FREQUENCY: Common
NO. APPEARING: 1-100
ARMOR CLASS: 6
MOVE: 12" to 18"
HIT DICE: 1 hp to 12 HD
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1 (gore or bite)
DAMAGE/ATTACK: Nil to 3-24
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Charge, trample
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil
INTELLIGENCE: Animal
SIZE: S to L (3' to 30' long)
Ceratopsians are ornithischian
dinosaurs from the Cretaceous
period, varying in size from as small
as a sheep to as big as a mastodon. They crop vegetation with their horny
beaks. Examples
include Triceratops
and Styracosaurus. A ceratopsian
has a huge
head, characterized by a bony frill which
anchors the powerful
neck and jaw muscles and which may only
be visible on skulls.
The edges of the frill may be bumpy or
spiked, and the head is
commonly horned, with up to three different
horns (one over
each brow and/or one on the nose). Ceratopsians
vary with size as
follows:
| MOVE: | 12" | 12" | 12" | 12" | 15" | 18" | 18" | 15" | 15" |
| HIT DICE: | 1 hp | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4-6 | 7-9 | 10-12 |
| DAMAGE: | Nil | 1 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 1-6 | 2-8 | 2-12 | 2-16 | 2-20 |
| SIZE: | S(to 3) | S(4) | M(5) | M(6) | M(7-8) | L(9-10) | L(11-15) | L(16-20) | L(21-30) |
A ceratopsian attacks either with a bite
from its massive, powerful
beak or a thrust of its horns. In ordinary
melee, either attack
inflicts the same damage. Hornless ceratopsians
can inflict damage
equal to a bite on impact if they charge,
while those with horns
inflict double damage if they charge.
Charging ceratopsians have
the same AC as ones in ordinary melee,
unlike most other
creatures. Ceratopsians vary a great deal
in the size and shape of
the head-frill and in the placement of
the horns, but only the
presence or absence of horns affects combat.
About 90% of those
species with under 3 HD and 10% of those
with 3 HD or more are
hornless.