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Argentinosaurus

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ARGENTINOSAURUS
Pronounciation:
Ar-JENT-een-oh-SAWR-us ("silver lizard")
Role: Huge-Sized Sauropod
PL 12 (115)- Minion Rank 8, Sidekick Rank 23
Normal Version:
PL 10-11
STRENGTH 11 STAMINA 13 AGILITY -2
FIGHTING 8 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE -4 AWARENESS 1 PRESENCE -3

Skills:
Expertise (Survival) 3 (+4)
Intimidation 13 (+16 Size)
Perception 2 (+3)

Advantages:
Diehard, Improved Critical (Unarmed), Interpose, Power Attack, Takedown 2, Withstand Damage

Powers:
"Animal Senses" Senses 2 (Low-Light Vision, Acute Scent) [2]
Speed 1 (8 mph) [1]
"Long Neck & Tail" Reach 5 [5]

"Dino-Sized" Growth 11 (Str & Sta +11, +11 Mass, +5 Intimidation, -5 Dodge/Parry, +1 Speed, -11 Stealth) -- (50 feet) (Feats: Innate) (Extras: Permanent +0) [23]
Growth 12 (Str & Sta +12, +12 Mass, +6 Intimidation, -6 Dodge/Parry, +1 Speed, -12 Stealth) -- (48 feet) (Feats: Innate) (Extras: Permanent +0) [25]
Strength-Damage +5 [5]
Protection 3 (Extras: Impervious 17) [20]

"Tail Lash" Damage 12 (Extras: Area- 30ft. Burst) (24) -- [25]
  • AE: "Dinosaur Stampede!" Damage 12 (Extras: Area- 30ft. Shapeable) (Flaws: Limited to Movement Path) (12)
Offense:
Unarmed +8 (+16 Damage, DC 31)
Area Attacks +12 (+12 Damage, DC 27)
Initiative -2

Defenses:
Dodge +0 (DC 10), Parry +3 (DC 13), Toughness +16 (+9 Impervious), Fortitude +13, Will +8

Complications:
Disabled (Animal)- Dinosaurs cannot speak to humans, nor use their limbs to easily manipulate objects.
Weakness (Cold Climates)- The Age of Reptiles was a much hotter time period than our own. Creatures from that era will be more susceptible to Cold and Ice-based attacks.

Total: Abilities: 4 / Skills: 18--9 / Advantages: 7 / Powers: 81 / Defenses: 14 (115)

Era: Jurassic
Range: South America
Size: Up to 112 feet long
Encounter Groups: Groups
Tactics: Strike with tail and sheer size, attack in numbers
Same Stats As: Sauroposeidon, Ultrasaurus, Amphicoelias

-So I decided to go and stat up the largest Dinosaurs of all time. Really, though, it's hard to determine what truly counts, since after a certain point, all these buggers are pretty much known only by a single piece of vertebra or something. Amphicoelias is BY FAR the largest one so far discovered, despite having the lamest name (I wish they'd just use the "Ultrasaurus" name here, since it turns out that discovery was a mish-mash of stuff found and doesn't count anymore)- but it's single fossil evidence disappeared a century ago, and thus it's really hard for scientists to justify it now. That said, all these guys are pretty much alike after a certain point. Amphicoelias is kind of a super-sized Diplodocus (more than even Seismosaurus was), being extremely long instead of tall, like the Brachiosaurids are (Brachiosaurus, Giraffatitan & Sauroposeidon). It's at least 20 feet longer in most estimates than the next biggest set of mystery-giant-dinos, and much heavier.

-But even so, I went with Argentinosaurus. With some estimates coming it at 72 TONS, it's easily the heaviest known dinosaur to come from solid, 100% true evidence, which gives it a legitimacy Amphicoelias and the others lack. Sauroposeidon (a really large Brachiosaurid) possibly has the coolest name of the lot save Ultrasaurus, and he's mostly the same.

-Such a thing would make a perfect EPIC encounter with large animals in a Dinosaur-World or something like that. Brontosaurus (change the damn name, already! It's WAY cooler than Apatosaurus! Screw the rules of Paleontology!) & Brachiosaurus are great for your "first look" at the dinosaur kingdom (just watch the scene in Jurassic Park when they first see the Brachiosaurs if you don't believe me), but if you absolutely, positively HAVE TO show the party a herd of truly impressive monsters, show them these. 112 feet & 72 tons of Sauropod super-heavyweight. Not to mention a PL 12 ANIMAL, which is certainly unusual. Not even a T-Rex could bring one of these things down.

