Rugops Primus
Huge Animal
Hit Dice: 15d8+81 (148 hp)
Initiative: +2 (Dex)
Speed: 50 ft. (10 squares)
AC: 18 (-2 size, +2 Dex, +8 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 16
Base Attack/Grapple: +8/+24
Attack: Bite +14 melee (2d6+12)
Full Attack: Bite +14 melee (2d6+8) and gore +9 melee (1d8+4)*
Space/Reach: 15 ft. / 10 ft.
Special Attacks: Improved grab, swallow whole
Special Qualities: Low-light vision, scent
Saves: Fort +14, Ref +11, Will +7
Abilities: Str 26 (+8), Dex 15 (+2), Con 20 (+5), Int 2 (-4), Wis 14 (+2), Cha 10 (+0)
Skills: Hide -4, Jump +20, Listen +12, Spot +12, Survival +10
Feats: Alertness, Endurance, Run, Toughness (2), Track
Environment: Warm plains and hills
Organization: Solitary or pair
Challenge Rating: 7 (CR 8 with gore)
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: 16-25 HD (Huge), 26-35 HD (Gargantuan)
*If one decides to give it "small horns" like noted below then it should have a gore attack to.
Skills: Rugops primus has a +4 racial bonus on Listen, Spot, and Survival checks.
Dimensions
Length: 24 feet
Height at hip: 8 feet
Background
Rugops primus (meaning "first wrinkle face") lived 95 million years ago on Africa. It is an
abelisaurid (see below), a group of predators (meat-eaters) known only from southern landmasses-including South America, Madagascar, India and, now, Africa. Its discovery suggests that Africa remain linked by a narrow land bridge to South America and other southern landmasses until about 100-95 million years ago.
Abelisaurids are meat-eaters (theropod dinosaurs) that have small, short-snouted skulls armed with small pointed teeth. Some abelisaurids have cone-shaped horns projecting from their skulls. Their snout bones have a wrinkled texture-a criss-cross pattern of grooves for blood vessels-suggesting that in life their snouts had a horny, or bill-like, covering, rather than scales. Small head size (relative to their body) and small teeth suggest that they may have been scavengers.
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