Giganotosaurus

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This massive, bipedal reptile is formidable both in size and armament. Its front arms are somewhat small for its body, but are still quite muscular and end in large talons. Yet it is the creature’s head that is most terrifying: over six feet long, it possesses stubby horns over the eyes and a mouth full of razor-sharp teeth.

The giganotosaurus represents the pinnacle of the dinosaurian food chain. It’s a massive predator, capable of inflicting terrible wounds with its teeth.

The giganotosaurus fears nothing, simply because there isn’t much that can threaten it without being eaten. Although they are powerful predators, they aren’t above scavenging for food. Giganotosauruses often travel in small family groups, lead by a dominant male.

A giganotosaurus typically measures fifty feet long from head to tail, and stands about twelve feet high at the hip. They can weigh up to eight tons.

Combat

Giganotosauruses often hunt in pairs or small groups and use cunning tactics.

A favoured tactic finds two or more giganotosauruses charging into the midst of their chosen prey and flushing them towards the others who lurk at the edge of the a nearby forest in ambush.

Against single opponents, a giganotosaurus uses its formidable special attacks to grab, pin and swallow victims with shocking speed.

Improved Grab (Ex) To use this ability a giganotosaurus must hit an opponent of up to one size smaller than itself 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 or pin the foe the following round.

Pinning (Ex) A giganotosaurus can pin a grabbed opponent of up to two sizes smaller than itself to the ground with one of its feet by making a successful grapple check.

The pinned creature takes 2d6+21 points of bludgeoning damage per round and cannot move as long as the pin persists. The giganotosaurus gains a +4 circumstance bonus on attack rolls to hit a pinned target with its bite. A giganotosaurus can only pin one creature at a time.

Swallow Whole (Ex) A giganotosaurus can try to swallow a grappled opponent of up to two sizes smaller than itself by making a successful grapple check.

The swallowed creature takes 2d8+8 points of bludgeoning damage plus 8 points of acid damage per round from the giganotosaur’s digestive juices. A swallowed creature can cut its way out of the giganotosaurus’s gizzard by using a light slashing or piercing weapon to deal 35 points of damage to the giganotosaur’s gizzard (Armour Class 14).

Once the creature exits, muscular action closes the hole; another swallowed opponent must again cut its own way out.

The giganotosaurus’s stomach can hold two Large, eight Medium-sized, thirty-two Small or one hundred and twenty-eight Tiny or smaller opponents.

Wounding Bite (Ex) A giganotosaurus’s teeth are razor-sharp and slice through flesh with shocking ease. Its bite naturally threatens a critical hit on a 19-20 and inflicts triple damage on a successful critical hit. In addition, a creature critically hit by a giganotosaurus’s bite takes 2 points of Constitution damage from the terrible nature of the wound.

Keen Scent (Ex) A giganotosaurus can detect creatures by scent in a 180 foot radius.

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