-Other Dinosaurs: Most of the names I just mentioned are slightly smaller, lower in PL versions of this animal, in not in breed, then in statistics. Supersaurus, Argentinosaurus, Seismosaurus, Giraffatitan, Sauroposeidon, etc. Time will tell which ones will "stick" (Paleontology should be notorious for creating a new species name every time they find a bone- half this crap is probably just the same damn animal).
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Raptors! Tyrannosaurus & Indominus Rex! Calvinosaurus! Sauropods!)

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In 2015 there was a study (Tschopp, Mateus, Benson) that showed that there really are some differences between Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus, enough that the latter really could be considered its own separate genus. However, the results of this study have not been universally accepted yet. Gamewise, I'd suggest using the same stats.
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Raptors! Tyrannosaurus & Indominus Rex! Calvinosaurus! Sauropods!)

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Here's my personal "cool" dinosaur story. At the Peabody Natural History museum in New haven, there's a Brontosaurus skeleton that had the wrong head. In the early 80s they got the right head and had a big event where they changed it and I got to watch. Being 6 years old at the time, it was the coolest thing I had ever seen.

http://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/26/nyreg ... -last.html
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Sea Reptiles

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AQUATIC REPTILES:
Reptiles once ruled both land AND sea, as various species developed fins and traveled back to the oceans from whence all life sprang. These creatures are often called "Dinosaurs", but are mostly unrelated to them. They include some rather small creatures, as well as some of the mightiest carnivores every created- much more deadly than T-Rex. There were three main types- Ichthyosaurs, Pliosaurs and Plesiosaurs. The former are dolphin-shaped and beaky, the second are short-necked and large-headed (and contain the smallest and the largest aquatic reptiles), and the latter are long-necked and small-headed. Once these three types fell away, then came the Mosasaurs- whale-like in shape, they were sort of like huge, extended monitor lizards. By far the most famous of any of these creatures would be the plesiosaur, Elasmosaurus- thought to be the Loch Ness Monster and other Lake Monsters (most of which weren't described as such until Plesiosaurs had been discovered, however). Both types are probably best known
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Ichthyosaurs

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OPTHALMOSAURUS
Pronounciation:
OPP-thal-mo-saurus ("eye lizard")
Role: Mid-Tier Underwater Creature
PL 6 (54)- Minion Rank 4, Sidekick Rank 11
Normal Version:
PL 4-5
STRENGTH 5 STAMINA 7 AGILITY 2
FIGHTING 4 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE -4 AWARENESS 1 PRESENCE -3

Skills:
Athletics 2 (+7)
Expertise (Survival) 3 (+4)
Intimidation 5 (+3 Size)
Perception 4 (+5)
Stealth 4 (+4 Size)

Advantages:
Fast Grab, Move-By Action

Powers:
"Animal Senses" Senses 3 (Low-Light & Extended Vision, Acute Scent) [3]

"Underwater Physiology"
Swimming 6 (30 mph) [6]
Movement 1 (Environmental Adaptation- Aquatic) [2]
Immunity 2 (Drowning, Pressure) (Flaws: Limited to Half-Effect) [1]

"Dino-Sized" Growth 2 (Str & Sta +2, +2 Mass, +1 Intimidation, -1 Dodge/Parry, -2 Stealth) -- (10 feet) (Feats: Innate) (Extras: Permanent +0) [5]
Strength-Damage +1 [1]

Offense:
Unarmed +4 (+6 Damage, DC 21)
Initiative +2

Defenses:
Dodge +5 (DC 15), Parry +5 (DC 15), Toughness +7, Fortitude +8, Will +4

Complications:
Disabled (Animal)- Ichthyosaurs cannot speak to humans, nor use their paws to easily manipulate objects.
Weakness (Cold Climates)- The Age of Reptiles was a much hotter time period than our own. Creatures from that era will be more susceptible to Cold and Ice-based attacks.
Weakness (Aquatic)- Aquatic reptiles are heavily-dependent upon the water. If left outside of it, the creatures will be unable to move, and quickly dehydrate.

Total: Abilities: 16 / Skills: 18--9 / Advantages: 2 / Powers: 17 / Defenses: 10 (54)

Era: Jurassic
Range: Europe & South America
Size: Up to 13 feet long
Encounter Groups: Unknown
Tactics: Sneak attacks with beaky mouth.
Same Stats As: Various Smaller Ichthyosaurs

-Ichthyosaurs (literally, "Fish Lizards") were the small fries of sea reptiles in dino-history. Again, not really dinosaurs but nonetheless being reptiles appearing alongside them, but seriously, how weird is it to see three different genera of animals all evolve the same way? Mammals (dolphins), Fish (sharks) and Reptiles (these guys) all pretty much have the same general profile- with big dorsal fins and two big flippers in front and all that. They're not too popular (except in that one town that found a bajillion of them in a quarry), but extremely common in dino-fiction as a background animal. Ophthalmosaurus here (known for it's giant eyes, hence the name- they're actually the biggest eyes of any vertebrate EVER) is among the middle range of the breed, with the rest usually being smaller, man-sized fish-shaped reptilians, or huge sea monsters. Curiously, fossils have proven that they can give birth to live young.

