Giants in the Earth (5e)
Footsteps that shake the earth. Bodies so massive they splinter ancient redwoods as they pass. Venom more deadly than a cobra's¸ scaly armor that can shrug off grenades and laughs at bullets¸teeth and spines sharp enough to tear through a tank's armor or disembowel a mammoth in a single swipe. Dinosaurs are every child's favorite monster for a reason: they are impressive in a way that few other monsters can ever hope to match. The dinosaurs in this book might share a name with the creatures in the Monster Manual¸ D20 Modern Core Rulebook or Menace Manual¸ but they are very different beasts. These dinosaurs are smarter¸ tougher and more vicious. In accordance with current paleontological theory¸ these dinosaurs are fast moving¸ agile saurians which marry the strength and endurance of reptiles with the craftiness and voraciousness of mammals. These dinosaurs are pack hunters and watchful parents¸ not slow witted¸ lumbering behemoths. Dinosaurs are grouped by phenotype¸ organizing them into groups with similar physical traits¸ without regard to evolutionary relationships or place in the geological time line. This book's dinos have unique abilities with little basis in reality: chameleonic skin¸ acidic blood¸ henomenal regenerative abilities among others¸ all included to add variety to what would otherwise be a very consistent set of monster stat blocks. However¸ most of the abilities found among this books dinosaurs are similar to abilities displayed by living animals who fill similar ecological niches in the modern world; more fantastic abilities are simply ‘scaled up' versions of real world animal abilities. These monstrous behemoths are all members of the Animal type- a creature type I have new respect for after completing the project. As such¸ they can be inserted into almost any D20 campaign. There's no weird magic or especially unusual powers here to mess with your game's sense of reality¸ just teeth longer than your forearm. (Oh¸ by the way¸ since everything in this book is an Animal¸ if you're playing a Druid and you don't don't start wild shaping into every dino in this book¸ you're playing the wrong way!) Enjoy. ; More Products from Skortched Urf' Studios...