Pig stats

[Ziggy]

Re: Re: Re: Pig stats

I though pigs were like 150-250 pounds... but then again, what do I know? I'm a city boy.

While modern pigs often get as large as 300 pounds (and some monsters even more), this is mainly a result of intense breeding the last 50 years.

Medieval pigs were quite a bit more lean (and wilder, there are several stories of people killed by pigs). I have no certain data on weights, but I guess 100 pounds would be reasonable for such pigs.

This would put pigs just between small and medium, I suggest going for small as the base, with advancement to medium as suggested above. Apart from that I quite like the writeup of Grazzt, it seems very "piggish" to me

.Ziggy

 

[gfunk]

Re: Re: Pig stats

Pig
Medium Humanoid
Hit Dice: 1d10+2 (7 hp)
Initiative: +1 (Dex)
Speed: 30 ft
AC: 15 (+1 Dex, +4 Kevlar vest)
Attacks: Pistol, automatic ranged +3
Damage: Bullet, 1d10
Face/Reach: 5 ft by 5 ft/5 ft
Special Qualities:
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +1, Will +1
Abilities: Str 15, Dex 13, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 12, Cha 8
Skills: Eating Donuts +4
Climate/Terrain: Any land
Organization: Solitary or Pair or Squad (4-10)
Challenge Rating: 1
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always lawful (I hope!)
Advancement: -


And yes pigs bite. Particularly if you give them lip when they pull you over on the interstate.

 

[Piratecat]

This is my new favorite thread.

 

[Lord Pendragon]

Well, if you want a...ahem...meatier pig, you could always use the template from the Creature Collection, and create the Pig Lord!

Pig Lord
Medium-sized Outsider
Hit Dice: 20d8+120 (210 hp)
Initiative: +7 (+3 Dex, +4 Improved Initiative)
Speed: 30 ft
AC: 23 (+3 Dex, +8 natural, +2 insight)
Attacks: Bite +24/+19/+14/+9 melee
Damage: Bite 1d3+4
Face/Reach: 5 ft by 5 ft/5 ft
Special Attacks: Spell-like abilities, summon pigs
Special Qualities: Scent, Alternate Form, DR 20/+2, Darkvision 60', Resistances, SR 28, Sealed Mind, Detect Thoughts, Foresight, Telepathy.
Saves: Fort +18, Ref +17, Will +16
Abilities: Str 19, Dex 16, Con 22, Int 20, Wis 18, Cha 16
Skills: The Pig Lord has 8 skill points, plus its Intelligence modifier, per Hit Die. Treat all skills as class-skills.
Feats: Improved Initiative, Dodge, Mobility, Spring Attack, Expertise
Climate/Terrain: Any land
Organization: Solitary or troupe (Pig Lord plus 2-5 large boars, tuskers, truffle hunters, porkers, or wereboars)
Challenge Rating: 13
Treasure: Double Standard
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: N/A

Spell-Like Abilities: At will—charm person, plane shift, teleport without error (self plus 50 pounds of objects only); 3/day—anti-magic field. These abilities are as the spells cast by a 20th-level sorcerer (save DC 13 + spell level).

Summon Allies (Sp): Three times per day the Pig Lord can automatically summon 2d4 wereboars. These creatures will always be of maximum hit dice.

Alternate Form (Su): The Pig Lord can shift into pig or human form as though using the polymorph self spell. Changing forms is a standard action. Upon changing forms, the Pig Lord regains hit points as if having rested for a day.

Sealed Mind (Ex): The Pig Lord is immune to all mind-influencing effects.

Detect Thoughts (Su): The Pig Lord can continuously detect thoughts as the spell cast by a 20th-level sorcerer (save DC 25). It can suppress or resume this ability as a free action.

Foresight (Su): The Pig Lord is continuously protected by foresight as the spell cast by a 20th-level sorcerer. It can suppress or resume this ability as a free action. This ability grants the animal lord a +2 insight bonus on its AC and Reflex saves.

Telepathy (Su): The Pig Lord can communicate telepathically with any creature within 100 feet that has a language. The Pig Lord can also communicate telepathically with all pigs.

 

[hong]

Well, if you want a...ahem...meatier pig, you could always use the template from the Creature Collection, and create the Pig Lord!

Pig Lord

Abilities: [...] Cha 16

Now that's the Cary Grant of pigs.

 

[UofMDude]

But what would the Int of a demon pig be?

waiting to see if anyone gets the reference

UofMDude

 

[Caliber]

Always beware the owner of a pig farm. Why you ask?

Because a small group (pack?) of pigs can reduce 200 pounds of flesh to nothing in a very short amount of time.

If you remove the teeth before hand to prevent identification purposes ...

(Now to bring it back to D&D)
Your players will never guess Farmer Joe is actually the source of all the murders!

 

[Umbran]

Sorry, double post.

 

[Umbran]

What type of pig are we talking about? Certain Pigs can get darn big.

Actually, it's the other way around. Certain pigs don't get big.

The ancestor to the domesticated breeds is the Near Eastern wild boar (Sus scrofa), which is 4.5 feet long, and 3 feet high. And that's not a gangly horse or something - that's a solid block of flesh. The natural state of pigs is big.

Don't let the movie Babe or common talk of supposedly miniature pigs throw you off. Even the "miniature potbelly pigs" some folks keep as pets get to be 150 pounds. Full fledged farm porkers get to be 300 or 400 pounds easily. These guys may be compact, but they are by no means small.

By the way, I have been told by veterinarians than an "average" horse is somewhere in the 1000 to 1400 pound range. An "average" cow weighs in at a ton. There's much variation around those averages, mind you, but it gives you a rough scale.

 

[hammymchamham]

thanks guys. i still think it should use a d20, or maybe a d%. yeah, d% sounds better, like 80d% or something. that way you can wait longer between cureing the creature as you eat part of it. brilliant