FREQUENCY: Uncommon
NO. APPEARING: 1-10 or 1-2
ARMOR CLASS: 5
MOVE: 22?, to 15?,
HIT DICE: 8 to 18
NO, OF ATTACKS: 3 (claw/claw/bite)
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1-4/1-4/3-24 to 0/0/5-50
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Swallow whole
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil
INTELLIGENCE: Animal
SIZE: L (15? to 40? long)
Carnosaurs are saurischian dinosaurs and
may be found in any
period of the Mesozoic. Examples include
Tyrannosaurus and
Allosaurus. Carnosaurs may be as
small as a grizzly bear or bigger
than a bull elephant. They are bipedal,
with a large head and a
mouthful of sharp teeth, a short but flexible
neck, a stout body, a
long tail, and powerful hind legs. The
arms and front claws are
relatively small. Their senses are keen,
and very little escapes
their attention. Carnosaurs may wade into
water in pursuit of prey.
They often follow herds of herbivorous
dinosaurs, but are
always on the lookout for small edible
items such as human-sized
animals. Carnosaurs vary with size as
follows:
| MOVE: | 15" | 15" | 12" | 12" | 12" |
| HIT DICE: | 8-10 | 11-12 | 13-14 | 15-16 | 17-18 |
| DAMAGE: | 1-4/1-4/3-24 | 1-4/1-4/3-30 | 1-3/1-3/3-36 | 1-3/1-3/4-40 | 1-3/1-3/4-48 |
| SIZE: | L(15-20) | L(21-25) | L(26-30) | L(31-35) | L(36-40) |
The smaller carnosaurs under 13 HD are
swifter and may be
found in groups of 1-10, while the larger
sorts hunt singly or in
pairs. Any carnosaur with 15 HD or more
can swallow size S or M
prey whole in one bite. Some carnosaurs
have bumps and crests
on their heads, and one kind even has
a sail-like fin running down
its back (perhaps for temperature control),
but none of these
variations affect combat. A few carnosaurs
(including Tyrannosaurus) have arms that are so small and poorly
positioned as to be virtually useless, but these are provided with especially
large
mouths. They bite as if they were one
size class larger (17 and 18
HD individuals bite for 5-50 points) but
have no effective claw
attack. They are called tyrannosaurids,
after their most famous
member.