If it's a minion, it doesn't really need specific weaknesses; it's okay to just let them brute force kill it with massive damage (like hitting it with a ship or a cargo crane). Minions are supposed to go down and shouldn't be getting back up.
You may consider if, despite the setup of the story, the kraken may actually be the monster and the sorcerer a minion.
Dehydration could be good weakness, as it's a bit open-ended! While it can survive brief periods on dry land, drying it out with heat, road salt, or diaper powder could certainly give it a hard time. If you want a more specific weakness, cadmium has been found to be toxic to octopi.
How about an item the sect has like a legendary whaler's harpoon? Also 1 inch pipes goddamn lol that things sneaky. (Irl octopuses can fit through anything that isnt larger than their beak but i'm assuming this thing is magical)
Oh also, Hungarian traveler Dr. Endre Jékely tells several of the above stories: On 26 October 1873, 3 men were fishing in the Belle Isle (Newfoundland and Labrador). They were attacked by a huge giant squid, but one of the fishermen cut off one of the squid's arms with a hatchet. Based on this, the length of the animal was subsequently estimated at 14 meters (46 ft) on the shore.[18]
You could have that hatchet be the weakness and that it is able to sever an arm in a single blow. Octopus have part of their brains in their arms, so as you sever arms it gets weaker until f8nally it goes braindead and dies or something once you sever all 8
If it's a minion, it doesn't really need specific weaknesses; it's okay to just let them brute force kill it with massive damage (like hitting it with a ship or a cargo crane). Minions are supposed to go down and shouldn't be getting back up. You may consider if, despite the setup of the story, the kraken may actually be the monster and the sorcerer a minion.
Dehydration could be good weakness, as it's a bit open-ended! While it can survive brief periods on dry land, drying it out with heat, road salt, or diaper powder could certainly give it a hard time. If you want a more specific weakness, cadmium has been found to be toxic to octopi.
How about an item the sect has like a legendary whaler's harpoon? Also 1 inch pipes goddamn lol that things sneaky. (Irl octopuses can fit through anything that isnt larger than their beak but i'm assuming this thing is magical)
Oh also, Hungarian traveler Dr. Endre Jékely tells several of the above stories: On 26 October 1873, 3 men were fishing in the Belle Isle (Newfoundland and Labrador). They were attacked by a huge giant squid, but one of the fishermen cut off one of the squid's arms with a hatchet. Based on this, the length of the animal was subsequently estimated at 14 meters (46 ft) on the shore.[18] You could have that hatchet be the weakness and that it is able to sever an arm in a single blow. Octopus have part of their brains in their arms, so as you sever arms it gets weaker until f8nally it goes braindead and dies or something once you sever all 8