Prehistoric Monsters

Original Document: Salvatore Cucinotta, with contributions from Sunlessnick of the Eden Studios Board.

Images and Species: BBCs Walking With Dinosaurs, Walking With Beasts, Walking with Monsters, Walking
with Cavemen, Allosaurus: a Walking with Dinosaurs Special, Land of the Giants: A Walking with Dinosaurs
Special, The Giant Claw: A Walking with Dinosaurs Special, Chased by Sea Monsters: A Walking with Dinosaurs
Special, Prehistoric Park, The Internet (among such sites as Wikipedia and the Speculative Dinosaur Project
(Website lost, so proper credit cannot be given) and the artists Charles R. Knight and Deviant Artist avancna.

Editing, Layout and Other Considerations: Salvatore Cucinotta

Dedication: C. J. Carella, for sharing Unisystem with the world; Jason Vey for introducing me to the concept of
Netbook creation; The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia for supporting my love of the past as well as
allowing me to volunteer with them as part of my research; and the great folks at the Eden Studios Message Boards,
because theyre the ones who will use it!

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CJ CARELLAS WITCHCRAFT is a Trademark of CJ Carella under exclusive license of Eden Studios. All
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be sold for profit under any circumstances. Obligatory CYA Statement: The animals may be real, but these
descriptions are simplifications and in some cases extrapolations of the actual creatures for the purposes of a role-
playing game. Any other use is not intended or wise.
 Chapter 1
Paleontology
Introduction
Since the coining of the word in 1842 by Sir Richard
Owen, Dinosaurs have become the greatest icons of
prehistory. The word ascribes massive power and
majesty, as well as sluggishness and ineptness. So
powerful are the dinosaurs that they have eclipsed all
other prehistoric life. Few people know about
Indrocotherium. Fewer still know of the powerful
predatory Gorgonops. And only a handful can look at
an Anamalocharis and realize that it is not the
fanciful creation of a science fiction author, but an
actual creature that lived, breathed and died on this
planet. This supplement for Unisystem games hopes
to introduce all of these magnificent creatures to the
gamer. They are weird and wonderful animals that
can inspire, capture awe and, most importantly, give
a director new obstacles for the cast to encounter or
be torn apart by in an ambush.
What You Need to Use This Supplement
To use this supplement effectively, you need to own
several Unisystem products already. The most
important of these would be a copy of Terra Primate.
Several qualities and drawbacks used for intelligent
apes equally apply to other forms of life. Some of the
new qualities and drawbacks directly reference Terra
Primate. A copy of Witchcraft or Armageddon would
not hurt either for some sections involving magic and
spirits. All Flesh Must Be Eaten and its supplements
have application to certain sections of the book.
Cinematic conventions are also dealt with directly in
the book, so a copy of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
RPG, Army of Darkness or Ghosts of Albion would The First Eden (1987)
help with those sections, but are not as requirement Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives (1989)
as Terra Primate is. Life of Plants (1995)
Life of Birds (1998)
Inspirational Material Walking With Dinosaurs (1999)
Allosaurus: a Walking with Dinosaurs Special (2000)
Prehistoric Life has been committed to film hundreds Walking With Beasts (2001)
of times, but this supplement aims for a more Land of the Mammoth (2001)
scientific and realistic view of prehistoric life to share Blue Planet (2001)
with the reader. Listed here are the most famous, Life of Mammals (2002)
infamous, odd, accurate and influential films and Walking with Cavemen (2003)
books about Prehistoric Life yet produced. Land of the Giants: A Walking with Dinosaurs
Special (2003)
Also included are documentaries on natural life that The Giant Claw: A Walking with Dinosaurs Special
aid in any understanding of animal life and their (2003)
habitats: modern or prehistoric. Chased by Sea Monsters: A Walking with Dinosaurs
Special (2003)
Films and Television Dinosaur Planet (2003)
The Lost World (1925) Ancient Monster Hunters (2004)
King Kong (1933, 2005) Walking with Monsters (2005)
Son of Kong (1933) Life in the Undergrowth (2005)
Fantasia (1940) Planet Earth (2006)
One Million BC (1940) Life in Cold Blood (2008)
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) Jurassic Fight Club (2008)
The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956) Evolve (2008)
The Land Unknown (1957) Prehistoric Monsters Revealed (2008)
Dinosaurus! (1960)
One Million Years BC (1964) Books
The Valley of Gwangi (1969) The Young Oxford Book of the Prehistoric World by
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) Jill Bailey and Tony Seddon
The Land that Time Forgot (1971) The Dinosaur Heresies by Robert T. Bakker
Creatures the World Forgot (1971) Hunting Dinosaurs by Louie Psihoyos with John
The Land of the Lost (1974, 1991) Knoebber
Planet of the Dinosaurs (1979) The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Prehistoric
Dinosaur (1980) World edited by Douglas Palmer et al.
Caveman (1981) Dinosaurs: A Global View by S. & S Czerkas
Quest for Fire (1981) Animal edited by David Burnie & Don E. Wilson.
Legend of the Dinosaurs a.k.a. Dinosaur: Legend of The World Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric
the Strange Bird (1983) Creatures by Dougal Dixon
Iceman (1984) Dinosaurs: the Most Complete, Up-To-Date
Dinosaur! (1985) Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages by
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985) Thomas R. Hotlz
Jurassic Park (1993)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) Fiction
The Lost World (2001) Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
Raptor Island (2004) The Lost World by Author Conan Doyle
Prehistoric Park (2007) Raptor Red by Robert T. Bakker
Primeval (2007) At the Earths Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs
10,000 BC (2008) The Land that Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Documentary and Docu-Drama Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
The Animal World (1956)
 Chapter 2
Paleozoology
Introduction Creature Building Qualities and
Drawbacks
This section of the supplement covers creature
building, but its not to say that there cannot be Some qualities from Terra Primate need to be read to
characters with some of the qualities and drawbacks. understand some of the write-ups. The qualities from
Be they some alien being or supernatural beast, these that book are not included here. There are also
qualities are meant to reflect the natural world more alterations to existing qualities.
than the world of magic, monsters and aliens in some
RPG campaigns. Also are rules for Spirits for use in Before the main qualities can be discussed, however,
Armageddon or Witchcraft. the subject of Size must be taken into account:
Size (2 point quality per distance from 5)
Size Rating Numbers Hit Bonus
12 Titanic 441-900ft/136-275m
11 Gargantuan 211-440ft/66-135m
10 Colossal 101-210ft/31-65m
9 Monstrous 51-100ft/15-30m
8 Vast 16-50ft/5-15m
7 Huge 10-15ft/3-5m
6 Large 7-10ft/2-3m
5 Human 5-6ft/1.5-2m
4 Small 3-4ft/1-1.4m
3 Petite 1-3ft/30cm-1m
2 Tiny 6 inches/15cm
1 Minute < 5 Inches/15cm
0 Diminutive <1 Inch/2.5cm
The Endurance formula for the new beast is also
altered. It is equal to the life point formula but with a
-1 to the multiplier. Size is generally considered the
length of the torso, head and limbs. Tails and
extremely long necks are not included.
The damage and targeting modifiers are only viable
in comparison to humans. Stats will be done in
accordance with base creature as zero (d4). Damage
between the size variants is increases in the damage
rolled by +1 per size differential until +4. It is
reduced for smaller animals to a minimum of 1 point
of damage. This also applies to firearms. In
Cinematic Games, the increased damage does not
apply until sizes reach 3 steps from human on the
large end, but not on the smaller end.
Giant Enemy Examples: A crab pinches
Mark. Mark is a regular human (size 5),
and the crab is rather large (size 3). Its
claws deal d6+1 damage on average.
Because of the size difference between the
two, the crab has a +2 to hit. The crab
gets 4 success levels on the hit, adding
another +1 to the damage rolled, but
because of the size difference, the crab
can deal only d6 damage. The crab rolls
a 4, dealing 4 slash/stab (which doubles
to 8). Mark may have just lost a finger.
A second Giant Crab (size 6) attacks
Mark (Size 5). It has a -1 to hit because of
the size difference, but still manages to
gain 3 success levels in his attack. Mark is
real unlucky, because the crab rolls d6 x 5
Base Life Point Formula Weight/Example
4 (Strength + Constitution) x8 +10 100 thousand tons/Ghidrah
4 (Strength + Constitution) x7 +10 10 thousand tons/Godzilla
4 (Strength + Constitution) x7 +10 100 tons/Blue Whale
4 (Strength + Constitution) x6 +10 48 tons/Large Whale
3 (Strength + Constitution) x6 +10 7 tons/Elephant
2 (Strength + Constitution) x5 +10 2.5 Tons/Rhino, Hippo
1 (Strength + Constitution) x5 +10 1000 pounds/Gorilla, Elk
0 (Strength + Constitution) x4 +10 400 pounds/Humans, Deer
-1 (Strength + Constitution) x3 +10 110 pounds/Sheep, Dog
-2 (Strength + Constitution) x2 +10 50 pounds/Beaver
-3 Strength + Constitution +5 5 pound/Rats, Rabbits
-4 Strength + Constitution <1 pound/Mice, Big Insects
-4 (Strength + Constitution)/2 <1 Ounce, Insects
for its claw attack normally, but because
of the size difference, rolls (d6+1) x 5
against Mark. The crab rolls a 3, so the
damage is 4 x 5 (20) slash/Stab (doubles
to 40). Mark may have lost an arm or both
his legs.
Jumping and Metabolism are also altered by size.
Smaller animals have a higher metabolism than larger
ones, each size below 5 grants a +1 bonus to
initiative, but increases how much they must eat
each day (see: Resistance: Hunger/Thirst below).
Sizes can effects targeting as well. Small animals
have an easier time hitting bigger animals (+1 per
difference), and big animals, unless hitting with a
weapon that is very large (directors discretion, it is
suggested to modify it based on the dice size), have a
-1 per size difference to hit a smaller animal. If the
large animal throws its entire weight into the attack,
however (IE: charges), this is negated.
Size also helps determine how much damage is taken
from falling. Increasing it in large animals (Size 6
animals add +1 to the damage increment rolled, Size
7 grants +2 to the damage increment, etc). Small
animals are less affected by gravity. Size 4 animals
take d6 (3) damage per 2 yards fallen. Size 3 animals
take damage every 3 yards fallen, size 2 every 4
yards fallen, size 1 animals take damage every 5
yards fallen, size 0 animals take damage every 10
Yards fallen.
If a player wishes to incorporate a strength bonus
regarding size, refer to the Cinematic chart and alter
the quality cost accordingly. This is not a scaling and the crab is rather large (size 3). Its
level, but a flat rate based on the final size of the claws deal 4 damage on average. The
character. crab gets 4 success levels on the hit,
totaling in 8 slash/stab damage. Mark
Size in Cinematic is much simpler, without altering may have just lost a several fingers!
the life point table, instead, lesser size adds bonuses
to dodge and reductions in strength when they are A second Vast Crab (size 8) attacks Mark
small, and reversing that when they are large. This (Size 5). It has a -1 to hit because of the
small size grants a positive bonus to dodge size difference, but still manages to gain 3
(Acrobatics) and Stealth (Crime) rolls as well as a success levels in his attack. Mark is real
negative bonus to Strength. The reverse holds to large unlucky, because the crab deals 4 x 20
sizes. Strength cannot be brought below 0. And the (bought as 3 x Strength, increased by 1
Dodge/Stealth bonus/detriment cannot go above 5. due to size). 80 slash/stab damage is dealt
Size also grants a bonus or detriment to life points to markhed better spend some drama
and, at certain sizes, can increase a base damage to survive this!
multiplier of a given natural attack.
Aggressive (2 point Drawback)
In the table below, sizes 4 and below have a positive
bonus to dodge, but a negative to strength. The Some animals are extremely aggressive. Differing
reverse holds for sizes 6 and above. from the Terra Primate drawback, this animal, when
confronted with a Fight or Flight reaction, will almost
Size Bonus LP Dam. Multiplier Cost always choose fight, even when its brain should tell it
12 +50/+5 +1000 +5 330 to run. Wolverines are an example of this kind of
11 +30/+5 +500 +4 195 animal. If this animal is not happy or scared it lets the
10 +16/+5 +250 +3 75 world know and tells it to keep clear.
9 +9/+5 +120 +2 22
8 +5 +60 +1 15 Alternate Primary Sense (6 Point Quality)
7 +3 +30 0 3
6 +1 +10 0 1 Animals do not have the same view of the world as
5 +0 +0 0 0 humans do. Compare to most animals, humans are a
4 +1 +0 0 0 sight/sound-dominated species and lack in many
other sensesespecially smell. Many animals are in
3 +3 -10 0 -2
fact dominated by smell over sight or by touch over
2 +5 -15 0 -3
sight. Other animals are dominated by hearing as
1 +5 -16 0 -4
their primary sense; finally, many animals are
0 +5 -17 0 -5 colorblind to a degree or completely. This greatly
effects how they perceive and thus interact with the
Animals size 2, 1 and 0 deal damage in an odd way. world, but even Blind animals are only slightly
Instead of using the base damage multiplied by hindered in completing the every-day tasks of living.
strength, they tend to only deal SL damage on
average. The cart below covers their damage, though When this quality is purchased, a sense other than
their notation would be as if they were normal sight is chosen and that sense becomes the
animals. primary way an animal interacts with the world.
All perception tasks with that sense gain a +5
D4(2) D6(3) D8(4) D10(5) D12(6) bonus which stacks with acute senses. A GM
Size 2 SL SL +1 SL+2 SL+3 SL+4 should describe things in terms of that sense.
Size 1 SL/2 SL SL+1 SL+2 SL+3 Only one sense may be chosen to be affected by
Size 0 SL/3 SL/2 SL SL+1 SL+2 this quality.

