Converting prehistoric animals

[freyar]

Sounds good. Cut it back to 1 gore attack as usual for the elephant? 1 slam and 2 stamp secondary attacks like elephant?

 

[Shade]

According to Wikipedia, "Although not as famous, Anancus was at least as big as its cousins the mammoths."

So maybe we should base it off the wooly mammoth stats?

 

[freyar]

Sounds good to me!

 

[demiurge1138]

Start with a wooly mammoth, maybe less AC. I like the idea of 15 foot reach on the tusks.

By the by, why is the thacyleo et al in the "real world" thread, not this one?

 

[freyar]

Start with a wooly mammoth, maybe less AC. I like the idea of 15 foot reach on the tusks.

Sounds fine. Where is the wooly mammoth, btw?

By the by, why is the thacyleo et al in the "real world" thread, not this one?

Actually, I don't think that's the only one that's gotten swapped around...

 

[RavinRay]

Here's an idea of how long and straight Anancus tusks were:
http://www.fossil-museum.netfirms.com/pic/images/anancus_jpg.jpg
I've got a book by famed Czech paleoartist Zdenel Burian that includes this animal so I've known this one for years.

With those tusks, I think we can change its gore attack.

demiurge, what real-world thread is that where Tylacoleo is in?

 

[demiurge1138]

The "Converting Real-World Animals and Vermin" thread is here.

 

[freyar]

So what would you suggest for the gore, RavinRay?

 

[Shade]

Sorry about the confusion on the real world vs. prehistoric threads. We had started on the animals of Australia by way of the Princess Ark in the real world thread, and the wakaleo came up mixed in with modern critters like the kangaroo and kookaburra.

The woolly mammoth is in Frostburn.

 

[RavinRay]

I'd like to get my hands on all proboscideans for comparison. There's the elephant from Monster Manual and the SRD, dire elephant and grizzly mastodon from Monster Manual II, and now the woolly mammoth from Frostburn.