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)
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).