Converting prehistoric creatures

[Shade]

Suggested advancement? The dire horse starts at 8 HD and advances as follows: 9-16 HD (Large); 17-24 HD (Huge).

 

[demiurge1138]

5-8 HD (Large), 9-12 HD (Huge)?

 

[Shade]

That works for me.

Environment: x

Organization: Solitary, pair, or herd (3-8)?

A moropus stands 8 feet tall at the shoulder, is x feet long and weighs x pounds.

 

[demiurge1138]

What environment did we decide on for giraffes? Temperate and warm plains?

Probably twelve feet long. No idea on the weight.

 

[Shade]

We did indeed give the giraffe temperate and warm plains.

An adult Clydesdale weighs in at about 1500-2000 pounds on average, so maybe something similar for moropus?

 

[demiurge1138]

Bigger. These guys are eight feet high at the shoulder!

 

[RavinRay]

Coming a bit late to Moropus…

Rend for me!

Not only were they big, but also somewhat heavy set. A leafy diet like that requires a lot of gut for digestion, which adds to the weight of many such modern mammals. So an advanced Moropus should pack on the weight.

 

[Shade]

1 to 2 tons?

 

[Shade]

Any objections?

 

[freyar]

Not from me.