Converting prehistoric creatures

[InsanePsychoRabbit]

Listen 4, Spot 3, and I agree with the CR of 3 and the advancement.

Shade, you missed the flavor text again - it's in this post.

An adult estemennosuchus is about 10 feet long and weighs around 1 ton.

Deadly Charge (Ex): When an estemennosuchus charges, its butt attack does 2d6+14 points of damage.

Skills: An estemennosuchus has a +4 racial bonus on Swim checks .

Also, Estemmenosuchus is spelled with 2 M's, not two N's.

 

[Shade]

Updated.

 

[InsanePsychoRabbit]

Shade, I guess you were writing a post so you may not have noticed what i said above -

You missed the flavor text again - it's in this post.

An adult estemennosuchus is about 10 feet long and weighs around 1 ton.

Deadly Charge (Ex): When an estemennosuchus charges, its butt attack does 2d6+14 points of damage.

Skills: An estemennosuchus has a +4 racial bonus on Swim checks .

Also, Estemmenosuchus is spelled with 2 M's, not two N's.

 

[Shade]

Updated. Anything left?

 

[demiurge1138]

They look finished to me. Rhyncosaurs next?

 

[Shade]

Sounds good.

RHYNCHOSAUR
FREQUENCY: Common
NO. APPEARING: 1-20
ARMOR CLASS: 6
MOVE: 9”
HIT DICE: 1 hp to 2 HD
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1 (bite)
DAMAGE/ATTACK: Nil to 1-4
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Nil
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil
INTELLIGENCE: Non-
SIZE: S to M (up to 3’ long)

Rhynchosaurs are lizardlike reptiles from the Triassic, where they may be extremely abundant in places. They are herbivores, some up to the size of a pig. With its large body, sprawling legs, and beaked head, a rhynchosaur may be envisioned as a large, barrel-shaped iguana with a parrotlike beak. Rhynchosaurs eat seeds and fruits, but they bite if molested. They vary with size as follows:

HIT DICE: to ¼ ½ 1 2
DAMAGE: Nil 1 1-2 1-4
SIZE: S(2-3) M(4) M(5) M(6)


Rhynchosaur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[demiurge1138]

So, let's go for a 1/2 HD (small) with advancement to 1 HD (Small), 2 HD (Medium)?

 

[InsanePsychoRabbit]

That works. I can't find too many details on specific species, so let's just make it generic.

I'd like to use the following ability scores: Str 7, Dex 13, Con 10, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2
I generated these by upsizing a lizard to Small. To bring its Armor Class to 14 (as the original) it would have a +3 natural armor bonus.

Unrelated to our conversions but related to prehistoric animals, I've created statistics for the pareiasaur Scutosaurus and posted them on the WotC forums: Here

 

[GrayLinnorm]

The best known rhynocsaur is probably the tuatara.
Edit: Never mind, the tuatara is a rhynchocephalian, not a rhynchosaur.

 

[freyar]

That seems kind of like a lot of natural armor for something Small. What about Dex 15, +2 natural?