Converting prehistoric creatures

[Shade]

Increase HD? It currently has less than an elephant!

Here's the progression of the mentioned creatures, and where it should fall in the hierarchy...

Elephant: 11 HD
Mastodon: 15 HD
Deinotherium
Indricothere: 16 HD
Wooly Mammoth: 14 HD

 

[Leopold]

Make it 13HD

 

[InsanePsychoRabbit]

I was going to say 14 HD, but 13 would be fine.

 

[demiurge1138]

Let's go with 13. Not enough creatures have 13 HD.

 

[freyar]

That's 'cause critters with 13HD get a luck penalty.

 

[InsanePsychoRabbit]

Well, I figured there had to be some reason that so few creatures have 13 HD...

 

[Shade]

Added to Homebrews.

Let's figure out damage. Here are the comparables...

Elephant: Slam 2d6, stamps 2d6, gore 2d8, trample 2d8+15
Mastodon: Slam 2d8, stamps 2d6, gore 3d8, trample 2d12+16
Mammoth: Slam 2d6, stamps 2d6, gore 2d10, trample 2d8+18

 

[Leopold]

Modified mammoth:
Mammoth: Slam 2d8, stamps 2d6, gore 2d8, trample 2d8


Bigger head/trunk to batter mobs around. Legs are decent for stamp. Downward tusks makes gore difficult and they don't look anywhere near as massive as an elephants. Trample is the same. It's a big 5 -7 ton monster, it's gonna hurt!

 

[freyar]

That sounds about right.

 

[InsanePsychoRabbit]

Ditto.