Stegosaurus
FREQUENCY: Common
NO. APPEARING: 1-4
ARMOR CLASS: 4
MOVE: 12”
HIT DICE: 9
% IN LAIR: Nil
TREASURE TYPE: Nil
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 2-16
MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard
INTELLIGENCE: Animal
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
SIZE: L (20’ long, 8’ tall at the hips)
PSIONIC ABILITY: Nil
Attack/Defense Modes: Nil
Stegosaurus is a heavy four-footed
herbivore of wide distribution. Its most
outstanding feature is the double row of
upright bony plates that line its back.
Paleontologists are uncertain of the
plates, exact function; they seem to have
something to do with the creature’s bio-
logical heating/cooling system. They are
certainly placed too poorly to function
as armor, though they may provide some
slight protection against carnosaurs tal-
ler than stegosaurus. The four long
spikes on its tail provide a better de-
fense: when it is threatened, stegosaurus
hunkers down and slashes at its enemy
with its tail.
by Lawrence Schick