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<blockquote data-quote="BendBars/LiftGates" data-source="post: 5140941" data-attributes="member: 58779"><p>D&D in 4th Edition does not feel the need to create paleontologically-faithful representations of dinosaurs, as previous editions did. In the past, the design's stance lent itself to situations of "Well it's all well and good that the MM provides stats for the <em>Tyrannosaurus rex</em>, but my PCs are going to be fighting <em>Tarbosaurus bataar</em>, so that simply won't do at all. When will someone publish <em>Tarbosaurus</em> stats?"</p><p></p><p>In 4E, there have been a few monsters published that are clearly dinosaurs, but that have been given a <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DinosaursAreDragons" target="_blank">fantasy makeover</a>. Some, like the macetail behemoth, are fairly literal translations, but I think even the later MMs of 3rd Edition included some kind of <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SomewhereAPalaeontologistIsCrying" target="_blank">acid-spitting quadrupedal theropod</a>, which is clearly the equivalent of statting illithids as a subtype of octopus. 4E dinosaurs aren't supposed to be just for "Isle of Dread" or valley-lost-in-time adventures. For that, see Goodman Games' "Prehistoric Beasts." In 4E, dinosaurs are what the <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitlet1pg15v4ymi2?from=Main.EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs" target="_blank">troll king rides into battle</a>.</p><p></p><p>Take it or leave it, this is how 4E does dinosaurs.</p><p><img src="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/downloads/galleries/PrimalPower_art/img/126219.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/downloads/galleries/PrimalPower_art/img/126219.jpg" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That being said, the Fang Titan Drake is a perfect stand-in for a <em>T. rex</em>. A giant bipedal saurian predator that stomps and roars and bites. I just had to fight one in an Eberron campaign and I was the first to make "Its vision is based on movement" jokes.</p><p></p><p>Fang Titan Drake: Tyrannosaurus</p><p>Macetail Behemoth: Ankylosaurus or related Thyreophora</p><p>Bloodspike Behemoth: Stegosaurus or related Thyreophora</p><p>Trihorn Behemoth: Triceratops or related ceratopsid</p><p>Needlefang Drake Swarm: Compsognathus, clearly inspired by the Procompsognathus from "Jurassic Park."</p><p>Spitting Drake: someone was probably thinking of the fictionalized adaptation of Dilophosaurus from "Jurassic Park." Again with the acid. <a href="http://newbiedm.com/2010/02/26/new-dms-have-fun-reskinning-and-playing-with-keywords/" target="_blank">See also this re-skinning</a> of a drow sniper.</p><p>Rage Drake: Likely a Utahraptor based on size</p><p>Scytheclaw Drake: Deinonychus or Hollywood Velociraptor. Strangely, smaller in size but five levels higher.</p><p></p><p>See also: <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StockDinosaurs" target="_blank">Stock Dinosaurs</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BendBars/LiftGates, post: 5140941, member: 58779"] D&D in 4th Edition does not feel the need to create paleontologically-faithful representations of dinosaurs, as previous editions did. In the past, the design's stance lent itself to situations of "Well it's all well and good that the MM provides stats for the [I]Tyrannosaurus rex[/I], but my PCs are going to be fighting [I]Tarbosaurus bataar[/I], so that simply won't do at all. When will someone publish [I]Tarbosaurus[/I] stats?" In 4E, there have been a few monsters published that are clearly dinosaurs, but that have been given a [URL="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DinosaursAreDragons"]fantasy makeover[/URL]. Some, like the macetail behemoth, are fairly literal translations, but I think even the later MMs of 3rd Edition included some kind of [URL="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SomewhereAPalaeontologistIsCrying"]acid-spitting quadrupedal theropod[/URL], which is clearly the equivalent of statting illithids as a subtype of octopus. 4E dinosaurs aren't supposed to be just for "Isle of Dread" or valley-lost-in-time adventures. For that, see Goodman Games' "Prehistoric Beasts." In 4E, dinosaurs are what the [URL="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitlet1pg15v4ymi2?from=Main.EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs"]troll king rides into battle[/URL]. Take it or leave it, this is how 4E does dinosaurs. [IMG]http://www.wizards.com/dnd/downloads/galleries/PrimalPower_art/img/126219.jpg[/IMG] [url=http://www.wizards.com/dnd/downloads/galleries/PrimalPower_art/img/126219.jpg]Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page[/url] That being said, the Fang Titan Drake is a perfect stand-in for a [I]T. rex[/I]. A giant bipedal saurian predator that stomps and roars and bites. I just had to fight one in an Eberron campaign and I was the first to make "Its vision is based on movement" jokes. Fang Titan Drake: Tyrannosaurus Macetail Behemoth: Ankylosaurus or related Thyreophora Bloodspike Behemoth: Stegosaurus or related Thyreophora Trihorn Behemoth: Triceratops or related ceratopsid Needlefang Drake Swarm: Compsognathus, clearly inspired by the Procompsognathus from "Jurassic Park." Spitting Drake: someone was probably thinking of the fictionalized adaptation of Dilophosaurus from "Jurassic Park." Again with the acid. [URL="http://newbiedm.com/2010/02/26/new-dms-have-fun-reskinning-and-playing-with-keywords/"]See also this re-skinning[/URL] of a drow sniper. Rage Drake: Likely a Utahraptor based on size Scytheclaw Drake: Deinonychus or Hollywood Velociraptor. Strangely, smaller in size but five levels higher. See also: [URL="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StockDinosaurs"]Stock Dinosaurs[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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