-Opthalmosaurus is mainly dangerous thanks to it's size- many regular dinosaurs would make short work of it. It's big, fast and capable of doing some damage, but it's only PL 5 on offense (it mostly eats fish and molluscs and junk- despite hunting like a Dolphin, it's less likely to nose-ram sharks into dust). It's defenses, however, are PL 6.

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ICHTHYOSAURUS
Pronounciation:
IKK-thee-oh-saurus ("fish lizard")
Role: Mid-Tier Underwater Creature
PL 6 (51)- Minion Rank 4, Sidekick Rank 11
Normal Version:
PL 4-5
STRENGTH 4 STAMINA 6 AGILITY 2
FIGHTING 4 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE -4 AWARENESS 1 PRESENCE -3

Skills:
Athletics 2 (+7)
Expertise (Survival) 3 (+4)
Intimidation 5 (+3 Size)
Perception 4 (+5)
Stealth 4 (+4 Size)

Advantages:
Fast Grab, Move-By Action

Powers:
"Animal Senses" Senses 3 (Low-Light & Extended Vision, Acute Scent) [3]

"Underwater Physiology"
Swimming 6 (30 mph) [6]
Movement 1 (Environmental Adaptation- Aquatic) [2]
Immunity 2 (Drowning, Pressure) (Flaws: Limited to Half-Effect) [1]

"Dino-Sized" Growth 1 (Str & Sta +1, +1 Mass, +0 Intimidation, -0 Dodge/Parry, -1 Stealth) -- (8 feet) (Feats: Innate) (Extras: Permanent +0) [3]
Strength-Damage +1 [1]

Offense:
Unarmed +4 (+5 Damage, DC 20)
Initiative +2

Defenses:
Dodge +5 (DC 15), Parry +5 (DC 15), Toughness +6, Fortitude +8, Will +4

Complications:
Disabled (Animal)- Ichthyosaurs cannot speak to humans, nor use their paws to easily manipulate objects.
Weakness (Cold Climates)- The Age of Reptiles was a much hotter time period than our own. Creatures from that era will be more susceptible to Cold and Ice-based attacks.
Weakness (Aquatic)- Aquatic reptiles are heavily-dependent upon the water. If left outside of it, the creatures will be unable to move, and quickly dehydrate.

Total: Abilities: 16 / Skills: 18--9 / Advantages: 2 / Powers: 15 / Defenses: 9 (51)

Era: Jurassic
Range: Europe & South America
Size: Up to 11 feet long
Encounter Groups: Unknown
Tactics: Sneak attacks with beaky mouth.
Same Stats As: Various Smaller Ichthyosaurs

-Ichthyosaurus, the namer for the entire "type", is actually one of the smallest examples, at only eleven feet long.
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Ceresiosaurus

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CERESIOSAURUS
Pronounciation:
SERR-ee-see-oh-saurus ("Ceresio's lizard")
Role: Low-Tier Underwater Creature
PL 5 (48)- Minion Rank 4, Sidekick Rank 11
Normal Version:
PL 4-5
STRENGTH 4 STAMINA 6 AGILITY 2
FIGHTING 3 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE -4 AWARENESS 1 PRESENCE -3

Skills:
Athletics 2 (+7)
Expertise (Survival) 3 (+4)
Intimidation 5 (+3 Size)
Perception 4 (+5)
Stealth 4 (+4 Size)

Advantages:
Fast Grab, Move-By Action

Powers:
"Animal Senses" Senses 3 (Low-Light & Extended Vision, Acute Scent) [3]

"Underwater Physiology"
Swimming 6 (30 mph) [6]
Movement 1 (Environmental Adaptation- Aquatic) [2]
Immunity 2 (Drowning, Pressure) (Flaws: Limited to Half-Effect) [1]

"Dino-Sized" Growth 1 (Str & Sta +1, +1 Mass, +0 Intimidation, -0 Dodge/Parry, -1 Stealth) -- (8 feet) (Feats: Innate) (Extras: Permanent +0) [3]
Strength-Damage +1 [1]

Offense:
Unarmed +3 (+5 Damage, DC 20)
Initiative +2

Defenses:
Dodge +4 (DC 14), Parry +4 (DC 14), Toughness +6, Fortitude +8, Will +4

Complications:
Disabled (Animal)- Ichthyosaurs cannot speak to humans, nor use their paws to easily manipulate objects.
Weakness (Cold Climates)- The Age of Reptiles was a much hotter time period than our own. Creatures from that era will be more susceptible to Cold and Ice-based attacks.
Weakness (Aquatic)- Aquatic reptiles are heavily-dependent upon the water. If left outside of it, the creatures will be unable to move, and quickly dehydrate.

