Megalosaurus
Climate/Terrain: Any land
Freq: Uncommon
Org: Solitary
Activity: Day
Diet: Carnivor
Int: Non- (0)
Treasure: Nil
Alignment: Nil
# App: 1-2
AC: 5
Movement: 12
HD: 12
THAC0: 9
# ATT: 3
Dmg/Att: 1-3/1-3/3-18
SA: Nil
SD: Nil
MR: Nil
Size: H (30' long)
Morale: Steady (11)
The megalosaurus is another carnosaur, like the allosaurus and tyrannosaurus, but is smaller--30 feet long, ten feet tall, and weighing only one ton. While it is as able as its larger cousins of functioning bipedally, the megalosaurus often travels on all fours.
The megalosaurus eats sauropods, like the mamenchisaurus above, principally using its large jaws and teeth to bring down any unsuspecting vicitm. The claws of the megalosaurus, while sharp, are capable of causing only incidental damage to such giants as diplodocus and brachiosaurus.
Originally appeared in Monstrous Compendium Volume Three: Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989).