SRD:Tyrannosaurus

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TYRANNOSAURUS

Size/Type:	Huge Animal
Hit Dice:	18d8+99 (180 hp)
Initiative:	+1
Speed:	40 ft. (8 squares)
Armor Class:	14 (–2 size, +1 Dex, +5 natural), touch 9, flat-footed 13
Base Attack/Grapple:	+13/+30
Attack:	Bite +20 melee (3d6+13)
Full Attack:	Bite +20 melee (3d6+13)
Space/Reach:	15 ft./10 ft.
Special Attacks:	Improved grab, swallow whole
Special Qualities:	Low-light vision, scent
Saves:	Fort +16, Ref +12, Will +8
Abilities:	Str 28, Dex 12, Con 21, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 10
Skills:	Hide –2, Listen +14, Spot +14
Feats:	Alertness, Improved Natural Attack (bite), Run, Toughness (3), Track
Environment:	Warm plains
Organization:	Solitary or pair
Challenge Rating:	8
Treasure:	None
Alignment:	Always neutral
Advancement:	19–36 HD (Huge); 37–54 HD (Gargantuan)
Level Adjustment:	—

Despite its enormous size and 6-ton weight, a tyrannosaurus is a swift runner. Its head is nearly 6 feet long, and its teeth are from 3 to 6 inches in length. It is slightly more than 30 feet long from nose to tail.

Combat

A tyrannosaurus pursues and eats just about anything it sees. Its tactics are simple—charge in and bite.

Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, a tyrannosaurus must hit an opponent of up to one size smaller with its bite attack. It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. If it wins the grapple check, it establishes a hold and can try to swallow the foe the following round.

Swallow Whole (Ex): A tyrannosaurus can try to swallow a grabbed opponent of up to two sizes smaller by making a successful grapple check. The swallowed creature takes 2d8+8 points of bludgeoning damage and 8 points of acid damage per round from the tyrannosaurus’s gizzard. A swallowed creature can cut its way out by using a light slashing or piercing weapon to deal 25 points of damage to the gizzard (AC 12). Once the creature exits, muscular action closes the hole; another swallowed opponent must cut its own way out.

A Huge tyrannosaurus’s gizzard can hold 2 Medium, 8 Small, 32 Tiny, or 128 Diminutive or smaller opponents.

Skills: A tyrannosaurus has a +2 racial bonus on Listen and Spot checks.

See Wikipedia Entry: Tyrannosaurus

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