Converting prehistoric creatures

[freyar]

CR 8 or maybe 9? It's about as good as a triceratops except for hp. And it's probably better than a T-rex except for hp, too. How the tyrannosaurus ended up worse than a triceratops is beyond me...

Once we agree on CR and Cleon provides us a weight range , I'd say it's done.

 

[Shade]

I think it's a solid CR 9. That damage output is fierce.

For weight calculations, note...

A typical dire hippo is over 20 feet long and weighs between four and six tons.

 

[Cleon]

I think it's a solid CR 9. That damage output is fierce.

I'd make them CR8. A triceratops has trample, 6 more HD, ~50%more hp and does more damage with a powerful charge (4d8+20 vs 2d8+18 is 11 points more on average).

The giant hippo is also slower than a human on land, but that probably doesn't make much difference.

For weight calculations, note...

A typical dire hippo is over 20 feet long and weighs between four and six tons.

Let's see, I've got a table of animal sizes somewhere...

A cow hippo is 1300-2500 kg and 280-370 cm, a bull hippo 1600-3200 kg and 330-400 cm. Those length exclude the tail. That's a range of 2863-7000 lbs and 9'2" to 13'1".

The behemoth (giant hippopotamus) is 12 feet or more, which is near the top of that range, so how about:

"A typical behemoth is 12 feet long and weighs 3 tons, but these animals can grow considerably larger than that."

 

[Shade]

Updated. Finished?

 

[Cleon]

Updated. Finished?

Looks fine to me.

 

[freyar]

Yup.

 

[Shade]

Wanna do anything with this?

Eucladoceros
This giant forest deer is equal to the giant stag in the MC4 Monstrous Compendium, DRAGONLANCE® Appendix. However, Eucladoceros has a huge antler array with numerous tines; its antler damage is 3-18 hp damage.

Originally appeared in Dragon Magazine #167 (1991).

Eucladoceros - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[GrayLinnorm]

I'm reading USA Today and they have an article about Inkayacu, a giant prehistoric penguin, one of the largest species to exist. Does that sound like something we could stat up?

 

[Shade]

I'm reading USA Today and they have an article about Inkayacu, a giant prehistoric penguin, one of the largest species to exist. Does that sound like something we could stat up?

Sure!

 

[Cleon]

Wanna do anything with this?

Eucladoceros
This giant forest deer is equal to the giant stag in the MC4 Monstrous Compendium, DRAGONLANCE® Appendix. However, Eucladoceros has a huge antler array with numerous tines; its antler damage is 3-18 hp damage.

Originally appeared in Dragon Magazine #167 (1991).

Eucladoceros - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'm reading USA Today and they have an article about Inkayacu, a giant prehistoric penguin, one of the largest species to exist. Does that sound like something we could stat up?

Why not do both, they don't look like they'd take long.