Where are the Dinosaurs?

[kobold]

I need 4E dinosaurs. I'm out of town without my books trying to prep for a new campaign starting this weekend, and my DDI-Fu is failing - or they don't exist.
Can someone point me to them or tell me I'm out of luck?
Looking to do a King Kong/ Skull island vibe to kick things off, I suppose I could use a giant snake instead

 

[Prickly]

They exist. They're just not called dinosaurs.

look for drakes and behemoths.

 

[kobold]

Sweet - thanks thats what I needed

 

[Infiniti2000]

Looking to do a King Kong/ Skull island vibe to kick things off, I suppose I could use a giant snake instead

Try Isle of the Ape.

 

[Unwise]

It's late and I need to get to bed, but have you seen that recent(ish) dungeon magazine with a king-kong-esque cover? It has an aztec jungle ruin and an undead giant gorilla in it. You could tinker with that maybe.

Sorry I can't remember the name of it. You should be able to tell by the cover though.

 

[Mengu]

You could also look for wolves, lizards, crocodiles, ogres, bullywugs, or whatever strikes your fancy. It's all numbers on a paper, dress it up how you like.

 

[frankthedm]

Try Isle of the Ape.

Isle of the ape is a High level module with a fair amount of baggage to deal with 1E's own high level play baggage. If you have it, picking some ideas from it could work, but for picking up a module for a King Kong / Skull island -esque romp, Isle of Dread is my recommendation. Just drop in a dire ape advanced enough to fight a T-rex or two and you are good to go. It is also fairly affordable.

Here is a book I would recommend for any DM interested in a lost world adventure. Kong himself only takes up the last few pages leaving the vast majority of the book devoted to the dinos and other fauna.

The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island

"The World Of Kong: A Natural History Of Skull Island is an art book filled with design and concept work from the people at Weta Workshop for Peter Jackson's film King Kong. Presented as if Skull Island really existed, the book shows dozens of animals created for the Skull Island sequences, few of which actually appeared in the final film. Each creature has a name (usually given in Latin), a translation of its name, a general size listing, and a few paragraphs of descriptive text. Material perfect for adaptation into the game system of your choice!"

Quote taken from this website. It converted the critters to the Hero system. Creatures from The World of Kong

Savage Tide adventure path also has some interaction with the isle of dread too IIRC.

 

[GameDoc]

Young dragons make for great solos at low level. Just replace their breath weapon with something else and you have a big carnivorous dino.

 

[MrMyth]

It's late and I need to get to bed, but have you seen that recent(ish) dungeon magazine with a king-kong-esque cover? It has an aztec jungle ruin and an undead giant gorilla in it. You could tinker with that maybe.

Sorry I can't remember the name of it. You should be able to tell by the cover though.

It's called "Going Ape", involves the "curse of Cihuatlco", the aforementioned undead giant gorilla (or girallon, it looks like), and does seem to fit the jungle adventure drill - though is perhaps a few levels too high, as it is aimed at levels 5 to 7.

Here's the link: Going Ape

And here's the cover:

 

[Zephrin the Lost]

There are a few Creature Caches from Blackdirge press I highly recommend. 'Animals and Beats' has a Kong!


http://paizo.com/store/byCompany/g/goodmanGames/roleplayingGames/4E/critterCache

Used their T-Rex (Tyrantfang Behemoth) and it was great fun!