Converting prehistoric creatures

[RavinRay]

Agreed, they're too similar to crocodiles to be differntiated game-wise. As an aside, the name phyotosaur means "plant lizard" which is obviously misleading for a carnivore. How the first paleontologist who named them came to the conclusion they were peaceful herbivores boggles me!

 

[freyar]

Next?

 

[Cleon]

Agreed, they're too similar to crocodiles to be differntiated game-wise. As an aside, the name phyotosaur means "plant lizard" which is obviously misleading for a carnivore. How the first paleontologist who named them came to the conclusion they were peaceful herbivores boggles me!

Well I did a bit of internet rummaging, and apparently the original describer of Phytosaurus came up with this plant-eating identification because he mistook fossilized casts of the animal's tooth sockets for its actual teeth. See here or here for some details.

 

[Shade]

How 'bout this one?

Pliosaur
Pliosaurs are marine reptiles related to plesiosaurs. Like plesiosaurs, they row about the Jurassic and Cretaceous oceans with their paddlelike fins. Unlike plesiosaurs, they have short necks and long jaws. Though their mode of locomotion differs, they may be treated as crocodilians of 5 HD or more, all adapted to aquatic conditions and some adapted to shell-crushing. They are nonintelligent.

Originally appeared in Dragon Magazine #112 (1986).

Pliosaurus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Cleon]

How 'bout this one?

Pliosaur
Pliosaurs are marine reptiles related to plesiosaurs. Like plesiosaurs, they row about the Jurassic and Cretaceous oceans with their paddlelike fins. Unlike plesiosaurs, they have short necks and long jaws. Though their mode of locomotion differs, they may be treated as crocodilians of 5 HD or more, all adapted to aquatic conditions and some adapted to shell-crushing. They are nonintelligent.

Originally appeared in Dragon Magazine #112 (1986).

Pliosaurus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

We've already done stats for Kronosaurus and Liopleurodon, Gargantuan/Colossal examples of Pliosaur.

These are simply smaller versions of those creatures, so should be fairly easy to stat up.

 

[Shade]

We've already done stats for Kronosaurus and Liopleurodon, Gargantuan/Colossal examples of Pliosaur.

These are simply smaller versions of those creatures, so should be fairly easy to stat up.

Sounds good. What size shall we make 'em?

 

[RavinRay]

Huge for me.

 

[freyar]

Huge works.

 

[Cleon]

Huge for me.

I'd start with 5 HD Large animals and work up from there.

 

[freyar]

How big were these things anyway? As in feet long and weight?