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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5562693" data-attributes="member: 57383">Gopher Working DraftGopher [Based on SRD Rat] Tiny AnimalHit Dice: ¼d8 (1 hp)Initiative: +1Speed: 15 ft. (3 squares), burrow 15 ft.Armor Class: 13 (+2 size, +1 Dex), touch 13, flat-footed 12Base Attack/Grapple: +0/-11Attack: Bite +4 melee (1d4-3)Full Attack: Bite +4 melee (1d4-3)Space/Reach: 2½ ft./0 ft.Special Attacks: —Special Qualities: Low-light vision, scentSaves: Fort +2, Ref +3, Will +1Abilities: Str 4, Dex 13, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 2Skills: Climb +1, Hide +12*, Listen +3, Spot +3, Move Silently +5, Swim +1Feats: Alertness, Weapon Finesse (B)Environment: AnyOrganization: Solitary of family (2-5) Challenge Rating: 1/8Advancement: —Level Adjustment: —A heavily built rodent with protruding incisors, large cheek pouches and a short, thick tail. Its entire body and tail are covered in grey-brown fur the color of soil.These herbivorous rodents thrive in any terrain where the ground is dry enough for their burrows. The statistics given above are for a true gopher, or pouched gopher, but the name "gopher" is used for other kinds of burrowing rodent that can be considered to have the same game statistics.All gophers live in burrows, which they use for shelter and to store food (nuts and grain). Many an unwary animal or traveler has tripped over one of these "gopher holes".True gophers are solitary creatures, their burrow will only house more  than one gopher when it is a mother and her immature offspring. Some  "gopher" burrowing rodents are social, connecting their own burrows with  those of neighbors to create extensive tunnel networks. The  plains-dwelling prairie dogs (see below) lives in colonies known as  towns or cities that can have populations in the hundreds or thousands.     A character with a gopher familiar gains a +2 bonus to Fortitude saves when the master and familiar are within 1 mile of each other. A typical gopher is between six inches and a foot long, excluding its tail, and weighs about half a pound.COMBAT  Gophers usually run away and hide in their burrows when threatened. They bite only as a last resort.Skills: Gophers have a +3 racial bonus on Hide and Move Silently checks. A gopher uses its Dexterity modifier instead of its Strength modifier for Climb and Swim checks.*A gopher's racial bonus on Hide checks increases to +6 in areas of exposed earth, such as its burrow.Prairie Dog A prairie dog is a ground squirrel that's about half the size of a true gopher, apply the following changes to its statistics (those statistics that are not listed are the same as the gopher described above):Prairie DogInitiative: +2Armor Class: 14 (+2 size, +2 Dex), touch 14, flat-footed 12Base Attack/Grapple: +0/-12Attack: Bite +4 melee (1d4-4)Full Attack: Bite +4 melee (1d4-4)Saves: Fort +2, Ref +4, Will +1Abilities: Str 2, Dex 15, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 2Skills: Climb +2, Hide +13*, Listen +3, Spot +3, Move Silently +6, Swim +2Organization: Solitary, family (2-20), town (20-2000), or city (2000+) A character with a prairie dog familiar gains a +2 bonus to Spot checks when the master and familiar are within 1 mile of each other.Prairie dogs communicate with each other by barking. While not a language as such, these barks can convey more information than most animal calls (e.g. "fox approaching", "all clear") and identify individual prairie dogs. Their aptitude for understanding language is at least as good as a dog's, and they can be trained to come when called by name.</blockquote>

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