FREQUENCY: Uncommon
NO. APPEARING: 1 or 1-20
ARMOR CLASS: 6
MOVE: 18" to 21"
HIT DICE: 1 to 7
NO. OF ATTACKS: 3 (claw/claw/bite)
DAMAGE/ATTACK: up to 1-4/1-4/2-12
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Rear claws
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil
INTELLIGENCE: Animal
SIZE: S to L (6 to 13' long)
Deinonychusaurs are saurischian dinosaurs from the Cretaceous.
They are close relatives of coelurosaurs
but are more heavily
built, with a shorter neck, a larger and
more powerful mouth,
and a huge sharp claw on the second toe
that serves as a sort of
switchblade for slicing and stabbing prey.
Deinonychusaurs may
be found singly or in packs. All but the
smallest deinonychusaurs
are prone to attack man-sized creatures
that they encounter.
These swift predators vary with size as follows:
| MOVE: | 18" | 18" | 21" | 21" | 21" | 21" |
| HD: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6-7 |
| DAMAGE: | 1-3/1-3 (1-4) | 1-2/1-2/1-4 (1-4/1-4) | 1-3/1-3/1-6 (2-5/2-5) | 1-3/1-3/1-8 (2-7/2-7) | 1-4/1-4/1-10 (2-8/2-8) | 1-4/1-4/2-12 (2-12/2-12) |
| SIZE: | S(6) | M(7) | M(8) | M(9) | M(10) | L(11-13) |
The rear-claw attacks are listed in brackets,
since they only take
place if all front-claw attacks hit. The
smallest sort of deinonychosaur is given a single attack representing the
front claws and
another representing the rear claws.