Dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus Rex
This ravenous creature is the most fearsome of all carnivorous dinosaurs. It eats almost anything it can sink its teeth into and spends a great deal of its time scavenging for carrion and chasing smaller carnivores away from their kills.
Despite its enormous size and 6-ton weight, a tyrannosaurus is a swift runner. Its head is nearly 6 feet long, and its teeth are from 3 to 6 inches in length. It is slightly more than 30 feet long from nose to tail.
Source(s): 3.5E Monster Manual I, 3E Monster Manual I, Forgotten Realms (MC3),Menace Manual, Expert Boxed Set, 1E Monster Manual 1, Hollow World Campaign Setting, Rules Cyclopedia, Monstrous Manual
| Tyrannosaurus | |
| Size/Type | Huge animal |
| Hit Dice | 18d8+99 (180 hp) |
| Initiative | +1 |
| Speed | 40 ft. (8 squares) |
| Armor Class | 14 (-2 size, +1 Dexterity, +5 natural), touch 9, flat-footed 13 |
| Base Attack/Grapple | +13/+30 |
| Attack | Bite +20 melee (3d6+13) |
| Full Attack | Bite +20 melee (3d6+13) |
| Space/Reach | 15 ft./10 ft. |
| Special Attacks | Improved grab, swallow whole |
| Special Qualities | Low-Light Vision, Scent |
| Saves | Fort +16, Ref +12, Will +8 |
| Abilities | Strength 28, Dexterity 12, Constitution 21, Intelligence 2, Wisdom 15, Charisma 10 |
| Skills | Hide -2, Listen +14, Spot +14 |
| Feats | Alertness, Improved Natural Attack (bite), Run, Toughness (3), Track |
| Environment | Warm plains |
| Organization | Solitary or pair |
| Challenge Rating | 8 |
| Treasure | None |
| Alignment | Always neutral |
| Advancement | 19-36 HD (Huge); 37-54 HD (Gargantuan) |
| Level Adjustment | – |
Combat
A tyrannosaurus pursues and eats just about anything it sees. Its tactics are simple’-“charge in and bite”
Improved Grab (Ex) : To use this ability, a tyrannosaurus must hit an opponent of up to one size smaller with its bite attack. It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. If it wins the grapple check, it establishes a hold and can try to swallow the foe the following round.
Swallow Whole (Ex) : A tyrannosaurus can try to swallow a grabbed opponent of up to two sizes smaller by making a successful grapple check. The swallowed creature takes 2d8+8 points of bludgeoning damage and 8 points of acid damage per round from the tyrannosaurus’s gizzard. A swallowed creature can cut its way out by using a light slashing or piercing weapon to deal 25 points of damage to the gizzard (AC 12). Once the creature exits, muscular action closes the hole; another swallowed opponent must cut its own way out.
A Huge tyrannosaurus’s gizzard can hold 2 Medium, 8 Small, 32 Tiny, or 128 Diminutive or smaller opponents.
Skills
A tyrannosaurus has a +2 racial bonus on Listen and Spot checks