Monsters / Dinosaur, Deinonychus
Dinosaur, Deinonychus
CR 3 - 800 XP - N Medium Animal
Stat block
AC15 (touch 12, flat-footed 13)HP34 (4d8+16)SavesFort +8, Ref +6, Will +2Melee2 talons +5 (1d8+2),bite +5 (1d6+2), foreclaws +0 (1d4+1)Speed60 ft.AbilitiesStr 15, Dex 15, Con 19, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 14BAB / CMB / CMD+3 / +5 / 17Senseslow-light vision, scent; Perception +14Environmentwarm forests
Combat brain - every behavior cites its line (4 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.
pounce (from special_attacks)
special attacks: pounce - full attack (with rake) at the end of a charge
special attacks: pounce - full attack (with rake) at the end of a charge
pack-hunter (from lore)
As swift and agile as it is deadly, the deinonychus is a pack hunter, running with several of its kind to take down prey and rip it apart with their gutting talons.
As swift and agile as it is deadly, the deinonychus is a pack hunter, running with several of its kind to take down prey and rip it apart with their gutting talons.
scent-tracking (from senses)
senses: scent - hidden prey is found, not lost
senses: scent - hidden prey is found, not lost
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
pounce
From the entry
As swift and agile as it is deadly, the deinonychus is a pack hunter, running with several of its kind to take down prey and rip it apart with their gutting talons.
You can apply the young simple template to create statistics for smaller, more agile velociraptors. Conversely, you can either increase the deinonychus to Large size and its Hit Dice to 8 or simply apply the giant and advanced simple templates to create a formidable megaraptor.