Total: Abilities: 14 / Skills: 18--9 / Advantages: 2 / Powers: 15 / Defenses: 8 (48)

Era: Jurassic
Range: Europe & South America
Size: Up to 10 feet long
Encounter Groups: Unknown
Tactics: Sneak attacks with mouth.
Same Stats As: Various Smaller Ichthyosaurs

-Ceresiosaurus is a small nothosaurid, resembling a Plesiosaur but being much smaller.
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Plesiosaurs

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PLESIOSAURUS
Pronounciation:
PLEEZ-ee-oh-saurus ("near to a lizard")
Role: Low-Tier Underwater Creature
PL 5 (52)- Minion Rank 4, Sidekick Rank 11
Normal Version:
PL 4-5
STRENGTH 4 STAMINA 6 AGILITY 2
FIGHTING 4 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE -4 AWARENESS 1 PRESENCE -3

Skills:
Athletics 2 (+7)
Expertise (Survival) 3 (+4)
Intimidation 5 (+3 Size)
Perception 4 (+5)
Stealth 4 (+4 Size)

Advantages:
Fast Grab, Move-By Action

Powers:
"Animal Senses" Senses 3 (Low-Light & Extended Vision, Acute Scent) [3]

"Underwater Physiology"
Swimming 6 (30 mph) [6]
Movement 1 (Environmental Adaptation- Aquatic) [2]
Immunity 2 (Drowning, Pressure) (Flaws: Limited to Half-Effect) [1]

"Dino-Sized" Growth 1 (Str & Sta +1, +1 Mass, +0 Intimidation, -0 Dodge/Parry, -1 Stealth) -- (8 feet) (Feats: Innate) (Extras: Permanent +0) [3]
Strength-Damage +1 [1]
Reach 1 [1]

Offense:
Unarmed +4 (+5 Damage, DC 20)
Initiative +2

Defenses:
Dodge +4 (DC 14), Parry +4 (DC 14), Toughness +6, Fortitude +8, Will +4

Complications:
Disabled (Animal)- Ichthyosaurs cannot speak to humans, nor use their paws to easily manipulate objects.
Weakness (Cold Climates)- The Age of Reptiles was a much hotter time period than our own. Creatures from that era will be more susceptible to Cold and Ice-based attacks.
Weakness (Aquatic)- Aquatic reptiles are heavily-dependent upon the water. If left outside of it, the creatures will be unable to move, and quickly dehydrate.

Total: Abilities: 16 / Skills: 18--9 / Advantages: 2 / Powers: 16 / Defenses: 9 (52)

Era: Jurassic
Range: Europe & South America
Size: Up to 10 feet long
Encounter Groups: Unknown
Tactics: Sneak attacks with mouth.
Same Stats As: Various Smaller Ichthyosaurs

-The namer of all the Plesiosaurs, this one is a very small specimen, much like Ichthyosaurus is.

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ELASMOSAURUS
Pronounciation:
ee-LAZZ-moe-saurus ("thin plate lizard")
Role: Large Underwater Creature, Unseen Scottish Creature
PL 8 (72)- Minion Rank 5, Sidekick Rank 15
Normal Version:
PL 6-7
STRENGTH 7 STAMINA 9 AGILITY 0
FIGHTING 7 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE -4 AWARENESS 1 PRESENCE -3

Skills:
Expertise (Survival) 4 (+5)
Intimidation 11 (+11 Size)
Perception 5 (+6)
Stealth 10 (+5 Size)

Advantages:
Fast Grab, Improved Hold

Powers:
"Animal Senses" Senses 2 (Low-Light Vision, Acute Scent) [2]

"Underwater Physiology"
Swimming 4 (8 mph) [4]
Movement 1 (Environmental Adaptation- Aquatic) [2]
Immunity 2 (Drowning, Pressure) (Flaws: Limited to Half-Effect) [1]

"Seventy-Five Vertebrae"
Strength-Damage +1 (Feats: Reach 4) [5]

"Dino-Sized" Growth 5 (Str & Sta +5, +5 Mass, +2 Intimidation, -2 Dodge/Parry, -5 Stealth) -- (18 feet) (Feats: Innate) (Extras: Permanent +0) [11]
Strength-Damage +1 [1]
Protection 1 (Extras: Impervious 3) [4]