Creatures with actual strength scores at those sizes
(which would not be natural in any way) would
simply add their strength scores to any damage dealt
per SL.
Giant Enemy Examples: A crab pinches
Mark. Mark is a regular human (size 5),
Example Animals that rely on other senses
primarily include:
Smell/Taste Dogs, Bears, Antsmost animals,
really (Humans have very poor senses of smell)
Touch: Rodents (whiskers), Spiders (Blind web
spinners)
Hearing: Bats, Whales
Many of them further augment their abilities with
qualities such as Echo-Location, Whiskers,
Antennae or Lateral Lines
The range of this alternative sense is a radius based
on the maximum size value of the animal times 5.
For example, a size 4 animal would have a basic
range of 20ft. Medium and long ranges are twice and
four times this base number.
Amphibious (2 or 3 point quality)
Amphibious animals are able to breathe both air and
water. The two point version allows them to breathe
air and water freely, as long as the water is fresh.
Many fish with this ability simply take gulps of air to
supplement their normal breathing. The three point
version allows them to breathe in salt water as well.
Gills are sensitive organs and allow chemicals to
enter the body more readily than other organs.
Anti-Freeze Blood (5 point quality, Prerequisite:
Cold Blooded)
Anti-Freeze blood allows animals normally chilled to
the core by their surroundings to be semi-active.
Glacial and arctic fish, as well as high-mountain
arthropods have this quality. Animals that also have
the Hibernation quality can be frozen solid in their
hibernation states and survive thawing out. Toads,
Frogs and Weta are examples of this.
Archaic (4-9)
This is a drawback more for Ape men than animals.
This represents the limits of their social and
technological sophisticalor, rather, the lack thereof.
Ghost of Albion has more advanced versions of this
drawback. This is for more primitive societies than
are found here, before workings of metal. Since the
20th century, society and technology have advanced
exponentially, and thus would add a -1 or -2 to the
drawbacks listed here when dealing with the 20th
Century (and people from the early parts of the 20 th
Century or Victorian era would have such a
drawback as well). This would apply to both social
situations and technology but, in some cases (like
with computers) would double. This adds 1 or 2 to
the Drawbacks total cost listed. In general, they add
the drawbacks total as a negative when dealing with
technology or society more complex than their own.
Of course, all things being relative, a Neolithic man
would understand Bronze Age technology better than
they would 20th century technology--use the
difference in the drawback number as the negative
when such situations arise (or youre playing a game
where a Caveman is brought to classical Greece).
Bronze Age The starting of modern technology.
This is the era of the first cities in Mesopotamia,
Egypt and Greece during the Trojan Wars until the
time of Alexander or so. Blades and armor are made
of Bronze instead of iron or steel (though some
Bronze Age civilizations in China have Chrome-
Plated Bronze swords). This is a 4 point Drawback in
the Victorian era, or a 6 point drawback in modern
times.
Neolithic Neolithic or New Stone Age represents
the most advanced culture in this book. These
characters make their tools from stone, but the tools
are easily recognizable today. People of the Neolithic
may often be hunter-gatherers, but Farming is known
as well as the domestication of many animals
(including, eventually, Horses). Pottery, the most
primitive use of the softest metals in their tools and
jewelry (as they also learned to polish stones), bows,
and canoes represent the limits of their technological
advancement. This is a 5 point Drawback in
Victorian times or a 7 point Drawback today.
Paleolithic Age The Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
is more primitive than the Neolithic. Dogs become
domesticated around this time. Stone tools including
knives, grinders and spears are added to the hand-ax
(as well as the regular ax). Fire is mastered in this
era, and these are the first people to leave Africa.
This is a 6 or 8 point drawback, depending on the
timeframe used.
Pre-Paleolithic Age The Stick Age, characters
with this drawback have family-centric social
understandings (Theres me, theres you, theres
father, theres mother, theres mates, theres rivals.
Thats it). Technologically, the stone Hand-ax is the
most advanced weapon they can comprehend.
Wooden or bone spears and clubs are the other
known weapons. These people have yet to master
fire. This is a 7 point drawback in the Victorian era,
and a 9 point drawback in the Modern era.
Armor (1 point per level)
Many animals are gifted with skin that is resistant to
abrasions and even the claws of over animals. These
levels vary from animal to animal and manifest in
different ways. Some soft-bodied animals have a
form of armor that grants 2 points of natural armor
against blunt attacks, but not sharp ones. This costs 1
point. Below are a list of armor types and their
maximums. If the armor only covers a limiter area of
the body, the value drops by 1 point in total. If the
animal can retract into their armor (like a turtle), it
adds 1 point to the total cost of the armor. In the
write-ups below, the type of armor is not usually
specified. It can be assumed from attached images
what type of armor is being used. Arthropods all have
plate armor. Very small animals (Size difference of
4 or more) can worm their way into the gaps between
armors if given the chance and can dig pincers or
other mouths to suck blood or otherwise bite the
softer parts. Armor can also be gained from sheer
thickness of skin or layers of blubber but the chart
below gives an idea of how the scaling works.
Skin: Skin is the simplest form of armor, and cannot
go above 4 levels.
Scale s: All animals with scales, even the simplest
ones, have an armor value of at least 1. Scales fold
over or line up with each other to form a protection
against the elements and predators. The maximum
armor value for simple scales is 5.
Scutes: Scutes are advanced scales that are Keratin
surrounding boney stud. Crocodiles have this type of
armor. This armor value ranged from 4 to 8.
Boney Scutes: The thickest forms of scutes are those
of extremely armored crocodiles (usually the smaller
species), Komodo dragons and some prehistoric
animals such as early armored dinosaurs. Boney
scutes provide an armor value ranging from 6 to 10.
Boney Dots: Some animals do not have scale-
covered scutes, but little beads of bone imbedded in
their skin. This armor can be as effective as chain
mail, but without the loss of strength to bullets. These
dots provide an armor value of 8 to 15.
Bone Plates: Boney Plates are the thickest form of
armor available in the natural world. Turtles,
Ankylosaurs and Glyptodons have this type of armor.
It ranges between 8 and 20 or more, but can go
above. Boney plates are rather fragile, however, and
are treated as Metal armor when confronted with
bullets. Arthropods have the same basic type of
armor, but it is usually much less than boney plate.
Asexual Reproduction (10 or 5 point quality)
These animals can create copies of themselves. All
copies are effectively clones of the original (though
they share none of the memories or skills). There are
two types of asexual reproduction. One perfectly
mimics normal reproductive methods of the
speciessome even involve pseudo-sexual acts to
stimulate the creation of such a clone. This costs 5
points.
The other method of asexual reproduction is budding.
These buds are copies that grow out of the body of
the original and upon reaching birthing size and age,
break off from the host. The difference being that the
bud can communicate and feed on its own as well as
borrow nutrients from the parent. This costs 10 points
as the parasite may, at the directors discretion,
participate along with the parent in interacting with
its environment.
Backup Organs (1 point per level)
Some animals have multiple hearts or other organs.
For one point per level, an organ is chosen (Heart,
Kidney, Stomach, and Liver) and the character has 1
extra of these organs. This reduces the damage
multiplier to said organ by 1 per level. The brain is
the only organ which cannot be replicated.
Example: The Professor has been shot in the lung!
But he might just make it, as he has a second set
below the first. So instead of taking 15 x 3 damage
from being shot to , he takes 15 x 2 which is still
enough to hurt, but more survivable.
Battery Teeth (1 point quality)
Battery teeth are the ultimate system to devour food.
Teeth are constantly being lost and replace. This can
be a hassle, but think of the money made from the
tooth fairy. Many modern mammals do not have this
quality, and die after their second set of teeth is worn
out.
Big Gulp (3, 4 or 5 Point quality)
Some animals have really big mouths or have jaws
with a double hinge, or even jaws that can detach
from their skullseach of these abilities allows them
to swallow prey items much larger than they
normally would. These animals do not chew their
food; they simply swallow it, either in large chunks
or whole. Based on the animals Size, the animal can
swallow something equal to their Size-2 (3 points),
their Size-1 (4 points) or almost as large as they are
(Size). The first two cover distended and double-
hinged jaws, while the third quality represents
animals with very large mouths that attack groups or
swarms of small animals. They suffer no attack
penalties when attack small animals, be it in a groups
(swarms) or individuals with their heads. The number
of animals taken in is not determined by the size, but
by how much damage is done to the group as a
whole. This costs 5 points.
Burrow (1-3 point quality)
The Animal is capable of digging through soft earth
(such as loose soil of sand) quite quickly. The animal
may move up to half its normal speed for 3 points in
soil, 1/4th for 2 points and up to 1/8th their normal
speed for a single point. These animals must have
large claws or other digging tools to achieve this. In
denser soils, the speed is reduced by a further and
in clays; it is reduced by half again. Animals cannot
move through rock.
Catch-Tongue (Variable Quality)
This quality represents the sticky tongues of Frogs,
Salamanders, Chameleons and Anteaters. Each one is
a little different. The Tongue of Salamanders, Toads
and Frogs simply adds a +3 bonus bite attacks against
smaller or similarly sized organisms. This costs 2
points. The tongue of Chameleons acts at a range
equal to the maximum body length, and grants the
same bonus. This costs 3 points. The tongue of
Anteaters is long, but can only catch organisms much
smaller than it (Size 0), catching 1, 2 or 3 per SL of
the eating action taken (Dexterity + Brawling + 2).
This quality costs 2, 4 or 6 points. It is generally used
against contained swarms.
Camouflage (1 point per level Quality)
An animal with this quality has its skin colored to
hide it: sometimes in a specific environment (in
which case, the first level is free), sometimes simply
to shadows and mottled backgrounds. Each level
grants a +2 bonus to stealth when the animal stands
still and a +1 bonus when it is moving slowly.
Stagnant camouflage can act as a hindrance in
specific environments (-1 per level to stealth checks)
and the higher the level, the more narrowly defined
the environment becomes.
Some animals can change their coloration. If it is a
once-off molting then it adds 1 point to the qualitys
total cost. If it is an active process (taking about a
minute to complete), it adds 1 point per level of the
quality. For 2 points per level, basic changing over a
period of turns equal to its size (Low doubles it per
level, high reduces it by half it per level) of the
animal.
Cast Iron Stomach (4 point quality)
Animals with this quality can eat food that is not only
spoiled but rotted partly through, fungus and maggot
ridden with ease. It may not taste good, but it wont
kill the bearer of this quality. This quality can also
represent animals that can digest things such as bones
and horns without flinching, or even grass. Usually, a
creature chooses what they are designed to eat at
character creation (Rot, Bones/horns or Grass).
Climber (1-2 point quality)
These animals have adaptations that aid them in
climbing rolls. These can be well designed claws
(which must be bought separately), which grant a +3
bonus to climbing rolls and allow the animal to scale
vertical surfaces with minimal difficulty. Another
variant of the 1 point version is semi-flight wings
where the animal flaps in order to aid its upward
ascent.
These can also be so-called Sticky Pads which
allow the animal to climb even flat surfaces like
glass. The former costs 1 point while the later costs 2
points. Both allow smooth movement over a
climbable surface, but the later allows such
movement at full speed while the other grants it at
roughly half speed + 3 + (levels of Climbing).
Cold Blooded (6 point drawback)
Most animals are cold blooded. Today, only
mammals and birds are warm blooded. Cold blooded
animals are also known as exothermic. This means
that they rely on the surrounding temperature to
determine their activity level. Endothermic animals
such as mammals and birds produce their own body
heatbut at tremendous fuel costs. At sunrise, a
Cold Blooded animal takes time to warm up. This
time is based on the size of the animal. From a cold
start, all cold blooded animals need (Size (Degrees
(Celsius) above their ideal temperature (which
usually ranged between 30 and 35 Celsius (86-95 F)))
minutes, with an additional -1 minute if the animal
moves into the sun. Once this time is passed, they are
treated as having fully recovered their endurance
points from 0. The presence of sunlight can also
allow the animal to warm up even before the proper
temperature is reached (up to 10 degrees cooler).
In low temperatures, Endurance is lost at a rate of
(10-Size) endurance points per minute until the new
maximum is reached. If it is 10 degrees below their
ideal, the endurance loss stops at the normal total.
At 20 degrees below their ideal, it is reduced to a
maximum of the normal total.
In these lowered states, a cold blooded animal
receives a -2 to all actions for every 10 degrees below
ideal.
Another problem of being exothermic is having no
method to cool down without running to the shade or
the water. For every 5 C over their normal maximum
that their body temperature rises, they receive a -2 to
all mental actions. At 10 C above their ideal, cold-
bloods start to take damage at a rate of d4 (2) Life
points per minute. Some animals, such as turtles,
have their own cool-down spots built on them (their
shells).
All cold blooded animals have a low metabolism.
They need only to eat one meal a week for every 3
that a warm blooded animal needs a day, with
digestion times varying on temperature (5 hours at
ideal, doubling to 10 hours at -10 degrees ideal, and
20 hours at -20 degrees ideal). Animals with the Low
Metabolism quality on top of cold bloodedness need
only eat once per month.
Though today we understand a more fluid dynamic
between the metabolic rates of animals, these more
rigid terms will serve for in-game purposes.
Color Blind (1 point Drawback)
Many animals do not see in color, Dogs and Cats, for
instance. This represents their color detriment. Many
animals that are color blind have good night vision to
compensate. Some animals are only partially color
blind. This quality covers that as well.
Color Changing Cells (4 Point quality)
Animals with this quality are able to rapidly (within
the space of an action or less) change not only the
coloration of their skin, but in the most extreme cases
its basic texture as well. This is used for camouflage
purposes. The animal makes a constitution (doubled)
roll to gain a bonus to a Stealth roll equal to the
success levels gained. This roll must be repeated
whenever the background changes. These calls can
also be used to give bonuses to intimidation rolls or
other influence-related tasks. Extremely intelligent
animals can even perform basic communication with
their skin alone.
Defensive Odor (5 point quality)
Some animals are equipped with this foul defense
systems, though it only has (constitution) shots +1
per additional level, those exposed to the noxious
chemical require a difficult constitution test to resist
be driven off/discouraged or nauseated and
incapacitated.
Defensive Slime (5 point quality)
Creatures with this ability can generate defensive
slime from their bodies (such as slugs and Hagfish).
This slime can entangle whatever grapples or holds
the creature, and, if attempting to consume the
creature, choke them. By spending 1 essence point, it
creates a basic slime. Slime is resisted with a simple
dexterity (or constitution if choking already,
Directors discretion), with a -1 penalty per
additional essence spent to extract oneself from it.
The slime is foul tasting (difficult constitution test
with -1 per essence spent or spit-out/reviled) and
sticky. An animal will need to spit it out and wipe it
off as best they can to extract themselves, this takes
10 (1 per SL) minutes on average. A creature that
can spray said mucus at either prey or an attacker has
the cost doubled.
Defensive Spines (1 point per level quality)
Defensive spines are bought per natural weapons, but
the damage done is multiplied by the attackers
strength instead of the defender. Attacking with such
a weapon imposes a -2 penalty to the task. Most
choose to use a defense (Parry) action to attack with
these weapons. For an extra point, these can be used
like Porcupine quills, hairs that are strong, hollow,
and easily break of in the attacker, hindering the
wounds recovery and dealing an additional point of
damage. The damage is altered by the size difference
between animals, however (damage is modified by
(Size of Defensive Spine User) (Size of Attacker)).
In Cinematic Unisystem, the damage is calculated as
a natural weapon at similar costs.
Defensive Spray (3, 5 or 7 point per level quality)
Animals with this quality can spray noxious
chemicals at attackers. This corrosive substance
stings and burns, dealing 1 damage per turn and can
temporarily blind attackers with often the foul-
smelling substance. The animal can fire this weapon
once per constitution level a day. Each level adds
either 1 point of damage to the corrosive or an extra
shot. This type of spray costs 3 points per level.
Truly foul smelling sprays (that deal no damage)
remain partly corrosive but rely more on their
noxious odor to get the job done. Such sprays cost 5
points per level and in addition to the above, the
sprayed animal is forced to make a difficult
constitution test at -2 against a difficult constitution
test from the defender with a +1 bonus per level of
this quality or be driven off by the offensive odor.
This odor remains on the target for 1 day per level of
the quality, unless the animal pays an additional 2
points per level (bringing the total cost to 7 points) in
which case far more extreme measures are needed to
remove the offensive odor beyond waiting for it to
dissipate. This smell alerts pretty much every animal
within a (Size x 2) radius of the target spray of its
presence, even without actively searching for the
smell.
Distended Stomach (1 point per level quality)
This quality allows the animal to eat and hold in its
stomach the equivalent of one extra meal per level
and not need to eat again for one instance, relying on
its stomach stores to feed itself.
Eagle-Eyed (3 Point Quality per level)
The animal with this quality has supreme vision,
capable of seeing long distances. Every point of
Perception is multiplied by the levels of this
qualitythis determines how many miles the animal
may see clearly. A hawk with a 6 in perception and 5
levels of this quality has clear visual range of 30
miles.
Echo Location (5 Point Quality, prerequisite: Acute
Hearing)
The creature has an eco-location system to navigate
in total darkness, and even slightly inside solid
objects, they can easily locate themselves, prey and
other members of their species. This also works for
Sonar (Underwater version). It also provides a +4 to
all Perception tasks related to hearing.
Electro-Magnetic Sensor (3 points per level)
Within 50 yards/meters per level of perception, the
animal can detect the pulses of movement as well as
electrical fields. Strong fields can be painful to
experience and drive the animal away, but acts as a
true sixth sense. The animal need only make a simple
perception test to notice movement within its range.
Each success level allows them to narrow the
location down by 60 degrees, as this sense is 360
degree range from the animal.
Electrical Generation (2 point quality or 2 points
per level quality)
Creates d6 (3) points of damage (bash) to a target for
each essence point spent, but they must touch the
subject. Hitting a target at range costs 1 extra essence
point per (1/2 size average). Such a jolt can create
pain in animals with an Electro-magnetic sensor, a
perception and constitution test is made with a -1
penalty per essence spent. To hit, the animal uses a
Dexterity (doubled) or Dexterity and the appropriate
combat skill (Brawling).
In Cinematic Unisystem, it costs 2 points per level
and deals 3 points of damage per SL, with an
additional -1 penalty per level of the quality
purchased put on the target for the next turn. After
each use, the next use has a cumulative -1 (per level
of the quality) penalty attached to it. Additional
levels of this quality also allow for 1 use beyond the
first to occur per level (first level of the quality does
not count in this regard).
Elongated Running Legs (3 point quality,
prerequisite: Quadruped)
Some animals can only reach their top speed when
running on their hind legs. Many lizards today
adapted to run quickly have this quality. It increases
running speed (spring) by 50% of the normal speed.
This can only be maintained for 2 x Constitution
turns.
Eyelid-less (2 point quality)
Creatures like this have no eyelids. Their eyes are
usually covered by a hard scale or lenses to protect
them from damage. These can be cleaned like glass
in a sense, by stroking feelers or even a tongue. The
animals cannot blink or wink, and must turn away to
stop looking at something. On the plus side, their
eyes have an armor bonus of 1, and cannot be easily
blinded by sand, grit or salt. Size modifiers apply on
the attack as though it was the smaller creature doing
the attacking.
Exoskeleton (1 point drawback)
Exoskeletons are complex pieces of hardware. They
provide a natural armor of 1 or more, but they operate
in a unique way. Underneath the exoskeleton, the
animal has to pump in and pull out blood to move its
limbs. This method of movement is liquid intensive
and water-tight. If their armor is split, they usually
can seal of a section of their body to prevent liquids
from spilling out. If a wound is garnered on a body
part that cannot be sealed off immediately takes
another point of damage a minute later as it bleeds
vital fluids for 1 minute per die of the wound
inflicted (IE: d4 garners 1 minute of bleeding, d6
garners 2 minutes of bleeding, d8 garners 3 minutes
of bleeding, etc.). The Bleeding eventually deals
1d4(2) damage per minute. Exoskeletons can re-grow
lost limbs only during a molting. This counts as a
form of limited regeneration. Life points remain
lowered until the limb is recovered. Exoskeletons
also limit the maximum size of an animal, as they do
not have active lung systems; they need oxygen rich
air to maintain sizes over 3. Exoskeletons are often
armored as well (rating 1 or more)
False Eye Spots (3 point quality)
False eye spots are a defense mechanism used to
confuse animals into either fear, thought of being
spotted or to attacking the easily replaced portion of
the body. An animal encountering these spots, or
humans seeing it for the first time, must make a
difficult intelligence test at -2 or be affected in one of
the above mentioned ways (directors discretion).
These spots usually remain hidden, but constantly out
spots may be purchased at 2 points.
Flight (Winged) (3 points per level)
This gives the animal wings and allows it to fly at its
regular speed (though it counts as Very Difficult
work, similar to running). Animals with built-in
rubber-band muscles to increase the number of wing
beats per minute have a more expensive quality
which also provides the user with the ability to hover
in place. This costs 5 points, though such wings
cannot be used to glide. Each level beyond the first
adds +10 to speed. If the wings are non-collapsible
(such as in the dragonfly), the cost is reduced by 1.
Most animals with wings have the ability to glide for
(maximum size range) per SL in a Dexterity
(doubled) roll. This minimizes any effort involved in
flight for the time spent gliding (IE: No endurance
Lost). A mixture of flaps and gliding counts only as
Hard Work in terms of endurance loss and animals
without the ability to Glide reduce the qualities cost
by 1.
Full Reverse (1 point quality)
The animal is built so that it can move backwards far
faster than it can forwards, doubling its effective
speed for a turn, costing 3 endurance points per
attempt.
Fully Aquatic (3 point drawback)
This animal cannot go on land at all, and spends its
entire life in the water. This is, of course, preceded by
the fact that it can survive and breathe in water. If the
animal is brought into the air, it begins to suffocate
normally. Gills are sensitive organs and allow
chemicals to enter the body more readily than other
organs, giving them a -2 to resist waterborne toxins.
Gizzard (1 to 2 point quality)
Gizzards are simple mechanisms used before
chewing teeth to grind up hard foods. This requires
that the animal seek out hard stones to swallow. If
these cannot be found, they can be replaced with
shell, pointy wood, and even metal, though the
former two can wear down. This allows the animal to
easily continue living without fear of wearing down
its teeth. The two-point version can be used to crack
shells and nuts with ease. Most predators do not have
Gizzards.
Gliding Flaps (2 point quality)
These flaps allow an animal to glide certain distance
related to the height leapt from. The distance leapt in
a long jump is increased by 3x the height of the jump.
Headless Life (5 Point quality, Prerequisite: Animal
Intelligence -1 or less)
This animal takes no extra damage from decapitation.
Not only that, but it can survive without its head for a
good period of time (both in body and in head). The
basic idea of it being that even though its brain is
gone, the brain was not really that in charge of its
various life functions beyond organizing sensory
information. Though the decapitation does not kill it,
all sensory equipment from the head is lost (outside
the still living head). Both head and body will
eventually diebut only from starvation,
dehydration or bleeding.
High/Low Metabolism (1 point per level)
High Metabolism means that, for its size, the animal
must consume more to keep active. High metabolism
grants a +1 bonus to initiative, and though poisons
are twice as fast as normal, but speed out of their
system twice as fast. They need to eat twice as often
as a normal animal of that size.
Low metabolism grants the animal an extra six
endurance to their pool, and only need to eat 1/3 as
often as other animals. Poisons and drugs take twice
as long to activate, but last twice as long.
An animals size plays a larger role in their overall
endurance and metabolism. Taking this quality twice
doubles all the alterations. Cold Blooded animals
with low metabolisms for instance, need only eat
once every month on average. A cold blooded
animal with 2 levels of the quality need only eat
every three months (but eats a lot when it does).
Hibernation (1 point per level quality)
This allows an animal to enter an ultra-energy
conserving state. This state lasts 1 month per level of
the quality. Cold Blooded animals and those with a
low metabolism can hibernate twice as long as their
warm blooded counterpartslasting in hibernation
states for over a year or more.
Hollow Bones (5 point quality)
Some animals have hollow bones. These lessen their
overall weight is up to half as much as it would be for
an animal of similar Size (as per the quality). An
animal with this quality also breaths in a rather
unique way: instead of breathing in an out, they
exhale through their bones, bringing in fresh air into
their lungs almost constantly. Because of this, they
gain five levels of Resistance (Fatigue) which grants
a +5 bonus to all rolls regarding endurance
loss/strenuous activity and adds +15 to their
endurance pool (if used). However, there is a
dangerous side effect to having hollow bones.
Because of their nature, they rarely heal properly
without being set.
An animal that has taken a grievous injury (either
through targeting or through loss of one quarter or
more of its life points in a single blow) must make a
Constitution (doubled) roll with a negative modifier
equal to success levels of the damaging attack or be
saddled with a crippling injury. The severity of the
injury is determined by how bad the failure is.
Rolling 8-5 saddles the character with a crippled
hand or foot, starting with (8 and 7) whichever limb
is least important to the animals survival (IE: a bird
can make do with a crippled foot, but not a crippled
hand). 6-3 garners a full arm or leg, with the limb of
lesser importance suffering first. On a 2 or 1, the
injury is to the spine, possibly paralyzing the
character.
Increased/Decreased Speed (Variable Quality)
Some animals are far faster than others. Each point
spent on this quality adds +5 to the base speed of the
organisms. Decreasing speed from the base to
Dexterity + Constitution is a 2 point drawback.
Decreasing the speed to either Dexterity or
Constitution only is a 3 point drawback.
Independently Functioning Eyes (3 point quality)
Some animals have eyes that can point one eye in a
direction and another eye in a second direction. This
grants a creature up to 200 degree vision, and grants a
+1 bonus to all perception + notice tasks using
eyesight (does not stack with acute vision). It also
eliminates the targeting penalty.
Infra-red sensor (3 point quality)
Some animals (pit vipers, for instance) have infra-red
sensors for spotting warm blooded prey. The range of
the sensor is 10 x (Perception) yards.
Internal Parasite (10 point quality)
This animal lives inside another animal, stealing
nutrients from it and giving little in return. These
animals are hard to hit and, depending on their size
relative to the host, are protected by the life points of
the host before they themselves are damaged via
combat damage. If the size of the animal is equal to
or one less than the host, the use they use of the
life point total as a buffer before they themselves take
damage. If the animal is 2 to 4 sizes smaller than the
host, it can use up to of the life points of the host
as a shield. Finally, if the animal is 5 or more sizes
smaller than the host, it can survive the death of the
host through combat damage and not take damage
unless the host is brought to less than -10 life points.
Once these markers are met, the host animal and the
parasite split between both host and parasite.
Jump (1 point per level)
These animals can leap greater distances than their
strength would otherwise indicate. Use the formula
below to determine the distances. Animals size 7 or
greater cannot jumprealistically. Each level adds
the base number again to the distance the animal is
able to leap.
Formula: (Size Maximum in feet) x 5 (convert to
Yards) for Broad Jump (Size) x 2 (in inches) for High
Jump.
Lactic Acid Resistance (2 point quality)
Animals with this quality can ignore the effects of
endurance loss until it literally kills them. They mark
of endurance points as normal, but take no ill effects
from the loss until after the animal calms down. After
which, it takes 1 life point of damage for every 3
endurance lost.
Lateral Line (4 point Quality)
Allows the detection of those nearby the user if they
are in water, by detecting the vibrations they make in
water. This acts as a second sensory array, allowing
acknowledgement of other, rapid-moving things
within (maximum range of the size of the animal)
circumference in air, doubled in water and tripled in
the earth. This allows them to avoid being snuck-up
upon with a simple perception test (or Perception and
Notice, whichever is higher). This is resisted by a
dexterity and stealth task by the attacker. On land,
the Lateral Line takes the form of sensory hairs.
Lesser Natural Toughness (1 point)
Some invertebrates have some mild armoring to
protect them from abrasion. This provides an armor
value of 2 against bashing attacks.
Light Spots (6 point drawback)
Light spots are simple eyes that allow an animal only
to notice differences in light intensity. While these
may be subtle enough to allow the animal to function,
they are colorblind and cannot see many details.
Limb Drop (2 point quality)
Certain animals have a specially built in parts that are
meant to fall off. Each limb or appendage capable of
doing this costs 1 point beyond the first. Dropping a
limb or tail costs the user of their life points. This
can, per the directors discretion, allow the user to
automatically escape a grapple.
Limbless (10 or 5 point drawback)
An animal with this drawback has neither arms nor
legs. Its body may have fins or tiny limbs, but they
might as well be not there (or in a few million years,
they will not be). Their bodies and tails take up the
job of locomotion, but they interact with their
environment almost completely with their heads and
tails. They cannot punch nor can they kick. Half the
cost represents animals with flippers instead of limbs
that cannot survive out of water. They may slap
opponents for (Strength) or (2 x Strength) bash
damage with their fins and occasionally propel
themselves with their fins, but are totally useless on
land.
Luke-Warm Blooded (5 point quality).
A halfway point between warm blooded and cold
blooded, such animals take advantage of the high
energy life style of warm blooded animals, while
retaining beneficial traits of cold blooded animals.
They can survive off less food from solar absorption
of heat, using more food to build their bodies instead
of keep themselves warm, they can gain heat as a
cold blooded animal, but do not lose it as a cold
blooded animal. They gain the benefits of the Low
Metabolism quality as well. This also applies to very
large reptiles that employ what is known as
Gigantothermy, regulating their body temperature
with their large size. Though most Dinosaur entries
have them as Warm Blooded, this quality
(specifically Gigantothermy) may be more accurate
in defining their nature.
Magnetic Sensor (3 Point Quality)
The animal with this quality has a degree of naturally
produced magnetite in their cells that allows them to
home in on the earths magnetic fields. Unless
marred by unnatural magnetic fields (or natural
magnetic anomalies), the animal has an unwavering
sense of direction.
Metamorphosis (5 or 10 Points per level quality)
This animal has stages of development that allow it to
re-arrange its attributes, skills and its
qualities/drawbacks to a degree. There are two basic
methods of this. The first level of this quality means
that the animal, through metamorphosis can re-
arrange half of its Attributes, skills and
qualities/drawbacks (except Metamorphosis). The
second level of this quality allows for full attribute
and skill re-allocation, but qualities/drawbacks
remain at only half. The third level allows for full
redistributions (aside from the Metamorphosis
levels). The duration of the transformation also
affects the cost. If the transformation takes days or
weeks of development (either inside a cocoon or
outside of one), it costs 5 points per level. If the
transformation is conducted through proves (such as
molting) that takes less than a day (though no less
than 3 hours), it costs 10 points per level.
Mood Ring Skin (1 point drawback, prerequisite:
Color Changing Skin).
These animals wear their heartsin a senseon
their sleeves. They must succeed a difficult
Willpower test or their skin will change color in
reflection of their mood.
Musk Generation (1 point quality)
The animal can generate Musk, or body scent. It
allows them to easily mark territory, attract mates and
deter rivals with a powerful odor which it can leave
on objects in its territory.
Natural Insulation (2 or 3 points per level)
This quality acts as Resistance: Heat Loss from
Exposure (Below), bust since such resistances take
the form of layers of fat more often than not, the
animal an armor value of 1 that doubles against
bashing damage. It adds -5 degrees C to the base
temperature the animal can stand before cold effects
begin to take hold, but lowers the temperature it
threatens to overheat at by 5 C. This quality maxes
out at 10 levels. It cannot be bought by most humans
and humanoids. If an extra point is spent per level,
the animal may have summer and winter coats,
allowing it to survive in warmer climates with greater
ease.
Natural Weapon: (0-7 point quality)
Animals have claws, teeth and horns to defend
themselves and catch their prey. Depending on the
size and lethality of the implement in question, the
damage varies.
Claws tend to deal between d4 and d6 damage. Jaws
and horns deal anywhere from Strength to d8
damage. Tail clubs usually carry a minimum of d6,
and can range to a d8, but usually deal bash damage.
Other implements are more variable, but few natural
weapons deal greater damage than a d8.
The damage dealt is usually slashing. Bashing
damage reduces the cost of the implement by 1 point.
An armor piercing weapon adds 1 to the cost of the
weapon, as does making the weapon retractable like a
cats claws. Some weapons are used in such a way
that they are even more potent than normal. For every
+1 bonus to strength for rolling the damage, add 1
point to the cost of the weapon (IE: Claws that deal
d6 x Strength +1 damage cost 3 points). The
maximum altered strength bonus is +2.
0 points for Strength damage
1 point for d4
2 points for d6
3 points for d8
Bash damage (-1 point)
Armor Piercing (+1)
Deals Strength +1 damage (+1)
Deals Strength +2 damage (+2)
Retractable (+1)
Nictating Membrane (1 point quality)
Land animals are not equipped to see things
underwater, this adaptation allows a land animal to
place a protective plate against its eye and see clearly
underwater. Normally, seeing in water adds a -2 to
any task (baring visibility) for land animals. Fine
details cannot be seen without this quality. Animals
can be adapted to see either under water on in air, but
not both without this quality.
Night Vision (2 point quality)
Animals with good night vision generally do not see
as well in color, but can see well in the dark, almost
as if it were day (the animal only has difficulty seeing
in total darkness).
Oviparous (Variable Drawback)
Not all animals give birth to live young. Most
animals lay eggs. Though the phrase Oviparous
generally necessitates the presence of a specific
organ, called an Ovipositor, this drawback applied to
any egg laying species. Eggs come in 3 basic
varieties. Insects lay eggs either singularly or in egg
cases. These types of eggs are a 1 point drawback.
Fish and amphibians lay jelly-encased eggs in
clutches that have to remain in water to develop.
These eggs are very sensitive, and are worth 3
drawback points. Reptiles lay leathery-shelled eggs
for the most part. These softer eggs are a 2 point
drawback. Birds and some reptiles lay harder shelled
eggs. These can take a blow or two without
deforming, and are a 1 point drawback.
Parasitic Control (15 or 20 point quality,
Prerequisites: Internal Parasite)
By making a Willpower (doubled) roll against a
Willpower (doubled) roll of the target, an internal
parasite can take over the brain functions of the host
completely. The host follows its orders to the best of
its ability, even if they lead to the hosts death,
though such rolls that go against an animals nature
so strongly gain a +1 to +5 bonus to resist them. The
20 point version needs only a single roll to take over
the mind of the host, and only requiring a second roll
when the animals preservation or (in
advanced/human cases) moral instincts conflict with
the Parasites wishes.
Prehensile Appendage (Trunk or Tail) (3 point
quality)
The animal has a grasping appendage outside of their
hands or feet, usually a tail or trunk. This can
manipulate small objects with ease.
Puff (5 Point quality)
The animal has the ability to inflate itselfusually
expanding its width to match most of its length. This
makes swallowing or evening holding it for a
creatures 1 size greater than it or less almost
impossible. This does not apply to animals with
prehensile grasping appendages or animals that can
break up the Puffer. Usually, the puffer is grabbed
with an attackers mouth. Activating a Puff costs
(size+2) Endurance points, and reduces the damage
of a bite grasp by 4. Other forms of damage act
normally on it.
Quadruped (5 point Drawback)
Quadrupeds lose the ability to use their hands, but
gain an added stability to their gate. Most animals are
at least quadrupeds. This drawback covers all animals
with low-to-the-ground postures and without
dexterous hands. It removes the use of hands, but
increases the amount of weight able to be carried (lift
easily over head) by 50% and adds a +2 bonus to
resist being knocked over.
Radial Symmetry (10 Point Quality)
An animal with this quality has a central mass and
grows outward from it. Damaging limbs had little
negative effect on it as the central mass contains all
of the vital organs (or the other limbs contain copies
of the vital organs). As such, damage multipliers
from targeting limbs have no effect on it (aside from
severing said limb). Only shots to the main body
(called) have increased damage, counting as a shot to
the vital areas (-2 to hit, damage multiplier increased
by 1). Furthermore, they can regenerate their limbs
completely without worry.
Regeneration (1 or 3 Point quality)
Only allows for the recovery of Constitution life
points per hour. At 3 points, this can restore lost
limbs.
Regenerative Reproduction (10 Point quality)
This animal has a truly unique ability. When
damaged and parts of it separated from the rest, these
smaller parts remain partly alive and begin to
regenerate on their own as separate organism. The
regeneration rate remains the same as the creature
had originally, but can restore the entire creature
from tiny pieces. There are several ways to counter
this sort of regeneration: heat (such as fire or even
dehydration), poisons/toxins, radiation and corrosives
(such as stomach acids) being the most effective.
Survival tests for the animal are treated as normal.
Resistances
Humans are very fragile animals compared to others
that have adapted to their environment physically, we
adapt by creating tools to fit the task. Here are some
conditions and effects that many animals can resist.
Most of these were conceived by SunlessNick on the
Eden Studios message boards. Animals may have
over 5 levels of any of theseto extreme levels even.
CONDITION: HUNGER/THIRST
Here, the same system as in One of the Living,
though with a few with a couple of extra bits.
Based on time increments; 48 hours for hunger, 24
for thirst. Each time one of these goes by without
sustenance, the character must make a Constitution +
Willpower Test to avoid ill effects this has a
cumulative -2 penalty per time increment. Once she
fails a Test, then she starts taking damage: each
subsequent time increment, she loses D4 Life Points
times the number of increments that have passed.
Example!: A tough character makes three Tests for
hunger and fails the fourth she loses D4 x 4 Life
Points immediately as over a week without food
catches up with her after another two days, shell
lose D4x5 Life Points
Life Points lost to starvation and thirst heal normally,
but the ever-increasing damage will eventually
overwhelm any recovery. In addition, once the
damage kicks in, the character suffers a cumulative -1
reduction (not backdated as the damage is) to the
recovery of Life, Endurance, and Essence points; this
penalty ends when she takes in sustenance.
Metabolic rate and size alter the duration an animal
can go without food. As does their blood natures. The
above stats are useful for Warm Blooded creatures
(such as birds and mammals). Luke-Warm blooded
creatures triple the overall time, and cold blooded
creatures quintuple (multiply it by 5) the time.
Size above 5 adds 6 hours to the overall resistance
per level, whereas size below 5 reduces the time by 3
hours per level.
Creatures with a high metabolism subtract 3 or 6
hours from the overall time, and creatures with a low
metabolism add 3 or 6 hours based on the level.
Watery Skin
Amphibians are especially susceptible to thirst. They
do not drink, but absorb water (and sometimes
breath) through their skin. The Watery Skin
drawback is worthy 5 point. They suffer from
Hunger/Thirst negative effects once they go (Size +
4) hours without water in sunlight, but last twice as
long in the dark. Furthermore, they suffer a -2 to
resist contact poisons.
Resistance (Hunger/Thirst)
Like other Resistance Qualities, this costs 1 point per
level, and can usually be taken up to level 5. Each
level adds 6 hours to the time increment for hunger
and 3 to that for thirst. Many animals have far beyond
level 5.
CONDITION: COLD/ARCTIC
In cold conditions, its easy to tire, and it hits harder
when you push your body. For every 5 degrees below
10 (Celsius that is), all Endurance Costs are +1, and 3
hours are subtracted from the time increment for
hunger effects. Cold Blooded animals are affected as
described in their drawback. Anti Freeze Blood
negates some of the endurance loss of cold conditions
in cold blooded animals only.
Walking through deep snow always counts as at least
hard work.
Frostbite
When exposed to freezing air, a character must make
a simple Constitution Test every hour to avoid
frostbite (below -25 degrees, this becomes every
minute). On a failure, she starts taking damage at a
rate of D4 Life and Endurance Points per hour (or
minute) as the flesh freezes this damage will not
heal until the frostbite itself is treated if the affected
flesh thaws out and refreezes before being treated, it
will likely die and require amputation.
Arctic Sunburn
This is sunburn resulting from the glare of light
reflecting off of smooth snow. The damage is light,
and accumulates slowly, but does not heal until the
character gets out of the sun. A full day out in the
glare will cost D4-1 Life Points. Only animals with
exposed, unarmored skin suffer from sunburn. It is a
2 point quality to be immune to sunburn. It is
generally unmentioned in most write-ups given the
rarity of exposed skin outside of humanity.
Icy Water
Falling into water in freezing temperatures is deadly.
The character must make a difficult Constitution test
each turn on a success, she suffers a loss of D4
Endurance Points on a failure, D4 Life Points. This
persists until she can get somewhere warm and dry.
The shock of falling into freezing water can easily
induce a heart attack. This is suggested only for the
cruelest and grittiest directors, have them pass a
survival test at -4, or die. It should be modified as per
the directors whims Animals with the Waterproofed
quality do not suffer this drawback if they have
sufficient levels of Resistance (Cold) (at least 4).
Resistance (Cold)
Like other Resistance Qualities, this costs 1 point per
level, and can usually be taken up to level 5. Each
level adds 5 degrees to the comfort zone before cold
weather effects kick in, and grants +1 to frostbite and
icy water tests. This applies to Cold Blooded and
Warm Blooded animals. Animals with Natural
Insulation levels stack with those of this quality.
This does not just affect natural cold, but that
generated by Metaphysics, being locked in a freezer,
etc.
CONDITION: HIGH ALTITUDE
Starting at 3000m above sea level, add +1 per extra
500m to all Endurance losses. At these heights, cold
effects will also come into play.
Altitude Sickness
The onset of altitude sickness is largely independent
of how tough a character is, though a high
Constitution is helpful in recovery.
After a sudden rise in altitude, make a Test of D10 +
1 per 1000m over 3000. If this Test gains 1 or 2
success levels, the character is afflicted with nausea
and headaches, and the loss of D10 Endurance
(though she can make a simple Constitution Test
each day to recover) if it achieves 3 or 4, blood and
fluid leak into the lungs, costing her D4 Life Points
per day if it gains 5 or more success levels, the
character suffers a cerebral edema, causing
disorientation, delirium, and eventual coma (and a
loss of D4 Life Points each hour).
Recovery from the latter two conditions requires a
steady descent and rest at a lower altitude the
character can attempt a simple Constitution Test each
day upon a success, the damage stops
accumulating.
High Altitude Native
This is a 2-point Physical Quality, available only
character generation. Possession of it alleviates the
increased Endurance costs for altitude, and affords a -
3 penalty to the Test to inflict altitude sickness.
CONDITION: HEAT/DESERT
For every 5 degrees (Celsius) above 30, all
Endurance costs are +2, with an additional +2 each
day, just for living through it. If conditions are also
humid, this becomes +3 and an extra 4. Every 5
degrees also subtracts 3 hours from the time
increment for thirst effects.
Walking through deep and loose sand always counts
as hard work.
Sunburn
Like the arctic version, this causes D4-1 damage over
the course of a day, which will not heal until the
character gets out of the sun. Unlike the arctic
version, it also adds +1damage per 5 degrees over 30.
Only animals with exposed, unarmored skin suffer
from sunburn. It is a 2 point quality to be immune to
sunburn. It is generally unmentioned in most write-
ups given the rarity of exposed skin outside of
humanity.
Resistance (Hot Weather)
Like other Resistance Qualities, this costs 1 point per
level, and can usually be taken up to level 5. Each
level adds 5 degrees to the comfort zone before hot
weather effects kick in, and subtracts 1 point from the
damage from sunburn.
This provides no protection against environmental
heat severe enough to cause direct harm.
Heat Sensitivity
Many animals do not have the same adaptations for
heat that humans have (IE: sweating). Animals that
do not sweat take up panting instead to lose excess
heat. This is not very effective and many animals
seek shade and sanctuary during the hottest parts of
the day.
Panting
Panting instead of sweating is a 3 point drawback.
Endurance lost due to heat for these animals is
increased by one and recovery of it is decreased by 1.
CONDITION: OCEAN
Seasickness is a matter of a simple Constitution Test
on the first day if failed, the character suffers a loss
of D10 Endurance and 1 Dexterity from the nausea
but can make another Test each day to recover.
Sea Legs is a 1-point Quality that waives the need for
this.
Deep Water
The first issue is pressure. For every 10m (30ft) depth
below sea level, add +1 to all Endurance costs. Every
50m (154ft), make a Constitution Test (at a
cumulative -1 penalty per 50m (154ft)) after the first)
or suffer D8 (4) damage, which will not heal until the
character returns to normal pressure.
The second issue is cold. Go deep enough, and the
freezing water difficulties come into play.
The Bends
On a too-rapid rise from the depths, the character
must make a difficult Constitution Test; of this is
successful, the bends are avoided this time. On a
failure, she suffers debilitating pain and seizures,
requiring a Dexterity + Constitution Test to perform
any physical action each hour the bends continue,
she loses D4 Life Points (not recovered for the
duration), and makes a simple Constitution Test
two successes in a row mean recovery.
Resistance (Diving)
Like other Resistance Qualities, this costs 1 point per
level, and can usually be taken up to level 5. Each
level of this Quality adds (size) minutes to the length
of time the character can hold her breath, and gives a
+1 bonus to Tests regarding water pressure or the
bends. The basic formula for figuring out how long
an animal can hold their breath is as follows: 30
seconds per size + 30 seconds per (d10 (5) x
Constitution). This, however, applies to prepared
breaths. Without preparation, an animal can only hold
their breath for (size-1) minutes before they must
breathe.
Resistance (Salt)
This quality allows for characters and critters to resist
excessive amounts of salt (normally a difficult
constitution test). Salt, in too large of a quantity, can
be poisonous to organisms. This acts similar to
Resistance (poison), but only applies to salt.
Sail Back (3 Point Quality, Prerequisite: Cold
Blooded)
This animal has a large sail on its back that holds a
flap of skin. This sail is found on no modern animal,
but is common in the Permian. What it was used for
is not exactly known, but one theory is that it
controlled its body temperature. This quality halves
the time needed for a cold blooded animal to warm
up or cool down.
Saline Ejection Mechanism (2 point quality)
Creatures born with a method of releasing excess salt
they absorb from their environment. It can use it in an
attack once a day with a simple dexterity test.
Targeting the face can induce a strong flinch, but the
range equal only to the animals size.
Sand Swimmer (4 or 5 Point quality)
Animals with this quality are capable of diving into
the sand or silt and swimming through it with relative
easemoving at their full speed value without
hindrance. Few animals go deeper than the minimum
of their body size with this quality. Most animals,
however, opt for the cheaper version of this quality.
This has the added negative effect of halving their
speed outside of the soil and sand.
Scent Tracking (3 point quality)
Allows for an animal to track a scent of where an
animal has been for 200 yards per perception level.
Sources such as musk, blood, urine and scat can also
be located, each acting as its own scent source,
adding at least 100 yards to a trail. Creatures with
scent tracking often have elongated noses or a
Jacobsons organ (the forked tongue of snakes and
some lizards used for tasting the air). It also grants
a +4 to all Perception tasks involving smell.
Sedentary (10 Point Drawback)
Animals like this are rooted in place for the vast
majority of their adult lives. They have no speed
score.
Septic Bite (5 points per level)
Some animals have bites full of bacteria. This
bacterium automatically infects the wounds, causing
sepsis. This imposes a -1 to all actions per level of
the quality on the target due to pain and
hallucinations. Further wounds add an additional -1
to the infection. This does not take place
immediately, but 1 hour per point of constitution of
the target. The negative modifiers do not go away
without medical treatment (and even then, it has a
40% mortality rate); this can lead to crippling the
victim and a lingering death as it also drains 1 life
point per level per hour until the target dies.
The truly horrific thing is that septicemia can occur
on any untreated wound left exposed may become
infected with bacteria and suffer similarly.
Silk Generation (15 Point Quality)
The animal is able to produce silk from a part of its
body (usually the abdomen) similar to a spider. This
means they can naturally produce (in essence) rope
and nets for them to use. Some Silk is sticky, others
strong. The creation of silk is a protein intensive
process and thus herbivores may not purchase this
quality. Generating Silk is a Constitution (doubled)
roll, each success level producing an amount of silk
determined by the size of the animal (usually equal to
the minimum size length for the size category) per
success level. Weaving this silk requires specialized
limb adaptations as well as the spinnerets and organs
to produce it. This is either a dexterity (doubled) task
or a Dexterity and Craft (Weaving) task, whichever is
greater. Creating ropes and lines requires no weaving.
Weaving a net requires several minutes at the very
least. Rope and nets created via silk are both flexible
and durable compared to most non-synthetic
counterparts.
One of the most common rolls for the silk to be
crafted is as a safety line. Safety lines are simply
crafted and dragged behind the animal as it moves.
The line is stuck to the surface the animal is climbing
on, and should the animal fall, the line catches them.
The distance they fall is reduced by the 1 Yard per
SL in the silk Generation role. If the result is less
than one yard, then the target still falls, albeit
something akin to a foot or less.

