Chalicotheres: Clawed Horsebeasts of the Eocene!

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Posted by Handy Haversack
2/22/2016 1:11 pm
#1

Well and but so Ms. Haversack and I hit the American Museum of Natural History over the weekend. The whooping crane remains North America's stateliest bird. The titanosaur is freaking big. But the most crying out for engamizing is the chalicothere. These things once roamed North America in herds! And people say the country is dangerous *now* . . .

Chalicothere
No. Encountered: 1d4 (4d6)
Alighnment: Neutral
Size: L
Movement: 30
Dex: 10
Armour Class: 7
Hit Dice: 3+1
No. of Attacks: 2 (claw / claw)
Damage: 1d8 / 1d8
Saving Throw: 15
Morale: 7
Experience Points: 75
Treasure Class: --

These ungulates, related to tapirs, horses, and rhinos, evolved in the Eocene Period and are extant in many of the forests and steppes of Hyperborea. Unlike most herbivorous ungulates, chalicotheres have long, curving claws on their front front feet. Most of the chalicothere's weight is carried on its powerful hind legs, and they are occasionally seen sitting back on their haunches. They use their claws to reach tender leaves on high branches but mainly for defense. Encounters will be with a family unit or a larger herd.

Dead chalicotheres are prized by necromancers for their excellent adaptability as skeletons.





 

 
Posted by Ghul
2/22/2016 2:27 pm
#2

Very suitable for Hyperborea, I think!


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Posted by lige
2/28/2016 10:42 pm
#3

Anyone read "Pliocene Exile" books by Julian May?  A pretty entertaining series overall - and not totally inapplicable to a Hyperborean campaign.  Anyway the main riding beast in the books is the chalicothere.

 
Posted by Handy Haversack
2/29/2016 10:55 am
#4

A friend of mine mentioned those books recently, but I have never read them.

 
Posted by Ghul
2/29/2016 5:01 pm
#5

Sounds cool, lige!


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