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<blockquote data-quote="hamishspence" data-source="post: 4982013" data-attributes="member: 41555"><p><strong>Deltadromeus</strong></p><p></p><p>This is where it is described- I gave it fairly low hit dice because it s lighter than T-rex:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deltadromeus" target="_blank">Deltadromeus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p><p> </p><p>The biggest version of Giganotosaurus:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19547154/Dinosaur_Menagerie?post_id=332181778#332181778" target="_blank">http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19547154/Dinosaur_Menagerie?post_id=332181778#332181778</a></p><p> </p><p>Personally though, I would say some of the bigger ones ought to be trimmed down to size.</p><p> </p><p>Going by Wikipedia, the "normal" <em>Giganotosaurus</em> is 41 ft long, and the largest known specimen (based on a single fragment of bone) is 8% larger.</p><p> </p><p>For <em>T. rex</em>- Sue- the largest mounted one- is at most 43 ft long (I have seen sizes for Sue ranging from 42 ft, to 42.8 ft, to 43 ft.)</p><p>The biggest <em>T. rex</em> skull is 6.5% longer than Sue's.</p><p> </p><p><em>Carcharodontosaurus</em> is probably slightly smaller than <em>Giganotosaurus- </em>it's skull is quite a bit shorter.</p><p> </p><p>To sum up- most of the big dinosaurs (excepting <em>Spinosaurus</em>) seem to max out at around 45 ft long.</p><p> </p><p>If we assume a dinoaur should not extend outside its reach in both directions, but can be just that long, and assume that Large and Huge biped dinosaurs can come in Short and Long reach versions: </p><p> </p><p>(reasonable- the <em>Allosaurus</em> in MM2, updated to 3.5, is given a 15 ft space 15 ft reach)</p><p> </p><p>:then, Huge (long reach) is probably the best size for most of the "super-predators"</p><p> </p><p>For the borderline between Large (long reach) and Huge (short reach) I tend to use weight and leg length as a guideline- if the dino is around 2 tonnes- it should be Huge, even if it is a little on the short side (Gigantoraptor) </p><p> </p><p>but if it is 1 tonne or less, and if it has relatively short legs, it should be Large.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hamishspence, post: 4982013, member: 41555"] [b]Deltadromeus[/b] This is where it is described- I gave it fairly low hit dice because it s lighter than T-rex: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deltadromeus"]Deltadromeus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] The biggest version of Giganotosaurus: [URL]http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19547154/Dinosaur_Menagerie?post_id=332181778#332181778[/URL] Personally though, I would say some of the bigger ones ought to be trimmed down to size. Going by Wikipedia, the "normal" [I]Giganotosaurus[/I] is 41 ft long, and the largest known specimen (based on a single fragment of bone) is 8% larger. For [I]T. rex[/I]- Sue- the largest mounted one- is at most 43 ft long (I have seen sizes for Sue ranging from 42 ft, to 42.8 ft, to 43 ft.) The biggest [I]T. rex[/I] skull is 6.5% longer than Sue's. [I]Carcharodontosaurus[/I] is probably slightly smaller than [I]Giganotosaurus- [/I]it's skull is quite a bit shorter. To sum up- most of the big dinosaurs (excepting [I]Spinosaurus[/I]) seem to max out at around 45 ft long. If we assume a dinoaur should not extend outside its reach in both directions, but can be just that long, and assume that Large and Huge biped dinosaurs can come in Short and Long reach versions: (reasonable- the [I]Allosaurus[/I] in MM2, updated to 3.5, is given a 15 ft space 15 ft reach) :then, Huge (long reach) is probably the best size for most of the "super-predators" For the borderline between Large (long reach) and Huge (short reach) I tend to use weight and leg length as a guideline- if the dino is around 2 tonnes- it should be Huge, even if it is a little on the short side (Gigantoraptor) but if it is 1 tonne or less, and if it has relatively short legs, it should be Large. [/QUOTE]
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