Diprotodon, Giant Wombat

The giant wombat, known to sages as ‘diprotodon’, is a massive marsupial herbivore the size of a hippo. These lumbering beasts are normally docile, but they are also highly territorial, and unwary travelers can easily run afoul of their powerful digging claws and giant gnawing incisors. Giant wombats are grazing animals that favor a diet of large seeds and tubers. Like camels, they have large stores of fat that help them survive in their arid habitat. Female diprotodons give birth to a single joey every few years that grows inside its mother’s protective pouch until it is old enough to care for itself. Giant wombats are capable of burrowing through loose soil, but prefer to do so only to escape from their few predators. Giant wombats are known mainly from their fossils and most sages believe them to be extinct. However, hazy reports from the ‘lost’ continent suggest that these marsupials still live there, and may be hunted by the native humans.

Originally posted on THE CREATURE CHRONICLE

GIANT  WOMBAT (Diprotodon)

CR: 5 XP: 1,600 N Large animal Init: +0; Senses: Low-Light Vision, Scent; Perception +11

DEFENSE

AC: 18, touch 9, flat-footed 18 (-1 size, +9 natural) hp: 59 (7 HD) Fort +9, Ref +5, Will +5

OFFENSE

Speed: 40 ft., burrow  10 ft. Melee: Bite +10 (1d8+5), 2 claws +11 (1d8+5) Space: 10 ft.; Reach: 5 ft. Special Attacks: Trample (1d8+7, DC 18)

STATISTICS

Strength 21, Dexterity 10, Constitution 18, Intelligence 2, Wisdom 13, Charisma 5   Base Atk: +5; CMB: +11; CMD: 21 (25 vs. trip) Feats: Endurance, Improved Natural Attack (claw), Iron Will, Skill Focus (Perception) Skills: Perception +11, Survival +4

SPECIAL ABILITIES

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ECOLOGY

Environment: Warm plains and deserts Organization: Solitary or pair Treasure: None