Eucladoceros

Large Beast, Unaligned

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Armor Class 14 (natural armor)
Hit Points 85 (10d10 + 30)
Speed 60 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
20 (+5)	14 (+2)	16 (+3)	2 (–4)	14 (+2)	7 (–2)

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Saving Throws Str +7, Con +5
Skills Perception +4
Senses passive Perception 14
Languages —
Challenge 4 (1,100 XP)
Proficiency Bonus +2

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Traits

Charge. If the eucladoceros moves at least 20 feet straight toward a target and then hits it with a Gore attack on the same turn, the target takes an extra 9 (2d8) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.

Keen Hearing and Smell. The eucladoceros has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing or smell.

Sure-Footed. The eucladoceros has advantage on Strength and Dexterity saving throws made against effects that would knock it prone.

Rutting Instinct. When the eucladoceros is reduced to half its hit points or fewer, it has advantage on saving throws against being frightened, and its Gore attack deals an extra 3 (1d6) piercing damage.

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Actions

Multiattack. The eucladoceros makes one Gore attack. If the target is prone, it makes one Hooves attack against that target.

Gore. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target.
Hit: 14 (2d8 + 5) piercing damage.

Hooves. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one prone creature.
Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) bludgeoning damage.

Sweeping Rack (Recharge 5–6). The eucladoceros sweeps its massive branching antlers in a wide arc. Each creature of its choice within 10 feet must make a DC 15 Strength saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 13 (3d8) bludgeoning damage and is pushed up to 10 feet away from the eucladoceros. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage and isn’t pushed.

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Tactics

The eucladoceros prefers open woodland and forest edges where it has space to maneuver. It begins combat with a full-speed charge, attempting to knock a foe prone before trampling it. If surrounded, it uses Sweeping Rack to clear space before repositioning. Outside rutting periods, it disengages and flees when seriously wounded; once bloodied, however, it fights with fierce territorial resolve.

Eucladoceros

CR 4
XP 1,200
N Large animal
Init +2; Senses low-light vision, scent; Perception +9

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DEFENSE

AC 17, touch 11, flat-footed 15 (+2 Dex, +6 natural, –1 size)
hp 45 (6d8+18)
Fort +8, Ref +7, Will +4
Defensive Abilities sure-footed

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OFFENSE

Speed 60 ft.

Melee gore +9 (2d6+7), 2 hooves +4 (1d8+3)

Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft. (10 ft. with gore)

Special Attacks powerful charge (gore 3d6+10), sweeping rack

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STATISTICS

Str 24, Dex 15, Con 17, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 9
Base Atk +4; CMB +12; CMD 24 (28 vs. trip)
Feats Endurance, Power Attack, Run
Skills Perception +9, Survival +6
Racial Modifiers +4 Perception
SQ rutting fury

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ECOLOGY

Environment temperate forests and plains
Organization solitary, pair, or herd (3–12)
Treasure none

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SPECIAL ABILITIES

Powerful Charge (Ex) When a eucladoceros charges, its gore attack deals 3d6+10 points of damage instead of 2d6+7.

Sweeping Rack (Ex) As a full-round action, a eucladoceros can sweep its massive, many-branched antlers in a 10-foot-radius arc. Creatures in this area must succeed at a DC 17 Reflex save or take 2d8+7 bludgeoning damage and be pushed 5 feet directly away from the eucladoceros. The save DC is Strength-based.

Sure-Footed (Ex) A eucladoceros gains a +4 racial bonus to CMD against trip attempts.

Rutting Fury (Ex) When reduced to half its hit points or fewer, a eucladoceros gains a +2 morale bonus on attack and damage rolls and saving throws against fear effects for the remainder of the encounter.

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DESCRIPTION

This towering stag stands over seven feet at the shoulder, its muscular frame crowned by an immense lattice of branching antlers that spread like a living thicket of bone. Unlike broad-palmed elk, its rack rises in layered forks, each tine sharpened through years of ritual combat.

Though herbivorous and generally wary, a eucladoceros becomes fiercely territorial during mating season. Rival males clash with thunderous impacts that echo across woodland valleys, splintering saplings and churning earth beneath their hooves. Predators that attempt to single out calves often find themselves impaled or hurled aside by a sudden, devastating charge.

Eucladoceros

The oversized antler array of this large deer is comb like, with numerous tines.

Originally Posted by Shade of the En World forums.

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The eucladoceros, or “bush-antlered deer”, sports up to a dozen tines per pedicle in its bushlike antler array.

Larger versions of eucladoceros are known to exist, and use the dire stag statistics.

An eucladoceros is 8 feet long, stands almost 6 feet tall at the shoulder, and sports a rack of antlers 5-1/2 feet wide. It weighs about 1,000 pounds.

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Eucladoceros
Large animal
Hit Dice	3d8+3 (16 hp)
Initiative	+1
Speed	50 ft. (10 squares)
Armor Class	13 (-1 size, +1 Dexterity, +3 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 12
Base Attack/Grapple	+2/+8
Attack	Hoof +4 melee (1d8+2)
Full Attack	2 hooves +4 melee (1d8+2)
Space/Reach	10 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks	–
Special Qualities	Dire, Low-Light Vision, Scent
Saves	Fort +4, Ref +4, Will +4
Abilities	Strength 14, Dexterity 12, Constitution 13, Intelligence 2, Wisdom 13, Charisma 6
Skills	Hide +3, Listen +5, Spot +4
Feats	Alertness, Endurance
Environment	Cold forests, hills, and mountains
Organization	Solitary or herd (3-12)
Challenge Rating	2
Treasure	None
Alignment	Always neutral
Advancement	–
Level Adjustment	–

COMBAT

An eucladoceros prefers to flee threats, but will fight fiercely when backed into a corner or if its young or mate is threatened. Eucladoceros often charge opponents with their antlers.

Dire (Ex): It is considered to be a dire animal for the purposes of determining saving throws.

Skills: Eucladoceros have a +4 racial bonus to Hide checks.

Originally appeared in Dragon Magazine #167 (1991).