Nets require at least 3 rolls and 1 minute per size
category of the target for the net. Sticky nets have a -
1 to all escape attempts applied to them per SL in the
generation roll to represent the glues involved. This
negative modifier also applies to silken rope used to
tie up a victim. Silk nets are only rarely used actively.
Most prey species cannot see them (-1 per SL in the
generation roll to avoid being noticed), but it does
happen. These silk nets cannot be thrown, however
and must be forced over the target.
Animals trapped in nets suffer a -4 to all physical
actions and take (12 Dexterity) turns to extract
themselves. If sticky, the web/net takes an additional
1 turn per SL in the generation role to escape. It is
possible to use raw strength to escape a web, but this
requires a Strength test against the Size of the silk
generator. If sticky, the tests to escape has a -1 per SL
of the generation roll added to it if the entrapped
animal is the same size as the being that made it or
smaller. Cutting free is another possibility, and would
free a target in (12 Strength) turns, but suffers the
same sticky penalties as squirming ones way free.
Sonic Cannon (5 Points per Level)
The animal in question has a method of producing
powerful sound waves over (maximum size in feet)
that damage and stun a target. The animal makes a
Constitution and Sonic Cannon roll, which is dodged
or blocked normally. The damage dealt is equal to 2
x SL Armor piercing bash damage to the target and
impose a -2 all future tasks for 1 turn, which slowly
fades by 1 for the next to turn. This stunning effect is
cumulative with successive hits.
Specialized Diet (1 or 3 point drawback)
The animal in question only eats either a few select
things or subsides almost completely on a single
plant or animal. Such animals are prone to extinction
and can have trouble surviving tumultuous times.
Being a pure Carnivore, Herbivore or Insectivore
exclusively is a 1 point drawback. Feeding on detritus
(Detritivore) or filtering food (Filter Feeder) can be
a 1 or 2 point drawback depending on the degree of
specialization. If an animal eats only a limited
selection of plants and animals, it is a 2 point
drawback. Very specialized diets cost 3 points and
generally amount to feeding on only one type of plant
(such as Bamboo) or relying heavily on a single
animal for the majority of an animals food.
Speed (Variable Quality or Drawback)
Many animals are slower or faster than a human. For
every +5 to base speed, 1 point is spent. If an animal
moves at Dexterity + Constitution as its base speed,
the cost is -2 the base (though bonuses can be added
afterwards, IE: Dexterity + Constitution + 5). If a
creatures speed is its Dexterity x2, the cost is -1. A
creature that moves at a speed equal to its Dexterity,
the alteration is worth -3.
Squeeze (5 points)
These animals may fit themselves through extremely
small spaces, usually the size of their largest hard
part such as their head or mouth. In game terms, they
may enter spaces that an animal normally 3 size
categories smaller could pass through with ease. This
requires a Dexterity and Constitution test to
accomplish.
Swamp/Snow Adaptation (1 to 3 point quality)
The animal in question has big, broad feet. These feet
allow it to walk unhindered on certain terrain. Each
level lets it be treated as an animal 1 size category
smaller than it actually is to resist sinking in mud or
snow or breaking ice. Polar bears and Lilly-pad
walkers are examples of this.
Tentacles (1 point per level)
Tentacles allow animals to grasp things with greater
ease. Each level grants a +1 bonus to all grapple
attempts and a -1 to all the targets escape attempts.
Suckers or other structures help fasten the prey item.
If the tentacles are serrated, they deal 1 point of
damage per turn in the grapple, making the initial
cost of the quality 1 point higher. After level 5, the
quality costs 3 point per level.
Translucent (8 Point Quality)
The animal with this is almost invisible. All attempts
to visually locate this creature are taken at a -5 and
can attack invisibly if they can sneak up on their
prey.
Venom (2, 3, 5 or 6 points per level)
This quality grants the creature corrosive venom with
Strength 1 per level. Adding 1 point to the cost
allows it to be spat at a -1 strength level. On average,
the venom remains potent for (Constitution + Venom
level) turns.
Venoms that target a particular internal system
(Muscle, Nervous or other) can reduce a physical
attributes of a target. Only one attribute may be
targeted, and the targeted attribute is reduced by 1
level per the differences in success levels between the
venoms strength roll against the victims
constitution roll. This ability costs 3 points extra per
level for a total of 6 points per level on average.
Alternatively, for 1 point extra per level, the venom
also forces a Pain roll which, on failure, leaves the
victim in debilitating pain. On a successful resistance
to the pain, the character (depending on the degree of
success) can soldier on.
For innate toxins within the animal itself (usually in
glands or skin, rarely in the flesh itself), there is often
a gag-reaction to ingestion or similar negative
guttural reaction. This costs 3 points per level and
forces a gag reflect (Constitution doubled roll with a -
1 per level of Venom to resist) upon being devoured.
Such animals usually have Warning Coloration
(below).
Warning Coloration (1 point quality)
Whether real or not, the animal advertises (through
black and yellow stripes, bright red spots or other
bright coloration) that the animals body contains a
poison or is venomous (poisoned flesh uses the same
stats and rules as the venom quality). Some animals
do not have poisons but claim to be poisonous or
dangerous anyway, these are Batesian mimics. Either
way, having the coloration costs only 1 point, largely
because many animals that do not have parental
intervention early in life have to learn the hard way.
Waterproofed (3 point quality)
The animal, covered in feathers or fur, need not
worry about getting wet. The hair and feathers are
saturated in oils that prevent its coat from getting
wet, keeping the animal warm even in water.
Whiskers/Antennae/Barbel (5 or 6 point quality)
Whiskers are extra-sensory organs, and extensions of
the sense of touch, allowing a mammal to judge
distances from the face with supreme ease. This can
help determine if a tunnel is wide enough for them to
enter, what something feels like a short distance (1/5th
body size) from the face, and so on. Antennae are
similar structures with a similar function, but they
can move and occasionally act in conjunction with
other senses. Barbels on Catfish are similar. This
extra sense must be chosen at the time of creature
construction. In addition, they gain the acute senses
(Touch) quality. Antennae cost more than basic
whiskers. They provide a +4 bonus to all perception
tests that involve either Taste/Smell or Touch
(Choose one at the time or purchasing).
Wide Range Vision (2 or 3 point quality)
Most herbivores and prey species have eyes placed
for maximum scanning range. This allows them
almost 200 degree vision, but places a -1 on all
targeting tasks because they cannot focus their sight.
Being able to see in such a wide range and still being
able to target without penalty costs 3 points.
Predators that have this quality tend to be ambush
hunters like crocodiles.
Animal Order Qualities:
These qualities are for larger orders of animals as a
whole and thus are very generic. Of the important
animals discussed, only Placental Mammals lack a
quality of their own (as it would be a zero point
quality and is found automatically in humans). If
they are fully animalistic, all of these qualities come
with the Terra Primate drawbacks of Animal
Intelligence and Animal Communication. This
reduces their cost by another 12 points.
Arthropod (12 or 6 Point Drawback)
Arthropods include insects, spiders, crabs and lobster
amongst their family groups. They suffer from the
Cold Blooded drawback and have an Exoskeleton.
Furthermore, because of the multitude of limbs they
possess, arthropods also suffer from the Quadruped
drawback. If the Arthropod has manipulative limbs
(such as a Scorpions claws), the drawback is reduced
to 6 points.
Fish and Shark (22 and 11 point drawback)
Fish are a diverse group, but are quite easy to
identify. The average fish is fully aquatic (-3) and
gain the benefit of a lateral line (4 points). Fish have
fins instead of limbs and thus are considered
Limbless (-15). In total, the average fish is
considered a 16 point drawback. Most fish are Cold
Blooded as well, bringing the cost to a 22 Point
Drawback.
Sharks gain the additional benefits of a +1 to
Dexterity, Battery Teeth (1), an Electro-Magnetic
Sensor (3), Acute Senses (Smell) (2) and Scent
Tracking (3). In total, a Shark is only an 11 point
drawback.
Tetrapod (22 point drawback)
Tetrapods include both Amphibians and proto-
amphibians. They are quadrupeds (-5), cold blooded
(-6) and are quite sensitive to water loss, having the
Watery Skin drawback (-5). Finally, all of these
animals were cold blooded (-6). Many later
Tetrapods also have a level or two of the
Metamorphosis Quality, which can reduce the
drawback to 17 or even 2 points.
Reptile (4 point drawback)
Reptiles are another very diverse group. Most reptiles
are scaled to a degree (Armor Value 1), 1 level of
Resistance (Heat). Reptiles are usually cold blooded
as well. Beyond this, most of their other features are
variable.
Marsupial (3 point drawback)
Marsupials have the Low Intellect drawback in
addition to their odd reproductive behavior forcing
the development of climbing limbs above all else in
the first stages of life. Their pouch allows them to
easily carry their young for a good portion of their
life. The pouch keeps the young protected from the
elements (Resistance Heat/Cold 4) quite well.
New Rules:
Charge Attack Almost every creature may charge
for 1 yard to add a +1 bonus to their strength when
attacking. They may only add a total of +1 bonus
based on their speed (IE: +1 per 10 speed). They
must then succeed a simple constitution test with a -1
equal to the +1 bonus taken or take (Strength)
damage (bashing) from the recoil once they strike. If
they miss and hit a barrier (or simply encounter an
obstacle), a difficult dexterity test with a -1 per +1
gained or they take (size) + Strength damage
(bashing).
Grappling Bite Many animals bite not only to do
damage, but to latch on to or catch prey. Executing a
biting grapple is done as a normal grapple attempt
and maintained as such. Biting to hold, however,
halves the strength of the damage that would
normally be dealt in a bite. If the animal has Strength
of 0, then it instead reduces the damage dice by 1 (IE:
a bite for d6 damage deals d4 damage on a grapple
attempt).
Trample Trample is a new form of attack. It deals
d6 (3) x Strength + 2 damage to a target, but the user
must be at least 1 size category larger than his target.
The attacker also uses the size bonus he has over the
target as a bonus to the attack roll (Dexterity +
Brawling + (Attackers Size Defenders Size (4
maximum))).
Break Neck Many animals break the necks of their
prey by shaking them vigorously or putting pressure
on the neck. An animal may attempt to break the
neck of another animal if it has a strength equal to the
targets size -1. The maneuver deals (d4 (2) x
Strength) x 2 (or 4 x Strength in Cinematic) bash
damage, and if it brings the target to 0 or less life
points, forces a survival test with a negative modifier
equal to the Success Levels of the attack. It is resisted
by a Strength (doubled) roll.
Animals and Limbs Many animals have limbs that
are greatly reduced. Use the Physical Disability
qualities to simulate them.
Swarms Many small animals attack larger ones en
mass. The numbers required for a swarm depend on
the size of the animals in question and the size of the
animal they are attacking. As a general rule, it takes
10 individuals of any one size to swarm a creature
one size category larger than themselves. This trend
continues through the size ratios (IE: it takes 20
individuals to swarm a size an animal 2 size
categories greater than it, etc). This base swarm
number is the minimum number of individuals
needed to swarm an animal of that size. If an animal
group wishes to swarm more than one animal of a
greater size, it must meet the minimum requirements
for swarming them. For example, is Ants (Size 0)
wish to swarm a person (Size 5), they need at least 50
individuals. However, if they wish to swarm 2
people, they need 100 individuals. This only provides
the barest minimum of coverage.
When a swarm attacks, it deals it has several effects.
Swarming animals are impossible to block by the
sheer fact that their numbers make effective blocking
all but impossible. Their numbers also impose a -2 to
all actions with an additional -1 for every unit base
size unit above the needed numbers. So, a swarm of
80 ants attacking a hapless human would impose a -5
to the actions of the human.
A swarm deals a set amount of damage per turn.
Usually, this is either d4 (2) damage or the damage of
the individuals strongest attack unmodified by size
differences, whichever is greater. Venomous animals
(especially those with corrosive damage) add their
venom levels to all the damage dealt. Secondary
effects of the poisons take place if the victim fails a
Constitution (Doubled) roll against the Venom
Strength (Doubled) + (Damage dealt by swarming)
roll. The damage dealt by swarming is cumulative
and forces a roll to resist every turn until the venom
takes effect.
Dealing damage to a swarm is tricky. Though it can
easily be hit as a whole, the individuals are small
enough that the loss of 3 or 4 means little to it. Each
swarm has a life point total based on the size of the
swarming animals. Size 0 swarms have 1 life point
per individual in the swarm. Size 0 swarms have 1
life point per individual in the swarm. Size 1 Swarms
have 2 life points per individual and Size 3 swarms
have 5 life points per individual. Non-area effect
attacks deal only SL damage, though if the animal is
only 1 size difference from the target, they take 3 x
SL damage, and if only 2 sizes in difference from the
target, the swarm takes 2 x SL. Area effect attacks
(Flamethrowers, poison sprays, shotguns) deal either
half (Shotguns) or full (Flamethrower) damage to the
swarm. If a target rolls around, they deal (Size-2) x
SL damage to the swarm regardless of the size
difference between them.
Ancient Animal Spirits:
When used in a Witchcraft or Armageddon
campaign, these creatures are more likely to appear
as spirits than as actual animals. These creatures are
ancient, simple and have stats resembling those of
their living counterparts, but with Willpower scores
of at least 4 or more. Other attributes can be
increased by as much as 7. Intelligence for most
creatures is raised to at least 2, to a maximum of 4 +
their base intelligence. The base Vital and Energy
Essence Pools for these animals is calculated the
same for normal spirits (Energy Essence is sum of
attributes; Vital Essence is twice that amount).
However, these creatures have had living forms for,
on average, several million years. As such, their total
essence pools, as such, even the weakest of these
creatures has an additional 1,000 Energy Essence and
2,000 Vital Essence. When attempting to summon
these creatures, those using anything other than
Necromancy makes the task at a -1 per listed era, as
the farther back in time a creature is, the harder it is
to reach. The minimum Spiritus such ancient
creatures have is 5.
Fossil bones have been worshiped for hundreds of
thousands of years, though often misidentified as
other creatures. Sometimes they hit the mark, though.
Some were thought to be the bones of giants
(Mammoths); others gave rise to the first mutterings
of the Thunderbirds (Pterosaurs) and Great Serpents
(Mosasaurs). In China, Dragon Bones (any fossilized
bone, really) are sold as curatives (though, in truth,
ingesting the crushed bones only lines the users
stomachs with silicate) and Great Buffalo
(Hadrosaurs, Brontotheres, Mammoths, etc) are
called up by the Amerindian tribes. Such worshiped
bones are great stores of essence and can easily
supply the creatures owner with the essence needed
to manifest.
These creatures are usually limited to Gheburah, but
have been known to try and recapture their Glory
Days in other realms (such as the First World), but
most keep to themselves.
In the world of Armageddon, necromancers from the
Alliance are actively working to get these creatures
interested in the action of the world again, for if the
world falls to the taint, they too will be destroyed.
Convincing these creatures to act can be a major plot
for a campaign and an impetus for other adventures
in order to curry their favor.
Powers and Abilities:
Spirit Entities: Ancient Animal Spirits have the basic
powers and attributes of Nature Spirits. They have all
the abilities and limitations of a spirit entity (see
Witchcraft p.258-259).
Habits of Life: On many realms (such as the First
World), the creatures with natural weapons can use
them to damage the essence of other spirits normally
(Energy Essence is damaged first, then Vital
Essence). Damage is calculated the same as a natural
attack, but it deals Essence damage instead of life
point damage. This essence can be held by the
prehistoric monster for 1 hour per Constitution and
Willpower level. It can use this Essence for its own
purposes to perform an ability or to evolve as per a
human ghost.
Elemental Connection: One of the benefits of being a
fossil is a deep connection with the earth. As such,
they can perform the Earth Elemental Invocation
(Witchcraft p. 214) with a skill equal to their Spiritus
Level and a Channeling level equal to their
Willpower. They may also have some of the special
abilities of Earth Elementals including Earth
Movement and Stone Shards (Abomination Codex p.
139).
Manifest and Animate: Despite being extinct, the
spirit of the animal can choose to animate the bones
(or replica bones) of themselves or relates species:
sometimes, temporarily reconstructing entirely new
bodies from a single tooth out of essence. The
difference between the Manifest and Animated forms
is quite clear: Animated forms are moving skeletons,
whilst Manifest forms are the rebirth of the whole
animal in flesh and blood. Both forms are able to
attack with any weapon they had in life unless the
part was soft or non-boney (such as venom) when in
their animate forms.
Resistant to Damage: Their age and interment in
stone has altered their manifest and animated forms:
both forms have 2 points of armor per level of
constitution. This armor protects against all physical
attacks. Direct Essence attacks such as Soulfire deal
normal damage. Unlike Earth Elementals, these fossil
monsters cannot be softened with exposure to water,
or if they can, it takes an impractically long time.
Fossilization Curse: This powerful curse is almost all
rumor, it is used so rarely. The desecrations of the
bones of their brethren, or grand offenses against
their descendants are really the only ways to gain the
attention of these entities. This curse costs 75
Essence points, which are not regained until the curse
is broken, lifted, or the subject is completely
destroyed. The spirit uses Willpower and Spiritus, the
victim resists with a Difficult Willpower test (or a
simple one for gifted). If the spirit wins, the victim
feels the urge to travel to the nearest point where
fossilization has occurred, or is occurring today.
Once there, his bones begin to absorb minerals from
the surroundings (dealing 2 damage per turn), and
once the victim dies, he is literally turned into a
fossil. His bones are turned into stone and his flesh
simply dies.
Other Abilities: Because of their age, many of these
creatures are rumored to have many other powers
this includes Primal Powers of the Titans and the
powers of ghosts and phantasms.
New Skills
Fishing
Fishing tasks can be handled by a Survival -2 test as
well. The Fishing skill itself covers catching fish and
reading equipment to do so. Dexterity and Fishing is
used to throw a lure in the right place, or aiming a
net. Using a spear to fish uses Hand Weapon (Spear)
or (Spear gun). Intelligence and Fishing is used to
deduce where the best spot to fish is and what lures to
use, as well as playing the lure well. Strength and
fishing is used to bring the fish in. Certain reels and
rods can add bonuses or subtract them from the test.
The fish resists being drawn in with either strength +
size or strength doubled roll, whichever is greater.
Animals and Combat
Contrary to popular belief, animals rarely fight each
other to the death when they can avoid it. When a
predator hunts, it attempts to take down its prey as
quickly as possible as to avoid injury, while the prey
attempts to escape as quickly as it can (or drive off
the attacker as quickly and simply as possible). Few
species kill each other for reasons other than foods
(lions slay other carnivores and even the cubs of
rivals to remove competition), and those instances
too have creatures dealing out death as quickly as
possible. This is largely because injury in the wild
can quite easily lead to infection and death. Or, if
they can, simply bluff their way through and not
commit the energy to a fight.
The weapons or predators are hooked and curved not
just for slicing through flesh, but to get a grip into it.
If a predator deals enough damage to a prey item to
sever a limb, it is usually not severed, but extremely
well hooked into a prey. For every 1/10th life points
suffered in an attack, the animal gains a +1 bonus to
hold onto its prey. Resisting a hold is accomplished
in a number of wayseither through resisted strength
or dexterity tests, depending on how the animal is
attacking and how it is resisting (directors
digressions).
Cinematic Monsters
In movies, dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals
receive little to no scientific appraisal, especially in
earlier films. For those wishing to use such cinematic
monsters in a campaign, to increase the danger level
of the encounters, here are some basic rules. For a
simple prehistoric monster, use the maximum stats
available for the creature, and double the armor
value. For a truly monstrous creature, add 4 to the
creatures strength and tipple the armor value.
Another method of creating a cinematic monster is to
give it a need to feed that is Daily or higher (as all
monsters in monster movies appear to be diabetic for
some reason.).
Converting a creature over to Cinematic Unisystem
follows the basic rules of a basic cinematic monster
as above. The creatures gains a combat score equal
their brawling skill+1 in Success levels (IE: a
creature with Brawling 2 will have a combat score of
13 or 14. Assigning Drama Points is a prerogative of
the director, but most will have between 0 and 1
point, 2-3 for a predator or major threat, and 4-5 for
an alpha predator or plucky sidekick animal. An
animal has an average brains score equal to its
intelligence +1, but has the Special Ability marking
its normal senses as a true average brains score (IE:
an dog would have brains 2 normally, but brains 18
for using its senses).
Animals and Intelligence
Animal intelligence is something that some scientists
have dedicated their lives to understanding. Every
day, new developments regarding what animals are
actually able to cognitively process are discovered.
This expands slightly on the chart found within Terra
Primate. Either may be used to no detriment. Due to
the broad nature of the attribute, Intelligence as it
applies to animals is hard to define, because size is
not always the primary factor. Birds especially have
shown the ability to learn new behaviors and pass
them on (a highly evolved trait), but the brain size
itself is comparatively small, though it is far denser
overall. Bird neurons are smaller and more efficient
making overall brain size amongst incomparable to
other animals.
-1 or Animals with this level of intelligence rely
Below mostly on instinct and pre-programmed
responses to deal with the outside world.
0 Animals with this level of intelligence are
capable of learning new behaviors including
those that go against their own behaviors.
Memory tends to be short outside of a very few
specific incidents. Nurturing of the young is
possible in this level, though the degrees may
vary and it rarely lasts more than 2 years.
1 Animals in this range are able to recognize
themselves in mirrors. Their memory regarding
individuals, migration routes or other topics is
long term and engrained. Simple deceptive
tactics can be employed by an animal of this
level of intelligence.
2 More advanced animals in this range are
capable of the simple tool use (though not the
creation of modified tools). Their counting
ability ranges from 3 to 6. Simple language
may exist (IE: different calls for different
predators) as well as, in the most advanced
cases, a single ritual behavior.
3 Advanced tools that are made by the animal in
question are in use and rudimentary aspects of
culture are more than possible with this level of
intelligence.
4+ Here, the line between human and animal blurs
to the point where it is truly unrecognizable.
Effectively, the animal has a Human
Intelligence of 1.
Example Animals:
-1 or Most Invertebrates, Fish, Amphibians and
below Turtles.
0 Most Hoofed mammals and Reptiles fall in this
category.
1 Herons, Sheep, Pigeons, Rats, Octopi,
Squirrels, Pigs, Horses, Cats and the most
exceptional of Crocodilians.
2 Dogs, simpler Monkeys, parrots, crows,
elephants, simple movie animals
3 Most Apes, Dolphins, some very intelligent
crows.
4+ Intelligent Movie Animals. Ancestral
Humans.
The most difficult aspect of defining or identifying
intelligence in animals lies with the animals nature.
Language and communication, for example can take
a wide variety of forms that most would not
recognize off the bat. Humans can easily establish
that some animals have calls and cries to warn their
allies of danger or to establish a territory. On the
other hand, some languages are harder to decipher.
Some cephalopods (squid and octopi) as well as
chameleons alter their colorations specifically for
communications purposes. These communications
tend to revolve around their emotional states when
used in such a manner. Other animals have developed
a series of gestures mixed with calls to communicate
their wants. Each of these forms of communication
can become advanced enough to be considered a
rudimentary language on its own.
 Chapter 3: Fossil Record
Introduction
Here is a rather detailed list of animals and environments found throughout 630 million years of complex life on
earth. Each period is covered to what is generally known about the period, and how it can affect those visiting the
characters. A director can chose to ignore environmental penalties, but if they are chosen, remember that they apply
equally to animals exiting the environment as well as those entering it. Some qualities can be applied to the stats to
create new species and some appear to missing some qualities or elaborations. This is intentional for both space and
convenience.
Entry Breakdown
Each organism has its own entry (or group entry) which follows a basic formula. First the entry lists the creature or
groups generic name, followed by the time periods they are found in and an image (if available). These are the most
general stats for the group of animals given, and specific species can vary from these stats. The entry then breaks
down as follows:
Name This gets more specific for what the creature or creatures are, listing the genus covered in the entry.
Remember that a genus covers several species (IE: the genus Panthera includes Lions and Tigers).
Attributes and Derived Attributes The Standard Unisystem listings for things such as Strength, and Life Points.
Attacks This lists the types of attacks it is possible for the animal to make (though others are certainly possible
such as Slam-Tacklebut these are the most common).
Qualities and Skills Lists the average skills and qualities for the group entry. Specific species may have other
qualities as well.
Habitat This portion lists the types of places the living animals would be found in.
Found This lists where fossils of these animals have been found.
The entries end with a short description featuring facts and some minor speculation on the organisms in question,
including details not covered by the creatures qualities and skill descriptions.
 Ediacaran Period
Time Period: 630-545 million years ago.
Global Environment:
The world has just recovered from an Ice-Age that had glaciers covering almost the entire planet, almost halting the
growth and development of life in the newly oxygen-rich oceanic environments. The air quality of the time was very
oxygen poor. Time travelers without external oxygen sources, after only (d10 + constitution) minutes, begin to get
bad headaches, suffering a -1 to all actions and lose 1 endurance point per minute (with damage to life points every
3 endurance lost). Simply existing here counts as very hard work. Hard work counts as frenzied activity and frenzied
activity deals d8 (4) endurance damage per turn. Days were only 18 hours in length. In time the planets rotation
slows down, increasing the length of the day.

Most life can only be found in shallow water (0 to 600ft/200m deep, where photosynthesis is possible). Some of the
classic Ediacaran fauna (Seamats and Seapen-like organisms) lived a mile down, away from other food chains,
filtering food from the ocean like sponges, but less durable. Chemosynthetic life forms do exist in pockets, but none
were greater than balls of bacteria. Speaking of which, the seafloor where most life was concentrated was not made
of normal sediment, the sea bottom was covered with a layer of microbial life forms that many of the other
organisms feed on. Few benthic (burrowing) organisms exist at the time and would later be responsible for the
destruction o the Microbial mat ecosystem. Microbial mats continued to exist, however, just not in such vast
quantities (though they still account for 99% of life on earth). Many of them today are extreme-ophiles, living in
places as diverse as near sea trench volcanoes, hot springs, to hyper-saline pools and even in Death Valley
underneath rocks. The Ediacaran mat was less than an inch thick and was found in reef-like patches.

Plant life consists largely of algae: blue, green and brown colorations. Lichens were about the only life form found
on land. As such, the land was generally barren and erosion occurs at an extremely high rate, as the Lichen did not
even begin to approach the land until near the end of the period when the Ozone Layer had formed. This means that
any traveler in this period from our time will be exposed to solar radiation rather readily if they do not have
protection. A modern space suit is recommended if one wishes to have adventures in this timeframe.

A person exposed to the unfettered Ultraviolet rays suffers d4 (2) damage every hour on their exposed skin. Further,
at the end of each day, someone exposed to this radiation must make a Constitution (doubled) roll at -1 for every
hour exposed. On a failure, they contract skin cancer. Living at least 1 atmosphere (33ft) underwater affords the
animals of this time protection.

In the water, multi-cellular life begins to appear, though most of it can fit in a human hand. The image below
represents a partly outdated view of the epoch. Many of them simply absorb nutrients/filter small organisms from
their environment like sponges today, but without proper digestion.
Stromatolites
Middle Archean to Holocene
Stromatolites were some of the earliest multi-cellular
life forms visible to the naked eye, even though they
were essentially a calcifying microbial mat (which
can also be seen by the naked eye, but amounts to
little more than slime or Primordial ooze to the
average person). They first appeared 3 billion years
ago and survived until the present day in Australia.
They were the first large group of photosynthetic life
forms to leave fossils behind. They helped oxygenate
the water, and created reefs until true corals appeared.
Because they were literally sedentary lumps of algae
and silica, they dont really have many stats. They
have no strength, dexterity, intelligence or
perception. To compensate, they all have Lesser
Natural Toughness. They all have average
constitution and willpower scores. Each lump of
sediment and algae has life points depending on its
size. Less than 6 inches in size, they only have only 2
life points and an armor value of 1; Size 2 (6 inches)
have 12 life points and an armor value of 2; size 3 (1-
2ft) have 14 life points and an armor value of 3. Size
4 (3-4ft) Stromatolites have 16 life points and an
Armor Value of 4. Stromatolites were found all over
the world at varying times, but were now limited to
Shark Bay, Australia.
Hydrodyskia and relatives
Middle Protoerozoic to Ediacaran
Hydrodyskia was one of the earliest known
macroscopic organisms, first appearing 1.4 billion
years ago, disappearing at the end of the Ediacaran.
Little is known about them, or what they were. They
appear as small lumps connected by a root-like
system called holdfasts. These lumps appear to
decrease in number, but increase in size, as the
creature ages. They may have been a form of early
animal or perhaps even a Foraminiferaa giant
bacteria. It uses the same stats as a Stromatolite, but
without the armor.
Jellyfish
Late Ediacaran to Holocene
Name: Minute/Tiny/Petite/Small Jellyfish
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 2
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 1
Willpower: 0-1
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 (swim)
Attack: Tentacle (d4 + Poison)
Skills: Hunting 3, Notice 1, Swim 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Low Metabolism, Cold
Blooded, Blind (or Light Spots), Size 0-4, Fully
Aquatic, Radial Symmetry, Carnivore, Alternate
Primary Sense (Touch)
Habitat: Open Water, above reefs.
Found: Worldwide
Name: Giant Jellyfish and can live much deeper (3000m). True Corals do
Strength: 1 not appear, however, until the Ordovician period.
Dexterity: 2
Constitution: 1-3 Sea Anemones have no armor, use sponge physical
Intelligence: -1 stats and jellyfish mental stats. Life points remain the
Perception: 1 same, though they only reach small in size, the same
Willpower: 0-1 applies to Sea Pens, though they were even smaller.
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10 Sea Anemones and Sea pens appear in the Ediacaran.
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3 +5 Flatworms
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 (swim) Late Ediacaran to Holocene
Attack: Tentacle ((d4+1) + Poison)
Skills: Hunt 3, Notice 1, Swim 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Low Metabolism, Cold
Blooded, Blind or Light Spots, Size 5, Radial
Symmetry, Alternate Primary Sense (Touch)
Habitat: Open Water, above reefs, Fully Aquatic
Found: Worldwide

Jellyfish were primitive animals, and one of the

earliest predators on earth. They move through a life
cycle that alternates from sedentary life to free-
swimming life. Some were filter feeders, while others
were predators. One species in modern times has
formed a symbiotic relationship with algae. Jellyfish
have poisons for defense and attack. They swim
dragging their tentacles behind them. They have to
feed only rarely, and were actually over 90% water.
They have various venoms. Today, the Box Jellyfish Name: Flatworm
Strength: 0
has the most toxic venom of any animal known.
Dexterity: 2
Venoms range from 1 to 6 in strength, and were
Constitution: 1-2
corrosive poisons.
Intelligence: -1
Comb Jellyfish are a completely different order and Perception: 1
lack the bell shape of their brethren. Because of their Willpower: 1
Life Points: By Size
more rounded design and greater range of movement,
Endurance: By Size
they tend to have higher dexterity scores (3-5). They
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
are not particularly fast, but quite maneuverable.
They are the largest organisms to be propelled via Attacks: Bite (d4)
cilia like bacteria and micro-organisms are. Skills: Dodge 2, Notice 2, Stealth 2, Survival 3,
Tracking 1, Climbing 3 or Swimming 4.
Otherwise, they use the exact same stats (and are
Qualities and Drawbacks: Low Metabolism, Cold
about as old).
Blooded, Light Spots, Size 0-2, Amphibious, Wide
Relatives of Jellyfish, such as Corals, Sea Pens and Range Vision, Regenerative Reproduction, Limbless,
Sea Anemones use stats similar to other organisms. Watery Skin, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Wide
They all share the same mental attributes, however. Range Vision
Habitat: Any Aquatic or damp land.
Found: Worldwide
Corals have the same attributes as Stromatolites in
terms of physical stats. Most retract their poisonous
tentacles at night; usually they only have a strength of Flatworms were some of the first creates to develop
1 in ant tentacle, though some have more potent eyes. Though not true eyes, they actually were
venom. Only the fire corals have strength 2, and light-sensitive organs, only able to detect light and
darkness, and changes therein. Thus they were able to
never retract their tentacles. They have a symbiotic
avoid predation. Some early forms actually have no
relationship with algae. Those without Algae in a
eyes, so cannot sense things that way. Some were
symbiotic relationship were usually more poisonous,
free swimming animals, while others were
sedimentary animals. They were relatively active and
helped form a more active ecosystem in the
Cambrian.
Some of them have since developed measures to
repel predators such as poisons and bright colors
advertising toxicity.
As oxygen entered the air, some species of flatworm
began to enter very damp, land environments. Today,
such species survive only on isolated islands. These
stats can also be used to represent other worms,
though most were blind. Some were larger (add 5 life
points), but statistically, they remain the same.
Sponges
Late Ediacaran to Holocene
Sponges were filter-feeding organisms, and the
earliest multi-cellular animals to survive until the
present. Sponges use the same stats as Stromatolites,
except they do not have an armor value or Lesser
Natural Toughness. Size 5 Sponges have 18 life
points. Some sponges have corrosive toxins hidden
within them or on their surface to deter predators.
They generally cap in power at strength 2. They
were found in oceans (and even some rivers and
lakes) worldwide.
Ediacaran Disc
Tonian to Early Cambrian
Name: Ediacaria, Cyclomedusa
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 1-2
Constitution: 1-2
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 1
Willpower: 1
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity)
Attacks: None/bite (d4)?
Skills: Dodge 1, Notice 1, Stealth 1, Survival 2,
Tracking 1, Climbing 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Low Metabolism, Cold
Blooded, Size 1-2, Amphibious, Radial Symmetry,
Light Sensing Spots, Alternate Primary Sense
(Touch)
Habitat: Shallow Seas
Location: Worldwide
The symbolic Ediacara Biota and first appearing over
a billion years ago, they were once thought to be
Jellyfish of one kind or another, but further study
revealed some of them to be microbial mats and
others to be strange organisms with no other relations
known aside from themselves for the most part.
Others were considered to be holdfasts for ancient
coral like creatures, the bottoms of Sea Anemones, or
giant protest-organisms. These stats assume the mat-
organism hypothesis, but a consensus currently is
rather far in the future. Mat Organisms have radial
symmetry (they extend from a core like a starfish)
and have no front or back, only a top and bottom.
Edrioasteroidea
Ediacaran to Permian
Name: Edrioasteroidea
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 0
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 1
Willpower: 1
Life Points: 1-3
Endurance: 2-4
Speed: 0
Attacks: Defensive Spines (Attackers strength)
Skills: Notice 2, Climbing 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Lesser
Natural Toughness, Blind, Size 1, Fully Aquatic,
Defensive Spines, Quadruped, Radial Symmetry,
Sedentary, Armor Value 2, Filter Feeder, Alternate
Primary Sense (Touch)
Habitat: Sea Floor
Found: World Wide
One of the earliest known echinoderms, these
animals were filter feeders which thrived when they
first appeared. The calcium-carbonate shell provided
some of the earliest full fossils, and protected them
from most enemies of the time. They reached their
zenith of diversity in the early Carboniferous, but
cooling trends of the time ended their diversity and
they went extinct with most life forms at the end of
the Permian.
 Cambrian Period
Time Period: 545-495 million years ago
Global Environment: Little has changed environmentally from the Ediacaran. The air was still toxic to modern
humans (16 times as much carbon dioxide, less than half the oxygen); the water was where life survives. The vast
majority of the worlds oceans were shallow. The Ozone layer formed properly and thus the first animals venture on
to land, if only for fleeting excursions to escape predation. There were still some land plants, consisting mostly of
lichens and other land-adapted, bust still water connected algae forms, but not enough to make the land livable.
There was also a great deal of continental drift during this time. The global temperature was warmer than it is today,
with little to no glaciations at times. The big attraction, however, was the sheer size of the shallow seas across the
earth, allowing for a great diversity of early life.

Other Fauna/Flora: The Cambrian period had a host of creatures evolve to fill in all sorts of niches, spurred on by
the development of eyes; the predator-prey dynamic became just that. Mollusks, Echinoderms, Crustaceans,
Myriapedes, Arachnids and Trilobites can trace their ancestry to this period.

Some of the fauna present in the Cambrian was beyond the dreams of most mortals. At the directors discretion, the
cast member viewing such creatures may have to pass either a simple willpower test or face fear of the creature, or a
simple intelligence test to become fascinated with it. Whichever attribute was higher.

Other Worms
Cambrian to Holocene Qualities and Drawbacks: Low Metabolism, Cold
Name: Annelid, Roundworm, Blooded, Size 0-4, Wide Range Vision, Regenerative
Strength: 0 Reproduction, Alternate Primary Senses (Touch or
Dexterity: 2-7 Taste/Smell), Limbless, Watery Skin, Burrow (1),
Constitution: 1-4 Light Sensing Spots
Intelligence: -1 Habitat: Any Aquatic or damp land.
Perception: 2-4 Found: Worldwide
Willpower: 1-8
Life Points: By size These stats cover a wide variety of worms and worm-
Endurance: By Size like animals, from parasitic roundworms and
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) nematodes to earthworms and leaches. They inch
Attacks: Bite (d4) along the ground or swim through water or even
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Stealth 2, burrow through the earth in a quest to fulfill their
Survival 3, Tracking 1, Climbing 3 or Swimming 4.
primal needs. In a few isolated, damp locations, they Brachiopods
even hunt food on land. Cambrian to Holocene

Some specialized worms include:

Priapulida a group of burrowing worms from the

Cambrian that acted as ambush hunters.

Arrow Worms Which form a group of mud-living

and plankton-like worms with powerful mouth parts
and are rather active hunters (They can bite for d4+1 Name: Brachiopods
damage). Strength: 0
Dexterity: 0-1
Phoronida a group of worms which have tentacle Constitution: 2-6
mouths (level 5) and live within chitinous-laced Intelligence: -1
shells (Natural Toughness and Armor Value 1). Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2
Nectaspida Life Points: By Size
Cambrian to Silurian Endurance: By Size
Speed: 0
Attacks: None
Skills: Dodge 1, Filter Food 4
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 0-1, Cold Blooded,
Low Metabolism, Armor Value 4 (Shell), Fully
Aquatic, Sedentary, Limbless
Habitat: Sea beds
Found: Worldwide

Name: Naraoia, Misszhouia, Brachiopods were simple mollusks, though

Strength: 0
Dexterity: 2
Constitution: 2-3
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
Attacks: None
Skills: Dodge 2, Notice 2, Stealth 2, Survival 3,
Tracking 1, Climbing 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Light Spots,
Lesser Natural Toughness, Size 1-2, Fully Aquatic,
Whiskers, Wide Range Vision, Burrow (1),
Quadruped, Impaired Senses (Sight)
Habitat: Ocean floor.
Location: North America and Asia
Considered by some to be an ancestor of the fossil
icons known as Trilobites, Nectaspida as a family,
were small animals resembling trilobites in basic
shape, but without central segments. Some have
suggested that they were an offshoot of the ancestors
of trilobites. They feed on refuse and small animals
within the sediment. Nectaspids ranged in size from
one to six inches in length.
possessing two shells; they were not hinged like true
bivalve mollusks. They were held together by their
musculature. These animals were simple filter feeders
waiting in the reefs to sift food. These animals were
so common that they can be in beds that stretch for
hundreds of yards and at high densities. These
animals were anchored by and large, using dodge to
retreat into their shells at the first sign of trouble.
Though they have symmetrical shells, each shell side
was symmetrical only with itself, not with each other.
Gastropod
Cambrian to Holocene
Name: Slug, Snail, Limpet, Conch, Nudibranch
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 1-3
Constitution: 2-6
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-5
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution or Dexterity
Attacks: Bite (d4 + Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 1, Climb 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 0-3, Cold Blooded,
Low Metabolism, Armor Value (Size x 4) (Shell) or
Natural Toughness, Limbless, Climber (2) or Burrow Hallucigenia
(1), Defensive Slime (Many), Amphibious or Fully Middle Cambrian
Aquatic (Many), Acute Senses (Sight)
Habitat: Tidal Zones
Found: Worldwide

These animals have a great deal of variety to them,

but can be generally represented physically (if not
through qualities). In general, the armored ones are
slower than the unarmored ones. Some are
carnivores, others are herbivoresall are really slow.
Those without armor rely on defensive slime or Name: Hallucigenia
poison to defend themselves. Some Snails even hunt Strength: 0
with poisoned harpoon weapons (d6 + Poison). Dexterity: 1
Constitution: 2-4
Halawaxiida Intelligence: -1
Early to Middle Cambrian Perception: 3
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution)
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower)
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
Attacks: Defensive Spines (Attackers strength)
Skills: Notice 2, Climbing 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Blind, Size
1, Fully Aquatic, Defensive Spines, Quadruped,
Detritivore, Alternate Primary Sense (Touch, Smell),
Light Sensing Spots
Name: Wiwaxia, Orthrozanclus Habitat: Sea Floor
Strength: 0 Found: North America
Dexterity: 1
Constitution: 2-4 Hallucigenias name roughly translates to Like
Intelligence: -1 something out of a dream and of all the Cambrian
Perception: 3 fossils, it is indeed one of the strangest. In fact, its
Willpower: 2-4 still debated on whether which end is up. The feet in
Life Points: By Size this reconstruction are actually its mouths as well,
Endurance: By Size with a unified anus in the back at the end of the tail.
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
Attacks: Defensive Spines (Attackers strength) Vetulicola
Skills: Notice 2, Climbing 3 Cambrian
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Lesser
Natural Toughness, Blind, Size 0-1, Fully Aquatic,
Defensive Spines, Quadruped, Detritivore, Alternate
Primary Sense (Touch), Limbless, Light Sensing
Spots
Habitat: Sea Floor
Found: North America

These small animals had both horns and small shelly

protrusions that acted as a defense against the newly
evolved predators of the time. It is not known where Name: Vetulicola, Xidazoon, Yuyuanozoon
these animals fit in the tree of life but it is relatively Strength: 0
certain that they have no modern descendants. Dexterity: 3-4
Wiwaxia, the best known of this group, grew to only Constitution: 2-3
2 and a half inches in length. Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: By Size appear to be in a group all to themselves. They range
Endurance: By Size in size from one to six inches in length.
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
Attacks: Bite (1) Of particular note is the pseudo-krill, Marella which
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 2, Notice 1, Stealth 2, is an arthropod almost completely removed from
Survival 2, Swimming 4 other forms of arthropod known.
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Size 0-1,
Fully Aquatic, Limbless, Blind, Lateral Line, Also of note is Yohoia which had pincers in front and
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Filter Feeder preyed on sediment-living animals.
Habitat: Mid Ocean.
Found: China Opabinia
Cambrian
These enigmatic worm-like animals were free-
swimming filter feeders, straining particles out of the
open water. Other than this, almost nothing is known
about them.

Primitive Arthropod
Cambrian to Ordovician (?)

Name: Marella, Sidneya, Canadaspis, Wapitia,
Occacaris and Yohoia
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 2-3
Constitution: 2-3
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 1-2
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
Attacks: Bite (d4), Pincer (d6)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climbing 3, Dodge 1, Notice 2,
Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 0-2, Lesser Natural
Toughness or Armor Value 1, Fully Aquatic,
Whiskers, Arthropod, Burrow (1), Impaired Senses
(Sight)
Habitat: All Oceanic
Found: Asia and North America
Arthropods had a great deal of diversity in the
Cambrian, as they do today. The forms generally
remained small, less than a foot in size. They free-
swam, filtered food, crawled or hunted. Not all have
been assigned to a present day family, and many
Name: Opabinia
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 2-3
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 5
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: Strength + Constitution + 5
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower)
Speed: 10
Attacks: Grasps (d6), bite (d4)
Skills: Brawling 2, Swimming 5, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Size 1,
Acute senses (Sight), Fully Aquatic, Wide Range
Vision (3 point), Limbless, Prehensile Appendage
Habitat: Ocean bottom/reefs
Found: North America
Opabinia was one of the strangest animals to appear
in earths history. With five eyes, multiple flippers
and a trunk, it looks like an alien life form, but
actually developed on earth. It and its relatives only
survived in the middle of the Cambrian until more
developed animals out competed it. It is speculated
that it used its long trunk to root out worms in the silt
to consume, possibly sticking its trunk down
burrows. At three inches long, there was little listed
here it could predate, which was why it had five
elevated eyesto watch out for predators. It reaches
lengths of up to 3 inches.
Anomalocarids
Cambrian to Early Devonian
Name: Anomalocaris, Schinderhannes, Laggania,
Amplectrobelua,
Strength: 0-2
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 2-3
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 4-5
Willpower: 2-5
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x2
Attacks: Grapple (d4 (2)), Bite (d6 (3) x
(Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 2, Survival 4, Swimming 5, Tracking 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Size 1 to
Size 4, Natural Toughness, Fully Aquatic, Wide
Range Vision (3 point), Natural Armor 1
Habitat: Mid-water above reefs
Found: Asia, Europe and North America
Anomalocarids were the top predators of the
Cambrian, though one species appears to have been a
filter-feeder akin to a whale. Predacious ones can
reach a 6ft in length. All were free-swimming with
over 20 pairs of paddles to keep them moving,
though one group member has legs as well and was
a bottom feeder (add Climb 3). Anomalocarids have
an odd mouth, shaped like the iris of a camera lens.
Their normal tactic was to grab a prey item in their
serrated tentacles and maneuver them to be bitten in
the rear. This bite can pierce trilobite shells with
relative ease. If it were to attack a human, it would
bite out a small chunk of flesh from them, though it is
unlikely this would occur. Surprisingly, this family
managed to survive until the early Devonian, over
time, the fins changing their arrangement and
becoming reliant on only a pair of flippers, with the
others acting as navigational aids. Furthermore, these
later specimens shrunk in size greatly. Most
Cambrian examples were 3 to 5ft in length on
average, but later ones were only a little over 3 inches
in length.
Agnostids
Cambrian to Ordovician
Name: Agnostida
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 1
Constitution: 1-2
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 1-3
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + water current strength.
Attacks: None
Skills: Dodge 1, Notice 1, Survival 2, Swimming 4 or
Burrowing 4
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Armor
Value 1, Size 0-1, Blind, Exoskeleton, Fully Aquatic,
Alternate Primary Sense (Touch)
Habitat: Open Water or seabed.
Found: Worldwide
These were the smallest, trilobite-like animals
known. They appear to have been either free-floating
animals, drifting in the current with only their shell to
protect them, or benthic (shallow silt) living
creatures, burrowing through the sand and filtering
food particles out of it. Either way, they filtered in
their food and stumbled about blindly through life.
They average about 2-3 inches in length.
Redlichiida Corynexochida
Early to Middle Cambrian Cambrian to Devonian

Name: Redlichiida
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 2
Constitution: 1-2 Name: Corynexochida
Intelligence: -1 Strength: 0
Perception: 2-4 Dexterity: 2
Willpower: 1-3 Constitution: 1-2
Life Points: 2-7 Intelligence: -1
Endurance: 3-8 Perception: 3-4
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) Willpower: 1-3
Attacks: Bite (d4), Defensive Spines (Attackers Life Points: By Size
strength) Endurance: By Size
Skills: Climb 2, Dodge 1, Notice 1, Survival 2, Speed: 3-4
Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor Value 1, Size 1-2, Attacks: Bite (d4)
Arthropod, Fully Aquatic, Quadruped, Wide Range Skills: Burrow 2, Climb 2, Dodge 1, Notice 2,
Vision, Impaired Senses (Sight) Survival 3, Swimming 1
Habitat: Ocean Floor Qualities and Drawbacks: Arthropod, Armor Value 1,
Found: Worldwide Exoskeleton, Size 0-1, Fully Aquatic, Wide Range
Vision
The most primitive family of trilobites, the Habitat: Seafloor
Redlichiida were quite successful in the Cambrian Found: Worldwide
period, but died out quickly. They had some
defensive spines along their heads, so they would curl Corynexochida were small, round trilobites similarly
up slightly to get them to stick out. Anomalocarids widespread across the globe as its brethren. These
would simply maneuver them into a better biting trilobites acted in much the same manner as their
position to avoid said spines. They grew to a cousins, filtering food from the ocean floor. They
maximum of 9 inches in length. grew too little over an inch on average.
Odontogriphus-like creatures Homalozoan
Cambrian to Permian Middle Cambrian to Middle Carboniferous

Name: Odontogriphus, Bowengriphus

Strength: 0 Name: Stylophora, Belemnocystites
Dexterity: 3 Strength: 0
Constitution: 1-4 Dexterity: 1
Intelligence: -1 Constitution: 2-3
Perception: 3 Intelligence: -1
Willpower: 1-3 Perception: 1-3
Life Points: 7 Willpower: 1-3
Endurance: 7 Life Points: By Size
Speed: 3/ 4-5 (swim) Endurance: By Size
Attacks: Bite (d4) Speed: 2-4
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 2, Notice 1, Stealth 2, Attacks: slam (d4)
Survival 2, Swimming 4 Skills: Brawling 1, Notice 2, Climbing 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Size 2, Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Blind, Size
Fully Aquatic, Limbless, Alternate Primary Sense 1-3, Fully Aquatic, Quadruped, Radial Symmetry,
(Touch), Impaired Senses (Sight) Armor Value (Size+1), Detritovore, Metamorphosis
Habitat: Mid water or ocean floor. (?), Limbless, Alternate Primary Sense (Touch),
Found: Worldwide Acute Senses (Smell), Impaired Senses (Sight)
Habitat: Sea Floor
Odontogriphus was one of the many odd animals Found: Worldwide
from the Cambrian. A similar creature is also known
from the Permian period, so it is safe to assume that These strange creatures are generally interpreted as
some of its relatives survived between those times. It echinoderms. It is thought that the tail they had
is speculated that it fed on mats of bacteria on the stemmed from a sedentary stage in their development
ocean floor with its odd, U shaped mouth and when which they later freed themselves from.
disturbed would swim away to escape predation.
They average at 7 inches in length. While feeding,
their eyes would be underneath their body, rendering
them completely blind.
Graptolite Primitive Chordate
Middle Cambrian to Middle Carboniferous Cambrian to Holocene

Name: Pikaia, Lancelets, Myllokunmingia

Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size
Name: Graptolite Endurance: By Size
Strength: 0 Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
Dexterity: 1 Attacks: Bite (d4)
Constitution: 1-4 Skills: Dodge 2, Notice 2, Swim 5
Intelligence: -1 Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Light Spots,
Perception: 1-3 Size 0-1, Fully Aquatic, Whiskers, Limbless
Willpower: 1-3 Habitat: Open water near reefs.
Life Points: By Size Found: North America
Endurance: By Size
Speed: 2-4 Pikaia was a primitive Chordate, ancestral to all
Attacks: Slam (d4) vertebrates. This free-swimming animal was one of
Skills: Brawling 1, Notice 2, Climbing 3 the first of its kind. In China, a similar creature,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Blind, Size Haikuicthys, existed, though it had fully functioning
1-2, Fully Aquatic, Quadruped, Radial Symmetry, eyes (Perception 2). Similar primitive chordates
Armor Value (Size+1), Filter Feeder, Asexual called Lancets survive until the present day. Pikaia
Reproduction (10 point), Blind, Alternate Primary was only an inch and a half in length. Haikuicthys,
Sense (Touch) the earliest fish, replaces Light Spots with true Eyes,
Habitat: Open Ocean/over reefs but otherwise shares the same stats.
Found: Worldwide

Graptolites are simple, free-floating filter feeders that

often fell to the sea floor upon their death (and were
only preserved in sediments where scavengers were
rare in the sediments. They budded together in
colonies as they floated around the oceans. They
became extinct in the mid-carboniferous due to
cooling climates. Visually, they appeared as softer-
bodied muscles or other filter-feeding shellfish that
were able to float mid-water.
Conodonts
Cambrian to Triassic

Name: Conodont
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 1-2
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) + 5
Attacks: Bite (d4)
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 4
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Size 2 or 3,
Fully Aquatic, Limbless, Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Mid water above reefs
Found: Worldwide

Conodonts were a group of Chordates (primitive

vertebrates) known best for their boney teeth, which
they used to filter food. They had well developed
eyes and rayed fins, placing them as a side-branch of
the true fish line. They survived until the Triassic
period. The larges conodonts reach 16 inches in
length, but most were under that size.
 Ordovician
Time Period: 495-443 million years ago
Global Environment: It began as warm as it was in the Cambrian but gradually began to cool, with ice-caps
reforming at the poles. This cooling eventually leading to an ice age at the end of the period, but fluctuating back to
warm so quickly and snapping cold as suddenly, causing a mass extinction among marine life which could not adapt
to the rapid changes. Some scientists believe that a Gama Ray burst from a distant exploding star set the
fluctuations in motion as well as irradiating the surface of the planet and stripping off half of the ozone layer (which
recovered by the end of the event). Animals near the surface and on the sea floor would then suffer Ultraviolet
exposure from the lack of Ozone and the ray burst would produce an undoubtedly lethal dose of radiation.

