions on himself. He used hundred fists finally when his HP reached half, but kept missing horribly. His HP was reduced to a tiny bit again so i figured that the only chance of beating this at all was to provoke it to save him from about 4 hits. So i did this, and nothing happens. I provoke again 15 seconds later, nothing once more. Amiba dies and i am standing before a sea horror with very little health and me at half HP. i use a shout to call the low levels from below to come and try to cure me, but there was only one white mage below, and he happened to be level 10. the weak whm did a shout for everyone to come help, and in fear of dying and leveling down, i press Ctrl+G (call for help) and allow everyone to fight. seconds later, about 9 people come rushing up to the deck and start whacking it for 0 damage. Good plan, whm. Then, as evil as it seems, and as bad as it made me feel, i told a level 27 warrior to provoke for one second, then disengaged to go buy potions from below. as i run down there, i look in the storage place for any extra people, and i find a level 64 drk, AFK. "wake up" i say, and people from above question my quote with anger saying they are dead, not asleep. I check the drk again, and decide to check his bazaar for anything i could use. As i do so, the japanese Dark Knight says in japanese "i also have some good rings too but i am wearing them." i slap him and try to tell him to help me up on deck through the translator i believe what i said looked like this: (please listen)(help me out!) and then pointed towards the stairs. The dark stood up, and agreed to help, asking if it was pirates or a sea horror. i nodded in response, and he followed me up top. The sea monk attacked me, and lucky me, i forgot to get potions or anything to refill my health. with one hit i am down to a mere sliver of life and the dark knight decides to provoke it. Using blood weapon, i stand by continuing to do low damage to it, while he takes it out in two hits. Turns out it hits me between the two hits from the dark with hundred fists or whatever, and i die as he beats it. When we reach mhaura, a whm waiting to get onbaord raises all like 11 of us that, for some reason choosing to raise color near last, and misses her boat in the process. She charges us all 400 gil for it, and the lucky girl walked onto the boat holding like 4400 gil. I hope she died on her way to selbina.

I was cruising back and forth on the ship in my world of Siren, with my buddies Color and Amiba, color being a level 73 whm/ 32 smn, and Amiba a lvl 74 monk and i dont remember his subjob. i spent about 10 trips with them fishing and catching sea monks, killing them as color healed me, getting 100 xp most of the time, (FYI, color and amiba can not speak english, but i can read japanese, just cant type it. I used the translator to tell them things) and for three times in a row, the boat was attacked by pirates. At level 43, they were easy prey to me, but i was quickly injured and needed rest. Amiba sat there taking them out each with near 3 punches, and color used Carbuncle and curing spells to help. So here is the part where the sea horror comes in: this dragoon in AF armor who is not helping at all continues to fish off the other side of the boat, and catches a sea monk. The sea monk does not aggro him, but instead attacks me. Amiba saves me from many skeleton pirates, but nighttime came to be during the attack. The sea horror sprang aboard during the fight with the sea monk, and killed the dragoon in AF armor, since he was AFK i guess. not sure. anyway, color and Amiba leave me to the sea monk alone as they go and team up to fight the horror. Amiba comes within a smidgen of his death, but Color uses benediction. As most of you know, benediction cannot be provoked off since it brings so much hate. Color is killed since even aquaviel did not allow her to cast cure on her. I tried to use my pld subjob to to cure her, but was also having difficulty casting magic as the sea monk kept hitting me. I used mighty strikes to finish the sea monk, and tried to make a dent in the sea horror while it lasted. Little is my luck that it wears off after the first swing, which i miss. Amiba and i sit there hitting it, me using weak curing spells to attempt to help, and he using potions on himself. He used hundred fists finally when his HP reached half, but kept missing horribly. His HP was reduced to a tiny bit again so i figured that the only chance of beating this at all was to provoke it to save him from about 4 hits. So i did this, and nothing happens. I provoke again 15 seconds later, nothing once more. Amiba dies and i am standing before a sea horror with very little health and me at half HP. i use a shout to call the low levels from below to come and try to cure me, but there was only one white mage below, and he happened to be level 10. the weak whm did a shout for everyone to come help, and in fear of dying and leveling down, i press Ctrl+G (call for help) and allow everyone to fight. seconds later, about 9 people come rushing up to the deck and start whacking it for 0 damage. Good plan, whm. Then, as evil as it seems, and as bad as it made me feel, i told a level 27 warrior to provoke for one second, then disengaged to go buy potions from below. as i run down there, i look in the storage place for any extra people, and i find a level 64 drk, AFK. "wake up" i say, and people from above question my quote with anger saying they are dead, not asleep. I check the drk again, and decide to check his bazaar for anything i could use. As i do so, the japanese Dark Knight says in japanese "i also have some good rings too but i am wearing them." i slap him and try to tell him to help me up on deck through the translator i believe what i said looked like this: (please listen)(help me out!) and then pointed towards the stairs. The dark stood up, and agreed to help, asking if it was pirates or a sea horror. i nodded in response, and he followed me up top. The sea monk attacked me, and lucky me, i forgot to get potions or anything to refill my health. with one hit i am down to a mere sliver of life and the dark knight decides to provoke it. Using blood weapon, i stand by continuing to do low damage to it, while he takes it out in two hits. Turns out it hits me between the two hits from the dark with hundred fists or whatever, and i die as he beats it. When we reach mhaura, a whm waiting to get onbaord raises all like 11 of us that, for some reason choosing to raise color near last, and misses her boat in the process. She charges us all 400 gil for it, and the lucky girl walked onto the boat holding like 4400 gil. I hope she died on her way to selbina.

Ow.

Once while i was on my way to Mhaura (19WAR/8MNK) one of the spawned. A LS buddy of mine was the first to go. He got hit for about 400 before anyone even realized it was there. pretty soon it was unleashing its wrath on the boat. It even somehow got into to captain's cabin at the top of the boat! Right after it spawned I decided the best hiding place would be at the front of the boat behind the crates. I chilled there with a lvl 40 taru WHM for the whole trip watching ppl die. After the ride was over there were about 15-20 bodies lying on the mhaura dock lol.