FREQUENCY: Rare ([Tropical Wilderness Mountains], [Tropical Wilderness Hills], [Tropical Wilderness Plains], [Tropical Wilderness Desert])
FREQUENCY: Rare ([Dungeon Level VI])
NO. APPEARING: 1-8
ARMOR CLASS: 5
MOVE: 6"
HIT DICE: 8
% IN LAIR: 80%
TREASURE TYPE: J-N <[J], [K], [L], [M], [N]>, [Q], C (magic)
NO. OF ATTACKS: 3 ~ 12
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 2-12/2-12/3-18
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Surprise on 1-4, bite and hold fast on a 20
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil
INTELLIGENCE: Animal
ALIGNMENT: Non-
SIZE: L (40' long) <13,000# ¹>
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: VI | 875 + 10

SAVES:

These huge reptiles are very aggressive carnivores,
usually inhabitating only warm regions.

Surprise on 1-4: While moving slowly, they hide
and quickly snatch at prey, surprising it on a 1-4.

They have long sharp
talons and teeth which inflict terrible wounds. Subdued prey is dragged
into the lizards' den to be devoured at leisure. Because of the mouth-size
of these creatures, a roll of 20 indicates a minotaur lizard attack has picked
up any creature of man-size and weight or less (7'or less, 300 pounds or
less) and has it fast in its mouth where it will be helpless to attack next
round, but where the lizard is certain to be able to bite the creature again.