Other Fauna/Flora: Corals evolve to become community-living organisms instead of individual polyps competing
with each other. Reefs grew in diversity as a result. Brachiopods and crinoids proliferate as do Cephalopods who
grew to tremendous proportions. Trilobites reach a golden age of diversity and Graptolites (coral-like animals)
proliferate as well. Green Algae dominate most sea plant life, which eventually lead to the first vascular plants who
take tentative steps onto land. These plants often resembled Liverworts and funguses helped these plants convert
matter into organic nutrients for these early plants. These mats of bacteria and algae were the first land plants. No
roots, just slop. Sea Urchins and Starfish appear for the first time.

Lichida Perception: 2-4

Ordovician to Devonian Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
Attacks: Defensive Spines (d6 or d8)
Skills: Climb 2, Dodge 1, Notice 1, Survival 2,
Swimming 4
Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor Value (size x3),
Size 1-2, Arthropod, Wide Range Vision, Burrow 1
Name: Lichida Habitat: Ocean Floor
Strength: 0 Found: Worldwide
Dexterity: 2
Constitution: 2-4 Lichida were spiny Trilobites of varying sizes. Given
Intelligence: -1 the variety of spines, it is thought that they served
possible other functions besides defense though other Isotelus
options were not well explored. Some of the spines Middle to Late Ordovician
even have spinney barbs on them, for added defense.
Some Lichida spines were so great that they appeared
similar to cartoonish drawings of fish skeletons. The
largest grew 10 inches in length.

Protedia
Ordovician to Permian

Name: Isotelus
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 2-3
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Name: Proetida
Willpower: 2-3
Strength: 0 Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Dexterity: 2-3 Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +
Constitution: 2-4
5
Intelligence: -1
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Perception: 3-4
Attacks: Bite (d4)
Willpower: 2-3
Skills: Climb 2, Dodge 1, Notice 1, Survival 2,
Life Points: By Size Swimming 1
Endurance: By Size Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Armor Value 6,
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
Arthropod, Wide Range Vision, Burrow 1
Attacks: Bite (D4), Fork (d6)
Habitat: Sea floor
Skills: Climb 2, Dodge 1, Notice 1, Survival 2,
Found: Northeastern US and Canada
Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor Value (size x 3), Isotelus (or, rather, its species Isotelus Rex) was
Size 1 or 2, Arthropod, Wide Range Vision, Burrow
the largest known Trilobite, growing over a foot in
1
length. Its simple construction leaves it to filtering
Habitat: Ocean Floor
food from the sandy sea bead. Some trilobites were
Found: Worldwide
almost as large, but not topped this species. Even
compared to other giant arthropods, the animal has
Members of the group Proetida represent the impressive bulk for an animal 2ft and 4 inches in
common standard when it comes to Trilobites.
length.
Several different species developed different
adaptations to survive over their evolutionary
existence. Some developed eye stalks (+1 perception
or Acute Vision), others developed shovel-like horny
noses that could be used to sift for prey or stab
attackers (d4 damage), and still others grew defensive
spines (though not to the extent of the Lichia). Some
could roll up into a tight ball like a modern pill bug
for added defense. The largest were on average 7 or 8
inches in length.
Basic Sea Scorpion
Late Ordovician to Permian
Name: Euripturus, Megalograptus, Mixopterus,
Acutiramus. Carcinosoma
Strength: 0-3
Dexterity: 2-5
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x2 +5
Attacks: Claw (d6 x Strength), Bite (d4 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Swimming 5, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-5, Arthropod,
Defensive Spine (d6), Armor Value (Size x2), Fully
Aquatic, Burrow 1, Wide Range Vision (3 point)
Habitat: Oceanic, Rivers and Swamps
Found: Worldwide
Sea Scorpions were primitive arachnids that rose to
prominence in the Ordovician, and greater abundance
and power in the Silurian period. There were many
forms and varieties found within the basic sea
scorpion. The two most common body plans appear
above. They were related to horseshoe crabs, and
evidence suggests that they shared many behaviors
such as mass spawning. Many were predators, though
some later forms, such as Megarachne (Described
below) and other Hibbertoperians, filtered sediments
with their forelimbs for small animals to prey upon.
Horseshoe Crabs
Ordovician to Holocene
Name: Horseshoe Crab
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 2-3
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
Attacks: Bite (d4), Pincer (d6), Shell Splitting (d4 x
(Strength+2)), Defensive Spine (d6+1)
Skills: Brawling 2 (specialty: Splitting Mollusk
Shells) 4, Climb 2, Dodge 1, Notice 1, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 1, Survival 2, Swimming 1, Tracking 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 1-3, Armor Value
(Size x2), Arthropod, Defensive Spine (d6 and d4),
Quadruped, Wide Range Vision, Color Blind,
Burrow 1
Habitat: Ocean Floor
Found: Worldwide
Horseshoe Crabs were animals that still exist today in
large numbers; their primitive builds provide a
glimpse at what life was like at the dawn of time.
With simple eyes and breath with 5 book-gills and
blue blood, they provide ideas of how other ancient
arthropods behaved. These animals eat worms,
mollusks and other small animals found in the mud.
They can use their pincers to pry apart shells (Size +
Brawling (Specialty: Splitting Mollusk Shells)
against a Size + Armor Value), if successful, the
damage is dealt as above. The Crabs give us insight
into one particular behavior found in most aquatic
arachnids of the period: group spawning. Every year,
they gather on specific shorelines to lay their eggs in
the sand, partly on land. Protecting the eggs form
aquatic predators. Though, even in some later
species, predators (even other arachnids) will gather
to feed on the new hatchlings. In modern times, they
can grow up to 20 inches in length. Prehistoric ones
could be larger.
Orthocone
Ordovician to Triassic
Name: Trimeroceras, Mandaloceras, Octamerella,
Ovoceras, Hexameroceras, Conradoceras,
Pentameroceras
Strength: 0-4
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 1-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Grapple, Bite (d4 x Strength, Armor
Piercing)
Skills: Acting 1, Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-6, Armor Value
(Size x2), Cold Blooded, Tentacles (+3 grapples),
Full Reverse, Fully Aquatic, Wide Range Vision (3
point)
Habitat: Oceanic
Found: Worldwide
Orthocones were primitive, shelled cephalopods that
dominated the Ordovician. They were both predator
and prey. Some may have been filter feeders, others
may have been mid-water predators, but we were
certain that many preyed on the life in the ocean
floor, sneaking up on arthropods and entrapping
them. Mostly all that were found were the shells of
the animals. Their tentacles, in number and
distribution, were often guessed based on belemnites,
which had 10. Only the carnivores have brawling and
any attacks. Orthocone Shells had many different
forms, though the straight shelled forms were one of
the first to become extinct. These basic orthocones
could reach sizes up to 13ft in length, most of which
would be shelled.
Giant Orthocone
Ordovician to Silurian
Name: Cameroceras, Endoceras, Vaginoceras,
Meniscoceras, Parapuzosia
Strength: 6-10
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-5
Willpower: 2-5
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
Attacks: Grapple (+4 to the role), Beak (d6 (3) x
Strength)
Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Size 7-8,
Armor Value (Size x 2) (Shell only), Tentacles (+4
Grapples), Full Reverse, Scent Tracking, Fully
Aquatic, Wide Range Vision (3 point)
Habitat: Oceanic
Found: Worldwide
Giant Orthocones were the hallmark predators of the
Ordovician. Some of them reached 17ft in length.
Given the shape of its shell and sheer size, it was
likely that it was a deepwater/open ocean animal,
preying on other animals, focusing largely on Sea
Scorpions and other Nautaloids. As the Apex Brittle Starfish
predator, however, it would not be averse to eating Ordovician to Holocene
other things.

Blastoid and Crinoid

Ordovician to Permian (Crinoids survive to present
day)

Name: Brittle Star, Basket Starfish

Strength: 0
Dexterity: 1-3
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Name: Blastoid, Crinoid Willpower: 1-3
Strength: 0-3 Life Points: By Size
Dexterity: 1-2 Endurance: By Size
Constitution: 2-5 Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Intelligence: -1 Attacks: None
Perception: 1-3 Skills: Notice 2, Climbing 3
Willpower: 2-3 Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Lesser
Life Points: By Size Natural Toughness, Size 1-2, Fully Aquatic,
Endurance: By Size Quadruped, Radial Symmetry, Sedentary, Armor
Speed: 0 Value (Size), Light Sensitive Spots, Low
Attacks: Slap (d4-1 (1)) Metabolism, Alternate Primary Sense (Touch), Scent
Skills: Brawling 1, Notice 2, Climbing 3 Tracking, Impaired Senses (Sight)
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Lesser Habitat: Sea Floor
Natural Toughness, Blind, Size 1-4, Fully Aquatic, Found: Worldwide
Quadruped, Radial Symmetry, Sedentary, Armor
Value (Size+1), Filter Feeder, Alternate Primary These very active starfish have managed to largely
Sense (Touch) unchanged for almost half a billion years. Living on
Habitat: Sea Floor the sea floor to scavenge food or filter detritus from
Found: Worldwide the sediment.

Blastoids and Crinoids are echinoderms that are Sea Urchin

rooted to the ground and filter food from slow Late Ordovician to Holocene
moving currents. Though they appear like plants, Name: Sea Urchin
they can move to defend themselves, such as swatting Strength: 0
away small animals that wish to steal their catches. Dexterity: 1-3
They were prolific in the Paleozoic era, but were Constitution: 2-4
heavily hurt by the Permian mass Extinction, with the Intelligence: -1
Blastoids disappearing completely. Crinoids managed Perception: 2-3
to survive in the deepest parts of the ocean until this Willpower: 2-3
very day. Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: 2-6
Attacks: Defensive Spines (Attackers strength), Bite
(d6)
Skills: Brawling 2, Notice 2, Climbing 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Lesser
Natural Toughness, Size 1-2, Fully Aquatic,
Quadruped, Radial Symmetry, Sedentary, Armor
Value (Size), Light Sensitive Spots, Low
Metabolism, Defensive Spines, Alternate Primary
Sense (Touch), Scent Tracking, Impaired Senses
(Sight)
Habitat: Sea Floor
Found: Worldwide
Sea Urchins are slow moving animals that crawl
along the oceans floor feeding on what they can
find. Their spines both aid in their locomotion and
provide a very good defense against predators.
Today, the few fish that feed on them have a habit of
biting off the spines first. Such attacks to the pines
are taken at a -3 penalty. At least half of the Sea
Urchins life points must be reduced via this method
in order to completely remove the spines.
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Armor
Value 1-3, Size 2, Fully Aquatic
Habitat: Oceanic
Found: Worldwide
Early fish were not only jawless, but lacked boney
spines. Dense muscles and cartilage hold the
notochord in place. Armored scales help keep the
animal face from predators, but most simply swim
away. Most of them were filter feeders at mid-water
or near the surface. They averaged at 6 inches in
length, with the largest growing to only twice that. As
jawed fishes evolved, they slowly declined and faded
from existence.

Sea Urchins feed on a variety of things including

shellfish. They have 5 sharp teeth that, in some
species, can crack muscles shells (AP 2).

Early Jawless Fish:

Ordovician to Devonian

Name: Atraspid, Arandaspis, Eriptychiida,

Sacabambaspis, Lepidaspis
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 2-3
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 1-2
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) +5
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Endurance) +3
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +5 (swim)
Attacks: Sucker/barbed tongue (d4)
 Silurian
Time Period: 443-417 million years ago
Global Environment: The world experienced a mild greenhouse effect, with warm shallow seas covering many
continents. Glaciers again retreated and almost disappeared at the poles. Tropical storms were common in these
warm, shallow seas. Layers of broken shells found help verify this. There was a slight cooling towards the end, but
the world warmed back up for the Devonian.

Other Fauna/Flora: Animals began to appear on land for the first time. Millipedes were followed by centipedes,
scorpions and spiders. Primitive vascular plants began to grow around the waters edge, Cooksonia and
Baragwanthia being two representatives. These were in addition to the land algae, lichen and liverwort already on
land. These plants grew only a few centimeters (an inch or less) in height, but it was a big advancement.

Scorpion only 8 inches in length, but in prehistory, some

Silurian to Holocene species could reach far larger a foot or more in
Name: Scorpion length.
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 2-4 Millipedes and Centipedes
Constitution: 1-4 Silurian to Holocene
Intelligence: -1 Name: Millipede or Centipede
Perception: 2-3 Strength: 0-1
Willpower: 1-3 Dexterity: 2-5
Life Points: By Size Constitution: 1-3
Endurance: By Size Intelligence: -1
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) Perception: 2
Attacks: Claw (d4 to d6), sting (d4 + Poison) Willpower: 2
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Life Points: By size
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Endurance: By size
Qualities and Drawbacks: Arthropod, Low Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
metabolism, Poison (variable), Size 0-3, Quadruped, Attacks: (Centipede only) d4+Poison
Whiskers, Wide Range Vision (3 point), Impaired Skills: Brawling 0 or 3, Climb 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Senses (Sight) Stealth 2, Survival 3
Habitat: Land (any non-frozen), some aquatic in Qualities and Drawbacks: Arthropod, Low
Silurian metabolism, Poison (bite or internalized), Size 0-3,
Found: Worldwide Quadruped, Whiskers, Wide Range Vision (3 point),
Impaired Senses (Sight)
Scorpions were among the first major predators on Habitat: Any Land (non frozen)
land. Given the lowness of plants, Scorpions Found: Worldwide
remained small as well so they could hide under
rocks to cool off. Scorpion venom is of variable Millipedes and Centipedes were among the first
potency. Female scorpions employ a basic form of arthropods to move onto land: millipedes consisting
parental care, carrying their young on their back, and of one of the first herbivores, and centipedes among
sharing food with them until they were old enough to the first predators. Herbivorous and carnivorous
make it on their own. In hard times, however, shes mites and springtails were also among the life forms
not above sacrificing a few to feed herself and the they encounter on land, but those two were simply
rest of her brood. Today, the largest scorpions reach too small to stat. Giant ones soon developed in the
absence of large predators, some reaching 3 to 4 feet Giant Sea Scorpions
in length. These giants went extinct by the Triassic Silurian to Devonian
period. Many of these animals also have defensive
poison secretions of varying intensity.

Brontoscorpio
Silurian

Name: Pterygotus, Jaekelopterus

Strength: 4-7
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 4-6
Name: Brontoscorpio
Intelligence: -1
Strength: 1-2
Perception: 2-3
Dexterity: 2-4
Willpower: 2-4
Constitution: 2-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 +10
Intelligence: -1
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution +Willpower) x
Perception: 2
4 +5
Willpower: 2
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 (swim),
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 + 10
Dexterity + Constitution (walk, underwater)
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
Attacks: Claw d6 x Strength, Bite d4 x Strength, Leg
2 +5
Spike d4 x Strength
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Attacks: Claw d6 x Strength, Sting d4 x strength
Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 5,
+Poison, Bite Strength
Tracking 2,
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 3, Dodge 2, Notice 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Arthropod, Amphibious,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 2
Size 5, Armor Value 12, Acute Senses (sight), Wide
Qualities and Drawbacks: Arthropod, Poison 4,
Range vision (3)
Amphibious, Size 4, Armor Value 6, Acute Senses
Habitat: Ocean floor, near reefs
(sight), Quadruped, Wide Range Vision (3)
Found: Worldwide
Habitat: Ocean Floor and Shoreline
Found: Europe and North America
Pterygotus and its relatives were not only the largest
of the sea scorpions, but the largest of all arthropods.
Brontoscorpio was the largest known true scorpion,
Co-existing with the giant Orthocones, it is assumed
and in order to support itself, was largely aquatic. It
that they would only be concerned with an adult giant
is theorized that Brontoscorpio would walk on land to
Orthocone, as little else could even conceivably
shed its skinand exploit food items washed ashore.
attack them. Pterygotus armored body would only
Its book gills were meant to maximize oxygen
present a problem when molting, which could be
retrieval from the water and air.
countered by escaping onto land if need be.
Pterygotus fossils have been found all over Silurian
deposits, except Antarctica while only one
Jaekelopterus has been found in Germany. Given the
design of its claws, it is assumed to have favored
soft-bodied prey such as fish and mollusks over
armored arthropod prey. It is thought that the rise of
armored predatory fish in the later Devonian caused
their decline and eventual extinction.
Ammonites
Late Silurian to Late Cretaceous
Name: Araxoceras, Perrinites, Popanoceras,
Pseudogastrioceras, Waagenoceras, Araxoceras,
Wocklumeria, Clymenia, Parawocklumeria,
Soliclymenia, Abbasites, Anetoceras, Goldringia,
Choffaticeras, Fagesia, Mammites, Tridenticeras,
Didymoceras, Exiteloceras, Rhaboceras,
Cochloceras, Nostoceras, Nevadites, Gymnotoceras,
Tropigastrites, Arcestes, Nipponites, Yezoceras,
Madagascarites, Douvilleiceras, Arcestes
Strength: 0-3
Dexterity: 1-3
Constitution: 1-4
Intelligence: -1 to 1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +10 (swim)
Attacks: Tentacles (grasp, +3), Bite (d4 x Strength,
Armor Pricing)
Skills: Acting 1, Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-4, Armor Value
(Shell) (Size x2), Cold Blooded, Tentacles (+3
grapples), Full Reverse, Fully Aquatic, Wide Range
Vision (3 point), Defensive Spray (5 point)
Habitat: Oceanic
Found: Worldwide
Ammonites were the other great fossil icon, first
appearing towards the end of the Silurian; they
eventually out-competed the other Orthocones and
rise to prominence in the oceanic community after
the Permian extinction event. They dominate the
oceanic life throughout the Mesozoic, but went
extinct at the same time as the dinosaur. They
generally propel themselves backwards. It is hard to
speculate on their behavior beyond comparing it to
the modern, predatory nautilus: free swimming and
active predators that were deep water hunters. The
size of these Ammonites reached up to 4 or 5 feet in
diameter. Though most fir the image in the picture
above, a few of these animals have slightly conical,
but still spiraled shells, others shells are similar to
drills, while other spiraled shells are open and not
tightly bound into itself. Some of the odd-shelled
Ammonites came with lids to their shells, allowing
them to totally withdraw into them.
Sea Cucumbers
Silurian to Holocene
Name: Holothuroidea
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 1-3
Constitution: 1-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2
Willpower: 1
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: 2-6
Attacks: None
Skills: Notice 2, Climbing 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Lesser
Natural Toughness, Size 1-3, Fully Aquatic,
Quadruped, Radial Symmetry, Sedentary, Lesser
Natural Toughness, Light Sensitive Spots, Low
Metabolism, Specialized Diet (Detritivore),
Tentacles (retractable) (2-5, 1 point version),
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Scent Tracking,
Impaired Senses (Sight)
Habitat: Sea Floor
Found: Worldwide
Sea Cucumbers are small, elongated echinoderms
that sift food from the ocean floor with a myriad of
arms in their mouths. Because they are relatively
soft-bodied for echinoderms, many have developed
spines or toxic skin to ward off enemies.
Cephalaspid Free-Swimming Anapsid
Silurian to Early Devonian Silurian to Early Devonian

Name: Jamoytius, Birkenia

Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 1-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x2 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 (Swim)
Skills: Dodge 4, Notice 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5
Name: Cephalaspis, Ateleaspis Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Armor Value 1,
Strength: 0 Wide Range Vision, Fish
Dexterity: 1-3 Habitat: Open Ocean (near surface)
Constitution: 1-4 Found: Europe (Scotland)
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2 These large jawless fish were open ocean creature
Willpower: 2 without any teeth. They probably fed on plankton
Life Points: By Size near the surface and in mid water. These animals
Endurance: By Size would have been quick, wary and possibly schooled
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution +5 (Swim) together for protection. Its eel like body would have
Attacks: Suction d4 made it very flexible.
Skills: Brawl 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Survival 3,
Swimming 5, Tracking 2 Spiny Sharks
Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor Value 2 (4 on the Silurian to Permian
head), Size 1-3, Wide Range Vision, Fish
Habitat: Sandy or muddy Ocean flats
Found: Europe

Cephalaspids were large-headed primitive fish,

slightly armored and without any jaws. It was a
bottom. Unlike some of its ancestors, it already grew
fins and a distinct tail and head, a big advancement
for the time. The creature likely sifted through the Name: Acanthodii, Acanthoides, Climatius,
mud for small worms and crustaceans to feed on. The Cheiracanthus, Ischnacanthus, Mesacanthus,
lateral line it developed had extensions over the head Nostolepis, Parexus
to allow it to search for prey in the mud with relative Strength: 0
ease while keeping an eye out for predators. The Dexterity: 2-4
largest reached 3 feet in length, but most were Constitution: 1-4
smaller. Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 (Swim)
Attacks: Bite (d4)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Survival 3,
Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 1-2, Armor Value Flat, Bottom Dwelling Placoderm
(equal to size), Defensive Spines (d4-d6), Wide Silurian to Devonian
Range Vision, Fish (Cartilage)
Habitat: Ocean and river environments
Found: Europe, Australia and North America

Acanthodii were the first known jawed fish. They

were sometime called Spiny Sharks as they, like
sharks, have skeletons of cartilagethough far less
than a modern shark. They were tiny predators for the
most part and sharp eyed. Some of them lacked fins
all together, but had finlike spines in their stead.
Some later forms developed into filter feeders, losing
their brawling skill altogether.

Bothriolepis and Relatives

Silurian to Devonian

Name: Gemuendina, Drepanaspis, Phyllolepis,

Name: Brothriolepis, Yunnanolepis
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Willpower + Constitution) +5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor Value 8 (plates),
Armor Value 1 (Skin), Size 3, Scent Tracking, Wide
Range Vision, Fish
Habitat: Oceans, Lakes and River beds.
Found: Worldwide
Bothriolepis and its relatives were an extremely
common genus of bottom feeding placoderm found
throughout the globe. Using the bony plates that
covered its body as well as its mouth, Bothriolepis
sucked up smaller animals from the sea floor. One of
the most successful placoderms, it was generally
found in freshwater environments, but could tolerate
estuarine conditions as well. Some paleontologists
theorize that they behaved like modern salmon, living
as adults in the ocean and returning to spawn and die
in fresh water. It may have also had a primitive lung
to help in poor quality water. They grew to a foot in
length on average.
Lunaspis,
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Willpower + Constitution)
+5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Skills: Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 1, Stealth 1,
Survival 3, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor Value 6 (plates),
Armor Value 1 (Skin), Size 2, Fish, Scent Tracking,
Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Oceans, Lakes and River beds.
Found: Worldwide
Placoderms are a group of armored fish that are
found almost exclusively in the Devonian. They
became extremely successful and had some of the
earliest jaws knownbut no teeth. They did have
plates of bone that acted as teeth, but these were
extensions of the skull itself. The earliest of these
animals tended to be flat-bodied bottom dwellers.
Some genus such as Phyllolepis, were actually blind.
 Devonian
Time Period: 417-354 million years ago
Global Environment: The Devonian can easily be split into two distinct sections, early and late, in terms of
environment habitats on land. The early part of the Devonian had land life consisting of nothing above a few
centimeters in height in a continuation of the Silurian flora and fauna. With the development of seed-bearing plants,
trees began to spread inland and away from the waters edge and their roots helped curb the rampant erosion of
earlier periods. Great forests begin to grow, but most terrestrial life was limited to aquatic food chains (though
insects could spread inland). Massive desserts, however, still dominated the landscape beyond. Swamps and forests
were only found near water. The oceans remained wide and shallow. Near the end of the Devonian, the Oxygen
levels began to rise above the norms, reaching almost 30%. Modern humans and animals not acclimated to such a
climate can last here without ill effects for 24 hours +1 hour per level of Constitution before suffering from ill
effects. They make a difficult constitution test (+1 per level of Resistance (Oxygen) they have) before they
experience, a -1 to all actions per distance from success. Twitching (-1-2), Dizziness (-3 to -4) and Nausea (-5 and
below) follow. Prolonged exposure shortens the life span and can even eventually form cancerous growths (critical
failure).

Other Fauna/Flora: Reefs dominated the shallow oceans, allowing many animals to diversify. Great Barrier Reefs
were found across the globe, forests of Lycopodiophyta, ferns and tree ferns soon covered moist areas of land, some
of these moss-like plants grew extremely tallenough to generate true wood for the first time. Fungus grew to
tremendous proportions as well. Prototaxites grew 3 feet wide and 8 feet tall, resembling tall columns of fungal
matter. Most of the larger plants did not evolve until the late Devonian. Prototaxites actually has some origin in the
latest Silurian, but rose to prominence in the Devonian. The trees of the later Devonian can reach 34ft (8m) in height
with horsetails and related plants growing to truly astonishing heightsalmost a hundred feet (30m), partly because
the largest herbivores were the size of grasshoppers. At the end of the period, a mass extinction occurred (mostly in
marine biota). Some animals from the Devonian survive to the present day, namely, insects such as Silverfish,
Springtails and Bristletails. Such tiny insects use the following basic stats: Strength 0, Dexterity 2-3, Constitution 1-
2, Intelligence -1, Perception 2-3, Willpower: 1-2, Life Points 1-2, Endurance 2-4, Speed 3-5. They are Size 0.
Chiton Found: Worldwide
Devonian to Holocene
Spider-like animals, called Trigonotarbids, have been
around since the late Silurian, but true spiders did not
appear until the Devonian and made up the earliest
land predator group in existence. True Spiders,
however, were not especially common until the
carboniferous, where some grew to greater sizes than
what we see today. Spiders gained Silk during the
carboniferous, but their spinnerets were at the center
of their abdomen (it is thought that such spiders lived
Name: Chiton in burrows lined with silk like trap-door spiders), it
Strength: 0 was not until the Triassic that the spinnerets moved to
Dexterity: 1 the end of it.
Constitution: 2-3
Intelligence: -1 Doryaspis
Perception: 2 Early Devonian
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity
Attacks: None
Skills: Dodge 1, Filter Food 4
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 1-2, Cold Blooded,
Low Metabolism, Armor Value (Size x 4) (Shell),
Amphibious, Limbless, Climber, Resistance (Hot
Weather, Dehydration) 4, Light sensing spots, Wide
Range Vision, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell) Name: Doryaspis
Habitat: Tidal Zones Strength: 0
Found: Worldwide Dexterity: 2-3
Constitution: 1-3
Chitons are mollusks that live in tidal zones, clinging Intelligence: -1
to rocks in places most animals can only spend part Perception: 2-3
of their lives. Chitons feed on algae and bacteria that Willpower: 2
form along tidal-zone rocks. They move extremely Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) +5
slowly as they feed with their mouth-foot. Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +3
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +5 (Swim)
True Spider Attacks: Defensive Spine (d6)
Name: Spider Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Survival 3,
Strength: 0 Swimming 5
Dexterity: 2-5 Qualities and Drawbacks: Armored Body (2), Fish,
Constitution: 1-4 Size 2, Defensive Spine d6, Wide Range Vision
Intelligence: -1 Habitat: Midwater and surface
Perception: 2-4 Found: Europe (Spitsbergen)
Willpower: 1
Life Points: (By Size) A variety of Pteraspid (see below), it was far more
Endurance: (By Size) specialized and armored than its brethren. Its body
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 shape suggests that it fed on plankton and algae near
Attacks: Bite d4/d6 + Venom the waters surface. Most pteraspids were able to
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Survival 3 survive in fresh water, and were among the first fish
Qualities and Drawbacks: Arthropod, Armor Value to do so. The saw like protrusion may have guided
(Size 0-1 = Lesser Natural toughness, Size 2 = food to its jawless mouth. It grew to 6 inches in
Natural Toughness, Size 3 = Armor Value 1), Size 0- length.
3, Venom (Variable), Web, Quadruped , Wide
Range Vision (3 point)
Habitat: Midwater and surface
Pteraspids Lamprey
Early Devonian Devonian to Holocene

Name: Pteraspis
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 2-3
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2
Willpower: 2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) +5
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +3
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +5 (Swim)
Attacks: Defensive Spine (d4)
Skills: Dodge 2, Notice 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor 1, Size 2, Fish,
Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Rivers
Found: Europe (UK and Belgium)
Pteraspis was one of the first fish to invade fresh
water thanks to the development of a kidney. It could
probably also survive in Salt water, but like many
early fish, it to lacked jaws. Its long snout housed a
primitive mouth tooth called a rostrum used to
draw in food items. It was a mid-water animal, and
rather clumsy compared to todays fish due to the
lack of stabilizing fins on the side. Instead, it had
small armored nodes to aid its stabilization. The tail
was designed to move it up as well as forward with a
simple strike. Like other pteraspid, it was probably a
plankton feeder as well. It grew to 8 inches in length.
Name: Lamprey
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 1-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution)/(Strength +
Constitution) +5/(Strength + Constitution) x2 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution +
Willpower)/(Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +
5/(Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x 2 +5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Wrasp (d4 slashing)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Stealth 3,
Survival 3, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 1-3, Fish, Scent
Tracking, Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Rivers and Oceans
Found: Worldwide
Lampreys were parasitic animals that attach
themselves to other animals with a wraspan
opening with their toothy mouths and suck the blood
from their host. They were among the only surviving
jawless fish known. They lack scales, jaws and were
extremely hardy animals. While sucking blood from
a prey item, they feed every few hours, dealing d4
damage to them. It grew to 40 inches in length.

Chimera or Ratfish
Devonian to Recent
Name: Chimera, Ratfish
Strength: 0-2
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 4-6
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 2, Notice 4, Intimidation 3,
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Shark, Size 2 to 4, Armor Stethacanthus
Value (Size -3), Natural Toughness, Wide Range Late Devonian to Early Carboniferous
Vision
Habitat: Rivers, lakes and Swamps
Found: Worldwide

These primitive shark-relatives survive today in deep

water environments. Unlike their shallow-water
brethren, these animals have no definite tail fin and
stronger pectoral fins. They live near the ocean floor,
feeding on small animals they come across, and have
largely remained bottom dwellers (though in
shallower water) in prehistoric times.

