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<blockquote data-quote="demiurge1138" data-source="post: 2813933" data-attributes="member: 7451"><p><strong>BRUTORNIS</strong></p><p><strong>Large Animal</strong></p><p><strong>Hit Dice: </strong> 6d8+18 (45 hp)</p><p><strong>Initiative:</strong> +1</p><p><strong>Speed:</strong> 40ft (8 squares)</p><p><strong>Armor Class:</strong> 16 (-1 size, +1 Dex, +6 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 15</p><p><strong>Base Attack/Grapple: </strong> +4/+12</p><p><strong>Attack:</strong> Bite +8 melee (2d6+6/ 19-20x3)</p><p><strong>Full Attack: </strong> Bite +8 melee (2d6+6/ 19-20x3)</p><p><strong>Special Attacks: </strong> Augmented critical</p><p><strong>Special Qualities: </strong> Low-light vision, sprint</p><p><strong>Saves:</strong> Fort +8, Ref +4, Will +4</p><p><strong>Abilities: </strong> Str 19, Dex 13, Con 16, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 5</p><p><strong>Skills: </strong> Listen +5, Move Silently +4, Spot +16</p><p><strong>Feats:</strong> Endurance, Skill Focus (Spot), Weapon Focus (bite)</p><p><strong>Environment:</strong> Warm plains</p><p><strong>Organization:</strong> Solitary</p><p><strong>Challenge Rating:</strong> 4</p><p><strong>Treasure: </strong> None</p><p><strong>Alignment: </strong> Always neutral</p><p><strong>Advancement:</strong> 7-12 HD (Large)</p><p><strong>Level Adjustment:</strong> -</p><p></p><p><em>A massive flightless bird appears, its thick beak like the blade of an axe.</em></p><p></p><p>Amazing sprinters, the brutornis are top grassland predators, picking off Skull Island’s smaller animals with just as much brutal efficiency as the vastatosauruses do to the larger herbivores. Vicious and territorial, they respond to practically all stimuli with a powerful bite. Their keen eyesight lets them pick out movement in tall grass from fifty yards. Despite their viciousness, the females are caring parents, going for up to a month without food to incubate her eggs.</p><p></p><p>These stats can also be used to represent zeropteryx, a closely related species. Slightly smaller than brutornis, the zeropteryx do not compete with them for food – zeropteryx are hit and run predators that specialize in ambushing juvenile ligocristuses. Replace the racial Spot bonus for a racial Hide bonus, and replace the sprint special quality with Spring Attack as a bonus feat.</p><p></p><p>These stats can also be used to represent noctupervagus, an ostrich-like fightless omnivore native to Skull Island’s thick jungles. Remove the augmented critical and sprint qualities, change bite damage from 2d6 to 1d8, and add a secondary kick attack dealing 1d6 damage. Noctupervagus is a forager skilled enough to remove the poisonous mouthparts of giant centipedes, its favorite meal.</p><p></p><p>A brutornis can grow up to 7 feet tall at the hip.</p><p></p><p><strong>Combat</strong></p><p>A brutornis attacks anything it can see that is smaller than it is and potentially tasty – it can recognize the warning colors of poisonous creatures, and thus may avoid brightly garbed adventurers. Its beak has the crushing capacity of a headsman’s axe.</p><p></p><p><strong>Augmented Critical (Ex):</strong> A brutornis’s bite attack threatens a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 and deals x3 damage on a successful critical hit.</p><p></p><p><strong>Sprint (Ex):</strong> Once per hour, a brutornis can move up to 10 times its normal speed (400ft) on a single charge.</p><p></p><p><strong>Skills: </strong> A brutornis has a +8 racial bonus on all Spot checks.</p><p></p><p>Copyright 2006 Nicholas Herold. <em>The World of Kong</em> copyright 2005 Weta Workshop.</p><p></p><p>Demiurge out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="demiurge1138, post: 2813933, member: 7451"] [B]BRUTORNIS Large Animal[/B] [B]Hit Dice: [/B] 6d8+18 (45 hp) [B]Initiative:[/B] +1 [B]Speed:[/B] 40ft (8 squares) [B]Armor Class:[/B] 16 (-1 size, +1 Dex, +6 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 15 [B]Base Attack/Grapple: [/B] +4/+12 [B]Attack:[/B] Bite +8 melee (2d6+6/ 19-20x3) [B]Full Attack: [/B] Bite +8 melee (2d6+6/ 19-20x3) [B]Special Attacks: [/B] Augmented critical [B]Special Qualities: [/B] Low-light vision, sprint [B]Saves:[/B] Fort +8, Ref +4, Will +4 [B]Abilities: [/B] Str 19, Dex 13, Con 16, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 5 [B]Skills: [/B] Listen +5, Move Silently +4, Spot +16 [B]Feats:[/B] Endurance, Skill Focus (Spot), Weapon Focus (bite) [B]Environment:[/B] Warm plains [B]Organization:[/B] Solitary [B]Challenge Rating:[/B] 4 [B]Treasure: [/B] None [B]Alignment: [/B] Always neutral [B]Advancement:[/B] 7-12 HD (Large) [B]Level Adjustment:[/B] - [I]A massive flightless bird appears, its thick beak like the blade of an axe.[/I] Amazing sprinters, the brutornis are top grassland predators, picking off Skull Island’s smaller animals with just as much brutal efficiency as the vastatosauruses do to the larger herbivores. Vicious and territorial, they respond to practically all stimuli with a powerful bite. Their keen eyesight lets them pick out movement in tall grass from fifty yards. Despite their viciousness, the females are caring parents, going for up to a month without food to incubate her eggs. These stats can also be used to represent zeropteryx, a closely related species. Slightly smaller than brutornis, the zeropteryx do not compete with them for food – zeropteryx are hit and run predators that specialize in ambushing juvenile ligocristuses. Replace the racial Spot bonus for a racial Hide bonus, and replace the sprint special quality with Spring Attack as a bonus feat. These stats can also be used to represent noctupervagus, an ostrich-like fightless omnivore native to Skull Island’s thick jungles. Remove the augmented critical and sprint qualities, change bite damage from 2d6 to 1d8, and add a secondary kick attack dealing 1d6 damage. Noctupervagus is a forager skilled enough to remove the poisonous mouthparts of giant centipedes, its favorite meal. A brutornis can grow up to 7 feet tall at the hip. [B]Combat[/B] A brutornis attacks anything it can see that is smaller than it is and potentially tasty – it can recognize the warning colors of poisonous creatures, and thus may avoid brightly garbed adventurers. Its beak has the crushing capacity of a headsman’s axe. [B]Augmented Critical (Ex):[/B] A brutornis’s bite attack threatens a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 and deals x3 damage on a successful critical hit. [B]Sprint (Ex):[/B] Once per hour, a brutornis can move up to 10 times its normal speed (400ft) on a single charge. [B]Skills: [/B] A brutornis has a +8 racial bonus on all Spot checks. Copyright 2006 Nicholas Herold. [I]The World of Kong[/I] copyright 2005 Weta Workshop. Demiurge out. [/QUOTE]
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