Real World Monster

[Esteban]

What's the CR on this real world beast?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7127983/

Geez, 16ft. long and weighing 'about' a ton. Swimming in Lake Victoria sounds like a real bad idea... :\

 

[Narfellus]

I wonder why they took 20 years before they bothered to capture it.

 

[punkorange]

maybe they have been trying to catch it for years, but it has a really good hide check.

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

I wonder why they took 20 years before they bothered to capture it.

Maybe it never ate anybody important.

 

[francisca]

I wonder why they took 20 years before they bothered to capture it.

"you catch it!"

"no way! you catch it!"

"I'm not going near that thing!"

etc......

 

[MrFilthyIke]

Maybe it never ate anybody important.

Bingo, Wulf wins the game. Here's your prize...

 

[Henry]

Maybe it never ate anybody important.

Given that in my hometown it takes a traffic fatality to move city council put up a stop-light, this is not that far-fetched.

As for stats, even if it doesn't quite fit the size, I'd be willing to go with these:

 

[Ghostwind]

I wonder if this was the croc that was the subject of a PBS documentary called "Capturing the Killer Croc". I remember the head shot of that croc showed an animal that was literally prehistoric, almost a dire croc if there would be such a thing. He lived in a river though and ruled it ruthlessly. All other crocs went someplace else when this guy went cruising through the neighborhood. His hide showed all manner of scars and they even said something about it being so tough that machine guns couldn't penetrate it. Cool show.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Sorry, but it is Uganda...I think the croc is being blamed for it but someone else is doing the eatting!

 

[Quasqueton]

You know what would be fun? Using d20 Modern, and the stats for the Giant Crocodile that Henry posted, tell a group of Players to capture this beast (playing Ugandan rangers). [21 points of damage on average.]

Hell, even straight up killing it would be hard.

Quasqueton