Cladoselache
Late Devonian
Name: Stethacanthus
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower)
+10
Speed: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 +10 (Swim)
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 2,
Name: Cladoselache Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 3
Strength: 4-5 Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Shark, Armor
Dexterity: 4-6 Value 1, Natural Toughness, Wide Range Vision (3)
Constitution: 3-5 Habitat: Reefs
Intelligence: -1 Found: Europe (Scotland) and North America
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-4 Stethacanthus was a small shark of the Devonian and
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10 carboniferous seas. Called The Ironing Board
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x Shark, only the males had the distinct feature, which
3+5 leads some to conclude that it was used in mating
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +10 (swim) disputes. Stethacanthus grew to a little over 2ft in
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength) length.
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Shark, Wide Range
Vision (3)
Habitat: Reefs
Found: North America (Ohio)

Cladoselache was one of the earliest complete sharks

known. Teeth and other small parts were known from
Silurian deposits, but this Devonian animal provided
scientists with a complete skeleton that showed
many of the features found in modern sharks. The
key difference being the rounded snout as opposed to
the pointed one found in todays species. It grew up
to 6ft in length.
Xenacanthid
Devonian to Late Triassic Flying Sharks
Devonian to Carboniferous

Name: Iniopteryx, Promexyele,

Name: Xenacanthus, Orthacanthus, Triodus
Strength: 1-12
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 2-6
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 4-6
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 2, Notice 4, Intimidation 3,
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Shark, Size 4 to 6, Armor
Value (Size -3), Natural Toughness, Wide Range
Vision (3)
Habitat: Rivers, lakes and Swamps
Found: Worldwide
Xenacanthid sharks were eel-like animals that have
adapted to live completely in fresh water
environments, storing minerals in their teeth for the
most part. Xenacanthids ranged in size from a mere
2ft to over 12ft in length.
Sibyrhynchus, Iniopera
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 2-3
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5 (Swim)
Attacks: Bite (d6+Strength),
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 1, Survival 2, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-3, Natural
Toughness, Wide Range Vision, Shark, Gliding
Flaps, Jump 2, Wide Range Vision (3)
Habitat: Reefs
Found: North America
These strange predatory fish were small sharks that
appear to share the adaptations of flying fish. The
largest of these fish grew from 6 inches in length to
almost 2ft. They were among the many shark groups
to go extinct at the end of the Carboniferous.
Alternatively, they may have been bottom dwellers
(in which case, remove Gliding Flaps and Jump,
replace it with False Eye Spots).
Dunkleosteus Spinney and Free-swimming Placoderms
Late Devonian Middle to Late Devonian

Name: Tieraspis, Greolandaspis, Murrindalaspis,

Materpiscis, Holonema
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 1-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Name: Dunkleosteus Willpower: 2-3
Strength: 12-18 Life Points: By Size
Dexterity: 3-5 Endurance: By Size
Constitution: 4-6 Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Intelligence: -1 Skills: Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 1, Stealth 1,
Perception: 3-4 Survival 3, Swimming 5
Willpower: 2-3 Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor Value 8/1,
Life Points: By Size Defensive Spines (d4), Size 2 or 3, Wide Range
Endurance: By Size Vision, Fish
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 Habitat: Oceans, Rivers and Lakes
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength+2) (armor piercing 2), Found: Worldwide
Ram (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 2, These stats represent an average placoderm from the
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 1, Devonian. In that period, they were an extremely
Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor Value (size x 2) successful group. These stats represent plankton
(Head Only, Plate), Armor Value (1/2 Size) (Skin), feeders and algae eaters that lived in low or mid-
Size 7 or 8, Scent Tracking, Fish water environments of both fresh and salt water
Habitat: Ocean systems. Fossils from these species revealed that
Found: Africa, Europe and North America Placoderms gave birth to live young.
Dunkleosteus was the top predator of the Devonian
sea ways and one of the largest placoderms known at
27to 33ft in length, though some species were only
12 feet in length. The teeth in its armored head were
actually, like in other placoderms, extensions of the
armor plating. The rest of its body was un-scaled, but
not unarmored. One of the most remarkable things
about Dunkleosteus was that some species have
hinged jaws, able to open its mouth extremely
widely. Few animals in its habitat would appear to
necessitate this adaptation, however. Its bite strength
was comparable to that of a T-Rex or modern
crocodile.
Synauchenia Titanichthys
Late Devonian Late Devonian

Name: Synauchenia
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 2-5 Name: Titanichthys
Constitution: 1-2 Strength: 10-16
Intelligence: -1 Dexterity: 3-5
Perception: 3-4 Constitution: 2-5
Willpower: 2 Intelligence: -1
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) Perception: 3-4
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) Willpower: 2-3
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5 Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6 + 10
Skills: Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 1, Stealth 1, Endurance: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 5
Survival 3, Swimming 5 Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 1, Armor value 4/1, Attacks: Ram (d6 x Strength)
Fish, Wide Range Vision Skills: Brawling 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 3, Stealth,
Habitat: Ocean Survival 3, Swimming 5
Found: Worldwide Qualities and Drawbacks: Fully Aquatic, Size 7,
Armor Value 14 (head), Armor Value 3 (body), Wide
The Devonian equivalent of sardines and other small, Range Vision, Fish
schooling baitfish that feed on plankton in the open Habitat: Open Ocean
ocean, these armored offshoots became extinct at Found: Africa (Morocco)
with the close of the Devonian period and the end of
the Placoderms. Titanichthys was one of the largest fish of the
Devonian, and one of the largest placoderms, second
to Dunkleosteus. It developed specifically to filter
plankton in large gulps, much like a modern whale
does today.
Coccosteus
Middle to Late Devonian
Name: Coccosteus
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x2 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Willpower + Constitution)
+5
Speed: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 +5
Attacks: Bite d8 (4)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Armor Value 6
(Head Only), Acute Senses (Sight), Fish, Wide
Range Vision (3)
Habitat: Ocean
Found: Europe and North America (Ohio)
Voracious predators, Coccosteus had streamlined,
scale less bodies and were perfectly adapt for active
hunting. Their jaws were hinged in such a way that
the head could raise back when it opened its mouth,
allowing it to swallow larger prey, or take deadly
bites out of them. It grew to 16 inches in length.
Cheirolepis
Middle to Late Devonian
Name: Cheirolepis
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 2-3
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower)
+5
Speed: (Strength + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d4)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Fully
Aquatic, Armor Value 1, Acute Senses (Sight), Size
3, Lateral Line, Scent Tracking, Wide Range Vision
(3)
Habitat: Rivers and Lakes
Found: Europe and North America
Cheirolepis was one of the first animals to have a true
boney spine. Inhabiting rivers and lakes, the animal
probably fed close to the surface, as its tail was
oriented in such a way as to drive it downward on
powerful thrusts. By this time, insects had been on
land for a while, and Cheirolepis would take
advantage of those that fell back in the water. Other
prey items would include smaller fish. Cheirolepis
grew up to 22 inches in length.
Coelacanth Lung Fish
Late Devonian to Holocene Devonian to Holocene

Name: Lungfish
Strength: 0-2
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2
Life Points: by size
Endurance: by size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) +5/Dexterity
Name: Macropoma, Latimeria, Alexia, Coelcanthus,
(land)
Wimania, Diplocercides, Axelrodicthys, Chinlea,
Attacks: Bite (d4 or d4 x Strength)
Mawsonia, Miguashaia, Megacoelocanthus, Undina
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Strength: 0-3
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5
Dexterity: 3-5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor Value 1, Size 3-4,
Constitution: 3-5
Cold Blooded, Amphibious (1), Hibernation 3-5,
Intelligence: -1
Quadruped, Lateral Line, Watery Skin, Hibernation
Perception: 2-4
(2)
Willpower: 2
Habitat: Rivers, swamps, lakes, flood plains
Life Points: (By Size)
Found: Worldwide
Endurance: (By Size)
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) +5
Lungfish were an offshoot of the ancestors of land
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength)
animals, and have managed to find a niche for
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
themselves that they exploit to this day. They feed on
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5
smaller animals they can swallow whole. They can
Qualities and Drawbacks: Fish, Armor Value 1, Size
survive out of water only for a brief time and have to
2 to 5, Wide Range Vision (3)
keep moist like amphibians . Today, the largest
Habitat: Rivers, Lakes, Oceans
variety (pictured) can reach 6ft in length.
Found: Worldwide

Coelacanths were lobed fin fish that were fully Lobed-Fin Fish
Middle Devonian to Carboniferous
adapted to aquatic life. They use their muscular fins
for fine navigation, but rely more on their powerful
tails for propulsion. Coelacanths had many genera
and species over the millennia, inhabiting shallow
seas and rivers with equal ease, but after the end of
the Cretaceous, only the deep water forms survived.
Since they bred slowly (live bearing only 5 to 25
fully developed young at a time), they could not
repopulate as quickly as other boney fishes, and thus Name: Eustinopteron, Gyropychius, Holoptichius,
remained in deep water habitats until the present day. Osteolepis
Few prehistoric Coelacanths reached the size of its Strength: 0-3
modern relatives, many of them less than 3 ft in Dexterity: 2-4
length. Today they can reach 6ft in length. Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) +5/Dexterity
(land)
Attacks: Bite (d4/d4 x strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor Value 1, Size 2-4,
Cold Blooded, Amphibious (1), Quadruped, Lateral
Line, Watery Skin, Wide Range Vision (3)
Habitat: Swamps, Rivers, lakes
Found: Worldwide
Lobed finned fish were the direct ancestors of
modern land animals, though there were many
offshoot lineages that went nowhere, the basic
designs originated with this group. It is thought that
such animals either lived originally in thick reeds or
along the floor to ambush prey much like modern
giant salamanders do. Some appear to have evolved
characteristics akin to crocodilesto snag prey along
the waters edge. Some of these animals reached 4ft
in length, most were smaller.
Giant Lobed Fin Fish
Late Devonian to Carboniferous
Name: Hyneria, Rhizodus
Strength: 6-8
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4 +10
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) +5/Dexterity
(land)
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor Value 3, Size 6-7,
Cold Blooded, Amphibious (1), Quadruped, Lateral
Line, Watery Skin, Wide Range Vision (3)
Habitat: Deep fresh water areas
Found: North America, Europe, Greenland
Giant Lobed Finned Fish were an offshoot of other
early tetrapod ancestors, evolved to fill in a top
predator niche. Like their cousins, it is thought that
they could drag themselves onto land, but only for
the briefest of moments (such as snagging a large
insect or primitive amphibian) before returning to the
water. These animals reached sizes about 9ft in
length.
Primitive Amphibian
Devonian to Carboniferous
Name: Hynerpeton, Icthyostega, Acanthostega,
Pederpes, Casineria, Elginerpeton, Tulperton
Strength: 0-2
Dexterity: 2-3
Constitution: 2-3
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)/+5 in water
Attacks: Bite (d4/d4xstr)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 3, Notice 3,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Natural Toughness, Size 3-
4, Tetrapod, Wide Range Vision (3)
Habitat: Swamps.
Found: Europe, Greenland, North America
The earliest tetrapods were actually not true
amphibians as we understand them today, but were
close enough for our understanding to still be labeled
as such. With the air moist and no other large animals
around, they soon rose to dominate the land (near
water, at any rate). They ranged in size from 2ft to
6ft in length. It is thought that some of them lived
more like giant salamanders of today. These animals
would spend their lives crawling around the beds of
rivers searching for food, often hiding in dense
branches and only rarely venturing onto land.
 Carboniferous
Time Period: 354-290 million years ago
Global Environment: The Carboniferous period was marked largely as a warm climate, but a gradual cooling
occurred towards the end, a warning of the coming Permian Glaciations. The major environment of the world was
fern swamps. So rich in plant material were these ancient swamps, that they form the basis of the worlds major coal
deposits. The seas retreated to leave these massive lowland swamps where fish, insects and amphibians flourished.
The period was also marked by a good deal of mountain building as the supercontinent of Pangaea began to form.
The Oxygen content rose to 35%, as compared to 21% today. Here, Oxygen poisoning could occur after prolonged
exposure.

Other Fauna/Flora: Trees of the time period evolved bark for the first time. The high oxygen content of the period
allowed many animals whose size was restricted by their breathing systems to grow incredibly large. Insects
developed the ability to fly for the first time, the first pine trees expanded from the lowland swamps, and reptiles left
the water behind for good and moved inland at the very end of the period. In the oceans, crynoids, other
Echinoderms (starfish, sea urchins and the like) and brachiopods became extremely common, while Trilobites
became uncommon. Sharks become abundant and diverse in the oceans, with nautaloids being another prominent
group of ocean life.

Tullimonstrum Speed: (Strength + Constitution) +5

Carboniferous Attacks: Bite (d4)
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Stealth 1,
Survival 2, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Lesser Natural Toughness,
Size 3, Cold Blooded, Fully Aquatic, Limbless,
Prehensile appendage, Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Swamps
Found: North America (Ohio)

Tullimonstrum was a bizarre animal from North

American (modern day Louisiana) swamps of the
carboniferous. They were invertebrate predators of
other soft-bodied animals that it could worm out with
its proboscis. It is the state fossil of Illinois. They
Name: Tullimonstrum reached a little over a foot in length.
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 4-5
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 1
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x2 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower)
+5
Velvet Worm
Carboniferous to Holocene
Name: Helenodora
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3
Constitution: 1-2
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3
Willpower: 1
Life Points: (by size)
Endurance: (by size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
Attacks: Niper or Bite (d4), Mucus Spray (-1 per
essence spent)
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Stealth 2, Survival 4, Swimming 1, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-3, Cold Blooded,
Minor Natural Toughness, Defensive Slime (spray),
Quadruped, Whiskers, Scent Tracking, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Warm, moist forests, aquatic habitats,
swamps
Found: Worldwide
Velvet worms were halfway between arthropods and
worms. Though similar species have existed
underwater and on land as early as the
Cambrian/Silurian, it was in the Carboniferous that
true modern velvet worms appear. These animals
were carnivores, using their mucus spray to trap prey
or defend themselves against predators. In the
Carboniferous, they may have achieved larger sizes
than those of today, up to a foot or more.
Arthropleura and other Giant Millipedes
Carboniferous to Early Permian
Name: Arthropleura, Euphoberia
Strength: 0-5
Dexterity: 2-3
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 3, Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-6, Armor Value
(Size + 4), Arthropod, Whiskers, Wide Range Vision,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Swamps
Found: Europe
The largest land arthropod ever, Arthropleura was a
giant millipede-like animal that was known almost
completely from its track ways. Because of the
limited fossil evidence, little is known about how the
creature behaved, though it is thought that it behaved
like modern millipedes. It grew somewhere between
6 and 10ft in length. Smaller giant millipedes grew in
excess of 3ft in length.
Megarachne Giant Proto-Dragonfly
Late Carboniferous Carboniferous to Permian

Name: Meganeura, Megatypus,

Name: Megarachne
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution +Willpower) + 5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
Attacks: Bite (d6)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Armor Value 6,
Arthropod, Filter Feeder
Habitat: Swamps
Found: Argentina
Megarachne was once thought to be a giant spider,
roaming the forest floor in search of prey, however, it
was recently revealed to be a type of sea scorpion
specially adapted to living on swampy riverbeds. Its
body alone was a foot in length, not including the
tail. These animals sifted sediment to search for food.
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: (By Size)
Endurance: (By Size)
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +10
(flight)/Dexterity (walk)
Attacks: Bite (d6)
Skills: Acting 1, Brawling 3, Climb 2, Dodge 3,
Notice 4, Intimidation 1, Stealth 1, Survival 3,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Arthropod, Armor Value
(1/2 size (min: 1)), Flight (Fixed Wing, hover), Size
1-4, Whiskers, Wide Range Vision (3 point), Acute
Senses (Sight)
Habitat: Swamps, Plains, Forests.
Found: Europe and North America
Protodonta were primitive Dragonflies, and account
for the largest of that type of animal: Meganeura. It is
thought they behaved like modern dragonflies, but
had more specialized grasping claspers at the end of
their abdomen. It is theorized that they were used for
mating. Later Dragonflies, called mayflies, gain the
ability to fold their wings. These were the first
animals to achieve flight and stood undaunted (at
least up to size 3) until the evolution of Pterosaurs.
Meganeura reached a wingspan of almost 3ft.

Giant Cockroach
Carboniferous to Permian
Name: Dictyomylacris, Archimyalcris,
Aphthoroblattina among others
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: (by size)
Endurance: (by size)
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
Attacks: Bite (d4)
Skills: Brawling 1, Climb 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Stealth 3, Survival 4, Tracking 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Arthropod, Natural
Toughness, Resistance (Disease, Hunger/Thirst,) 5,
size 2-3, Low Metabolism, Wide Range Vision,
Whiskers, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Warm places
Found: Worldwide
Cockroaches first evolved in the Carboniferous and
these primitive roaches were also the ancestors to
mantis and termites. They were known as the largest
forms of Cockroach ever to exist, reaching almost 15
inches in length. It is generally thought that they
filled the niches of modern day mice and rats at these
sizes.
Monstrous Mayfly
Late Carboniferous to Permian
Name: Ephemeroptera (Order)
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: Strength + Constitution + 5
Endurance: Strength + Constitution + Willpower
Speed: Dexterity/ Dexterity + Constitution (Flight)
Attacks: Bite (d4) (Nymph only)
Skills: Brawling 1, Climb 3, Dodge 2, Notice 1,
Stealth 2, Survival 5, Swimming 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2, Armor Value 1,
Cold Blooded, Arthropod, Flight 1 or Amphibious,
Antennae, Acute Senses (Sight)
Habitat: Swamps, Slow Rivers, Lakes
Found: North America, Europe
Mayflies were among the first insects that learned
how to fly, and these small-bird sized insects were
among the most dramatic of them. They go through
an aquatic stage of life like Dragonflies, and that was
where they spend most of their lives. Adults have no
mouths, and thus have no bite attack.
Giant Scorpion
Name: Pulmonoscropius
Strength: 1-2
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2
Willpower: 2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
2 +5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Claw (d6 x Strength), Sting (d4 x strength +
Poison), Bite (Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 3, Dodge 2, Notice 1,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Arthropod, Poison 2,
Amphibious, Size 4, Armor Value 6, Quadruped,
Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Swamp
Found: Europe
This giant, true scorpion, grew to over 3ft in length
and with its sting was a fearsome predator of large
insects and small tetrapods alike. Because of the
discrepancy in size between its claws and the stinger,
it is theorized that, like modern scorpions with that
discrepancy, the venom was weak, with the animal
relying more on the claws to dismember prey.
Triops
Late Carboniferous to Holocene
Name: Triops, Fairy Shrimp
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 2-3
Constitution: 1-2
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 1
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Bite (d4)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 4, Swimming 5,
Tracking 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 0-2, Resistance (heat)
3, Amphibious, Armor Value 1, Low Metabolism 2,
Whiskers, Wide Range Vision, Arthropod
Habitat: Desert pools
Found: Worldwide
These creatures can survive in Death Valley, and
have been living in such hostile environments for
millions of years, their eggs able to survive out of
water for yearsor even pass through digestive
systems unharmed. They were a type of crustacean,
related to fairy shrimp and one species has not gone
on completely unchanged for over 260 million years. Hagfish
The largest of them grow 6 inches in length. Carboniferous to Holocene

Belemnite
Carboniferous to Late Cretaceous

Name: Hagfish
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 5-7
Constitution: 1-4
Intelligence: -1
Name: Megatuthis, Belemnoteuthis, Acroteuthis, Perception: 2-4
Belemniotella, Cylindroteuthis Willpower: 2-3
Strength: 0-7 Life Points: (by size)
Dexterity: 3-5 Endurance: (by size)
Constitution: 1-4 Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Intelligence: -1 Attacks: Tooth Poke (d4)
Perception: 2-4 Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 2, Notice 1, Stealth 1,
Willpower: 2-3 Survival 2, Swimming 5, Tracking 3
Life Points: (by size) Qualities and Drawbacks: Fish, Defensive Slime,
Endurance: (by size) Size 2-3, Scent Tracking, Impaired Senses (Sight),
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) + 5 Acute Senses (Smell, Touch), Whiskers, Wide Range
Attacks: Beak (d6 x Strength), Ink (blinds, nauseates) Vision, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Scent
Skills: Acting 2, Brawling 3, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Tracking
Notice 2, Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Habitat: Deep Water
Swimming 5, Tracking 2, Found: Worldwide
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-6, Cold blooded,
Natural Toughness, Armor Value (Size-1), Full Hagfish are jawless fish, consummate scavengers,
Reverse, Defensive Spray (5 point), Scent Tracking, with only a single tooth. The animals were supremely
Wide Range Vision (3 point), Backup Organs (Heart flexible, but with only a single tooth, need that
x 3) flexibility to tear off rotting flesh. They average
Habitat: Oceans about a foot or more in length.
Found: Worldwide

Belemnites were squid-like animals with 10 arms and

slightly armored shells. They were extremely
populous animals and have a great variety of species
throughout their evolutionary history. They were
predators, but were more often than not they were
prey themselves. Some species grew to tremendous
sizes. Only ones over size 4 have a strength score of
1 or more. The largest beleminites grew to the size
of modern giant squidsup to 10ft in length.
However, most were only a foot or more in length.
Echinochimaera Pseudo-Skate
Carboniferous Carboniferous to Permian

Name: Echinochimaera
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 1-3
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) + 5
Endurance: Strength + Constitution + Willpower +3
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution (Swim)
Attacks: Bite (d6 AP 2)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 1, Survival 2, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2, Defensive Spines
(d4), Natural Toughness, AV 1, Wide Range Vision,
Shark, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell/Touch)
Habitat: Reefs
Found: North America
The Carboniferous seas saw the greatest diversity of
sharks the world had ever seen. Not only were they
top marine predators, but they filled many other
ecological niches. Echinochimaera was one such
example. These animals fed on hard shelled creatures
such as mollusks and sea urchins. Echinochimaera
grew to 7 inches in length.
Name: Janassa
Strength: 0-2
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) +5 (Swim)
Attacks: Tail d6 x (Strength-1), Bite (d4 x Strength)
(AP 2)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Stealth 3,
Survival 2, Swim 5, Tracking 3,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-5, Camouflage
(variable), Natural Toughness, Shark, Wide Range
Vision, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Ocean Floor
Found: North America, Europe
These shark relatives are more closely related to
Chimeras than to modern skates. They developed to
feed on Brachiopods that covered the ocean floor at
the time. However, the Permian catastrophe spared
none of its kind and it left no descendants.
Harpagofututor Tristychius
Early Carboniferous Early Carboniferous

Name: Tristychius
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 +10
Name: Harpagofututor Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +5
Strength: 0-1 Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +5
Dexterity: 3-5 Attacks: Bite (d6)
Constitution: 2-3 Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Stealth 2,
Intelligence: -1 Survival 2, Swimming 5, Tracking 1,
Perception: 2-4 Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Defensive Spines
Willpower: 2 (d6), Natural Toughness, AV 1, Shark, Alternate
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) + 5 Primary Sense (Smell)
Endurance: Strength + Constitution + Willpower +3 Habitat: sandy bottom near reef.
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5 (Swim) Found: Europe (Scotland)
Attacks: Bite (d6+Strength, AP2), Gore (d8)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Intimidation 1, This small shark was one of the few of the period that
Stealth 1, Survival 2, Swimming 5 looked similar to modern sharks. The small defensive
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2, Defensive Spines spines on its fins allow it some protection from
(d4), Natural Toughness, Wide Range Vision, Shark, predation. It was also a predator, but largely of
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell) smaller fish and small animals near the sea floor.
Habitat: Reefs They were thought to be similar in habit and form to
Found: North America a cat shark. It grew to 3ft in length.

Another shellfish eating early shark relative, this Belantsea

animal had virtually no scales across its body. The Early Carboniferous
males were equipped with massive horns with which
they may have jousted like deer do today. They lived
in salt water environments in shallow seas and bays,
hunting brachiopods and perhaps arthropods as well.

Name: Belantsea
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 1-3
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
2+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) +5 Wheel Jawed Shark
Attacks: Bite (d6), AP Carboniferous to Permian
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 1, Notice 3, Stealth 3,
Survival 2, Swimming 5, Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Shark, Size 4, Natural
Toughness, AV 1, Wide Range Vision, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Reefs
Found: North America

Belantsea sharks were surprisingly maneuverable for

their build, but were still stocky and slow. The animal
likely specialized in eating sponges, corals and other
slow moving hard-shelled animals. It grew to a little
over 2ft in length.

Wide-Jawed Shark
Name: Helicoprion, Fadenia, Sarcoprion,
Carboniferous to Early Triassic
Parahelicoprion
Strength: 6-10
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower)
x5 +5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength) AP
Name: Edestus, Listracanthus Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Strength: 4-12 Stealth 1, Survival 2, Swimming 5, Tracking 1
Dexterity: 3-6 Qualities and Drawbacks: Shark, Size 6-8, Armor
Constitution: 3-6 Value 1, Natural Toughness, Alternate Primary Sense
Intelligence: -1 (Smell)
Perception: 2-4 Habitat: Open Ocean
Willpower: 1-3 Found: Asia, North America, Europe, Australia
Life Points: (By Size)
Endurance: (By Size) Helicoprion and its relatives were one of the two
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5 major contenders for strangest jaws in prehistory.
Attacks: Bite (d8 x Strength) Unlike the previous creature, scientists have some
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 2, idea of how the animal behaved. It is thought that it
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 3, fed on hard shelled, free-swimming mollusks such as
Qualities and Drawbacks: Shark, Size 5-7, Armor ammonites, nautiloids and belemnites. Cracking open
Value 1, Natural Toughness, Alternate Primary Sense their shells with its odd jaws. The largest grew some
(Smell) 20ft in length. They were hit hard as a group by the
Habitat: Open Ocean Permian extinction, with only its normal-jawed
Found: Asia, North America, Europe, Australia relatives surviving past it.

One of the largest sharks of the period, these animals

was considered to be the top predators of the period,
or some consider it. The largest grew to the size of a
modern great white shark (20ft). They were mostly
known from their distinctive jaw plates and teeth.
How exactly they fed is a mystery, but it is possible
that the teeth could inflict dangerously large wounds
on prey.
Canobius Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
Early Carboniferous 2+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
(Swim)/Dexterity (land)
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 5, Tracking 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4, Amphibious, Acute
Senses (Smell/Taste, Sight), Natural Toughness,
Camouflage 1, Lateral Line, Wide Range Vision (3
point), Tetrapod, Crippled arms/legs
Habitat: Swamps, Rivers and Lakes
Found: Europe (Scotland)
Name: Canobius
Strength: 0 This strange, 6ft long animal was native to the
Dexterity: 2-5 Carboniferous swamps of Scotland, and represents
Constitution: 1-2 some of the amphibians who, having arrived on land
Intelligence: -1 didnt like it and returned to the water. Its limbs were
Perception: 3-4 vestigial at best and the creature likely fed primarily
Willpower: 2 on fish in murky water.
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size A similar animal with less developed eyes and
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5 narrower skull, Greererpeton, lived in the same area
Skills: Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 1, Stealth 1, and likely preyed on different food sources or lived in
Survival 3, Swimming 5 slightly different niches to it. Pteroplax is a later
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 1-2, Armor value 4/1, version of the Early Carboniferous Greerepeton.
Fish, Wide Range Vision, Big Gulp, Filter Feeder,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell) Tiny Amphibians
Habitat: Ocean, Rivers, Lakes Carboniferous to Permian
Found: Europe Name: Microbrachis, Lethiscus, Microsaurus,
Eucritta, Pantylus
These plankton feeders were small (3 inches) with Strength: 0
wide mouths that swam in open water where they Dexterity: 3-5
could find it. These stats can be used for small filter- Constitution: 2-4
feeding fishes that form the diets of many medium to Intelligence: -1
large predators, even through modern anchovies and Perception: 2-3
herring. Even ancient forms such as the Mesozoic Willpower: 2
staple Leptolepis can be covered with these stats. Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Crassigyrinus and other Eel-Like Amphibians Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Carboniferous Attacks: Bite (d4)
Skills: Acting 1, Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 2,
Notice 1, Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 2,
Swimming 5, Tracking 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Tetrapod, Size 1-2, Natural
Toughness, Acute Senses (Touch, Smell), Resistance
(Cold) 2, Resistance (diving) 2, Wide Range Vision
Name: Crassigyrinus, Greerepeton, Pteroplax (3 point)
Strength: 1-4 Habitat: Rivers and lakes
Dexterity: 3-5 Found: Worldwide
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1 These small amphibians are similar in design to
Perception: 2-3 modern salamanders, but are far more primitive.
Willpower: 2 Some are fully aquatic while others live in the
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 +10 undergrowth of the swamps life flourished in.
Diadectes
Late Carboniferous to Early Permian
Name: Diadectes
Strength: 4-8
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 4-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: Dexterity
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Natural Toughness,
Tetrapod, Resistance (diving) 1, Wide Range Vision,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Swamps
Found: North America, Europe
Diadectes was possibly the most primitive vertebrate
herbivore known. A large animal, it either fed on the
abundant plant life or shelled animals, or even both.
Diadectes was one of the few large vertebrate prey
items available for other large predators that would
later evolve.
Crocodilian Labarynthadont
Late Carboniferous to Late Triassic
Name: Eogyrinus, Paracyclotosaurus, Metoposaurus,
Mastodonsaurus, Cochleosaurus, Bagherpeton,
Anthracosaurus, Archegosaurus, Platyoposaurus,
Prionosuchus, Koskinonodon
Strength: 4-15
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (By Size)
Endurance: (By Size)
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 (Swim)
/Dexterity + Constitution (land)
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 4, Survival 2, Swimming 5, Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Natural Toughness, Armor
Value (Size/3, round down), Tetrapod, Resistance
(diving) 2, Size 4-7, Wide Range Vision (3 point),
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Swamps, Rivers, Lakes
Found: Worldwide
One of the more common forms amphibians took was
one similar to the modern alligator or crocodile. It is
suspected that they fulfilled a similar ecological
niche. These animals persisted into the Triassic
period until competition from archosaurs and true
crocodiles drove them to extinction with stronger
bites and a greater resistance to drought. The largest
of these animals approached the size of large
crocodiles while others were relatively small (6ft).
Mastodonsaurus was among the largest of all
amphibians, growing to 20ft in the middle Triassic.
The largest of these (a crocodile-snouted animal)
named Prionosuchus grew to 30ft (9m) in length and
lived during the late Permian. Some of these animals
are considered Reptimorphs, or amphibians on the
way to becoming reptiles.
Many later, Permian forms, became far more Aistopoda
crocodile like with elongated snouts for feeding on Early Carboniferous to Middle Permian
fish. These specialists did not survive the Permian.

Eryops
Late Carboniferous to Early Permian

Name: Ophiderpeton, Phlegethonita

Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3-6
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: (By Size)
Name: Eryops Endurance: (By Size)
Strength: 5-8 Speed: Dexterity (Doubled)
Dexterity: 3-4 Attacks: Bite (d4)
Constitution: 3-4 Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 1,
Intelligence: -1 Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 2, Tracking 2
Perception: 2-3 Qualities and Drawbacks: Watery Skin, Size (3-4),
Willpower: 2-3 Lesser Natural toughness, Acute Senses (Touch,
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10 Hearing), Impaired Senses (Sight), Alternate Primary
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x Sense (Smell), Cold Blooded, Wide Range Vision,
3+5 Limbless, Burrow/Sand Swimmer?
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5 Habitat: Swamps
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength + 1) Found: North America and Europe
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 5, These creatures were the equivalent of snakes in their
Tracking 1, time, possibly killing in the same manner, or living
Qualities and Drawbacks: Tetrapod, Natural like modern Caecilians, eating small defenseless
Toughness, Acute Senses (Touch, Hearing), Cold worms and other animals. The warm, wet swamps of
Blooded, Quadruped, Resistance (Diving) 2, Wide the Carboniferous providing a decent home for them,
Range Vision (3 point), Alternate Primary Sense but became extinct as the land began to dry out.
(Smell) These vertebrates were known for having an extreme
Habitat: Swamps amount of vertebrae, giving them a grand level of
Found: North America and Europe flexibility. The largest of these grew to 3ft in length.

Eryops was one of the iconic prehistoric animals of Lysorophia

the pre-dinosaur age. Eryops, with its round build, Carboniferous to Early Permian
was essentially a giant frog, acting as an ambush Name: Brachydectes
predator at the waters edge, snapping at large insects Strength: 0
and other animals as they passed. Some species of Dexterity: 3-7
frog were not very intelligent, and will snap at Constitution: 1-3
anything that moves. Its possible to import this trait Intelligence: -1
to Eryops for a more interesting encounter. Eryops Perception: 2-4
grew to 6ft in length. Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: (By Size)
Endurance: (By Size)
Speed: Dexterity (Doubled)
Attacks: Bite (d4)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 1,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 2, Tracking 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Watery Skin, Size (3-4),
Lesser Natural toughness, Acute Senses (Touch,
Hearing), Cold Blooded, Resistance (diving) 1, Wide
Range Vision, Limbless, Alternate Primary sense
(Smell)
Habitat: Swamps
Found: North America and Europe
These snake-like animals were fully aquatic animals
that fed on insect larva and smaller fish they
encountered, similar to many modern fully aquatic
amphibians. Several of these species are known to
have vestigial limbs.
Small, Aquatic Labarynthadont
Carboniferous to Middle Jurassic
Name: Labarynthadon, Eucritta, Proterogyrinus,
Pholidogaster. Seymouria, Peltobatrachus, Cacops,
Pelorocephalus, Capetus, Cochleosaurus,
Dedrepeton, Diplovertebron, Pholidogaster
Strength: 0-2
Dexterity: 2-5
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength or d4)
Skills: Acting 1, Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 2,
Notice 1, Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 2,
Swimming 5, Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Tetrapod, Size 2-3, Natural
Toughness, Acute Senses (Touch), Resistance (Cold)
2, Resistance (diving) 2, Wide Range Vision (3
point), Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Rivers and lakes
Found: Worldwide
These large amphibians inhabit lakes and rivers well
into the time of the dinosaurs. Earlier forms would
fill in the roles later filled in by large lizard-like
reptiles. Their smaller size and ability to survive
cooler climates allowed them to escape most
competition. They still went extinct, but lasted longer
than their brethren. Some, such as the Permian
Cacops, adapted themselves to land (Resistance: heat
2, armor value 1) and became plentiful.
Simple Reptile
Middle Carboniferous to Late Triassic
Name: Westlothiana, Hylomnus, Petrolacosaurus,
Archaeothyris, Solenodonsaurus, Acleistorhinus,
Mileretta, Captorhinus, Silvanerpeton, Spinoaequalis,
Araeoscelis, Labidosaurus, Milleretta,
Nyctiphruretus, Protorothyis, Hypsognathus
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 1-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Bite (d6)
Skills: Acting 1, Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 2,
Notice 2, Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 2,
Swimming 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-3, Armor Value 1,
Resistance (heat) 2, Reptile, Wide Range Vision (3
point), Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Warm climates
Found: North America, Europe and Africa
These stats represent the earliest reptiles of the three
major groups Anapsids (the most primitive), Diapsids
(which evolved into modern reptiles and dinosaurs)
and Synapsids (which became mammals). These
creatures superficially resemble modern lizardsand
such animals can be simulated using these stats on a
very basic level. Westlothiana was the most primitive
and is considered a stem amniot and not a true
member of any of these groups. It grew to 11 inches.
Hylomnus reached 8 inches in length (Size 2),
Petrolacosaurus grew to 16 inches (Size 3) and
Archaeothyris grew to 20 inches in length (size 3). It
is thought that the larger two preyed on the most
primitive of their number. Archaeothyris also has the warm up and cooling times). The animal is most
distinction of having large canines (+1 damage for often shown as being a favorite prey item of
bite). Some of these animals, such as Spinoaequalis, Dimetrodon. Edaphosaurus grew 10ft in length.
may have been aquatic at one point in their lives or
another. Sphenacodont or Ophiacodont
Late Carboniferous to Middle Permian
Some of the earlier and even later animals grouped
here are so primitive in scope that they can only be
identified as Reptimorphs and not in any specific
subset below that. Other times, these can be used to
represent unspecialized Anapsid reptiles.

Edaphosaur
Late Carboniferous to Early Permian
Name: Edaphosaurus, Ianthosaurus, Glaucosaurus
Strength: 1-7
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2
Life Points:
Endurance:
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength)
Skills: Acting 1, Brawling 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 1, Survival 2, Swimming 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-6, Armor Value 3,
Wide Range Vision, Reptile, Quadruped, Sail Back,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Swamps, plains and forests.
Found: North America and Europe
Name: Ophiacodon, Haptodus, Ctenorhachis,
Neosaurus, Stepposaurus, Pyozia
Strength: 1-7
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution +5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 4
Qualities and Drawbacks: Reptile, Size 3-6, armor
value 2, Resistance (Cold) 5, Quadruped, Resistance
(diving) 1, Wide Range Vision, Alternate Primary
Sense (Smell)
Habitat: River and lakesides
Found: North America
Early sphenodonts evolved roughly around the time
of the earliest Edaphosaurs, but did not actively prey
upon such animals until later. Early forms were
predators of large insects and small lizards. Later
forms specialized into fish eaters and generalist large
predators.

