Monsters / Tiger
Tiger
CR 4 - 1,200 XP - N Large Animal
Stat block
AC14 (touch 11, flat-footed 12)HP45 (6d8+18)SavesFort +8, Ref +7, Will +3Melee2 claws +10 (1d8+6 plus grab), bite +9 (2d6+6 plus grab)Speed40 ft.AbilitiesStr 23, Dex 15, Con 17, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6BAB / CMB / CMD+4 / +11 / 23Senseslow-light vision, scent; Perception +8Environmentany forests
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.
grapple-grab (from melee)
melee: 2 claws +10 (1d8+6 plus grab), bite +9 (2d6+6 plus grab) - grab rides the hit
melee: 2 claws +10 (1d8+6 plus grab), bite +9 (2d6+6 plus grab) - grab rides the hit
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
territorial (from lore)
Tigers are usually the top animal predators in their territories, and have been known to kill bears, crocodiles, giant snakes, wolves, and even other great cats.
Tigers are usually the top animal predators in their territories, and have been known to kill bears, crocodiles, giant snakes, wolves, and even other great cats.
bruiser (from abilities)
abilities: Str 23 over Dex 15 - plant and full-attack, soak the hits
abilities: Str 23 over Dex 15 - 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
rake1d8+6
pounce1d8+6
From the entry
Tigers stand more than 3 feet tall at the shoulder and are about 9 feet long. They weigh from 400 to 600 pounds.
Tigers are usually the top animal predators in their territories, and have been known to kill bears, crocodiles, giant snakes, wolves, and even other great cats. Even humanoids are far from safe, especially in cases where a tiger has developed a taste for humanoid flesh. Tigers prefer terrain with plenty of cover and proximity to water as their hunting grounds.
While the tiger itself is a fearsome predator, its strength and ferocity pales in comparison to that of the larger dire tiger. Known to many scholars as the smilodon and to tribal societies as the saber-toothed tiger, the dire tiger is invariably one of the region's top predators. Its defining feature is a pair of huge incisors that hang down like fearsome knives from the upper jaw, protruding menacingly even when th...