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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5043069" data-attributes="member: 57383">Anyhow, getting back to the stats.I've finished the first draft for the wee little maniraptors (those less than Small in size). I've fiddled with their ability scores a bit so they don't quite follow the "reverse Advancement" scheme, since they ended up with Strength and Constitution scores that didn't feel right if I used the standard pattern. (e.g. Str 5 and Con 12 for a Diminutive raptor!).I've also cut their speed by 10 feet. Most Tiny creatures aren't as fast as their Medium-sized brethren.As before, these are rather exaggerated creatures, almost 'dire raptors'. A realistic raptor would probably have the stats of the next size smaller (e.g. a Realistic Tiny Maniraptor could have the Diminutive Maniraptor's stats).After mulling it over I also decided to have the "  A Deinonychus can use either its Strength or its Dexterity bonus on Climb checks" apply to Jump checks as well, so that the wee little raptors can leap long distances too. This increases the Small and Medium sized raptors Jump modifier up by a point or two as well.While working on them I had a charming idea... raptor swarms. No palaeontological justification for them, of course, but who could possibly complain about having hundreds of Diminutive raptors flocking through the jungle, devouring every animal in their path. I suspect they'll be a pygmy species of   Sinornithosaurus and be venomous too boot.<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devil.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":devil:" title="Devil    :devil:" data-shortname=":devil:" />Anyhow, I'll put the current 'mini raptor' stats in my next post, then edit the '<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5025902-post156.html" target="_blank">standard-sized maniraptors</a>' I did earlier to add the new Jump modifiers.</blockquote>

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