Edaphosaurus and its primitive relatives are known

only from fragmentary material in the carboniferous
and were significantly smaller than its later brethren
(none exceeding size 4). After the end of the
Carboniferous, Ianthosaurus became extinct and
Edaphosaurus expanded dramatically, becoming the
second major land herbivore to evolve on this planet.
The massive sail on its back was thought to either act
as a display or aid in thermal regulation (halving
Psuedo-Monitor Lizards
Late Carboniferous to Middle Permian
Name: Archaeovenator, Mycterosaurus,
Thrausmosaurus, Varanops, Varanosaurus
Strength: 0-2
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution +5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 3,
Tracking 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-3, Armor Value 2,
Resistance (Cold) 3, Quadruped, Scent Tracking,
Reptile, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forest and scrublands
Found: North America
Shown above being menaced by Sphenacodon,
Varanops and other Varanopidae members were
proto-mammals pretending to be monitor lizards.
They likely filled a similar niche in the ecosystems of
the Carboniferous and Permian, but lacked the forked
tongue of modern Monitor lizards.
Dimetrodon and other Sail-backed Hunters
Late Carboniferous to Middle Permian
Name: Dimetrodon, Ctenospondylus,
Secodontosaurus
Strength: 5-8
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3 +5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1)), Claw (d4 x
Strength)
Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 3, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Armor Value 3,
Distended Stomach, Cast Iron Stomach, Resistance
(Cold) 4, Quadruped, Scent Tracking, Reptile, Sail
Back, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Any land
Found: North America
One of the icons of prehistory, Dimetrodon was
extremely important to the evolution of mammals
and, as such, the evolution of humans. Aside from the
benefit of having a sail, its key feature was the
differentiated teeth. It has the first true canine teeth
known. It has yet to develop true molars, but was on
the way there. These jaws could inflict horrible
wounds on its prey. It was the apex predator of its
day. Worse, it was able to consume almost the
entirety of a kill. Dimetrodon grew to 10ft in length.
Its immediate ancestor, Ctenospondylus, first
appeared in the latest Carboniferous, with
Dimetrodon appearing in the early Permian.
Secodontosaurus differed in that it had a narrower
skull and may have fed on burrowing animals or in
aquatic habitats.
 Permian
Time Period: 290-248 million years ago
Global Environment: The Permian period was a time of turmoil and general drying out the land. The seas were,
however, low and very little shoreline existed as all the land masses had gathered in the super-continent of Pangaea.
At the beginning however, there was glaciations, but this created hard times for many animals and allowed the
synapsid reptiles to proliferate to a greater degree than their diapsid competitors. Towards the middle of the period,
however, the climate warmed considerably. This trend continued and began to dry out Pangaea to a dangerous
degree. The seasons consisted of only wet and dry. With wet becoming less and less frequent and shorter, as did the
occasional period of cooling that formerly punctuated the period. A period of intense volcanic activity increased the
drought and heat so much that almost all life on earth suffocated. 90-95% of sea life died out, as did 70% of land
animal life. Not even the extinction of the dinosaurs matched this total devastation of the planets life. The cause of
the event started with a bought of Super-volcanismall of Siberia became an erupting volcanic surface which
superheated the planet, sucking the moisture out of the world. This caused a chain reaction with other events,
including an Anoxic event in the oceans which then spread the way for the release of deadly bacterial detritus (in
the form of hydrogen sulfide) from the half-stagnant Pantethies sea. But this is just one theory, though the Anaoxic
event is universal in such theories.

Other Fauna/Flora: During this time, Ginkgo, cycads, Monkey puzzle trees and ray-finned fish appear for the first
time. The beginning of the period was similar, if cooler, to the carboniferous, though the development of
gymnosperms (pines and their relatives) allowed for greater diversity inland than there had been before. The middle
of the period saw them replace the swamps of the carboniferous. Beetles and flies first appeared. Cockroaches
proved to be very successful insects and filled many niches. Beetles and flies make their first appearance.

Hybodus Perception: 2-4

Late Permian to Late Cretaceous Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3 + 10
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5 (Swim)
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 1, Survival 2, Swimming 5, Tracking 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Shark, Size 4, Defensive
Spines (d4), Armor Value 1, Natural Toughness,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Reefs, Ocean
Found: Worldwide

Name: Hybodus One of the most successful shark genus known,

Strength: 1-4 Hybodus is thought to have been an opportunistic
Dexterity: 2-5 predator, and the defensive spines it developed would
Constitution: 3-4 have provided at least some defense against larger
Intelligence: -1 predators. It grew to 6ft in length.
Gar Platyhystrix
Permian to Holocene Early Permian

Name: Platyhystrix
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 2-4
Name: Gar Constitution: 2-3
Strength: 1-6 Intelligence: -1
Dexterity: 2-4 Perception: 2-3
Constitution: 3-5 Willpower: 2
Intelligence: -1 Life Points: (Strength + constitution) x 3 +10
Perception: 2-3 Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x2
Willpower: 2 +5
Life Points: By Size Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 3
Endurance: By Size Attacks: Bite (d6)
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5 Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength) Survival 2, Swimming 3
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 1, Qualities and Drawbacks: Tetrapod, Size (4), Armor
Stealth 3, Survival 2, , Swimming 5 Value 2, Natural toughness, Resistance (Cold) 4,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Fish, Armor Value (size- Wide Range Vision, Sail Back, Alternate Primary
2), Size (4-7), Scent Tracking Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Lakes, rivers and swamps Habitat: Land near swamps and rivers.
Found: Worldwide (now, only in North America) Found: North America

Gars were large, primitive fish that move slowly
when not chasing their prey. Their ganoid scales were
one of the most common fossils where they were
found, as they preserve well (and provide excellent
protection). Only a few species were capable of
entering brackish water. Their eggs contain a
(strength = Size-2) poison in them to protect them
from predation.
This sail-backed animal was not related to either of
the other sail backed animals, though it gains the
same benefits. It was an amphibian. Like them, the
fin developed as they aged. It is thought that it may
have been a common prey item of Eryops during the
early Permian.
Diplocaulus Mesosaurs
Permian Early Permian

Name: Diplocaulus, Diploceraspis

Strength: 0-2
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 2-3
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x2 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Bite (d4 + Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Tetrapod, Size 4, natural
toughness, AV 1, Resistance (cold) 3, Resistance
(Diving) 1, Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Lakes and Swamps
Found: North America
This strange animal was one of the most common
creatures of its day. The strange head developed as it
grew. It is though that, variously, it was used in
mating competitions or displays for territory, or even
as a ram (it would do d4+1 damage if so). Either way,
it was a bottom dweller and would catch passing fish
and crustaceans in its jaws.
Name: Mesosaurus, Stereosternum
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 2-3
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +5
Speed:
Attacks: Bite (d6)
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Stealth 1,
Survival 2, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Armor Value 2,
Cold Blooded, Acute Senses (Sight), Resistance
(diving) 1, Resistance (cold) 3, Reptile, Quadruped
Habitat: Rivers and Lakes.
Found: North America, Africa
Despite its fearsome-looking jaws, the teeth of these
animals were to fine for catching vertebrate prey. It is
though that these animals filtered food like a
flamingo. They grew to 3ft in length on average. The
fossils of Mesosaurus were quite important because
of where they were foundSouth America and
Africa. The fossils helped form the theory of
continental drift as scientists attempted to figure out
how freshwater animals could have crossed an ocean.

Bolosaurids
Permian
Name: Belebay, Bolosaurus, Eudibamus
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 1-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower)
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6+1)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 3, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Caseoides
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 5, Permian
Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2, Armor value 1,
Resistance (heat) 3, Semi-Biped, Resistance (Diving)
1, Reptile, Elongated Running legs, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell), Quadruped
Habitat: Forests
Found: Europe, Asia, North America

These strange anapsid reptiles are claimed by some to

be the first animals to walk on their hind legs.
Despite this advantage, the group did not survive the Name: Angelosaurus, Casea, Caseoides,
Permian extinction. They were universally thought to Cotylorphynchus, Ennatosaurus,
have been herbivores. Strength: 1-4
Dexterity: 1-2
Pareiasauraide Constitution: 2-5
Middle to Late Permian Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-5, Armor Value
Name: Elginia, Scutosaurus, Pareiasaurus, (Size-1), Distended Stomach, Resistance (cold) 4,
Eunotosaurus, Bradysaurus, Deltavajatia, Anthodon, Quadruped, Reptile, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Aganaceras, Nanopareia Habitat: Forests
Strength: 2-8 Found: North America, Europe
Dexterity: 1-3
Constitution: 2-5 Growing to up to10ft in length, most of which was
Intelligence: -1 tail, this large herbivore used its massive gut for
Perception: 2-3 fermentation of plant material. The creatures were
Willpower: 2 large and slow for the most part, unable to flee large
Life Points: By Size predators, they stayed away from where they
Endurance: By Size frequented instead. Later, some increased their
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution running speed to aid against the more advanced
Attacks: Bite (Strength) Therapsid reptiles. The animals had no teeth in their
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 1, lower jaws and managed to be extremely prominent
Survival 2, Swimming 1 herbivores in their time.
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded/Luke Warm
Blooded?, Resistance (Heat) 4, Size (4-6), Defensive
Spines (d4), Armor Value (scutes) (Size+4), Gizzard,
Quadruped, Scent Tracking, Wide Range Vision,
Reptile, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Plains, Desert

These small to large animals were heavily armored

anapsid reptiles once considered ancestral to turtles.
To support themselves, the heavier ones pulled their
legs under their bodies for support. The largest grew
to 8ft in length.
Biarmosuchus and Relatives (Predatory
Dinocephlians)
Middle to Late Permian
Name: Anteosaurus, Titanosuchus, Biarrmosuchus,
Burnetia, Bullacephalus, Lemurosaurus, Lobalopex,
Paraburnetia, Proburnetia, Eotitanosuchus,
Ivantosaurus, Doliosauriscus, Stenocybus
Strength: 4-14
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 3, Notice 3, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 2, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5-7, Luke-warm
blooded, Armor Value 3, Quadruped, Scent Tracking,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Plains
Found: Africa
The apex predators of the middle Permian, at up to
16ft in length, the largest of these animals had about
the same mass as a Kodiak bear, and without the fur,
was not as cuddly and heads over 3ft in length. A
Dinocephlian predator, its large head and fangs could
inflict horrible wounds in a prey animal. Across the
Pangaean supercontinent, the apex predators of the
middle Permian deviated little from this basic design
of a wolf-like or bear-like head on a semi-reptilian
body. They were eventually succeeded by proper
Gorgonopsid predators.
Horned Therapsid Herbivore
Middle Permian
Name: Anoplosuchus, Estemmenosuchus,
Styracocephalus, Zopherosuchus
Strength: 7-12
Dexterity: 2-3
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution +Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Ram (d4 x Strength), Bite (Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 1, Survival 2, Swimming 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Luke-warm blooded,
Armor Value 5, Size 7, Quadruped, Scent Tracking,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests and plains
Found: Asia (Russia)
At 10 to 14ft long, this was the heaviest animal of the
era. Found largely in Russia, the creatures forelimbs
were outstretched while its hind limbs were not. The
animal was noted for the massive horns upon its
head. It was likely that they engaged in ritualized
combat, or possibly head-ramming. When doing so,
they were designed to take such impacts, and thus
only take half damage from head butt attacks. It is
thought to have been an omnivore.
Grazing Dinocephlians Lycaenops
Middle to Late Permian Middle to Late Permian

Name: Avenantia, Delphinognathus, Jonkeria,

Molybdopygus, Riebeeckosaurus, Struthiocephalus,
Tapinocaninus
Strength: 3-12
Dexterity: 2-3
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Survival 2, Swimming 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4-7, Armor value 4,
Luke-Warm Blooded, Quadruped, Alternate Primary
Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Plains, desert
Found: Africa and Asia (Russia)
At 16ft long, the largest of these animals were quite
massive. Dinocephlians were a diverse order,
encompassing carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.
Their main uniting feature is found in their heads
large, prominent and full of mammalian-like teeth.
These stats tend towards herbivorous and omnivorous
forms. They went extinct as the Permian heated up
and low-growing plants in wet environments
disappeared.
Name: Lycaenops, Hipposaurus, Phthinosuchus,
Theriognathus
Strength: 0-6
Dexterity: 3-6
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 1, Tracking 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Luke-Warm Blooded,
Armor Value 3, Size 3-5, acute senses (smell), musk
generation, Quadruped, Scent Tracking, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Plains, desert, forest
Found: Africa, Asia
Lycaenops and other wolf-like Gorgonopsids were
thought to have behaved in a similar manner to
modern canines (ranging from Foxes to Wolves).
Feeding on smaller animals while alone, but tackling
larger prey while hunting in packs. It was one of the
first animals to stand fully erect, and its benefit in
terms of speed was obvious.

Moschops
Middle to Late Permian
Name: Moschops, Ulemosaurus, Styracocephalus,
Keratocephalus, Mormosaurus, Titanocephalus
Strength: 5-10
Dexterity: 2-3
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Ram (d4 x Strength), Bite (Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Survival 2, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7, Armor Value 6,
Luke-warm blooded, Resistance (heat) 4, Resistance
(pain) 2, Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense
(Smell)
Habitat: Plains, desert
Found: Africa, Asia
Pictured above being attacked by the Lycaenops, this
16ft long creature was a more refined version of
Estemmenosuchus. Like it, it was also resistant to the
ramming attacks of its fellows. Another iconic
mammal-like reptile, this one was a browser. Unlike
its older cousin, this one is more build to take body
shots instead of direct head ramming, tackling both
enemies and rivals with its reinforced head.
Dicynodont
Middle Permian to early Triassic (survives in
Australia until the early Cretaceous)
Name: Diictodont, Lystrosaurus, Dicynodon,
Cistecephalus, Eodicynodon, Kingoria, Robertia,
Australobarabarus
Strength: 0-2
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 1-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Burrow 3, Climb 2, Dodge 2,
Notice 2, Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 2,
Swimming 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Resistance (heat) 3, Luke-
Warm blooded, Size 2 or 4, Armor Value (size-1),
Acute senses (smell), Musk, Quadruped, Wide Range
Vision, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Deserts, plains and forests
Found: Worldwide
Dicynodonts were one of the last success stories of
the mammal-like reptiles. Beginning as small
burrowers, they managed to use this to their
advantage to survive the changes of the Permian and
recover quickly. Using their sharp beak and tusks,
they cropped plants near their homes (often burrows)
and to defend themselves from attackers. The genus
Lystrosaurus (which is thought to have been either
hippo-like or a burrower) was, in the early Triassic,
the most populous animal on the planet. The
percentage of the animals was so great that it outdoes
humanity today. After the early Triassic, the larger
forms were the only ones that survived outside
Australia, where the group persisted (barely) until the
early Cretaceous. Dicynodon grew to 4ft in length,
while Lystrosaurus grew to 3ft in length. Others were
slightly smaller than these. Cistecephalus
differentiated slightly from the basic body plan in
that it was far more mole-like.
Gorgonopsid
Late Permian
Name: Inostrancevia, Gorgonops
Strength: 8-12
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4 +5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 1, Notice 3, Intimidation 3,
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 2, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7, Luke-warm
blooded, Armor Value 4, Resistance (heat) 4,
Distended Stomach, Musk generation, Acute senses
(Smell, Hearing), Quadruped, Scent Tracking,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Plains and Deserts
Found: Asia, Africa
Gorgonopsids were the largest predators of the late
Permian. The largest were the size of an adult
rhinoceros. With their large heads and powerful jaws,
these animals could prey on every other animal
around them. The species Inostrancevia alexandrii is
known from the most complete specimens known,
and also one of the largest. This species was native to
Siberia (and would prey on the herbivorous
Scutosaurus), but other animals such as Gorgonops
use these basic stats (though they were slightly
smaller). Inostrancevia grew to 14ft in length.
Cynodont
Late Permian to Triassic
Name: Cynognathus, Thrinaxodon,
Charassognathus, Dvinia, Parathrinaxodon,
Procynosuchus
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength +1) (carnivore), Bite
(d4) (herbivore), Claw (d4)
Skills: Brawling 3/1, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 2, Stealth, 2 Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Tracking 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Warm Blooded, Acute
Senses (Smell, Hearing), Musk Generation, Armor
value (Size-2), Size 3-4, Quadruped, Scent Tracking,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests, Scrub forests, deserts
Found: Africa, South America, Europe, Antarctica
Cynodonts are possibly the closest of the therapsid-
reptiles to true mammals. They were likely covered
in fur and the first true warm-blooded animals. They
also had well developed inner ear bones for the time.
These dog-like animals rose to some prominence
after the Permian extinction, but could not compete
with the large archosaur predators that were better
suited to predatory roles of the time. The larger ones
may have been pack hunters as well. Through the
Triassic, they gradually reduced in size until they
became small, furry mammals. Some groups evolved
into herbivorous lifestyles. These managed to survive
as Cynodonts into the early Jurassic as rodent-like
animals almost 2 feet long. The largest of the
Cynodonts (Cynognathus) grew to 3ft in length. Most
of them (the carnivorous Thrinaxodon and
herbivorous Massetognathus) were less than 2ft long.
One of the early specializations taken by Cynodont
was that of semi-aquatic seal-like animals. Given the
scant of remains of early cynodonts, some theorize
that these otter and seal-like animals were the
ancestors of true Cynodonts.
Therocephalian
Middle Permian to Middle Triassic
Name: Euchambersia, Megawhaitsia, Scylacosaurus,
Scylacosuchus
Strength: 0-10
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength +1) (carnivore), Claw
(d4)
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 2, Stealth, 2 Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Tracking 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Luke-Warm
Blooded/Warm Blooded, Acute Senses (Smell,
hearing), Musk Generation, Armor value (Size-2),
Size 3-6, Quadruped, Scent Tracking, Venom 5,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests, Scrub forests, deserts
Found: Africa, South America, Europe, Antarctica
A sister group to both Cynodonts and Gorgonopsids,
these animals managed to reach greater heights after
the Gorgonopsids went extinct (or were absent, in the
case of the tiger-sized Megawhaitsia), but could not
hold out in the long run against large archosaur
predators and went extinct. Some species, such as
Euchambersia, show some evidence for a venom
gland in their skulls, making them efficient hunters.
Flying Diapsids
Late Permian to Late Triassic
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Bite (d6+1)
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 3, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 5,
Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Armor value 1,
Resistance (heat) 3, Quadruped, Resistance (Diving)
1, Reptile
Habitat: Forests
Found: Africa

These odd animals look like monitor lizards with

Name: Coelurosauravus, Longisquima Hypuronector, greater adaptation for semi-aquatic lifestyles. Their
Kuehosaurus, Icarosaurus, Rautiania tails were often up to twice the lengths of their
Strength: 0 bodies. Some later forms resembled dwarf
Dexterity: 3-5 Nothosaurs. They ranged in size from one and a half
Constitution: 1-3 feet to 2 feet long.
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4 Primitive Archosaur
Willpower: 2 Late Permian to Early Triassic
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Bite (d4)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 4, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-3, Armor value 1,
Gliding Flaps, Resistance (heat) 3, Quadruped, Wide
Range Vision (3 point), Reptile
Habitat: Forests
Name: Chasmatosuchus, Archosaurus,
Found: Africa, Europe, Asia
Proterosuchus, Chasmatosaurus, Kalisuchus
Strength: 4-7
These small diapsid reptiles were one of the few
Dexterity: 4-5
representatives known from this time period (there
Constitution: 3-5
were none known from the middle Permian).
Intelligence: -1
Adapted for gliding, this animal is thought to have
Perception: 3-4
been an insectivore and filled a similar niche to the
Willpower: 2
modern flying dragon Draco volans. Hopping from
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x4 + 10
tree to tree and feeding on insects. Some had rib
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x3
extensions, others had skin flaps and others still had
+5
simply hardened, elongated scales. They ranged in
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution (+10 Swim)
size from a 6 inches to a little over two feet long,
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength+1)
including the tails.
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 3, Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 4,
Early, Semi-Aquatic Diapsids
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Armor
Later Permian to Early Triassic
Value 5, Resistance (diving) 2, Resistance
Name: Thadosaurus, Hovasaurus, Tangasaurus,
(Hunger/Thirst) 5, Size 5, Low Metabolism,
Barasaurus, Acerosodontosaurus, Claudiosaurus
Quadruped, Wide Range Vision (3 point), Alternate
Strength: 0
Primary Sense (Smell)
Dexterity: 3-5
Habitat: Rivers and Lakes
Constitution: 1-4
Found: Africa, Asia, Australia
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
These primitive archosaurs first appeared at the very
Willpower: 2
end of the Permian. They are related to the ancestors
of crocodiles and dinosaurs. It filled the ecological
niche later filled by crocodiles and left largely absent
by the amphibians, an ambush predator. These
animals averaged about 6 and a half feet in length.
 Triassic
Time Period: 248-205 million years ago
Global Environment: Overall, the planet was still in the grip of Pangaeas might and the aftereffects of the
superheating at the end of the previous period, though it does begin to break up towards the end of it, the seasons
were either Super Hot or Super Monsoons. The Polar Regions were the coolest, being moist and temperate, but the
rest of the continent suffered from hot and cool seasons due to the continental climate being enforced by Pangaea,
with very hot summers and cold winters.

Other Fauna/Flora: Dawn Redwoods (Metasequoia) evolved around this time, as seed ferns, conifers and cycads
moved to dominate the flora. Bees appeared for the first time, but without flowers to guide them, they instead
formed their symbiotic relationship with fernsspreading their spores across the forest as well as fertilizing them.
Forests spread across the continent, but deserts adapted plants were also common. Weta-like insects (large, cricket-
like insects today found only in New Zealand) fill in the roles that today are filled by other insects and even rodents.
Crocodiles appear in this era as small, lizard-like animals. Finally, the earliest proto-frogs appeared in this time.

Sargodon Found: Worldwide

Triassic
Sargodon was a deep-bodied fish that evolved around
the newly recovering reefs. Its crushing teeth were
designed to crack mollusk shells.

Saurichthys
Early to Middle Triassic

Name: Sargodon
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 2-3
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 1
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
Name: Saurichthys
2 +5
Strength: 0-1
Speed: (Dexterity + constitution) x 2
Dexterity: 3-5
Attacks: Bite (d6), AP
Constitution: 2-5
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Stealth 1,
Intelligence: -1
Survival 2, Swimming 5
Perception: 2-4
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4, Armor value 2,
Willpower: 2
Fish, Wide Range Vision
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 +10
Habitat: Reefs
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +5 Dapedium
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 Late Triassic to Early Jurassic
Attacks: Bite (d6+1)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Armor Value 1,
Fish
Habitat: Rivers and Lakes
Found: Worldwide

This freshwater fish was one of the more advanced of

the primitive ray-finned fish of the Triassic Period.
Its scales were much reduced in size allowing it
Name: Dapedium
higher speeds than other animals in the water at the
Strength: 0
time. It is thought to have been an active predator of
Dexterity: 2-3
small fish and invertebrates. It grew to a little over 3ft
Constitution: 1-5
long.
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Thoracopterus
Willpower: 1-2
Late Triassic
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) + 3
Attacks: Bite (d4), AP 1
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Fish, Armor Value 3, Size
Name: Thoracopterus 2, Wide Range Vision
Strength: 0 Habitat: Ocean, near reefs
Dexterity: 3-5 Found: Asia and Europe
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: -1 Dapedium was an advanced ray-finned fish for the
Perception: 2-3 time period. Designed to feed on hard shelled
Willpower: 1-2 animals, its stocky body was not as maneuverable as
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 +10 other fish, but its boney hide acted as some
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +5 protection. It grew to 14 inches in length.
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d4) Lepidotes
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 1, Late Triassic to Early Cretaceous
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 4
Qualities and Drawbacks: Fish, Armor Value 1, Size
3, Gliding Flap, Jump 2
Habitat: Open Ocean
Found: Europe

The large fins of this animal and small size generally Name: Lepidotes
lead to the assumption that it was like a modern Strength: 0
flying fish. Flying fish today are open water animals Dexterity: 3-4
that live near the surface. These stats can be used for Constitution: 1-4
them as well. It grew to a foot in length. Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Endurance: Strength + constitution + Willpower +5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d4)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Intimidation 1, passed it by while it waited underneath the mud of a
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5 lake or swamp.
Qualities and Drawbacks: Fish, Armor Value 2, Size
3 Proganochelys
Habitat: Rivers and Lakes Late Triassic
Found: Worldwide

This carp-like fish is one of the first to develop the

jaw structure seen in modern fishallowing it a
greater range to suck in prey. It is most often
associated with the dinosaur Baryonix, as its thick
scales were found in the fossilized gullet. The species
reached the maximum extent of its range in the late
Jurassic and only going extinct towards the end of the
early Cretaceous. It grew to one foot in length.

Plagiosaur Name: Proganochelys

Triassic Strength: 0
Dexterity: 1-2
Constitution: 4-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +
5
Speed: Dexterity +1
Attacks: Bite (d4), Club Tail (d6)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 1, Notice 1, Intimidation 2,
Survival 1, Swimming 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Cold Blooded,
Name: Gerrothorax, Plagiosternum, Plagiosaurus, Armor Value 6/12 (Shell), Defensive Spines (d4),
PLagiobatrachus Wide Range Vision, Quadruped
Strength: 0 Habitat: Scrub and Desert
Dexterity: 3-4 Found: Europe
Constitution: 2-3
Intelligence: -1 The Oldest known fossil turtle has so many advanced
Perception: 2-3 characteristics that it is likely not the truly oldest
Willpower: 2 turtles. Some suggest a lineage from the armored
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x2 + 10 Pareiasaurs of the Permian. Unlike modern turtles, it
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +5 possessed a clubbed tail and defensive spins across
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution its neck. These spines prevented it from retracting its
Attacks: Bite (d4) head. It grew to 3ft in length.
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Tetrapod, Size 3, Natural
Toughness, AV 1, Resistance (cold) 3, Resistance
(Diving) 1, Wide Range Vision, Fully Aquatic, Low
Metabolism, Acute Senses (Smell, Sight)
Habitat: Lakes and Swamps
Found: Europe

This strange, flat-bodied amphibian had small,

feathery gills along the side of its head like a modern
mudpuppy or olm. It likely preyed upon fish that
Monkey Lizard
Triassic
Name: Megalancosaurus, Macrocnemus,
Drepanosaurus
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Bite (d4), Claw (d6)
Skills: Acrobatics 1, Brawling 2, Climb 4, Dodge 3,
Notice 2, Stealth 3, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Gizzard,
Armor Value 1, Prehensile Tail, Quadruped, Size 2-3,
Wide Range Vision (3 point), Alternate Primary
Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests
Found: Europe
These animals were a group of arboreal reptiles that
lived throughout the Triassic; the largest arrived in
the late Triassic. They are thought to have been
omnivores, using their bird-like heads to snap at
insects and lizards as well as newly formed buds. The
largest of these animals could reach 3ft in length,
while the smallest could be only a foot in length.
Tuatara
Late Triassic to Holocene
Name: Tuatara, Sphendon, Brachyrhinodon
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 1-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution +5)/(Strength +
Constitution +10)
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower +
3)/(Strength + Constitution + Willpower +5)
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 3
Attacks: Bite (d6)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 1,
Tracking 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-3, Cold Blooded,
Low Metabolism, Resistance (Cold) 5, Independently
Functioning Eyes, Night Vision, Impaired Senses
(Hearing), Armor Value 1, Quadruped, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Any Land
Found: Worldwide
Tuatara or Sphenodon are primitive reptiles that filled
in many niches today filled in by modern lizards.
They are very simple in comparison, with hearts like
those of some amphibians. They even lack true teeth,
most of them being an extension of the jaw and skull
(and thus, do not grow back when they break). The
Tuatara of today also have a rather well developed
third eye on their heads, but have the lowest
developed hearing of known animals living today.
Modern Tuatara can grow over 3ft in length.
Rhynchosaurs
Triassic
Name: Rhynchosaurus, Hyperodapedon,
Messosuchus,
Strength: 0-4
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength+1), Claw (d4 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 1, Survival 2, Swimming 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-5, Cold Blooded,
Armor Value (size), Quadruped, Wide Range Vision,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests, Scrub Forests
Found: Africa, Europe, South America, Asia (India),
North America
Effectively, these animals were Triassic pandas.
Specialized in eating large horsetails, these animals
were quite common in the earlier part of the Triassic,
but went extinct towards the periods end as their
food supply disappeared. Their only method of
defense was their sharp beak (which grew more
prominent as the creatures evolved). These animals
ranged in size from 1 to 6ft long.
Giant Diictodont
Triassic
Name: Kennemeyeria, Placerias, Dolichuranus,
Dinodontosaurus, Ischigualastia, Rabidosaurus,
Sinokannemeyria
Strength: 5-9
Dexterity: 2-3
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite or Gore (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 1, Survival 2, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5-7, Luke-Warm
Blooded, Armor Value (size-2), Quadruped, Scent
Tracking, Wide Range Vision, Alternate Primary
Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forest, Scrub Forest and Desert
Found: The Americas, Africa, Asia
Diictodonts grew in size from the success of
Lystrosaurus, becoming 8-12ft long major herbivores
through the Triassic, though they went extinct as the
Dinosaurs took control. These ox-sized animals filled
many large herbivorous roles, largely as grazers and
rooters (rooters have the gore attack, sheering off
plant matter with their sharp beaks). They were the
main target of the large predators of the age, from
Erythrosuchus to Gojirasaurus.
Late Protomammal/Early Mammal
Late Triassic to Early Jurassic
Name: Megazostrodon, Oligokyphus,
Kuehneotherium, Hadrocdium, Eozostrodon,
Morganucodon, Adelobasileus, Haramiya
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d4), Claw (1)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 3, Dodge 3, Notice 3,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Warm Blooded, Oviparous
(2 point), Night Vision, Barbels/Whiskers, Size 1-3,
Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Desert and Scrub Forrest
Found: Europe, Africa, The Americas, Asia
Small mammals, true mammals, first appeared
towards the end of the Triassic. This shrew-like
animal was thought to typify mammals in the age of
dinosaurs, but some managed to reach a full three
feet in length and fill diverse habitats. A mammalian
ant-eater like creature (Fruitafosssor) of similar size
is known from the early Triassic, uses the same basic
stats only its bite attack can only be applied to
creatures taken in with a prehensile tongue (IE: Tiny
insects). The largest of these barely passed over a
foot in length. Hadrocodium is the smallest of them,
which was little over an inch in length (1.3 inches or
2 cm).
Tritylodons
Late Triassic to Middle Cretaceous
Name: Tritylodont, Oligokyphus,
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 1-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d4+1)
Skills: Brawling 1, Climb 3, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 1, Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-3, Warm Blooded,
Barbels/Whiskers, Oviparous, Acute Senses (Smell,
Hearing), Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense
(Smell)
Habitat: Any Land
Found: Worldwide
Tritylodonts were a largely herbivorous offshoot of
the Cynodonts from the Triassic. They filled in the
roll of modern day rodents for the most part, but were
far more primitive in comparison. Their teeth are
even arranged like modern rodents with constantly
growing front teeth that need to be grinded down
regularly. It is thought that they were driven to
extinction by the development of true mammals.
Oligokyphus was the largest of the animals listed
here at almost 2ft in length.
Nothosaur
Triassic
Name: Nothosaurus, Cesesisaurus,
Strength: 5-7
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x5 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x4
+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 (Swim),
Dexterity + Constitution (land)
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold/Luke-Warm Blooded,
Size 6, Armor Value 3, Resistance (diving) 2,
Quadruped, Acute Senses (Smell)
Habitat: Seaside
Found: Europe, Asia, Africa
Nothosaurs were semi-aqutic reptiles that eventually
lead to the development of Plesiosaurs. It is thought
that most lived like seals do today, spending most of
their time in the water. As the group evolved, they
became more and more aquatic, before finally
abandoning the land as Plesiosaurs. They were, on
average, 10ft long. The largest, Nothosaurus
gigantus, growing to 20ft long (+3 Strength).
Advanced/Dwarf Nothosaur/Dwarf Dawn Endurance: By Size
Plesiosaur Speed: Dexterity/(Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +5
Middle to Late Triassic Attacks: Bite (d6)
Name: Pachypleurosaurus, Lariosaurus, Corosaurus, Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Dactylsaurus, Thalassiodracon Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 5,
Strength: 0 Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor Value 1, Cold
Dexterity: 3-5 Blooded, Quadruped, Size 2-4, Resistance (diving) 2
Constitution: 2-5 Habitat: Shoreline, reefs
Intelligence: -1 Found: Asia, Europe
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2 Thalattosaurs were strange semi-aquatic reptiles
Life Points: By Size seemingly ancestral to ichthyosaurs. Most of them
Endurance: By Size shared the noses and strong tails (albeit fluke-less)
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 (Swim), and pre-paddle limbs. Most species appear to have
Dexterity-1 (land) been small at 2-3ft in length, except for two 5ft
Attacks: Bite (d6) genus, Xinpusaurus and Askeptosaurus. They were
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2, mostly fish eaters, a few of them show specialization
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 5 for eating shellfish. The larger specimens appear to
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold/Luke-Warm Blooded, have been fully aquatic.
Size 2-3, Armor Value 1, Resistance (diving) 2,
Quadruped Placodus
Habitat: Seaside Early to Middle Triassic
Found: Europe, Africa, Asia, North America

These small creatures lived even more aquatic

lifestyles than the larger Nothosaurus. Think of the
difference between a Seal and an Otter. Some species
are known to have nested around Stromatolites.
Many of them could not even move on land aside
from flopping as a fish out of water. These animals
ranged in size from 8 inches to 3ft in length.

Thalattosaur
Middle to Late Triassic

Name: Placodus
Strength: 4-6
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3 +5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) (Swim)/Dexterity
Name: Anshunsaurus, Askeptosaurus, Xinpusaurus, (land)
Edennasaurus Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength) AP
Strength: 0-4 Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Dexterity: 4-6 Intimidation 1, Stealth 1, Survival 2, Swimming 5,
Constitution: 2-5 Tracking 2
Intelligence: -1 Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Resistance (Diving)
Perception: 2-4 3, Armor Value 8, Cold Blooded, Low Metabolsim
Willpower: 2 Habitat: Seas (near shore) , Wide Range Vision,
Life Points: By Size Quadruped
Found: Europe
 Cymbospondylus
Placodonts were heavy-bodied and heavy-armored Early to Middle Triassic
shellfish eaters from the Triassic. They relied on their
heavy armor to defend them from predators. Placodus
grew to six and a half feet in length.

