Elephant Tower

Ultimate Equipment Guide II

Author Greg Lynch, J. C. Alvarez
Publisher Mongoose Publishing
Publish date 2005

Intended for use only on the largest of elephants and mammoths, the elephant tower is like a miniature keep lashed to the back of the beast. Occupying the entire back of the animal, an elephant tower is ten feet long and five feet wide, rising to a height of ten feet. There is a narrow platform on the inside of the elephant tower, mounted at a height of seven feet. The tower can accommodate a total of four Medium-size creatures, including the driver of the elephant, who always stands on the raised platform, facing the front of the beast.

The two men in the bottom of the elephant tower can peer out through a series of arrow slits cut into the side of the device, and obviously they may also fire arrows or spells through these openings. The cover they are granted by the elephant tower is nearly total, providing them with double the normal bonuses for cover (in other words, they receive an armour class bonus of +8 and a Reflex save bonus of +4). Further, they are considered to have the improved evasion ability (see PHB) against any attack to which the Reflex save bonus applies. The driver and the other man on top of the tower are considered to have normal cover bonuses. An elephant tower is constructed of heavy planks of hardwood, has a hardness of 5 and 20 hit points.

Elephant Tower: 250gp; 400 lb.