demiurge1138
Inventor of Super-Toast
I sent BOZ a conversion of lots of dinosaurs I'd done from the 1e MM and MM2 a long time ago... apparently, it's not around anymore. Here's what I did to the megalosaurus:
Megalosaurus
Huge Animal
Hit Dice: 10d8+40 (85 hp)
Initiative: +0
Speed: 40ft (8 squares)
Armor Class: 15 (-2 size, +7 natural), touch 8, flat-footed 15
Base Attack/Grapple: +7/+23
Attack: Bite +13 melee (2d8+8 plus lacerate)
Full Attack: Bite +13 melee (2d8+8 plus lacerate), 2 claws +11 melee (2d6+4)
Space/Reach: 15ft/10ft
Special Attacks: Improved grab, lacerate
Special Qualities: Low-light vision, scent
Saves: Fort +11, Ref +7, Will +5
Abilities: Str 26, Dex 10, Con 19, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 11
Skills: Listen +13, Spot +12
Feats: Alertness, Multiattack, Run, Track
Environment: Warm and temperate forests and plains
Organization: Solitary, pair or pack (3-6)
Challenge Rating: 7
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: 11-20 HD (Huge), 21-30 HD (Gargantuan)
Level Adjustment: -
This large bipedal creature is obviously a predator, as indicated with its knife-like teeth and powerful claws. Small studs of bone run in lines on either side of its back.
Megalosaurs are savage predators that specialize in hunting sauropods and other massive dinosaurs.
A megalosaurus usually grows to 30 feet in length, and many weigh over two tons. They are usually pack hunters, specializing in sauropods, especially old, young, infirm or wounded ones. Lone megalosaurs are not unknown, however, but they feed mainly on iguanodons and similar species.
Combat
Megalosaurs hunt not by speed or stealth but by sheer persistence. A pack will overwhelm a potential target, biting it multiple times with one or two grabbing hold to slow they prey down. After a few successful attacks, the pack retreats, waiting for their victim to bleed to death before moving in to feast.
Improved Grab (Ex): In order to use this ability, a megalosaurus must hit with a bite attack. If it hits, it can make a grapple check as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. If it gets a hold, it deals automatic bite damage each round.
Lacerate (Ex): The bites of a megalosaurus leave deep, bleeding wounds. Any creature injured by a megalosaurus’ bite attack takes an additional 1 point of damage each round from the bleeding until the wound is bound (Heal check DC 15) or the target dies. This damage stacks from multiple attacks; for example, a creature bitten three times by a megalosaurus bleeds for 3 points of damage each round.
Skills: A megalosaurus receives a +2 racial bonus on all Listen and Spot checks.
The thinking on lacerate was the serrated teeth plus the need to take down sauropods, which are great chunks of hit points.
Now, however, I have learned that megalosaurids had shallow, long skulls, which were not conducive to very powerful bites. They also had leg proportions less equipped for running than, say, an allosaur. Their arms, however, were large and stoutly muscled. I might be willing to switch the claws and the bite as primary/secondary weapons, and switch Imp. Grab to the claws. May want to turn down the bite damage, although lacerate could be kept. And we may also wish to lower the speed even to 30ft.
Megalosaurus
Huge Animal
Hit Dice: 10d8+40 (85 hp)
Initiative: +0
Speed: 40ft (8 squares)
Armor Class: 15 (-2 size, +7 natural), touch 8, flat-footed 15
Base Attack/Grapple: +7/+23
Attack: Bite +13 melee (2d8+8 plus lacerate)
Full Attack: Bite +13 melee (2d8+8 plus lacerate), 2 claws +11 melee (2d6+4)
Space/Reach: 15ft/10ft
Special Attacks: Improved grab, lacerate
Special Qualities: Low-light vision, scent
Saves: Fort +11, Ref +7, Will +5
Abilities: Str 26, Dex 10, Con 19, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 11
Skills: Listen +13, Spot +12
Feats: Alertness, Multiattack, Run, Track
Environment: Warm and temperate forests and plains
Organization: Solitary, pair or pack (3-6)
Challenge Rating: 7
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: 11-20 HD (Huge), 21-30 HD (Gargantuan)
Level Adjustment: -
This large bipedal creature is obviously a predator, as indicated with its knife-like teeth and powerful claws. Small studs of bone run in lines on either side of its back.
Megalosaurs are savage predators that specialize in hunting sauropods and other massive dinosaurs.
A megalosaurus usually grows to 30 feet in length, and many weigh over two tons. They are usually pack hunters, specializing in sauropods, especially old, young, infirm or wounded ones. Lone megalosaurs are not unknown, however, but they feed mainly on iguanodons and similar species.
Combat
Megalosaurs hunt not by speed or stealth but by sheer persistence. A pack will overwhelm a potential target, biting it multiple times with one or two grabbing hold to slow they prey down. After a few successful attacks, the pack retreats, waiting for their victim to bleed to death before moving in to feast.
Improved Grab (Ex): In order to use this ability, a megalosaurus must hit with a bite attack. If it hits, it can make a grapple check as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. If it gets a hold, it deals automatic bite damage each round.
Lacerate (Ex): The bites of a megalosaurus leave deep, bleeding wounds. Any creature injured by a megalosaurus’ bite attack takes an additional 1 point of damage each round from the bleeding until the wound is bound (Heal check DC 15) or the target dies. This damage stacks from multiple attacks; for example, a creature bitten three times by a megalosaurus bleeds for 3 points of damage each round.
Skills: A megalosaurus receives a +2 racial bonus on all Listen and Spot checks.
The thinking on lacerate was the serrated teeth plus the need to take down sauropods, which are great chunks of hit points.
Now, however, I have learned that megalosaurids had shallow, long skulls, which were not conducive to very powerful bites. They also had leg proportions less equipped for running than, say, an allosaur. Their arms, however, were large and stoutly muscled. I might be willing to switch the claws and the bite as primary/secondary weapons, and switch Imp. Grab to the claws. May want to turn down the bite damage, although lacerate could be kept. And we may also wish to lower the speed even to 30ft.
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