Placochelys
Middle to Late Triassic

Name: Cymbospondylus, Utatsusaurus, Besanosaurus

Strength: 14-20
Dexterity: 3-6
Constitution: 3-5
Name: Placochelys Intelligence: -1
Strength: 1-2 Perception: 3-4
Dexterity: 2-3 Willpower: 2-3
Constitution: 2-5 Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6 +10
Intelligence: -1 Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
Perception: 2-3 5+5
Willpower: 1-2 Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 (Swim)
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 + 10 Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength)
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x2 Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
+5 Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 2
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 8, Luke-Warm
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength) (AP 2) Blooded, Armor Value 3, Resistance (diving) 2,
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Stealth 1, Limbless
Survival 3, Swimming 4 Habitat: Oceans
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4, Cold Blooded, Found: Europe, North America, Asia (Japan),
Armor Value 6/12 (Fins/Shell), Resistance (Diving)
3, Quadruped At 18 to 30ft long, Cymbospondylus was one of the
Habitat: Ocean near reefs largest of the ichthyosaurs, if also one of the most
Found: Europe physically primitive. It was powerful enough to be
the top predator of the mid-Triassic oceans.
Palochelys is not a turtle. It may look like one, but it
is not. It is a placodont specializing in eating hard-
shelled animals that could not run away. Placochyles
grew to 3ft in length.
Mixosaurus
Middle Triassic
Name: Mixosaurus, Barracudasaurus
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +
5 Strength: 15-19
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d6+1)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Tracking 2, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Armor value 1,
Resistance (diving) 2, Limbless
Habitat: Ocean, near reefs
Found: Asia, Europe, North America
This more advanced ichthyosaur showed many of the
features found in more advanced species, but retained
the tail of its early Triassic relatives. It was a
dedicated fish eater with sharp, pointed teeth and
grew to about 3ft in length.
In addition, these stats (with an armor value of 3 to 6)
can be used to represent a pair of early and mid
Triassic relatives of Icthyosaurs: Nanchangosaurus
and Hupephusuchus. These animals were found in
China.
Shonisaurus
Late Triassic
Name: Shonisaurus
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
5+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) +3
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 3,
Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 5, Tracking 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 8-9, Luke-Warm
Blooded, Armor Value 4, Resistance (diving) 2,
Acute Senses (Sight), Limbless
Habitat: Open Ocean
Found: North America
Shonisaurus are gigantic, primitive ichthyosaurs from
the later Triassic rocks. They apparently were the
largest predators in the ocean and were the largest
known marine reptiles of all time, feeding on fish,
soft-bodied mollusks and smaller reptiles. It is
thought that they were largely solitary, gathering only
in large groups for mating purposes. The largest
examples known have reached 70ft in length, though
the more common ones have reached lengths of 50ft,
they are still monstrous predators.
Tanystropheus Plesioraurus and Similar
Middle Triassic Middle Triassic to Early Jurassic

Name: Tanystrpheus, Dinocephalosaurus

Strength: 1-4
Dexterity: 2-3
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength + 1) (AP 2)
Skills: Brawling 1, Climb 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Survival 2, Swimming 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4-5, Cold Blooded,
Armor Value 3, Quadruped
Habitat: Shoreline
Found: Europe and the Middle East.
Tanystropheus and its relations are strange
Archosaurs. It is thought to have lived along its head
into shallow water with its long, stiff neck and eaten
shellfish or snatching fish that got too close. It has no
other aquatic adaptations. Tanystropheus grew to ten
feet in length, but most of that was neck. Its neck is
so large, that there is no modifier to hit it.
Name: Plesiosaurus, Ceresisaurus, Pistosaurus
Strength: 4-7
Dexterity: 5-7
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x5 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x4
+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 (Swim)
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength-1)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Resistance (diving) 2,
Luke-Warm Blooded, Size 6 or 7, Armor Value 2,
Limbless
Habitat: Ocean, near reefs
Found: Worldwide
Ranging from 7 to 13ft in length, these stats cover
several different groups (advanced nothosaurs,
Pistosaurs and early plesiosaurus) all filling the same
basic ecological niches. These double-penguins
were not as fast as one might expect, but they were
supremely maneuverable.
Proto-Crocodiles Tank Crocodile
Late Triassic to Late Jurassic (?) Early to Middle Triassic

Name: Erythrosuchus, Garjainia, Shanisisuchus,

Name: Protosuchus, Terrestriosuchus, Erpetosuchus, Vjushkovia
Gracilisuchus, Dibothrosuchus, Hoplosuchus (?) Strength: 8-12
Strength: 0-2 Dexterity: 3-4
Dexterity: 3-4 Constitution: 3-5
Constitution: 2-5 Intelligence: -1
Intelligence: -1-0 Perception: 3-4
Perception: 3-4 Willpower: 2-3
Willpower: 1-2 Life Points: By Size
Life Points: By Size Endurance: By Size
Endurance: By Size Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5 Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength+1), Claw (d4 x Strength)
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength+1), Claw (d4 x Skills: Brawling 4, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Strength+1) Intimidation 3, Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 2,
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Tracking 1,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 2, Qualities and Drawbacks: Luke-warm Blooded, Size
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Armor 5-7, Armor Value 5, Resistance (Heat) 3, Resistance
Value (Size+1), Size 2-4, Quadruped or Semi-Biped, (Hunger/Thirst) 3, Quadruped, Battery Teeth, Scent
Battery Teeth Tracking, , Wide Range Vision (3 point)
Habitat: Forests and Scrub Forests Habitat: Forests, Scrub Forests
Found: Europe, the Americas Found: Africa, South America

Protosuchus is an early, true crocodile, though it is
adapted to land. It filled a similar ecological niche to
large monitor lizards in the modern world. Many
different forms of land crocodiles evolved across the
Mesozoic, many only remaining around this size.
Some of them looked like small dinosaurs, with
elongated hind limbs and erect running postures;
others were more lizard-like. The smallest were a
foot in length while the largest were three times that.
At up to 17ft long, this was the super-predator of the
early Triassic. They replaced the Gorgonopsids of
the previous period but did not even last to the end of
the Triassic. They were later replaced in the middle
Triassic with more advanced archosaur predators.
Euparkeria
Early To Middle Triassic

Name: Euparkeria
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3-6
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution + 5) (1/3 on hind
legs)
Attacks: Bite (d6)
Skills: Acting 1, Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 2,
Notice 2, Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3,
Swimming 1, Tracking 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Luke-Warm Blooded,
Elongated Running Legs, Knuckle-Walking, Armor
Value 2, Size 3, Battery Teeth, Wide Range Vision (3
point), Battery Teeth
Habitat: Forest and scrub forest
Found: Africa
These small animal are thought to be an ancestor to
dinosaurs and other major archosaur groups. They
were small insectivores, but their elongated limbs and
body posture made it extremely fast for the time
period.
Aetosaurs
Triassic
Name: Desmatosuchus, Aetosaurus, Stagonolepis,
Doswelia, Longosuchus, Aceaenosuchus,
Coahmosuchus, Aetosaurus, Aetosauroidies
Strength: 0-8
Dexterity: 2-3
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) + 5
Attacks: Ram (d6 x Strength), Tail (d4 x
(Strength+2))
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 3,
Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 3,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-7, Luke-warn
Blooded, Armor Value (size)/((Sizex2))+1, Acute
Senses (Smell/Taste), Defensive Spines (d6)/(d4),
Quadruped, Battery Teeth, Wide Range Vision,
Battery Teeth
Habitat: Swamps and Riversides
Found: The Americas, Europe and Africa
Desmatosuchus and other Aetosaurs were large,
rooting herbivores that resembled herbivorous
crocodiles with heavy armor, both the underside of
the belly and the entire back of the animal was
covered in boney plates. The legs and portions of the
side of the animal are the only unprotected spots.
Only Desmatosuchus had protective spines, but other
Aetosaurs such as Stagonolepis, were as heavily
armored. The smallest of these animals grew to only
3ft in length. Medium sized Aetosaurs capped out at
10ft. The largest, such as Desmatosuchus (pictured)
grew to 16ft in length. As Dinosaurs rose in
prominence, these animals were driven to extinction.
Phytosaur
Late Triassic
Name: Rutiodon, Nicrosaurus, Mystriosuchus,
Smilosuchus
Strength: 5-14
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution/(Dexterity +
Constitution) x 2 (Swim)
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 4
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6-8, Cold Blooded,
Armor Value (Size + 4), Quadruped, Resistance
(Diving) 2, Battery Teeth, Wide Range Vision (3
point), Battery Teeth, Alternate Primary Sense
(Smell)
Habitat: Rivers and Lakes
Found: North America and Europe
Phytosaurs are superficially like crocodiles, but they
are offshoots of each other rather than direct
descendents. Distinct features include socket teeth, a
raised nasal opening and thicker armor. Some species
had jaws designed for grasping prey out of the water,
others for feeding on fish, and a third type was an
intermediary between the two. They ranged in size
from 8 to 16ft in length on average, but the genus
Smilosuchus grew to a tremendous 40ft in length. At Ctenosauriscid
the time, it was the largest land animal on earth. Triassic
Name: Arizonasaurus, Bromsgroveia, Lotosaurus,
Crimson Croc Ctenosauriscus,
Middle to Late Triassic Strength: 6-8
Dexterity: 4-5
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength) (AP), Claw (d4 x
Strength)
Skills: Brawling 4, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 3, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 3,
Tracking 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Luke-Warm Blooded,
Armor Value 7, Size 5-6, Quadruped, Battery Teeth,
Name: Postosuchus, Ticinosycgys, Saurosuchus,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Sail Back, Swamp
Ornithosuchus
Adaptation
Strength: 5-10
Habitat: Swamp, Shorelines
Dexterity: 4-5
Found: The Americas, Europe
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1
In body shape, they resembled the Crimson Crocs
Perception: 3-4
and Tank Crocs at first before they began to
Willpower: 2-3
specialize in feeding on shellfish and gained parrot-
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x5 +10
like beaks. These animals lived along shorelines of
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
the Triassic, acting as opportunists.
4+5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Poposaur
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Claw (d4 x Strength)
Late Triassic
Skills: Brawling 4, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Name: Effigia, Lythrosuchus, Poposaurus,
Intimidation 3, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 2,
Shuvosaurus, Sillosuchus
Tracking 2
Strength: 0-1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Luke-Warm Blooded,
Dexterity: 4-5
Armor Value 7, Size 5-7, Quadruped, Battery Teeth,
Constitution: 2-3
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Intelligence: -1
Habitat: Scrub Forest, Plains, Desert, Swamps
Perception: 3-4
Found: The Americas, Europe
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 + 10
The top predator of the Triassic before the rise of the
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
dinosaurs, Postosuchus and its relatives were large
2+5
dinosaur-like predators with many advanced and
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
primitive features. So much so that for a time, many
Attacks: Bite (d4)
of the members of this group were thought to be early
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
dinosaurs. Despite their prominence in the
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1
ecosystem, little is known about their location in the
Qualities and Drawbacks: Luke-Warm Blooded, Size
evolutionary scheme. They ranged in length from 8 to
4, Armor Value 2, Biped, Battery Teeth, Alternate
23ft in length.
Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Scrub and plains
Found: The Americas

These small carnivores resembled more advanced

dinosaurs such as Ornithomimids like Struthiomimus,
but were actually more primitive animals that
developed along similar evolutionary lines. They
grew to 6ft in length, mostly made up of neck and
tail.
Dinosauromorph
Middle to Late Triassic
Name: Lagosuchus, Marasuchus, Pseudolagosuchus
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3-6
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6), claw (d4)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Tracking 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Luke-Warm Blooded,
Elongated Running Legs, Armor Value 2, Size 3,
Battery Teeth, Quadruped
Habitat: Forest and scrub forest
Found: South America
These small animals are the true ancestors of
dinosaurs as we know them. The majority of them are
small, ground based predators. Few of them are well
known to the general public, and many were once
thought to be dinosaurs themselves at one point or
another. Most of these animals were small, only 1 to
3ft in length, but some were of similar size and
construction to Coelophysis. Of the two genus listed,
Lagosuchus, though a more common name (and the
name of the larger group) it is now considered a
dubious name (nomen dubia) for Marasuchus.
Silesaurus
Late Triassic
Name: Silesaurus, Euceolophysis
Strength: 1-2
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
2+5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 1, Climb 1, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Luke-Warm Blooded(?),
Elongated Running Legs, Armor Value 3, Size 4,
Battery Teeth, Quadruped
Habitat: Forest and scrub forest
Found: Europe
This elongated herbivore may or may not be a
dinosaur. It is close to being one, but some argue it
comes up short. It is one of the best represented
Dinosauromorphs, but also the most divergent.
Instead of being a small carnivore, it is a medium
sized herbivorethough still built for running. It
may have had a beaked jaw, and some scientists
believe it was ancestral to the Ornithosuchian branch
of dinosaurs. It grew to almost 7ft long.
Herrerasaurus
Late Triassic
Name: Herrerasaurus
Strength: 4-7
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3+5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), claw (d4 x Strength),
clawed kick (d4 x (strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Warm Blooded,
Armor Value 4, Battery Teeth, Hollow Bones,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests and Scrub Forests
Found: South America
Herrerasaurus is one of the most primitive dinosaurs
known. As a basal dinosaur, it was one of the first to
specialize in predation. Growing to 10ft in length on
average in the earlier time periods, Herrerasaurus was
not the king of its world, but it would soon give rise
to them.
Eoraptor
Late Triassic
Name: Eoraptor
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 4-5
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6), Claw (d4), Kick (d4+1)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Warm Blooded,
Armor Value 2, Acute Senses (Sight), Battery Teeth,
Hollow Bones, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forest, Scrub Forest
Found: South America
These stats are meant to represent the smallest early
dinosaurs. Some of these animals are so primitive,
that they do not fit neatly into the defined dinosaur
categories. Some, if not many, were omnivorous.
Eoraptor grew to little more than 3ft in length.
Coelophysis and Relatives
Late Triassic to Early Jurassic
Name: Coelophysis, Magapnosaurus, Staurikosaurus,
Chindesaurus, Eucoelophysis, Podokesaurus,
Procompsognathus, Segisaurus, Camposaurus
Strength: 0-2
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d6), Claw (d4)
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Warm Blooded, Size 2-4,
Armor Value (Size-1), Battery Teeth, Hollow Bones
Habitat: Scrub Forest and Desert
Found: The Americas, Africa, Europe
Coelophysis is one of best known primitive
dinosaurs, largely because of a massive deathbed
from Texas. These thin, agile animals fed on smaller
animals. They are known for certain species
possessing hollow, birdlike bones, increasing their
agility. Many other primitive dinosaurs shared
Coelophysiss general body plan and grew to similar
sizes (10ft in length), but was mostly neck and tail,
making them really no larger than a dog. The
smallest of them grew to 3ft in length and were
similarly light in build.
Dilophosaurs and Relatives
Late Triassic to Early Jurassic
Name: Gojirasaurus, Dilophosaurus, Liliensternus,
Aliwalia, Shuvosaurus
Strength: 5-9
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Kick (d4 x (Strength
+1)), Claw (d4 x (Strength-1))
Skills: Brawling 4, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Warm Blooded, Size 5-7,
Armor Value 4, Battery Teeth, Scent Tracking,
Hollow Bones
Habitat: Forest, Scrub Forest
Found: The Americas, Africa, Europe
Towards the very end of the Jurassic, the dinosaurs
began to out-compete their archosaur ancestors.
Gojirasaurus was a hallmark of things to come one of
the oldest large dinosaur predators. This type of
predator was lightly built, but still had some stockier
features. The largest of these animals was up to 20ft
in length, with smaller ones being 15ft in length.
Large Prosauropod
Late Triassic to Early Jurassic
Name: Plateosaurus, Riojasaurus, Sellosaurus,
Euskelosaurus, Blikanasaurus, Lessemsaurus,
Melanorosaurus, Jingshansaurus, Yunnanosaurus,
Gongxianosaurus, Yimenosaurus, Lufengosaurus,
Tazoudasaurus, Camelotia
Strength: 8-12
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: (By Size)
Endurance: (By Size)
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (Strength), Claw (d4 x strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 3,
Survival 3, Swimming 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6 to 7, Warm Blooded
(?), Armor Value 4, Bipedal, Knuckle-Walking or
Quadruped, Battery Teeth
Habitat: Forest, Scrub Forest and Desert
Found: Europe, Africa, South America, Asia
Prosauropods grew to prominence in the late Triassic,
eventually out-competing almost every other
herbivore on the planet. A wide variety of them
existed. The largest of these appeared towards the
end of the late Triassic, and cemented the dinosaurs
dominance of the land. They relied more on their
great bulk to intimidate predators. These stats (in full
Quadruped form) can be used for the first true
sauropods as well (Possibly Anteosaurus, and
Isanosaurus), which appeared at the end of the
Triassic. They appeared in full in the early Jurassic
(Vulcanodon, Gongxianosaurus, Baraposaurus),
some increasing in size and strength (Baraposaurus in
particular, which adds 8 to strength and size to 8).
Plateosaurus grew to 26ft long. Others reached 32ft
long. Baraposaurus grew to 60ft in length.
Small Prosauropod
Middle Triassic to Early Jurassic
Name: Thecodontosaurus, Massspondolys,
Anchisaurus, Saturnalia, Efraasia
Strength: 2-7
Dexterity: 2-3
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3 +5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Claw (d4 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 1,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Warm Blooded, Knuckle-
Walking or Partial Biped (two-legged run), Size 5,
Gizzard, Battery Teeth
Habitat: Forest and Scrub Forest
Thecodontosaurus and other small prosauropods were
early additions to the dinosaur family and among the
first devoted dinosaur herbivores. Primitive and
relatively small, they were prey for many of the
larger predators. It is thought that some could rear up
on their hind legs and used well developed claws as a
modern anteater does in defense. They grew from 5
to 10ft long on average.
Primitive Sauropod
Late Triassic to Early Cretaceous
Name: Aepisaurus, Algoasaurus, Antentonitus,
Baraposaurus, Blikanasaurus, Cetisaurus,
Chebsaurus, Chanjisaurus, Gongxiansaurus,
Vulcanodon, Tehuelchesaurus
Strength: 8-16
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: (By Size)
Endurance: (By Size)
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (Strength), Claw (d4 x strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 3,
Survival 3, Swimming 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6 to 8, Warm
Blooded, Armor Value (Size-2), Quadruped, Gizzard,
Battery Teeth
Habitat: Forest, Scrub Forest and Desert
Found: Europe, Africa, South America, Asia,
Australia
These sauropods differed only slightly from their
prosauropod relatives, but had not developed any
specializations to differentiate themselves from other
sauropods that appeared later. These sauropods
ranged in size from 16 to 80ft in length.
Heterodontosaur/Fabrosaur and the most
primitive of Ornitosuchia
Late Triassic to Late Jurassic
Name: Pisanosaurus, Heterodontosaurus,
Technosaurus, Agilisaurus, Fabrosaurus,
Gonghusaurus, Hexinlusaurus, Jeholosaurus,
Lesothosaurus, Strombergia, Xiaosaurus,
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 5-6
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d4 or d6), kick (d4)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 3,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Warm blooded,
Armor Value 2, Knuckle-Walking or partial biped
(two legs faster than four) , Battery Teeth
Habitat: Forests and Scrub Forests.
Found: The Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa
Heterodontosaurs and Fabosaurs were primitive
ornithopod dinosaurs that appeared soon after the
earliest dinosaurs did. Fabosaurs are the more
primitive of the two groups, but superficially they are
quite similarsmall, long legged herbivores.
Heterdontosaurus of the early Jurassic is distinctive
for its males having tusks, which could bite predators
or enemies with greater force. They were the second
group of land animals to develop chewing teeth (the
first being the dicynodonts). The heterodontosaurs
were omnivorous, feeding on both plants and insects
they could catch. These small animals were on
average 3ft long.
Ramphorhyncid Pterosaur
Late Triassic to Late Jurassic
Name: Ramphorhynchus, Eudimorphodon,
Angustinaripterus, Campylognathoides, Cacibupteryx
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 1-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity/(Dexterity + Constitution) + 5
(Flight)
Attacks: Bite (d6), Claw (d4)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 3, Dodge 2, Notice 4,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2 or 3, Flight (4 point)
2, Luke-Warm Blooded, Armor value 1, Quadruped,
Hollow Bones
Habitat: Any land, often near cliffs or trees
Found: Europe, Africa, Asia,
Ramphorhynchoid pterosaurs were the second land
animal, and first vertebrate group to take to the skies.
Most Ramphorrhynchids were small animals. Their
wingspreads rarely exceeded 3ft. They were
successful, but disappeared as a whole after the Late
Jurassic, replaced by more advanced pterosaurs and
birds.
Dimorphodon
Late Triassic to Early Jurassic
Name: Dimorphodon, Peteinosaurus
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity/(Dexterity + Constitution) +5
Attacks: Bite (d6), Claw (d4)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 3, Dodge 2, Notice 4,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2 or 3, Flight (4 Point)
2, Luke-Warm Blooded, Armor value 1, Quadruped,
Hollow Bones
Habitat: Any land, often near cliffs
Found: Europe

This group, with its large heads, was one of the first
divergent groups to appear from Pterrosaurs, but
quickly became extinct. Dimorphodon is believed to
have behaved in a similar manner to a modern puffin,
while Peteinosaurus is thought to have been a smaller
insectivore. Dimorphodon-like animals had
wingspreads from 3 to 4ft in length.
 Jurassic
Time Period: 205-142 million years ago
Global Environment: After the early Jurassic spent some time essentially mimicking the previous eras bipolar
climates, it changed over in the Mid Jurassic and by the late Jurassic, the climate became rather stable, warm, wet
and stable. The climate moistened from the Triassic, though the bulk of the North American continent was
floodplain. Europe was largely an island chain resembling the Caribbean, with an abiotic benthic zone in several
lagoons perfectly preserving many oceanic life forms.

Other Fauna/Flora: Woolemia Pines first appeared around this time. In the oceans, Brittle Stars first appeared as
well as the ancestors of true octopi and squidswhich looked similar to the Vampire Squids found in the deep sea.
Reef forming bivalves, Rudists, proliferated (use clam stats but firmly rooted in the ground). By the end of the
Jurassic, octopi and squids has split and taken the forms known today. Their favored prey, crabs, also appeared at
this time. In between the water and the land, the amphibians known today (primitive frogs, salamanders and
caecilians) first appear in their fully developed states. Despite notions, there was some mammalian diversity in this
era: including the first gliding arboreal mammals. Gymnotiformes (Knifefish and Electric eels) also appear
around this time as some of the earliest true ray-finned fish. Among fish, sharks similar to the Part Jackson Shark
appeared. Sea Turtles also appear for the first time.

Paleocarcharias Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,

Late Jurassic Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor Value 3, Shark,
Size 3
Habitat: Ocean, near reefs
Found: Europe

Sharks began to diversify again in the Mesozoic.

Here, the sharks began to become more modern in
design and form. Modern Bull and Hammerhead
sharks are related to it distantly. It was likely a
bottom dweller, feeding on either fish or hard-shelled
benthic animals. Paleocarcharis grew to 3ft in length.

Name: Paleocarcharias
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x2 +5 (swim)
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength) (AP 2)
Rays and Skates Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6 + 10
Late Jurassic to Holocene Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
5+5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution +5
Attacks: Ram (Strength +2), Flipper (Strength)
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 3,
Stealth 1, Survival 2, Swimming 5, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 8, Fish, Armor Value
6
Habitat: Open Ocean
Found: Europe

This was a group of giant filter-feeding fish that fill

the same niche as whales and whale-sharks do today.
Name: Ray, Skate Unlike Whale Sharks, it had to deal with many
Strength: 0-2 powerful predators that lived around the same time
Dexterity: 3-5 such as Liopleurodon. Recent analysis of the fossils
Constitution: 2-5 has dispelled some rumors about the animal. When
Intelligence: -1 described in the 1980s, the animals were thought to
Perception: 2-4 range in size from 42 to 88feet in length. Today, they
Willpower: 2-3 are believed to have reached only30ft in length.
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size Bowfin
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) +5 (Swim) Jurassic to Holocene
Attacks: Tail d6 x (Strength-1)(Poison), Bite (d4 x
Strength) (AP 2)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Stealth 3,
Survival 2, Swim 5, Tracking 3,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-5, Armor Value 1,
poison (variable), Camouflage (variable), Shark
Habitat: Ocean Floor Name: Bowfin
Found: Worldwide Strength: 0-2
Dexterity: 3-4
Skates and Rays split from Sharks towards the end of Constitution: 2-5
the Jurassic. They specialize in feeding on animals Intelligence: -1
hidden in the sand and sediments and crushing them Perception: 3-4
with their jaws. Many primitive rays and skates were Willpower: 1-3
between one and three feet in length. Many modern Life Points: (By Size)
rays grow larger. Endurance: (By Size)
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Leedsichthys Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength+1)
Middle to Late Jurassic Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Stealth 1,
Survival 2, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Fish, Armor Value (size-
1), Size 3-4, Amphibious
Habitat: slow rivers and lakes
Found: Worldwide

Bowfin are primitive fish known today from game

Name: Leedsichthys, Protosphyrena fishermen for their voracious appetites and poor meat
Strength: 15-20 quality. Their Amphibious quality allows them to
Dexterity: 2-3 gulp air when the waters oxygen content is low and
Constitution: 2-5 nothing else, as they have no limb development.
Intelligence: -1 Bowfin are known for simple parenting behavior
Perception: 2-3 the males guard the fertilized eggs until they hatch.
Willpower: 2-4 They grow over 3ft in length at the most.
Sturgeon Geckos are very advanced lizards today, adapted to
Jurassic to Holocene hunt insects at night in the trees of the tropical world.
Not all geckos are climbers, though most are. Geckos
serve as prey for larger predatorscomposgnathids
have been found with Gecko remains in their
stomachs. The largest geckos can be almost 2ft in
length.
Name: Sturgeon
Pleurosaurus
Strength: 0-14
Early Jurassic to Late Cretaceous
Dexterity: 2-5
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 1-4
Life Points: (By Size)
Endurance: (By Size)
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) + 5
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strenght+1)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-7, Armor Value Name: Pleurosaurus
(Size-1/Size-4), Acute Senses (Touch), Whiskers, Strength: 0
Resistance (Salt) 5, Scent Tracking, Fish Dexterity: 4-6
Habitat: Lakes, Rivers and Oceans Constitution: 1-3
Found: Worldwide Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Sturgeon are large fish, and their prehistoric look is Willpower: 1
no mistake. These bottom feeders are slow to react Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) + 5
evolutionarily due to the fact that they can live easily Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower)
in both fresh and salt water environments. Like Speed: Dexterity/(Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +5
paddlefish, it has mostly cartilage instead of bone. Attacks: Bite (d6)
The largest Sturgeon can grow up to 18ft in length. Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 5,
Gecko Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor Value 1, Cold
Jurassic to Holocene Blooded, Quadruped, Size 2, Resistance (diving) 2
Name: Gecko Habitat: Shoreline, reefs
Strength: 0 Found: Europe
Dexterity: 2-6
Constitution: 1-4 This small animal is a relative of the Tuatara, but
Intelligence: -1 fully developed into an aquatic lifestyle. It probably
Perception: 2-4 spent most of its life in the water given its
Willpower: 1-3 developments and small limbs in relation to its body.
Life Points: (By Size) Mostly, tail, it grew to only 2ft in length.
Endurance: (By Size)
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6)
Skills: Acrobatics 1, Brawling 2, Climb 4, Dodge 3,
Notice 3, Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 3,
Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded/Luke Warm
Blooded (?), Quadruped, Size 1-3, Prehensile Tail,
Wall Crawling, Night Vision, Acute Senses (Sight)
Habitat: Any Warm Land, often in trees
Found: The Americas, Asia, Europe and Africa
Monitor Lizards
Middle Jurassic to Holocene
Name: Varanus
Strength: 0-8
Dexterity: 2-5
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (By Size)
Endurance: (By Size)
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Claw (d4 x Strength),
Tail (d6 x Strength Bash)
Skills: Brawling 3-4, Climb 0-3, Dodge 3, Notice 3,
Intimidation 3, Stealth 3, Survival 4, Swimming 3,
Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded/Luke Warm
Blooded (?), Quadruped, Poison 1-2 (corrosive), Size
3-5, Acute Senses (Smell/Taste), Scent Tracking,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Any Warm Land
Found: Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, North
America
Varanids are a group of reptiles well developed for
survival. Unlike other lizards, they are equipped with
a throat pouch that allows them, unlike other lizards,
to breathe as they run. This has no effect in game
terms, but is useful to know when your cast is
chasing a lizard for dinner. Non-monitor-lizards will
stop and start to breath properly. Monitor lizards
range in size from a foot in length to over 7ft.
Giant Pliosaurs
Middle Jurassic to Late Cretaceous
Name: Brachauchenius, Kronosaurus, Liopleurodon,
Pliosaurus
Strength: 15-20
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 2-5
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower_ x
4+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d8 x Strength), Flipper (Strength)
Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 5, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 8, Armor Value 4,
Warm Blooded, Resistance (diving) 2, Acute Senses
(Smell), Scent Tracking, Big Gulp (3 Point),
Limbless, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Open Ocean, near islands
Found: Europe, Australia, the Americas
Giant Pliosaurs are the top aquatic predators of their
ecosystems. Their wide mouths are effective traps for
preyor for tearing parts off of larger prey items.
Despite their bulk, they guided themselves through
their acute smell sensemuch like sharks do today,
but on a larger scale. They ranged in size from 30 to
50ft.
Eurhinosaurus Ichthyosaur
Early Jurassic Jurassic

Name: Eurhinosaurus
Strength: 3-5
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x Name: Ichthyosaurus, Stenoptergius, Aegirosaurus,
3+5 Nannopterygius
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 (swim) Strength: 2-6
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength) Dexterity: 3-5
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 3, Notice 3, Stealth 2, Constitution: 2-5
Survival 2, Swimming 5, Tracking 2, Intelligence: -1-0
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Resistance (diving) Perception: 2-3
3, Acute Senses (Touch, Sight), Armor Value 1, Willpower: 2
Warm Blooded, Limbless Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Habitat: Ocean, Sandy bottom or Weed beds Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
Found: Europe 3+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +5 (swim)
This specialized Ichthyosaur is noted for its large fins Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength)
and long upper bill. It is thought to have used these in Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Stealth 2,
a specialized manner. Some consider it a bottom or Survival 2, Swimming 5
weed feeder. Others consider it to be analogous to a Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5-6, Resistance
modern Swordfish (add 10 to speed). Either option is (diving) 3, Acute Senses (Sight), Armor Value 1,
viable for a game. Warm Blooded, Limbless
Habitat: Ocean
Found: Europe, The Americas

These stats represent the smaller, non-specialized

Ichthyosaurs present throughout the Jurassic period.
These animals were about the size and weight of a
modern large tuna and filled the same basic
ecological niche. The first evidence of live birth
among the genus was found among Ichthyosaurs.
These animals fed primarily on fish and squid. They
grew to 7ft in length at the largest.
Large Icthyosaur Macroplata
Early Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Early Jurassic

Name: Marcoplata, Rhomaleosaurus

Strength: 7-9
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 2-5
Name: Temnodontosaurus, Ophthalmosaurus,
Intelligence: -1-0
Platypterygius, Brachypterygius
Perception: 2-4
Strength: 4-12
Willpower: 2-3
Dexterity: 3-5
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Constitution: 3-5
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
Intelligence: -1
4+5
Perception: 3-4
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Willpower: 2-3
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength+1) (AP)
Life Points: By Size
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 3, Notice 1, Intimidation 1,
Endurance: B Size
Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 5, Tracking 1
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5 (swim)
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7, Luke-Warm
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength)
Blooded, Armor Value 2, Acute Senses (Smell),
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 2,
Limbless
Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 5, Tracking 1
Habitat: Ocean
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7-8, Resistance
Found: Europe
(diving) 2, Acute Senses (Sight), Warm Blooded,
Armor Value 2, Limbless
These early pliosaurs were one of the first major
Habitat: Ocean
offshoots of the plesiosaurs. This group eventually
Found: Europe, North America, Australia
focused on the development of the head over the
neck. This group fed on ammonites and squid as well
These stats represent the larger Icthyosaurs that
as fish and other fleshy targets. Macroplata grew to
managed to survive into the Cretaceous period. The
15ft in length.
earlier species (Temnodontosaurus) was larger (30ft)
and a voracious, toothed predator feeding on squid
and ammonite. The later, more slender (and 10ft
smaller) Ophthalmosaurus also ate squid, but had
much smaller teeth in its jaws (bite is d4 x Strength).
The last of these, Platypterygius, was an intermediate
between the two forms, and equally as primitive. This
genus was the last known ichthyosaur of the
Mesozoic.
Marine Crocodile Shunosaurus
Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Mid Jurassic

Name: Shunosaurus
Name: Metriorhynchus, Dakosaurus, Geosaurus, Strength: 12-17
Telosaurus, Calsoysuchus Dexterity: 1-2
Strength: 2-9 Constitution: 2-5
Dexterity: 3-5 Intelligence: -1
Constitution: 2-5 Perception: 2-3
Intelligence: -1-0 Willpower: 1-3
Perception: 3-4 Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6 + 10
Willpower: 2 Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
Life Points: By Size 5+5
Endurance: By Size Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +5 (Swim) Attacks: Tail (d6 x Strength)
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength) Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Survival 2, Swimming 1,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5 Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 8, Armor Value 8,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Resistance (diving) 4, Luke-Warm Blooded, Quadruped, Gizzard,
Cold-Blooded, Armor Value (Size-1), Size 4-6, Quadruped, Battery Teeth, Alternate Primary Sense
Quadruped, Acute Senses (Smell) (Smell)
Habitat: Ocean Habitat: Plains near forest
Found: Europe, the Americas Found: Asia

Marine Crocodiles were an early offshoot of the
lizard-like crocodiles of the Triassic. Most were 10ft
long fish eaters, but the 20ft Dakosaurus andiniensis
was a hunter of other marine reptiles with a deeper
skull. Their legs became adapted into semi-fins
(though they retained articulation), and lost a lot of
armor to rely more on speed to catch prey and evade
predators. With giant pliosaurs hunting the Jurassic
seas, any armor protection would be moot. They are
usually found having swallowed stones for ballast.
At 28ft long, this primitive sauropod is noted as one
of the few well known mid Jurassic forms. Its fossils
found in China, its most distinctive feature is the
club-like tail, which is thought to have been used for
defense. Beyond this, it was a typical, if shorter
necked, primitive sauropod.
Camarosaur-like Macronarians
Mid Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
Name: Aragosaurus, Atlasaurus, Bellusaurus,
Camarasaurus, Europasaurus, Jobaira, Astrodon
Strength: 12-20
Dexterity: 1-2
Constitution: 2-6
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (By Size)
Endurance: (By Size)
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Trample (d6 x (Strength+2)), Tail (Strength)
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 1, Notice 1, Intimidation 2,
Survival 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: size 7-9, Armor Value 5,
Quadruped, Low Metabolism, Gizzard, Quadruped,
Battery Teeth, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forest Clearings
Found: Asia, Europe, North America and Africa
Camarasaurus and its relatives (primitive
Macronarians) were among the first more advanced
sauropods to appear. They ranged in size from 20 to
70ft in length (though most neck and tail). They are
thought to have been browsers. These appear to have
been ancestral to both Titanosaurs and Brachiosaurs.
Brachiosaurid
Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
Name: Brachiosaurus, Sauroposeidon, Giraffatitan,
Lusotitan, Ultrasaurus, Ultrasauros
Strength: 15-22
Dexterity: 1-2
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6
+10/(Strength + Constitution) x 7 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
5 + 5/(Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x 6 + 5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Trample (d6 x (Strength+2))
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 3,
Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 9-10, Armor Value 5,
Warm Blooded, Low Metabolism, Gizzard,
Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forest Edge
Found: North America, Europe, Africa
The tallest of the dinosaurs, the Brachiosaurs were
the Giraffes of their time. Most of the time, they held
their necks partly parallel to the ground, reaching it
back to feed (as pictured above), but still keeping
their head up to 30ft/10m off the ground. They grew
between 70 and 95ft in length.
Mamenchisaurid
Mid to Late Jurassic
Name: Mamenchisaurus, Omeisaurus, Euhelopus
Strength: 12-16
Dexterity: 1-2
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
5+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (Strength/2), Trample (d6 x
(Strength+2))
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Survival 2, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 8, Armor Value 5,
Warm Blooded, Low Metabolism, Gizzard,
Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Savanna and Forest edges
Found: Asia
Asia was largely separate during the Jurassic,
undergoing its own waves of evolution.
Mammenchisaurids had extremely long necks. It is
thought that they used these necks to graze over large
areas or reach higher into trees. Unlike North
American sauropods, these extremely long necks
were lighter and have different support systems.
These sauropods are considered primitive because of
their teethspoon shaped. Later sauropords had peg-
like teeth. They grew between 50 and 70ft long, most
of which was neck.
Diplodocid
Mid Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
Name: Apatosaurus, Barosaurus, Diplodocus,
Eobrontosaurus, Seismosaurus (may be very old
Diplodocus), Supersaurus (may be very old
Diplodocus or Barosaurus individual),
Strength: 10-24
Dexterity: 1-2
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (By Size)
Endurance: (By Size)
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (Strength/2), Trample (d6 x
(Strength+2)), Tail (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 1, Survival 2, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7-10, Armor Value 5,
Warm Blooded, Low Metabolism, Gizzard,
Quadruped, Battery Teeth, Alternate Primary Sense
(Smell)
Habitat: Plains, edges of forests
Found: The Americas, Africa
One of the most iconic groups of dinosaurs,
diplodocids are built to strip leaves from plants over
large areas of ground. Their necks were not as
flexible as most film portrayals have them. Today it
is though they could move their necks 45 degrees
from the central holding position (out in front).
However, some still hold to the swan-like neck
positions of old. These necks, however, were more
flexible in downward motions than upward motions.
It is reasonably certain that the animals could rear up
on their hind legsalbeit only to stand. Some
scientists postulated that their whip-like tails (which
were likely used in defense like modern long-tailed
animals) could break the sound barrier with their
tails, but there are problems with this hypothesis. A
cinematic sauropod, however, may not have such
problems. This group was incredibly diverse, with
many members having odd physical features that
distinguished them greatly. Today, the animals are
thought to have a row of keratin spikes along their
backs. The largest of these slender animals could Maniraptor
reach 50 tons and 115ft, but most were 75-80ft long Middle Jurassic to Late Cretaceous
and weighed 20 tons. Name: Ornitholestes, Sinosauropteryx, Scipionyx,
Caudipteryx, Protarchaeopteryx, Mei, Sinovenator,
Dicraeosaurid Sinornithosaurus, Cryptovolans
Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Strength: 0-4
Dexterity: 3-6
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (By Size)
Endurance: (By Size)
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength+1), Claw (Strength+1),
Kick Claw (d4 x Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Tracking 1
Name: Amargasaurus, Brachytrachelopan,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-5, Armor Value
Dicraesaurus
(size-2), Warm Blooded, Battery Teeth, Hollow
Strength: 8-14
Bones, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Dexterity: 1-2
Habitat: Forests, Swamps, Plains, Deserts
Constitution: 2-6
Found: Worldwide
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Small, often feathered predators that scampered
Willpower: 2-3
through the underbrush. These animals filled in the
Life Points: (By Size)
role of foxes and jackals for a good part of the
Endurance: (By Size)
Mesozoic. From this basal group, many forms of
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
predatory dinosaur evolved, including Ornithomimids
Attacks: Trample (d6 x (Strength+2)), Tail (Strength)
Deinonychosaurs, Oviraptorans, Therizinosaurs,
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Alvaesaurs and Birds. These animals ranged in length
Stealth 1, Survival 2, Swimming 1
from a foot in length to 6ft and many of the later
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7-8, Armor Value 5-6,
forms may have had primitive feathers.
Warm Blooded, Low Metabolism, Gizzard,
Defensive Spines (Strength), Quadruped, Battery
Tiny, Climbing Dinosaur
Teeth, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Mid or Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
Habitat: Plains near forests
Found: South America

