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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 4699169" data-attributes="member: 57383">Very nice, I liked your World of Kong writeups, so we've got a strong foundation.Firstly, I approve of the change in Hit Dice. The AD&D versions of the Tyrannosaurus was at the upper end of their size range (50', since at the time they though the animal was longer than current reconstructions), and while 18HD is appropriate for an advanced animal like that it is too much for a averaged-sized realistic version of a T rex, not to mention the 50' version should be Gargantuan.The +10 natural armour seems unrealistic, but forgivable. The SRD rex's +5 is likely closer to reality but it gives the Tyrannosaurus an AC that is effectively ignorable by PCs of its Challenge Rating.The feats look fine, but does it really need Improved Critical (bite)? We can just artibrarily give its bite a 19-20 critical, or give it the feat as a Bonus Feat, which could be justifiable based on its jaws' terrible strength. That would free room for another feat. I'd be tempted by Combat Reflexes for the extra opportunity of attack.The only other issue I have is the ability scores seem a bit off, the Con and Dex are a little higher than I'd like.If I backwards-engineer the Tyrannosaurus to Medium Size, such a pygmy rex would have Str 18, Dex 20, Con 18. That doesn't seem right, I'd go for Str 20, Dex 18, Con 15 for this hypothetical Medium Rex, so a Huge one would be Str 36, Dex 14, Con 23.While we're on the subject of size, shall we do compact stat-blocks for immature and advanced versions? It'd be easy enough for me to whip them up, something like:Baby Rex: Small, 2HD, Str 16, NA +5, Dex 19, Con 13.Infant Rex: Medium, 3HD, Str 20, NA +5, Dex 18, Con 15.Juvenile Rex: Medium, 4-5HD, Str NA +6, 24, Dex 16, Con 17.Adolescent Rex: Large, 6-8HD, Str NA +7, 28, Dex 16, Con 19.Big Adolescent Rex: Large, 9-11HD, NA +8, Str 32, Dex 15, Con 21.Young Adult Rex: Huge, 12-14HD, NA +10, Str 36, Dex 14, Con 23.Mature Adult Rex: Huge, 15-17HD, NA +12, Str 40, Dex 13, Con 25.Big Adult Rex: Gargantuan, 18-23HD, NA +14, Str 44, Dex 12, Con 28.Great Adult Rex (maximised): Gargantuan, 24HD, NA +16?, Str 48?, Dex 12?, Con 30?, Wis 16?.I gave stat increases for extra HD to the Big Adult (+1 Con) and Great Adult (+1 Dex, +1 Wis), but did not remove any from the smaller ones.Oh, while we're on the subject of size I would like to tweak that section of the descriptive text a little, something like:Tyrannosaurus rex, the tyrant lizard king, is among the mightiest of the dinosaurs and one of the greatest natural predators to ever live. A typical tyrannosaurus is slightly more than 30 feet long from nose to tail and stands nearly twelve feet tall, weighing about 4 tons. The biggest specimens weigh 10 tons or more and reach 45 feet long and nearly eighteen feet tall at the hip. Females tend to be slightly larger than males. </blockquote>

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