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<blockquote data-quote="Krishnath" data-source="post: 225850" data-attributes="member: 56"><p><span style="color: lightblue">Jester: It wasn't nessessary, but hold on to your eyeballs just in case <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue">Wolf72: Only a pack? Why not an avalanche? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> By the way, I have allready made and posted a Dire Raven, it's farther down in the forum, but I will repost it, after this:</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Dire Orca (whale)</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Gargantuan Animal (Aquatic)</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Hit Dice:</strong> 20d8+140 (230 hp)</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Initiative:</strong> +2 (Dex)</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Speed:</strong> Swim 70'</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>AC:</strong> 18 (-4 size, +2 Dex, +10 natural)</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Attacks:</strong> Bite +23 melee</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Damage:</strong> Bite 2d8+18</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Face/Reach:</strong> 20' by 40'/15'</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Special Attacks:</strong> Leap,</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Special Qualities:</strong> Blindsight</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Saves:</strong> Fort +21, Ref +14, Will +8</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Abilities:</strong> Str 35, Dex 15, Con 25, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6,</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Skills:</strong> Listen +13*, Spot +13*,</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Feats:</strong> Power Attack (-15/+15)</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Climate/Terrain:</strong> Any Aquatic</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Organization:</strong> Solitary, pair, family (3-5), or pod (6-11)</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Challenge Rating:</strong> 14</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Treasure:</strong> None</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Alignment:</strong> Usually Neutral</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Advancement:</strong> 21-30 HD (Gargantuan); 31-60 HD (Colossal)</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue">Dire Orcas look like larger and more feral version of the killer whale or Orca. It has severeal bony growths along the top of its head and down it's back. The purpose of these growths are not known, but they're not used as a weapon. The Dire Orcas eyes are a deep yellow or red.</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Combat:</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue">Dire Orcas are immensely agressive, and attack anything that enters their territory, no matter if it's a small boat or a massive aquatic dragon. Even other Dire Orcas occassionally fall prey to this massive beasts agressiveness.</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Blindsight (Ex):</strong> Whales can "see" by emitting high-frequency sounds, inaudible to most other creatures, that allow them to locate objects and creatures wwithin 120'. A silence spell negates this and forces the whale to rely on it's vision, which is approximatly as good as a humans.</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Leap (Ex):</strong> By taking a full charge from beneath the waters, a Dire Orca can jump roughly 200' straight into the air and crash down with tremendous force, anyone caught beneath the Dire Orca as it crashes back down, must make a reflex save (DC 17) or take 4d6+24 points of bludgeoning damage. The whale itself takes half this amount. Dire Orcas often use this attack form to break apart ships.</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Skills:</strong> Whales get a +4 racial bonus to Listen and Spot checks. </span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue">* These bonuses are lost of if the whales blindsight is negated.</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue">And now a repost of the Dire Raven:</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Dire Raven</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Small Animal</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Hit Dice:</strong> 1d8+1 (5 hp)</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Initiative:</strong> +3 (Dex)</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Speed:</strong> 10', Fly 60' (average)</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>AC:</strong> 15 (+1 Size, +3 Dex, +1 natural)</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Attacks:</strong> 2 claws +4 melee, 1 bite -1 melee</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Damage:</strong> claw 1d6-1, bite 1d4-1</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Face/Reach:</strong> 5' by 5'/5'</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Special Attacks:</strong> Blinding strike</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Special Qualities:</strong> Disease resistance</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Saves:</strong> Fort +3, Ref +5, Will +4</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Abilities:</strong> Str 8, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 3, Wis 14, Cha 8,</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Skills:</strong> Listen +6, Spot +6</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Feats:</strong> Weapon Finesse (claw, bite)</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Climate/Terrain:</strong> Any forest, hills, plains, and mountains</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Organization:</strong> Solitary or unkindness (5-12)</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Challenge Rating:</strong> 1/2</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Alignment:</strong> Usually neutral</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Treasure:</strong> None</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Advancement:</strong> 2-3HD (Small)</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue">Dire ravens resembles oversized ravens with black feathers and glowing red eyes. </span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue">Domesticated dire ravens often learn the language of their masters.