Offense:
Unarmed +6 (+7 Damage, DC 22)
Bite +7 (+9 Damage, DC 23)
Initiative +0

Defenses:
Dodge +4 (DC 14), Parry +6 (DC 16), Toughness +9, Fortitude +9, Will +5

Complications:
Disabled (Animal)- Plesiosaurs cannot speak to humans, nor use their paws to easily manipulate objects.
Weakness (Cold Climates)- The Age of Reptiles was a much hotter time period than our own. Creatures from that era will be more susceptible to Cold and Ice-based attacks.
Weakness (Aquatic)- Aquatic reptiles are heavily-dependent upon the water. If left outside of it, the creatures will be unable to move, and quickly dehydrate. Elasmosaurus will even be unable to support it's own head.

Total: Abilities: 14 / Skills: 30--15 / Advantages: 2 / Powers: 30 / Defenses: 15 (72)

Era: Jurassic
Range: Europe, Asia & North America
Size: Up to 46 feet long
Encounter Groups: Unknown
Tactics: Surprise attacks from below with projected head, biting away
Same Stats As: Mauisaurus, Styxosaurus, Other Plesiosaurs (most with less Growth)

-Elasmosaurus is the most famous and notable plesiosaur that we're all familiar with- their image is a common "Stock Dinosaur" (again, not really a dino, but y'know), and they're so popular that nearly all modern "Lake Monster" cryptids are now thought of by people to be modifications of plesiosaur types (after centuries of being standard serpents or other beasts- shows you how perceptions and memory can be warped by what you've been shown earlier in life). This is despite the fact that the fabled "swan neck" pose is impossible for one of these creatures- who were limited to strictly 'straight ahead' type poses.

-Despite it's awesomeness, Elasmosaurus is "only" PL 8, since it's mostly a skinny neck on a chubby swimmer's body. I wouldn't want to get bitten by one, though, especially because they have those super-gripping fish-biting teeth, and can bite you from REALLY far away. The makers of Dungeons & Dragons, anatomical geniuses of biology that they are (note: Sarcasm), suggested that these things can swallow human beings whole, but as they eat mainly fish and their heads are ultra-tiny, it's unlikely anyone other than Mini-Me is going to fit in there. A "Lake Monster" variant will likely add about a billion ranks of Stealth, or just the Concealment (Visual Senses) 4 (Flaws: Limited to Machines, Limited to Crap-Ass Grainy Images or Stuff That Looks Like Toys) Power.
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Tylosaurus

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TYLOSAURUS
Pronounciation:
TIE-loh-saurus ("knob lizard")
Role: Huge Underwater Creature
PL 10 (108)- Minion Rank 8, Sidekick Rank 22
Normal Version:
PL 9
STRENGTH 9 STAMINA 10 AGILITY 0
FIGHTING 7 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE -4 AWARENESS 0 PRESENCE -3

Skills:
Expertise (Survival) 5 (+5)
Intimidation 11 (+13 Size)
Perception 5 (+5)
Stealth 13 (+3 Size)

Advantages:
All-Out Attack, Fast Grab, Improved Critical (Bite) 2, Improved Hold, Power Attack, Startle

Powers:
"Animal Senses" Senses 1 (Low-Light Vision) [1]

"Underwater Physiology"
Swimming 5 (16 mph) [5]
Movement 1 (Environmental Adaptation- Aquatic) [2]
Immunity 2 (Drowning, Pressure) (Flaws: Limited to Half-Effect) [1]

"Dino-Sized" Growth 10 (Str & Sta +10, +10 Mass, +5 Intimidation, -5 Dodge/Parry, +1 Speed, -10 Stealth) -- (42 feet) (Feats: Innate) (Extras: Permanent +0) [21]
"Super-Body Ram" Damage 10 (Extras: Area- 30ft. Burst) [20]
Strength-Damage +3 [3]
Protection 2 (Extras: Impervious 9) [11]

Offense:
Unarmed +7 (+13 Damage, DC 28)
Area Attack +10 (+10 Damage, DC 25)
Initiative +0

Defenses:
Dodge +5 (DC 15), Parry +6 (DC 16), Toughness +12 (+5 Impervious), Fortitude +12, Will +6

Complications:
Disabled (Animal)- Mosasaurs cannot speak to humans, nor use their paws to easily manipulate objects.
Weakness (Cold Climates)- The Age of Reptiles was a much hotter time period than our own. Creatures from that era will be more susceptible to Cold and Ice-based attacks.
Weakness (Aquatic)- Aquatic reptiles are heavily-dependent upon the water. If left outside of it, the creatures will be unable to move, and quickly dehydrate.

