Monster Specification

Velociraptors

Velociraptors

Typical Monster Level ("ML"): 4 to 11

Typical Number Encountered: 3d4

Usual Alignment(s): N/N, N/L, E/L, E/N

Description: bipedal, saurian reptiles, adapted for running, with long, low head with upturned snout, a long, stiffened tail and an enlarged sickle-shaped claw on each hindfoot (like the Velociraptors in Jurassic Park, rather than the smaller, feathered creatures they are now considered to have been metaly), hunting in packs

Habitat: Dungeons, Green Areas, Jungle and Wilderness Areas

Language: none

Chars: Co 3d8, Wp 3d6

Movement:

Rate Melee Travelling
Walk 4 ft/sec 2.5 mph
Scamper 8 ft/sec 5 mph
Lope 12 ft/sec 8 mph
Charge 24 ft/sec n/a

Fighter Abilities:

ML/3, FRU AMR    D = 25 + (5ML) %    RD = 5 + (5ML) %    5 + (5ML) HP

Attack Modes:

Claw @ A = 10ML %, DAM = d12

Bite @ A = 10ML %, DAM = 2d6

HitLoc Table:

HitLoc Area

Front

Side

Rear

Head

01 to 10

01 to 15

n/a
Neck 11 to 25 16 to 35 n/a

Forelegs (*2)

26 to 40

36 to 50

n/a

Chest

41 to 55

51 to 65

01 to 15

Abdomen

56 to 65

66 to 75

16 to 35
Hind Legs (*2) 66 to 100 76 to 110 36 to 70

Tail

n/a

111 to 140

71 to 100

ADS:

HitLoc Area

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0

Head

4 4 3 2 0 0 2 3 4 4
Neck 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3

Forelegs

4 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 4

Chest

3 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 3

Abdomen

3 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 3
Hind Legs 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 4

Tail

3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3

Effects of Specific Damage:

Hit Loc Area %age HP Damage taken Effects
Head 20% Unconscious, Co check vs Death
  40% Decapitation, Death
Neck 25% Co check vs Neck Crippled
  50% Neck Crippled, Co check vs Neck Severed (=Death)
  75% Neck Severed (=Death)
Forelegs (*2) 20% Co check vs Leg Crippled
  40% Leg Crippled, Co check vs Leg Severed
  60% Leg Severed
Chest 80% Incapacitated, Co check vs Death, Bleed 5%/min, Co check vs Bleed 5%/MR
  160% Death
Abdomen 60% Co check vs Death/MR, Bleed 5%/MR
  120% Death
Hind Legs (*2) 25% Co check vs Leg Crippled
  50% Leg Crippled, Co check vs Leg Severed
  75% Leg Severed
Tail 25% Co check vs Tail Crippled
  50% Tail Crippled, Co check vs Tail Severed
  75% Tail Severed

Bleeding effects from Crippling, Severance and Decapitation are as for People.  Tail bleeds like a Leg.

Thievish Abilities:

M on Th Activities:

Defensive ThL = ML/2, FRU

Other Abilities / Powers / Notes:

  1. Velociraptors are Reptilian and Saurian Monsters.
  2. Hunt in packs.
  3. Ferocious and carnivorous, but cunning, so will break off an attack if they are losing.

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