</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Combat:</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue">Dire ravens fight much like their lesser kin, but are far more aggressive.</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Blinding Strike (Ex):</strong> A dire raven that scores a critical hit with it's bite attack permanently blinds their opponents. For the effects of blindness, see the DMG page 83. Wearing a helmet automatically protects against this attack.</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"><strong>Disease Resistance (Ex):</strong> A dire raven gets a +4 racial bonus on saves against diseases.</span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue">comments are as always, welcome <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: lightblue">Edit: Edited the Dire Orca Feat.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Krishnath, post: 225850, member: 56"] [color=lightblue]Jester: It wasn't nessessary, but hold on to your eyeballs just in case :D Wolf72: Only a pack? Why not an avalanche? :D By the way, I have allready made and posted a Dire Raven, it's farther down in the forum, but I will repost it, after this: [b]Dire Orca (whale) Gargantuan Animal (Aquatic) Hit Dice:[/b] 20d8+140 (230 hp) [b]Initiative:[/b] +2 (Dex) [b]Speed:[/b] Swim 70' [b]AC:[/b] 18 (-4 size, +2 Dex, +10 natural) [b]Attacks:[/b] Bite +23 melee [b]Damage:[/b] Bite 2d8+18 [b]Face/Reach:[/b] 20' by 40'/15' [b]Special Attacks:[/b] Leap, [b]Special Qualities:[/b] Blindsight [b]Saves:[/b] Fort +21, Ref +14, Will +8 [b]Abilities:[/b] Str 35, Dex 15, Con 25, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6, [b]Skills:[/b] Listen +13*, Spot +13*, [b]Feats:[/b] Power Attack (-15/+15) [b]Climate/Terrain:[/b] Any Aquatic [b]Organization:[/b] Solitary, pair, family (3-5), or pod (6-11) [b]Challenge Rating:[/b] 14 [b]Treasure:[/b] None [b]Alignment:[/b] Usually Neutral [b]Advancement:[/b] 21-30 HD (Gargantuan); 31-60 HD (Colossal) Dire Orcas look like larger and more feral version of the killer whale or Orca. It has severeal bony growths along the top of its head and down it's back. The purpose of these growths are not known, but they're not used as a weapon. The Dire Orcas eyes are a deep yellow or red. [b]Combat:[/b] Dire Orcas are immensely agressive, and attack anything that enters their territory, no matter if it's a small boat or a massive aquatic dragon. Even other Dire Orcas occassionally fall prey to this massive beasts agressiveness. [b]Blindsight (Ex):[/b] Whales can "see" by emitting high-frequency sounds, inaudible to most other creatures, that allow them to locate objects and creatures wwithin 120'. A silence spell negates this and forces the whale to rely on it's vision, which is approximatly as good as a humans. [b]Leap (Ex):[/b] By taking a full charge from beneath the waters, a Dire Orca can jump roughly 200' straight into the air and crash down with tremendous force, anyone caught beneath the Dire Orca as it crashes back down, must make a reflex save (DC 17) or take 4d6+24 points of bludgeoning damage. The whale itself takes half this amount. Dire Orcas often use this attack form to break apart ships. [b]Skills:[/b] Whales get a +4 racial bonus to Listen and Spot checks. * These bonuses are lost of if the whales blindsight is negated. And now a repost of the Dire Raven: [b]Dire Raven Small Animal Hit Dice:[/b] 1d8+1 (5 hp) [b]Initiative:[/b] +3 (Dex) [b]Speed:[/b] 10', Fly 60' (average) [b]AC:[/b] 15 (+1 Size, +3 Dex, +1 natural) [b]Attacks:[/b] 2 claws +4 melee, 1 bite -1 melee [b]Damage:[/b] claw 1d6-1, bite 1d4-1 [b]Face/Reach:[/b] 5' by 5'/5' [b]Special Attacks:[/b] Blinding strike [b]Special Qualities:[/b] Disease resistance [b]Saves:[/b] Fort +3, Ref +5, Will +4 [b]Abilities:[/b] Str 8, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 3, Wis 14, Cha 8, [b]Skills:[/b] Listen +6, Spot +6 [b]Feats:[/b] Weapon Finesse (claw, bite) [b]Climate/Terrain:[/b] Any forest, hills, plains, and mountains [b]Organization:[/b] Solitary or unkindness (5-12) [b]Challenge Rating:[/b] 1/2 [b]Alignment:[/b] Usually neutral [b]Treasure:[/b] None [b]Advancement:[/b] 2-3HD (Small) Dire ravens resembles oversized ravens with black feathers and glowing red eyes. Domesticated dire ravens often learn the language of their masters. [b]Combat:[/b] Dire ravens fight much like their lesser kin, but are far more aggressive. [b]Blinding Strike (Ex):[/b] A dire raven that scores a critical hit with it's bite attack permanently blinds their opponents. For the effects of blindness, see the DMG page 83. Wearing a helmet automatically protects against this attack. [b]Disease Resistance (Ex):[/b] A dire raven gets a +4 racial bonus on saves against diseases. comments are as always, welcome :D Edit: Edited the Dire Orca Feat.[/color] [/QUOTE]
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