Total: Abilities: -2 / Skills: 34--17 / Advantages: 7 / Powers: 64 / Defenses: 22 (108)

Era: Late Cretaceous
Range: North America
Size: Up to 50 feet long
Encounter Groups: Probably solitary
Tactics: Fast approach followed by lethal bite
Same Stats As: Mosasaurus, Liopleurodon (sadly not really 85 feet long)

-You know this era was terrifying to live in when this isn't even nearly the largest creature in the waters. Mosasaurs were another common oceanic predator, being big, tough, four-flippered reptiles with long tails. They look cool, and very much like the not-related-at-all Basilosaurus (which is actually a primitive WHALE properly called "Zeuglodon"), but for some reason, they never show up as much as the other underwater reptiles of the time period. Perhaps they just don't look iconic and recognizable enough- they're rather featureless- just long-headed eating machines on flippers, whereas the Ichtyosaurs have those giant eyes, dorsal fins and long beaks, and Plesiosaurs have the long Nessie-necks. Tylosaurus is huge as all hell, but is STILL about thirty feet shorter than most Zeuglodons (from whom I retro-graded to get this build). Tylosaurus is a mighty PL 10 super-predator, doing enough damage to kill pretty much any modern-day creature short of the Sperm Whale (who is almost ALL head, and is thus more hardcore than the longer, sleeker, smaller-mouthed Tylosaur). Some of these suckers were found in fossil-form with TWENTY-FOOT SHARKS inside of them!
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Liopleurodon

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LIOPLEURODON
Pronounciation:
lie-PLOOR-o-don ("smooth-sided teeth")
Role: Aquatic Nightmare Fuel
PL 11 (123)- Minion Rank 9, Sidekick Rank 25
Normal Version:
PL 10
STRENGTH 11 STAMINA 13 AGILITY -2
FIGHTING 7 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE -4 AWARENESS 0 PRESENCE -3

Skills:
Expertise (Survival) 5 (+5)
Intimidation 14 (+18 Size)
Perception 5 (+5)
Stealth 13 (+3 Size)

Advantages:
All-Out Attack, Fast Grab, Improved Critical (Bite) 3, Improved Hold, Power Attack, Startle

Powers:
"Animal Senses" Senses 2 (Low-Light Vision, Acute Scent) [2]

"Underwater Physiology"
Swimming 5 (16 mph) [5]
Movement 1 (Environmental Adaptation- Aquatic) [2]
Immunity 2 (Drowning, Pressure) (Flaws: Limited to Half-Effect) [1]

"Dino-Sized" Growth 13 (Str & Sta +13, +13 Mass, +6 Intimidation, -6 Dodge/Parry, +1 Speed, -13 Stealth) -- (75 feet) (Feats: Innate) (Extras: Permanent +0) [27]
"Super-Body Ram" Damage 11 (Extras: Area- 30ft. Burst) [22]
Strength-Damage +4 (Feats: Penetrating 6) [10]
Protection 2 (Extras: Impervious 13) [15]

Offense:
Unarmed +7 (+15 Damage, DC 30)
Area Attack +11 (+11 Damage, DC 26)
Initiative -2

Defenses:
Dodge +4 (DC 14), Parry +5 (DC 15), Toughness +15 (+7 Impervious), Fortitude +13, Will +6

Complications:
Disabled (Animal)- Plesiosaurs cannot speak to humans, nor use their paws to easily manipulate objects.
Weakness (Cold Climates)- The Age of Reptiles was a much hotter time period than our own. Creatures from that era will be more susceptible to Cold and Ice-based attacks.
Weakness (Aquatic)- Aquatic reptiles are heavily-dependent upon the water. If left outside of it, the creatures will be unable to move, and quickly dehydrate.

Total: Abilities: -8 / Skills: 34--17 / Advantages: 8 / Powers: 84 / Defenses: 22 (123)

Era: Cretaceous
Range: Europe & Central America
Size: Up to 85 feet long
Encounter Groups: Probably solitary (dear god I hope so... you should totally have a dozen of them fight your heroes, though)
Tactics: Fast approach followed by lethal bite
Same Stats As: Shastasaurus (69 feet)

-Tragically, this titanic creature is more a creation of the BBC's "Walking With Dinosaurs" than a real thing- the real Liopleurodon was about 49 feet long- huge, but not the 85-feet that WWD would have you believe. But I statted one up anyways, because that is AWESOME. Either way, these suckers are kings of the seas, capable of killing absolutely ANYTHING else that has ever existed on this Earth. And seriously, imagine coming across this thing. Not only is it full of teeth, capable of fast acceleration (if not chasing speed), etc., but it's also so insanely large that it could actually HUNT AND EAT TYRANNOSAURS. If you're doing a sea-based campaign, you simply MUST have one of these. Very few things could possibly be as terrifying as an 85-foot undersea reptilian hunter that can smash up dinosaurs in combat. Hell, having one of these at his beck and call would actually make AQUAMAN cool for once!

