Converting prehistoric creatures

[demiurge1138]

So, IPR, what do you think about the CR? 3 or 4?

 

[InsanePsychoRabbit]

I'm leaning towards CR 4.

 

[RavinRay]

Hippos are herbivores but if provoked can inflict serious damage with their canines, so it's not far-fetched for a cynodont (and the distantly related dicynodonts) to be dangerous as well.

 

[freyar]

Hippos are herbivores but if provoked can inflict serious damage with their canines, so it's not far-fetched for a cynodont (and the distantly related dicynodonts) to be dangerous as well.

True enough! I hear hippos are quite dangerous.

CR 4 is ok by me.

 

[Echohawk]

True enough! I hear hippos are quite dangerous.

Very. They kill more people around these parts than any other animal. I'd much rather stumble across a crocodile or a lion than a hippo in the bush.

 

[RavinRay]

Which reminds me, the behemoth from the 1e Monster Manual 2 is what would be in 3e a dire hippo. Has it been converted on another thread?

 

[Echohawk]

There is a CC version of the MMII behemoth here, but it dates back to 2001, and might need a 3.5 update.

 

[Shade]

There's a dire hippo in Sandstorm, but we can update the behemoth in the Overhaul thread if you'd like.

The report described the environment as semi-arid and similar to western South Africa today (but a bit drier), so I'm thinking more along the lines of scrubland than forests.

So using the 3.5 environments, would that be best described as "temperate or warm plains"?

Updated.

We still need Advancement, length, and weight.

 

[InsanePsychoRabbit]

'Temperate or warm plains' sounds good.

I haven't been able to dredge up anything about its length or weight yet, but my mom says that a small cow would weigh about 1,000 pounds. For advancement I'd go with something like 8-14 HD (Large).

I almost forgot! Its reach should be 5 feet instead of 10 feet, since it's a quadruped.

 

[freyar]

Probably 5-6 ft long, too. Say "upto 1000 lb"?

Alignment needs to be capitalized.