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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Vorpal Tribble" data-source="post: 2032064" data-attributes="member: 9755">Burl TortoiseThe forest giants tower far above you, their twisted, age-hardened trunks covered with mosses. As you pass one by you hear a faint scraping and one of the infected burls that spot the trees deattaches on four scaley legs and hurls itself towards you...Size and type: Medium AnimalHit-dice: 8d8 +8Initiative: +8Speed: 45 ft., climb 20 ft.Armor class: 20 (+2 dexterity, +8 natural), flat-footed +8Base attack/grapple: +6/+7Space/reach: 5 ft./5 ft.Attack: Claw +7 melee (1d4+1)Full attack: 4 Claws +7 melee (1d4+1), 1 Bite +2 melee (1d6)Special Attacks: Pounce, Rake Special Qualities: Low-light visionSaves: Fort +7, Ref +8, Will +5Abilities: Str 12, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 2, Wis 17, Cha 6Skills: Hide +14*, Listen +6, Spot +8*Feats: Alertness, Scent, StealthyEnviroment: All Forest and SwampOrganization: 1Challenge Rating: 4Treasure: NoneAlignment: Always NeutralAdvancement: - Level Adjustment: -Description: Having adapted to the most hostile of jungles and woodlands they have evolved into the top of most foodchains. Quick, and agile, coupled with a protective shell and scaly skin, these creatures are able to survive and thrive. A burl tortoise appears as an unnaturally lithe, agile tortoise about four feet tall, around five and a half feet long including outstreched neck and tail and generally three and a half feet wide. The scaley legs are very long and look to be made for running and leaping. Each one ends in a four toed foot with long, curving, grasping claws. Covering all this is a large, irregularly shaped, mostly hollow shell with almost no undershell. Its upper shell however is arched and hard-plated, resembling old, gnarled bark. Moss, algae and occasionally small mushrooms grow upon the shell. The legs can be pulled partially within, as well as the head and neck. The head is round and stubby with a sharp, beak-like mouth at the end of a long, flexible neck.Attack:Fights between burl tortoises and other creatures are rumored to be phenomenal. The burl tortoise are generally found clutching trees withtheir clawed paws that cannot be drawn into the shell. When they hearor smell potential prey below they extend their head and legs and leapdown upon the creature.Skills: Burl tortoises get a racial bonus of +14 to hide, and +6 to spot.</blockquote>

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