-Also, wanna see something funny? Check the Discussion portion of Liopleurodon's Wikipedia page. Apparently there's a non-stop horde of dorks trying to place "Charlie the Magic Unicorn" and it's brief appearance of the Magic Liopleurodon on a "Pop Culture" portion of the article. Truly the internet is a strange, weird place.
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Re: Calvinosaurus

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CALVINOSAURUS
-Who didn't love Calvin + Hobbes? Seriously, if you meet anyone who didn't, you should immediately kill them to prevent them from breeding. The death sentence you get will be worth it. This was one of my favourite strips from the series from when I was a kid, for the obvious reason of having DINOSAURS in it- not just Dinosaurs, but an Allosaurus-type Carnosaur so big that the 70-ton ULTRASAURS were basically bite-size snacks. How is that NOT the greatest thing you've ever seen? He practically makes Godzilla look like a wiener by comparison.

-Yeah, this thing is a match for any of the Kaiju I've ever statted up. It's a Growth 19 super-monster that can wipe out PL 10 Sauropods like they're nothing. No frills, no cheap gimmicks or even a Breath Weapon like many giant monsters: it's just a massive eating machine with a Bite stronger than most Heralds of Galactus' best attacks.
Greatest...Dinosaur....Ever!

God I miss Calvin and Hobbes. I'm going to have to go dig out my old books and reread them.
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Raptors! Tyrannosaurus & Indominus Rex! Calvinosaurus! Sauropods!)

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Calvin & Hobbes is, to me, the ultimate culmination of humans as a species. I would use it to prove to aliens that humanity deserved to exist.

And that's it for the Dinosaurs! Next up, some on-theme reposts for Dino-Riders, with some additional notes for the toys.
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Dino-Riders

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DINO-RIDERS:

-When I was a young Jab, there was only ONE cartoon and toyline that I could have called my favourite, and that one is Dino-Riders.

-Dino-Riders is another Merch-Based 1980s cartoon, this one from TYCO Toys. What sets it apart from the pack is that if features ALIENS FIGHTING IN LASER WARS WHILE RIDING GIANT ARMOURED DINOSAURS. It's like the grab-bag of every single sweet thing in the history of sweetness, and was so awesome an idea that it almost couldn't fail.

And yet... it disappeared. Difficulties in selling the toys and producing a TV series apparently weighed it down against the overwhelming nature of the other '80s toy franchises (Transformers, G.I. Joe, and The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles make a hard act to follow for boys' stuff), and it soon went away. Part of the issue, too, was that the TV series wasn't really that great. While it had the single greatest core concept of any of the shows (combining lasers with dinosaurs), it suffered from using WAY too many of the Standard 1980s Cartoon Tropes and Stereotypes- you had your Brave Noble Hero Who Was The Best At Everything, The Cruel Abusive Villain, The Ambitious Underling Villain, The Science Guy, The Wise Old Guy, The Chick, The Impetuous Young Hero, The Kid, and more. Using the same old voice actors as most shows didn't help (though watching Jem's Eric Raymond as Questar the "Optimus Prime" of the good guys was a hoot), especially with Peter Cullen basically playing Ironhide again, and Krulos being voiced by Frank Welker in his "Doctor Claw/Darkseid" voice.

The best thing about the whole franchise was the excellent toyline. I mean, these things were BEAUTIFUL. The humanoid figures were pretty small for scale purposes, but detailed enough to be decent, but the dinosaurs were so accurate they were later used for a Smithsonian Museum toyline for educational purposes- and they were REALLY detailed with the colours, the skins, and even the armatures on them! Some were better than others, from the super-detailed T-Rex to the cheap-ass Ankylosaurus, but as a whole, the toyline is one of the best ones ever made. Even some of the Dinos that most toylines half-ass or ignore got done well (there's a GREAT Struthiomimus model). And they don't just stick to the popular toys- where else are you going to see Placerias, Edmontonia and Entelodont so well-represented?

