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Message: <blockquote data-quote="demiurge1138" data-source="post: 4698759" data-attributes="member: 7451">Here's a stat-boosted, flavor text-given Build A Better TyrannosaurusBuilding a Better Tyrannosaurus rexHuge AnimalHit Dice: 12d8+96 (150 hp)Initiative: +3Speed: 40ft (8 squares)Armor Class: 21 (-2 size, +3 Dex, +10 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 18Base Attack/Grapple: +9/+29Attack: Bite +20 melee (3d6+18/ 19-20)Full Attack: Bite +20 melee (3d6+18/ 19-20) Space/Reach: 15ft/10ftSpecial Attacks: Improved grab, swallow whole, worry 6d6+18Special Qualities: Ferocity, low-light vision, scentSaves: Fort +16, Ref +11, Will +8Abilities: Str 34, Dex 16, Con 26, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 11Skills: Hide +6, Listen +11, Move Silently +10, Spot +11, Survival +9Feats: Alertness, Improved Critical (bite), Iron Will, Track, Weapon Focus (bite)Environment: Warm forests and plainsOrganization: Solitary or pairChallenge Rating: 8Treasure: NoneAlignment: Always neutralAdvancement: 13-17 HD (Huge), 18-24 HD (Gargantuan)Level Adjustment: -A monstrous bipedal reptile emerges, its hide crisscrossed with scars. The creature’s head is massive, easily large enough to swallow you whole. Its arms are tiny, barely able to meet across its chest, but are immensely muscular. A long powerful tail sweeps from side to side, balancing it as it moves with surprising speed and grace. Tyrannosaurus rex, the tyrant lizard king, is among the mightiest of the dinosaurs and one of the greatest natural predators to ever live. A tyrannosaurus is forty feet long and nearly eighteen feet tall at the hip. Females tend to be slightly larger than males. Tyrannosaurus rex tends to be the apex predator in areas in which they are found. They hunt from ambush, using their keen sense of smell to track prey, then lunging in a powerful burst. They prefer to prey on hadrosaurs and ceratopsians, but if hungry enough will tackle anything living. Tyrannosaurs are not adverse to taking carrion into their diets, and will often use their bulk to scare smaller predators (dromeosaurs, crocodiles and even juvenile tyrannosaurs) from their kills.Juveniles are precocious predators in their own right, cooperating in small packs to hunt smaller game than the adults, and then separating as they age. A single adult tyrannosaurus can hold a range of ten square miles, overlapping with the ranges of multiple juveniles. Unlike many other dinosaurs, the females are the more sexually aggressive, displaying their power and prowess in order to attract the attention of males. Although T. rex is born with a light covering of insulating down, they shed this as they age and grow. CombatTyrannosaurs are ambush predators, striking without warning and using their surprising speed and stealth to get the jump on prey. They attempt to grapple prey first and foremost, either shaking and raking large prey or swallowing smaller morsels in a single gulp.Ferocity (Ex): A tyrannosaurus rex is so tenacious a creature that it fights without penalty even when disabled or dying.Improved Grab (Ex): In order to use this ability, a tyrannosaurus must hit an opponent with its bite attack. If it successfully gets a hold, it can worry or swallow its opponent whole.Swallow Whole (Ex): A tyrannosaurus can try to swallow a grabbed opponent of up to two sizes smaller by making a successful grapple check. The swallowed creature takes 2d8+12 points of bludgeoning damage and 8 points of acid damage per round from the tyrannosaur’s gizzard. A swallowed creature can cut its way out by using a light slashing or piercing weapon to deal 25 points of damage to the gizzard (AC 12). Once the creature exits, muscular action closes the hole; another swallowed opponent must cut its own way out. A tyrannosaurus’s gizzard can hold 2 Medium, 8 Small, 32 Tiny, or 128 Diminutive or smaller opponents.Worry (Ex): Each round a tyrannosaurus maintains a grapple, it shakes its prey violently and tears at it with clawed arms and feet, dealing 6d6+9 points of damage.Skills: Surprisingly stealthy for their size, tyrannosaurus gain a +8 racial bonus on all Hide checks and a +4 racial bonus on all Move Silently checks. They also receive a +4 racial bonus on all Listen, Spot and Survival checks.</blockquote>

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