Monsters / Crocodile, Dire
Crocodile, Dire
CR 9 - 6,400 XP - N Gargantuan Animal
Stat block
AC21 (touch 6, flat-footed 21)HP138 (12d8+84)SavesFort +15, Ref +8, Will +8Meleebite +18 (3d6+13/19-20 plus grab) and tail slap +13 (4d8+6)Speed20 ft., swim 30 ft.; sprintAbilitiesStr 37, Dex 10, Con 25, Int 1, Wis 14, Cha 2BAB / CMB / CMD+9 / +26 / 36Senseslow-light vision; Perception +14Environmentwarm rivers and marshes
Combat brain - every behavior cites its line (5 rules)
Built only from this entry: stat-block special attacks, the printed Int score, the creature type, its feats and senses, and the behavioral prose of its own description. Nothing invented - an uncited behavior is a test failure.
trip (from special_attacks)
special attacks: trip - free CMB to drop the foe on a hit
special attacks: trip - free CMB to drop the foe on a hit
grapple-grab (from melee)
melee: bite +18 (3d6+13/19-20 plus grab) and tail slap +13 (4d8+6) - grab rides the hit
melee: bite +18 (3d6+13/19-20 plus grab) and tail slap +13 (4d8+6) - grab rides the hit
swallow (from special_attacks)
special attacks: swallow whole - a grabbed, smaller foe can be gulped down
special attacks: swallow whole - a grabbed, smaller foe can be gulped down
bruiser (from abilities)
abilities: Str 37 over Dex 10 - plant and full-attack, soak the hits
abilities: Str 37 over Dex 10 - plant and full-attack, soak the hits
strikes-first (from feats)
feats: Improved Initiative - it moves before you do
feats: Improved Initiative - it moves before you do
On-hit riders and breath
trip3d6+13
swallow whole3d6+13
From the entry
The immense sarcosuchus, or dire crocodile, is an enormous predator capable of catching and eating prey as large as the largest dinosaurs.