Since it was an '80s toyline, you had your different "tiers" for different characters (nowadays they tend to release multiple sizes so that even the poor kids can have an "Optimus Prime", but here, the only way to get the main dinos was to shell out the big bucks)- the toyline was dominated at first by the Tyrannosaurus Rex and Diplodocus, then had the Triceratops/Stegosaurus Tier, then some smaller bipeds, smaller Ceratopsians, then the Deinonychus/Struthiomimus Tier, the Flyers, and a few other random smaller ones. What's amazing is that they actually went REALLY far outside the box for "Traditional Dinosaur Species"- this was pre-Jurassic Park, so it was still "Deinonychus", not "Velociraptor", but the whole Big Six (T-Rex, Sauropod, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Raptor) is showcased in its entirety. But then they throw in Stegosaurus' relative Kentrosaurus, use a Saurolophus instead of the more recognizable Parasaurolophus as the line's only hadrosaur, add FIVE MORE CERATOPSIANS to the mix, then throw in friggin' Dimetrodon, PLACERIAS, and more! This is one of the few times you'll ever see Quetzalcoatlus in any form of fiction, and DEFINITELY the only time you'll see an Edmontonia!

The only "Big Names" left out of the mix are at-best mid-tier, with Parasaurolophus, Iguanodon, and the lower-tier Theropods taking a backseat, as well as any aquatic reptiles getting left out. The latter makes quite a bit of sense, as despite the toys likely being ultra-rad (Ichthyosaurs would be iffy "Riding Steeds", but Elasmosaurus or Tylosaurus would have been AWESOME), writers ALWAYS hate adding "Aquatic Anything" to a campaign story- watch how many times the girls used their animal forms in Visionaries for proof of that, never mind how often writers complained about having to adjust the story so that Aquaman could do something back in the day. I WOULD have liked to have seen the mid-tiers like Allosaurus or Carnotaurus in there, though- a smaller theropod would be cheaper for poorer kids, and still probably look awesome, without being obscure.

Other Dinos "left out" include ones that would later become famous or recognized, such as Spinosaurus (known, but pre-Jurassic Park III), Utahraptor (not discovered yet) and Therizinosaurus (then known only for its claws, and then they found out it was a mere plant-eater and rather goofy-looking). Though it should be noted that the series was INTENSELY anachronistic, like most works involving Dinosaurs- they tend to throw every single famous species out there at once because it's easier than taking a "snapshot" of one specific era, but it's always amusing for Paleontologists (professional and amateur alike) to watch T-Rex interacting with Stegosaurus, since we know that more time separates THEM than separates T-Rex from HUMAN FREAKING BEINGS. Never mind the frickin' DIMETRODONS, which are hundreds of millions of years before us on the scale of time! And then of course they find Ice Age mammals in another time, all living alongside each other.

The toys typically feature one Dinosaur, one humanoid figure (Valorian or Rulon), a removable chunk of armour/weaponry for the dino, and a horde of tiny, easily-losable plastic pieces (lasers, red caps for the lasers, ladders to allow the guys to climb into the dinos... which was actually a pretty neat touch if you think about it- most toys would just leave you thinking "how the hell is he supposed to GET ON?"). Larger sets (Triceratops and up) would include both a "walking" function (a battery-devouring ability to swing the legs in a clumsy, rolling "walk") and usually an extra figure or two (only three dinos came with three figures). They also released a series of 2-packs of humanoids to fill seats, usually recolours of other figures that were given different names. Valorians were generally boring humans with blue outfits and silver necklaces, while the Rulons were animal-headed people of various "obviously evil" animals like Ants, Snakes and Hammerhead Sharks, lest we mistake them for good guys. Only a few of the latter would be of different species, like the rare Croc, Skate and Lokus.

The sizes of the dinosaurs could be a bit... random, as some were ITTY-BITTY compared to the real thing (Ankylosaurus was barely bigger than a riding pony, while the real-life version is upwards of thirty feet long). And never mind how the characters actually RODE some of them- T-Rex could easily carry a rider (not that anyone would be crazy enough to try that...), but Dimetrodon is in NO WAY strong enough to carry a human around on a saddle attached to its back-sail, and never mind how a pterosaur can fly with a human rider that easily equals its own weight. Thankfully since it's a cartoon we don't have to care- it's just funny to point these things out.
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Re: Dino-Riders

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Jabroniville wrote: Fri Jan 26, 2018 2:08 am And never mind how the characters actually RODE some of them- T-Rex could easily carry a rider (not that anyone would be crazy enough to try that...),
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Re: Sea Reptiles

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Jabroniville wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2018 8:29 pm AQUATIC REPTILES:
thought to be the Loch Ness Monster and other Lake Monsters (most of which weren't described as such until Plesiosaurs had been discovered, however).
So, have you ever made the 10-11 hour road trip to Okanagan Lake to see Ogopogo?
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Raptors! Tyrannosaurus & Indominus Rex! Calvinosaurus! Sauropods!)

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Good lord, man, slow down! That's like the entire dinosaur kingdom in 2-3 days!!! It's going to take me the rest of the week just to review and back comment!!! :shock:
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