Dicraesaurs were diplodocids with several unique

features, most obviously being neck spines to protect
themselves from attack. Their necks were far shorter
than other Sauropods, with tall, occasionally
defensive, spines along them. These long spines
continued down their vertebra. The true purpose is
unknown, but defense, solar heating/cooling and
display are all optionsperhaps all of the above.
Diracaesaurs were smaller than their diplodocid
relatives on average, ranging in length from 35 to Name: Epidendrosaurus, Scansoriopteryx
45ft in length at the largest. Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) + 5
Attacks: Bite (d4), Claw (d4)
Skills: Acrobatics 2, Brawling 2, Climb 4, Dodge 2,
Notice 2, Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 2,
Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Warm Blooded, Size 2-3,
Armor Value 1, Acute Senses (sight), Hollow Bones,
Battery Teeth, Climber (1 point), Alternate Primary
Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests
Found: Asia
This small maniraptor is a completely arboreal
insectivore. It is known to have been covered in
insulating true feathers. It is thought to be one of the
key links between dinosaurs and birds, predating
Archeopteryx. They were small, ranging in length
from 6 inches to a little over a foot. These animals
may have been feathered (albeit primitively).
Four Winged Protobird
Mid Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
Name: Microraptor, Pedopenna
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x2 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +
5 some sortthough what they fed on given their
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) (Climb or Glide)
Attacks: Bite (d6), Claw (d4)
Skills: Acrobatics 2, Brawling 2, Climb 4, Dodge 3,
Notice 2, Stealth 2, Survival 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Warm Blooded,
Gliding flaps, Quadruped (?), Armor Value 1, Battery
Teeth, Hollow Bones, Climber, Acute Senses (Smell,
Sight)
Habitat: Forest Canopy
Found: Asia
These proto-birds are very distinct, but are very poor
fliers. These animals are thought to have been
completely arboreal, leaping from tree to tree in
search of insects to eat. Their fossils are generally
known from China, and averaged in size at about 2ft
long.
Long Tailed Availians
Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
Name: Archeopteryx, Jeholornis, Wellnhoferia
Strength: 0-2
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 1-4
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points:
Endurance:
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) + 10 (run and
flight)
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1)), Claw (d4 x
(Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 4, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-3, Warm Blooded,
Armor value 1, Flight 2, Battery Teeth, Hollow
Bones, Acute Senses (Sight, Smell)
Habitat: Forests (Islands)
Found: Europe, Asia
Primitive, long-tailed birds were not very good flyers.
These animals were more than likely carnivores of
environment is unknown. It could have been small
animals, insects or even fish. Unlike most portrayals,
it is now known that Archeopteryx had a raptor-like
sickle claw on its foot. Flight originally developed as
a result of a desire to make tree climbing easier at
different angles, so there was much flapping involved
in early flight. Archeopteryx and its relatives ranged
in length from one to three feet.
Compsognathid
Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
Name: Compsognathus, Aristosuchus, Mirischia,
Sinosauropteryx, Hauxiagnathus
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 4-7
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +
5 Willpower: 2-4
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 2,
Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2, Armor Value 1,
Warm Blooded, Hollow Bones, Alternate Primary
Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Any
Found: Europe, Asia
Tiny, primitive dinosaurs (often feathered) that
scurried around the underbrush in search of small
animals and insects to feed on. Their arms were
reduced and heads slightly enlarged. Compsognathids
were one to three feet in length.
Primitive Tyrannosaur
Middle or Late Jurassic to Cretaceous
Name: Avityrannus, Guanlong, Dilong,
Stokesosaurus, Eotyrannus, Dryptosaurus,
Appalachiasaurus, Alectrosaurus
Strength: 3-16
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 3-5
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength+1), Claw (d4 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4 to 7, Warm
Blooded, Armor Value (Size), Scent Tracking,
Battery Teeth, Hollow Bones, Alternate Primary
Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests
Found: Asia, North America, Europe
Tyrannosaurs evolved in China, focusing
developments on active hunting (as older predators
were more ambush hunters), more acute senses and
powerful, crushing jaws. These smaller Tyrannosaurs
may have been feathered (like many dinosaurs in the
Chinese deposits of this early Cretaceous and latest
Jurassic), insulating them from cooler climates.
Larger ones are thought o have lost the feathers much
like modern large mammals in warmer climates tend
to be hairless or short-haired. These animals ranged
in size from 5ft in length to 23ft
Ceratosaurid
Middle Jurassic(?) to Late Cretaceous (?)
Name: Ceratosaurus, Genyodectes, Elaphrosaurus,
Piveteausaurus, Spinostropheus
Strength: 5-8
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4 +5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Claw (d4 x Strenght-1),
Kick Claw (d4 x Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 2, Survival 2, Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor Value 6, Size 6,
Warm Blooded, Scent Tracking, Battery Teeth,
Hollow Bones, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Plains, Forests
Found: Europe, Africa, The Americas
Limusaurus
Late Jurassic
Name: Limusaurus
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 1-5
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
2+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Bite (Strength), Kick (d4 x Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 1, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Warm Blooded, Armor
Value 1-3, Battery Teeth, Size 4, Acute Senses
(Smell), Gizzard
Habitat: Forests, Plains, Deserts
Found: Asia
In all appearances, this animal resembled a slender,
long-necked primitive ornithopod (stated below) with
a toothless beak and rounded head. However, its
bones reveal its true ancestry. This animal was an
herbivorous ceratosaur.
Allosaurid or Sinoraptorid
Mid Jurassic to Early Cretaceous

Ceratosaurs appeared to have developed from

Ceolophysiods. Some of them resembled their narrow
relatives (Elaphrosaurus, Spinostropheus) albeit
larger and heavier. Others, the animals stated here,
were larger and bulkier. Very little is known about
most members of this family, except the namesake
Ceratosaurus. Later members are more likely to be Name: Allosaurus, Saurophagnax, Sinraptor
Abelisaridae or Noasauridae in terms of shape and Yangchuanosaurus, Acrocanthosaurus, Neovenator,
function. Ceratosaurus itself is thought to have Fukuiraptor
hunted in loosely associated groups, to take down the Strength: 8-16
larger animals of its day. These animals ranged in Dexterity: 3-5
length from 10 to 35ft in length. Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 4-5
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (By Size)
Endurance: (By Size)
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Hand Claw (d4 x
Strength), Kick Claw (d4 x Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 4, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 1,
Tracking 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor Value 4-7, Size 5-8,
Warm Blooded, Scent Tracking, Battery Teeth,
Hollow Bones, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Plains, Forests
Found: The Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe and
Australia (?)
These early carnivores were more advanced than the
Megalosaurs that lived along with them. Allosaurs
were common in the Americas and Africa, and the
Sinoraptors common in Asia. They were the top
predators of their day. A Dwarf Allosaur is known
from Australia. They, including the dwarf specimens,
ranged in size from 10 to 40ft in length.
Megalosaur
Early Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
Name: Megalosaurus, Torvosaurus, Crylophosaurus
(?), Edmarka, Eustreptospondylus, Afrovenator
Strength: 8-16
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: (By Size)
Endurance: (By Size)
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength-1), Claw (d4 x Strength-
1), Kick (d4 x Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 3-4, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation
2, Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 2, Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6-8, Armor (3-4),
Warm Blooded, Scent Tracking, Battery Teeth,
Hollow Bones, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests, Plains
Found: The Americas, Europe, Africa
Megalosaurus were the first large dinosaur predators
to appear and the most primitive. Compared to other
large therapods, their jaws were weaker and their
brains were smaller. These animals relied more on
their bulk for catching prey. They eventually
developed into the fish-eating Spinosaurs. They
ranged in size from 20 to 40ft in length but were very
heavily built for the most part.
Primitive Ornithopod
Mid Jurassic to Late Cretaceous
Name: Dryosaurus, Hypsolophodon, Othnelia,
Gasparinisaura, Orodromeus, Parkosaurus,
Thescelosaurus, Lealynosaura, Valdosaurus, Drinker
Strength: 0-7
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 1-5
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: (By Size)
Endurance: (By Size)
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Bite (Strength), Kick (d4 x Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 1, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Warm Blooded, Armor
Value 1-3, Battery Teeth, Size 3-6, Acute Senses
(Smell)
Habitat: Forests, Plains, Deserts
Found: Worldwide
This hodgepodge of animals is actually an
amalgamation of similarly built Ornithopods. Some
of them are Iguanodonts, such as Dryosaurus, others
are primitive Pachycephalosaurs or
Hypsolophodonts. They all share a basic, fast-
running body plan. These animals ranged from the
size of a man to the size of a chicken, living
underfoot of the other dinosaurs. More than one
group of them can be found in the various places the
livedsimilar to the gazelles of modern Africa with
each one filling a different niche.
Iguanodont
Mid Jurassic to Mid Cretaceous
Name: Altirhinus, Bihariosaurus, Callovosaurus,
Camptosaurus, Cumnoria, Draconyx, Fukuisaurus,
Jinzhousaurus, Lanzhousaurus, Lurdosaurus,
Muttaburrasaurus, Ouranosaurus, Planicoxa,
Talenkauen,
Strength: 7-14
Dexterity: 2-5
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x2 + 5 (biped)
Attacks: Trample (d6 x (Strength+2)), Thumb Spike
(Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 1, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6-7, Partial Biped (2
legged run), Armor Value 4, Warm Blooded, Battery
Teeth, Partial Biped (Hind Legged Run), Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Scrub Forests, Plains, Swamps, Forests
Found: Worldwide
Iguanodonts were extremely common in the late
Jurassic and Early Cretaceous. They were ancestral to
Hadrosaurs. They were the first true grazers, and
second group of animals to chew their food (the first
being the proto-mammals and their descendents).
With a hard beak to snap off plants, and rows upon
rows of teeth, few plants could withstand their
onslaught. These animals spent most of their lives on
all fours, rearing up on hind legs to flee predators, or
reach low branches. Iguanodonts ranged in size from
10 to 35ft in length.
Primitive Thyreophoran
Early Jurassic
Name: Scelidosaurus, Scutellosaurus, Emausaurus
Strength: 3-6
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Tail (d4 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6, Luke-warm
blooded, Armor Value 6-10, Knuckle-Walking or
Partial Biped (two-legged run), Battery Teeth,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests and scrub
Found: Africa, Europe
The most primitive armored dinosaur, and ancestral
to all other forms, Scelidosaurs are also one of the
earliest dinosaurs. Scelidosaurs were more likely to
be found walking on its hind legs. More advanced
forms were quadrupeds, with an increase in armor (2
per level) as they slowed. The naming conventions
follows from least to most armored: Scuttelosauurs,
Emausaurus and Scelidosaurus. Emausaurus also has
defensive spines (d4). They ranged in size from 4 to
13ft.
Small Stegosaurid
Mid Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
Name: Toujiangosaurus, Chungkingosaurus,
Hesperpsaurus, Kenterosaurus, Miragaia,
Chialingosaurus, Huayangosaurus
Strength: 8-14
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 +5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Trample (d6 x (Strength+2)), Thagomizer
(d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Survival 2, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6-7, Armor Value
(size on body, +2 on throat), Defensive Spines (d4-
d6), Warm Blooded, Quadruped, Battery Teeth,
Acute Senses (Smell)
Habitat: Plains and Scrub Forests.
Found: North America, Asia, Africa, Europe
Stegosaurs are all defined by the thagomizerthe
spikes at the end of their tail. Unlike the above
drawing, they are actually attached to the sides of the
tail, pointed back. Unlike the popular image of
Stegosaurus, smaller species more often than know
but spines instead of plates of similar size distribution
along their backs. Plates have a similar deterrence
function, but do not do as much damage, and cover a
larger area. The maximized their size between 12ft
and 23ft. One of the oddest of these, Miragaia, had a
far longer neck than any other stegosaurid, but
otherwise, fit within these stats.
Stegosaurus
Late Jurassic
Name: Stegosaurus
Strength: 12-16
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
5 +5
Speed: Dexterity + 1
Attacks: Trample (d6 x (Strength+2)), Thagomizer
(d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Survival 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Warm Blooded, Size 8,
Armor Value 6, Defensive Spines (d4), Quadruped,
Warning Coloration (Plates?), Battery Teeth, Acute
Senses (Smell)
Habitat: Plains near Forests.
Found: North America
Icon of the Jurassic, Stegosaurus was one of the
largest of its kind, and well defended against the
predators of its day. Stegosaurs are thought to be low
browsers or grazers. Unlike most portrayals and old
books claim, Stegosaurus did not have a second
brain in their hips. Not even an abnormally large
neural cluster. The area was actually just an area of
fat storage commonly found in modern archosaurs.
The plates may have been used to advertize species.
Since they were full of blood vessels, they may have
been able to flush them with color, adding a +2 bonus
to intimidation checks. Stegosaurus grew to 30ft
long.
Primitive Ankylosaur
Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous
Name: Acanthopholis, Antarctoleta, Dracopleta,
Gargoylosaurus, Gastonia, Liaoningosaurus, Minmi,
Mymoorapelta, Sarcolestes, Tianchiasaurus,
Polocanthus
Strength: 3-10
Dexterity: 2-3
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (By size)
Endurance: (By Size)
Speed: Dexterity
Attacks: Ram (d4 x Strength), Trample (d6 x
(Strength+2)), Bite (Strength), Tail/Thagomizer (d6 x
Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 2, Notice 1, Intimidation 3, Survival
3 Primary Sense (Smell)
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4-6, Armor Value
(Size x 2 on top, Size on bottom/unarmored sections),
Warm Blooded, Low Metabolism, Battery teeth,
Quadruped, Defensive spines, Alternate Primary
Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests, Plains
Found: North America, Europe and Australia
This family of dinosaurs includes the ancestors of
most of the later armored dinosaurs. They lack the
club tails of the true ankylosaurs. Some of them have
spikes on their tails, or simply armored tails that have
been hardened to use as defensive weapons, other
spines across their shoulders (same damage) to ram
and defend themselves. All of them are slow,
confident in their armor. Ankylosaurs of all types had
complex nasal structures that, at present, have an
unknown function. This may have given them acute
senses of smell, a chamber for vocalizations or a
cooling mechanism.
Psittacosaurus and Primitive Bipedal
Ceratopsians
Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
Name: Psittacosarus, Hongshanosaurus, Yinlong
Strength: 1-4
Dexterity: 3-6
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength) (armor piercing),
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 1,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-5, Warm Blooded,
Armor Value (Size), Battery Teeth, Alternate
Habitat: Forests, Deserts, Plains
Found: Asia
The earliest of the ceratopcians had neither frills nor
horns, only a sharp horny beak united them in
appearance. In fact, all of them were bipedal, as their
heads had not grown large enough to weigh them
down. The jaws of these animals were quite powerful
and, in fact, the frills and shields began as simple
extensions of the jaw muscles. Pisttacosaurus is
known to have had a tail full of feathered quills,
likely for display. They ranged in length from 4 to
10ft in length. Some of these may have head
primitive feathers.
Castorocauda Fruitafossor
Mid Jurassic Late Jurassic
Name: Fruitafossor
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) + 5
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +
5
Speed: Dexterity
Attacks: Bite (d4), Claw (d6)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Tracking 2,
Name: Castorocauda Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2, Barbels/Whiskers,
Strength: 0 Oviparous, Warm Blooded, Quadruped, Alternate
Dexterity: 3-5 Primary Sense (Smell), Catch Tongue, Burrow (1)
Constitution: 1-3 Habitat: Forests and Scrub
Intelligence: -1-0 Found: North America
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-3 This is another exception to the undiversified small
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) + 5 mammal rule, a chipmunk sized armor-less
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) + armadillo. Despite its developments, it had a full set
3 of teeth in its jaws. This and other features suggests
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution (land and water) that it did not dig out ant nests like modern
Attacks: Bite (d6) armadillos, making it quite distinct from modern
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Armadillos.
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 3,
Tracking 2, Multituberculata
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2, Resistance (diving) Mid Jurassic to Oligocene
2, Barbels/Whiskers, Oviparous, Warm Blooded, Name: Cimecomys, Ptilodus and many others
Waterproofed, Quadruped, Night Vision, Alternate Strength: 0
Primary Sense (Smell) Dexterity: 3-6
Habitat: River and Lake side Constitution: 1-4
Found: Asia Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 3-6
Mammaliaforms (proto-mammals) are thought to Willpower: 1-3
have been small, rat-like things for most of the age of Life Points: By Size
dinosaurs. Few people realize exactly how diverse Endurance: By Size
rodents and small mammals can be. This is one such Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
example, an otter/beaver like animal about the size of Attacks: Bite (d6), claw (d4)
a large rat (a little over foot long)and the largest Skills: Acrobatics 1, Brawling 2, Climb 3, Dodge 2,
mammaliaforms of the Jurassic period. It is thought Notice 2, Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 3,
to have lived and behaved like a modern platypus: Swimming 1, Tracking 2
feeding on small animals that live in the water. Qualities and Drawbacks: Whiskers, Warm Blooded,
Acute senses (hearing), Size 1-3, Night Vision,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Any
Found: Worldwide

Ranging in size from that of a mouse to the size of a

beaver, these animals were one of the first plant-
eating mammals and one of the most successful
mammal groups of all time. After the end of the
Mesozoic, only small, squirrel-like animals in this Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) +5
group survived, only to be driven to extinction from Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +
competing more advanced mammals. 3
Speed: Dexterity (Walk)/(Dexterity + Constitution) x
Small burrow-dwelling insectivorous mammal 2 +10 (Flight)
Mid Jurassic to Holocene Attacks: Bite (d6)
Name: Too many to list, including Zalambdalestes Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Strength: 0 Stealth 1, Survival 3
Dexterity: 3-6 Qualities and Drawbacks: Flight 2, Warm Blooded,
Constitution: 1-3 Size 2, Armor Value 1, Acute Senses (Smell),
Intelligence: 0-1 Hollow Bones
Perception: 3-6 Habitat: Forests
Willpower: 1-2 Found: Europe
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size A small, insectivore from the European Jurassic, its
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) small teeth were perfect for crushing carapaces of
Attacks: Bite (d6), claw (d4) insects. Its wingspread was only a foot long.
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 1, Small Pterodactyl Pterosaur
Tracking 2 Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
Qualities and Drawbacks: Whiskers, Warm Blooded,
Acute senses (hearing), Size 1-3, Night Vision,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Any
Found: Worldwide

These stats cover small, insectivores such as modern

shrews and more primitive mammals and marsupials
that have the same ecological niches. As such, no
reproductive qualities have been added, as well as a Name: Pterodactylus, Ctenochasma, Gnathosaurus,
general lack of other qualities to distinguish the Gallodactylus, Plataleorhynchus
species. True Insectivores did not appear until the late Strength: 0-2
cretaceous. This group includes Hedgehogs (which Dexterity: 3-5
have defensive spines), shrews (size 1 most of the Constitution: 1-4
time), moles (which have Burrow 4-5) and tenrecs Intelligence: -1-0
(who parallel all of the above in some way). Perception: 2-4
Zalambdalestes resembled a modern elephant shrew. Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: By Size
Anurognathus Endurance: By Size
Middle to Late Jurassic Speed: Dexterity/(Dexterity + Constitution ) x2 +10
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Str+1)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 1, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Flight 2, Warm Blooded,
Armor value 2, Quadruped, Size 2-4, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell), Hollow Bones
Habitat: Forests, Cliff-sides, over oceans.
Found: Worldwide

Name: Anurognathus These stats represent the various small, early

Strength: 0 Pterodactylid Pterosaurs that replaced their
Dexterity: 3-4 Ramphorhyncid ancestors across the globe. These
Constitution: 1-3 animals in general had the body mass of a crow or
Intelligence: -1-0 raven, though with a slightly larger wingspread. The
Perception: 3-4 variety of their diets and designs are too numerous to
Willpower: 1-3 mention. Some of them were filter feeders, such as
Ctenochasma, others eating shellfish, fish or squids.
Despite their given size, their wingspreads ranged
from 4 to 8ft long.

Harpactognathus
Late Jurassic
Name: Harpactognathus
Strength: 1-2
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
2 +10
Speed: Dexterity/(Dexterity + Constitution) +10
Attacks: Bite (d6), Claw (d4)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 3, Dodge 2, Notice 4,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4, Flight (4 Point) 2,
Warm Blooded, Armor value 2, Quadruped,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Hollow Bones
Habitat: Plains Land
Found: North America

This large pterosaur is thought to have filled a niche

similar to an eagle. Its large head used primarily for
snatching animals out of the air. It had a wingspan of
over 8ft.
 Cretaceous
Time Period: 142-65 million years ago
Global Environment: A cooling trend from the warm Jurassic began as that period ended, leading to very minor
glaciations occurring near the poles and the on mountain peaks. However, an increase in volcanic activity quickly
put an end to this trend near the start of the middle Cretaceous, bringing back the warm trend with a vengeance.
Equatorial climates reached far into the north, warming the seas to 17C/31F degrees higher than what we see today.
These temperatures lead to a decrease in wind strength and speed as well as an increase in the number and size of
stagnant seas (such as the Sargasso Sea). The volcanic activity was the result in part of massive super volcanoes
volcanoes so powerful that they brought up Diamonds from the Earths lower crust and scattered them on the
surface (and inside their magma plumes). Towards the end of the period, t he levels of volcanic activity left parts of
North America in a post-volcanic toxic-landscape.

Other Fauna/Flora: During this period, small mammals diversified greatly and spiders began to spin complex
webs. Flowering Plants developed and spread due to their speedy reproduction compared to other plants (and the
voracious appetites of dinosaurs). However, these plants did not fully take over as the main plant group on earth
until well into the latter half of the period. These plants include Figs, Magnolias and Platanus (Planes to Europeans,
Sycamores to North Americans). The first plants we would call grasses would appear at the end of the Cretaceous
(and was apparently fed upon by dinosaurs) which resembled Rice or Bamboo in a hyper-primitive form. This did
not stop plants like Monkey Puzzle trees from being extremely common, however. Insects began to diversify as
well, given the warmer conditions. The first ants (very wasp-like, similar to many Australian ant species), termites,
Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), aphids, grasshoppers and gall wasps appeared in this period. In the oceans and
rivers, many modern fish began to evolve, including the first catfish, eels, milkfish, Characiformes (Tetra and
Piranha) and Tetradontiforms (boxfish, triggerfish, Ocean Sunfish, pufferfish, filefish, porcupine fish). Most of
these, however, only just appeared and did not truly diversify until the Paleocene, reaching near modern forms by
the Eocene. Modern-looking sharks and rays became common; the ancestors of the Great White Sharks of today
began to eke out a niche. Diatomes increased in diversityeven entering fresh water, since they appeared in the
Jurassic. Starfish and Sea Urchins exploded in diversity with the amount of marine snow in the open water. A
straight-shelled ammonite, Baculites became the most common ammonite species of the era. Turtles begin their last
major diversification, including the first turtles to be able to withdraw their heads into their shells. Soft-shell turtles,
sea turtles and land tortoises appear around this time. In mammals, the three major groups that we recognize today
developed: Monotremes, Marsupials (Eutheria) and Placental Mammals (Theria).
Giant Ammonite Baculites
Cretaceous Late Cretaceous

Name: Baculites
Name: Pachydiscus, Parapuzosia Strength: 0-5
Strength: 7-10 Dexterity: 2-6
Dexterity: 2-4 Constitution: 2-5
Constitution: 3-5 Intelligence: 0
Intelligence: 0 Perception: 2-3
Perception: 3-4 Willpower: 2-4
Willpower: 2-4 Life Points: By Size
Life Points: By Size Endurance: By Size
Endurance: By Size Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +10 (swim
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +10 (swim) vertically)/(Dexterity + Constitution) (Swim
Attacks: Tentacles (grasp, +3), Bite (d4 x Strength, Horizontally)
Armor Pricing) Attacks: Tentacles (grasp, +3), Bite (d4 x Strength,
Skills: Acting 1, Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Armor Pricing)
Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 5 Skills: Acting 1, Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5-7, Armor Value Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 5
(Shell) (Size x 3), Cold Blooded, Tentacles (+3 Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 1-4, Armor Value
grappling), Full Reverse, Fully Aquatic, Wide Range (Shell) (Size x 3), Cold Blooded, Tentacles (+3
Vision (3), Defensive Spray (5) grapples), Full Reverse, Fully Aquatic, Wide Range
Habitat: Shallow Seas Vision (3), Defensive Spray (5)
Found: North America, Europe Habitat: Oceanic
Found: Worldwide
In the Cretaceous, gigantic ammonites appeared.
Pachydiscus is the larger and older of the two listed Baculites is a strange ammonite with a largely
species (Size 7), Parapuosia is smaller but similarly straight shell. It floated vertically and swim in the
built (Size 5). These stats represent the animals as currents as such with great ease. Horizontally was a
large predators. If they were filter feeders, then they different story. They were quite successful in their
would lose their sundry attacks and lower their time, but did not survive the mass extinction.
strength by 2. The shells range in size from 5 to 8ft
in diameter. Tusoteuthis
Cretaceous
Name: Tusoteuthis
Strength: 9-15
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 3-6
Willpower: 3-5
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
5+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Arm Grasp, Tentacle Hold, Bite
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 1, Notice 3, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Acute Senses (Sight, have lived like a modern Goblin Sharkeating
Smell), Natural Toughness, Armor Value 2, Size 8, jellyfish in deep water. It grew a little over 3ft in
Camoflauge (3 point rapid version) level 3, length.
Defensive spray (blinding ink), Scent Tracking, Full
Reverse, Tentacles (+5 Grapples), Fully Aquatic Cretoxyrhina
Habitat: Open Ocean, deep water? Early to Mid Cretaceous
Found: North America Name: Cretoxyrhina
Strength: 11-14
Tusoteuthis resembles a modern Giant Squid, and Dexterity: 3-5
grew to 20 or 35ft in length (depending on the exact Constitution: 3-5
proportions of its body). Like giant squid, their arms Intelligence: -1-0
were armed with hooks to better grasp prey and their Perception: 4-6
arms lined with razor-suckers. Like today, Giant Willpower: 2-4
Squid like Tusoteuthis were preyed upon by larger Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6 + 10
animals such as the Mosasaurs and late surviving Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
pliosaurs. Some research has suggested that it was 5+5
closer in design to the Vampire Squid, of which very Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
little is known today. Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 3, Notice 4, Intimidation 3,
Scapanorhynchus Stealth 3, Survival 4, Swim 5, Tracking 3
Early Cretaceous Qualities and Drawbacks: Shark, Size 8, Natural
Toughness, AV 4
Habitat: Deep Ocean
Found: Worldwide

The So-called Jaws of the Cretaceous, this shark

was visually similar to that of a great white, but was
as big as the monstrous fish featured in the film Jaws,
reaching 7m (24ft) in length. This animal was one of
the top predators of the Cretaceous shallow seaways,
only becoming extinct with the rise of Mososaurs.

Paddlefish
Cretaceous to Holocene
Name: Scapanorhynchus
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 4-6
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +
5 Name: Paddlefish
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5 Strength: 1-8
Attacks: Bite (d6+1) Dexterity: 2-4
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 2, Constitution: 2-5
Stealth 3, Survival 4, Swim 5, Tracking 3 Intelligence: -1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Shark, Size 3 Perception: 2-3
Habitat: Deep Ocean Willpower: 2
Found: Worldwide Life Points: (By Size)
Endurance: (By Size)
Sharks reached their modern forms around this time Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
period for the most part. The final general features of Attacks: Sallow (Strength), Ram (d4 s Strength)
sharks (Jaws that protrude slightly outwards as they
bite, etc) finally appear. Scapanorhynus is thought to
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Intimidation 1, Savage Salmonoid
Stealth 1, Swimming 5, Survival 3 Late Cretaceous to Paleocene
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size (4-7), Wide Range,
Fish
Habitat: Rivers, Lakes and Oceans
Found: Worldwide

Paddlefish are one of the most primitive fish alive

today. They lack bones, instead having cartilage, but
were not directly related to sharks. They belong to a Name: Enchodus, Cimolichthys
class of more primitive boney fishes. Today they Strength: 0-4
were limited to rivers, but in the past they could be Dexterity: 3-6
found in other bodies of water. All of them were filter Constitution: 1-3
feeders. Paddlefish can grow 5 to 9ft, but reports of Intelligence: -1
23ft specimens have occurred, but are appear Perception: 3-4
unverified. Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: By Size
Bichir Endurance: By Size
Mid Cretaceous to Holocene (3) Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Bite (d4 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-4, Armor Value 1,
Acute Senses (Sight), Fish
Habitat: Shallow Seas
Found: Worldwide

These prehistoric salmon were designed to rend flesh

Name: Bichir and catch other fish. They were part of a massive
Strength: 0 burst of evolution of teleoslei (modern ray-finned
Dexterity: 3-4 fish) near the end of the Cretaceous. Cimolichthys is
Constitution: 2-5 in the bottom of the picture bellow. The smallest
Intelligence: -1 were 7 inches, while the longest were a little over 4ft
Perception: 2-4 in length.
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10 Gillicus
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) + Late Cretaceous
5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution (Swim)
Attacks: Bite (d6)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor Value 1, Size 3,
Fish, Amphibious (1), Hibernation 3, Defensive
Spines
Habitat: Floodplains, Swamps
Found: North America
Name: Gillicus
Strength: 2-5
Bichir are primitive fish capable of surviving through
Dexterity: 3-6
hard times better than many other fish. These animals
are voracious predators, if simple minded (even for Constitution: 3-4
fish). Today, fish shops occasionally sell species of Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Bichir as Dinosaur Eels. They are neither. Bichir
Willpower: 2-3
grow to 2ft in length.
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Fish
Habitat: Shallow Seas
Found: North America
Essentially a prehistoric proto-tarpon, Gillicus preyed
on much smaller animals (Size 3 or less) by sucking
them in (+1 to the attack against smaller creatures).
Unlike modern tarpon, it lived in fear of many larger
predators, including larger predatory fish. In the
above image, Gillicus is the fish on top. Gillicus grew
to over 6ft in length.
Attacks: Bite (d4 x (Strenth+1))
Skills: Acrobatics 1, Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-6, Armor Value
(Size-1), Amphibious (1), Fish, Acute Senses (Sight)
Habitat: Rivers, Lakes, Swamps
Found: South America, Africa, Asia (India) and
Australia
These fish are designed to feed at or near the surface,
or at creatures near the surface, some smaller species
actually can leap 6ft out of the water to grasp their
prey.
The largest genus, Arapaima, (size 5-6, almost 15ft in
length), did not appear until the Miocene. The
smallest of these animals reach only 3ft in length.

Protosphyraena Catfish
Late Cretaceous (6) Late Cretaceous to Holocene
Name: Protosphyraena Very end of the cretaceous
Strength: 4-8 Name: Catfish
Dexterity: 3-6 Strength: 0-8
Constitution: 2-4 Dexterity: 1-7
Intelligence: -1 Constitution: 1-6
Perception: 3-5 Intelligence: -1
Willpower: 2-3 Perception: 3-6
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10 Willpower: 2-4
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x Life Points: By Size
4+5 Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 15 Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) to (Dexterity +
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength) Constitution) x 2
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 2, Attacks: Bite (d4 x (Strength+1))
Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 1, Skills: Brawling 2, Climb (2), Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Fish, Acute Senses (Sight) Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 4, Swimming 5,
Habitat: Shallow Seas Tracking 1,
Found: North America Qualities and Drawbacks: Whiskers, Armor Value
(None to Size+2), Fish
Essentially a primitive swordfish, though less Habitat: Any Water
streamlined than its modern relatives. This animal fed Found: Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South
on much smaller fish as modern swordfish do. It America
likely operated in open waters as well. It grew to 6 to
9ft in length. One of the most diverse and spectacular new forms of
fish, the Catfish have a plethora of diversity to them.
Arowana Some can haul themselves onto land to get from pond
Late Cretaceous to Holocene to pond. Others are armored or even scale-less. They
Name: Arowana, Arapaima all tend to be bottom dwelling animals, using their
Strength: 0-8 whiskers to locate food nearby. Examples of their
Dexterity: 2-5 diversity include the giant herbivore the Mekong
Constitution: 2-5 catfish; the elongated carnivore Wells; the feared
Intelligence: -1 parasite Candiru (better known as That fish in the
Perception: 3-5 Amazon that mistakes the nitrates released by human
Willpower: 2-5 urine for the breathing of a fish and often crawl up
Life Points: By Size the urethra by mistake); to decomposers. Catfish
Endurance: By Size range in size from an inch or so to almost 9ft in
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x2 length.
Xiphactinus
Late Cretaceous
Name: Xiphactinus
Strength: 10-16
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
5 + 10
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 8, Armor Value 6,
Acute Senses (Sight), Scent Tracking, Fish,
Resistance (Diving) 2
Habitat: Open Water, Shallow Seas
Found: North America
15 to 20ft long, Xiphactinus was a monster of a fish
similar, but unrelated to a tarpon. It would feed on
smaller animals when it could, but lived in fear of
Mosasaurs. These animals have been found with
entire whole fish in their belliesleading some to
believe that these individuals swallowed more than
they could stomach.
Beelzebufo
Late Cretaceous
Name: Beelzebufo
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 2-5
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +
5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Bite (d6 + Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 3,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 4,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Cold Blooded, Big
Gulp, Cast Iron Stomach, Armor Value 1, Big Gulp
(3 point)
Habitat: Damp Forests, Lakes, Ponds
Found: Madagascar
Over 16 inches in length and almost 10 pounds in
weight, this animal represents rather well the concept
of Island Gigantismthat is, the tendency for small
animals to grow larger on islands. The reverse tends
to happen to larger animals. The animal is thought to
have resembled a giant Pacman frog, which is known
for snapping at anything that could possibly fit in its
mouthand some even killing themselves trying to
shove a prey item down their gullet.
Colossal Sea Turtle Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +
Late Cretaceous 5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d4)
Skills: Brawling 1, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Stealth 1, Survival 2, Swimming 5, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Cold Blooded,
Armor Value 3 (limbs), Armor Value 12 (Shell),
Defensive Spines, Quadruped
Habitat: Shallow Seas
Found: North America

Many ancient sea turtles are quite similar to their

modern brethren. Others have unique adaptations for
the predator-rich seas they inhabited. This small
Name: Archelon, Toxochelys turtle had a row of large spines to protect it from the
Strength: 6-12 many predators that is shared the waters with. It grew
Dexterity: 2-4 to only a foot in length.
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: -1 Soft-shell Turtle/Terrapin
Perception: 3-4 Cretaceous to Holocene
Willpower: 2-4 Name: Terrapin
Life Points: By Size Strength: 0-2
Endurance: By Size Dexterity: 1-3
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5 Constitution: 2-4
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength) (AP) Intelligence: -1
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Perception: 3-4
Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 5 Willpower: 2-3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Luke-Warm Blooded Life Points: By Size
(Gigantothermic), Size 5-7, Armor Value (Size x 2 + Endurance: By Size
1)(Shell)/ (Size-2) (Body), Resistance (Diving) 1, Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Quadruped Attacks: Bite (d4 x (Strength+1))
Habitat: Shallow Seas Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 1, Notice 2,
Found: North America Stealth 2, Survival 4, Swimming 4, Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-4, Acute Senses
One of the earliest diversifications of true turtles, (Smell), Resistance (Diving 1), Cold Blooded, Armor
these are distant relatives of the modern leatherback Value (Size x 3) (Shell), Armor Value (Size-2)
turtle. They range in size from 6 to 13ft in length in (Body), Scent Tracing, Quadruped
the shell. The largest are thought to have weighed Habitat: Freshwater Lakes, rivers, streams and
over 2 tons in life. Archelon, the largest and best swamps
known had a beak suggests that it ate hard-shelled, Found: The Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and
slow moving animals. The shell is not a true shell, Australia
however, but is still reinforced and provided proper
protection for the animal. It is simply smoother, Soft shelled turtles or Terrapins are freshwater
hydrodynamic and more aesthetically appealing. animals that eat small fish and other animals that
cross their paths. Soft Shelled turtles range in size
Calcarichelys from 6 inches to 3ft in length and the largest modern
Late Cretaceous ones can weigh as much as 300 pounds.
Name: Calcarichelys
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 2-3
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Giant Tortoises Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-5, Cold Blooded,
Cretaceous to Holocene Armor Value (Size+2)/(Size x 3) (Shell), Wide
Range Vision, Resistance (Diving) 2, Low
Metabolism, Camouflage 2, Quadruped
Habitat: Lakes and Swamps
Found: North America, Europe, Asia

Snapping turtles certainly have a prehistoric look to

them and this is no accident. First appearing 70
million years ago, they were far more widespread in
the past. Laying on the bottom of slow moving
Name: Herperotestudo, many others waterways, waiting for fish to swim byat which
Strength: 0-6 they snap at. Outside North America, the various
Dexterity: 1-2 species of snapping turtle seemed to have
Constitution: 2-6 disappeared at the end of the Pliocene and the coming
Intelligence: -1 of the ice ages.
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 1-3 Hyphalosaur
Life Points: (By Sized) Early Cretaceous
Endurance: (By Size) Name: Hyphalosaurus
Speed: Dexterity x 2 Strength: 0-1
Attacks: Bite (strength) Dexterity: 3-6
Skills: Brawling 1, Climb 1, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Constitution: 3-4
Intimidation 1, Survival 4, Swimming 2 Intelligence: -1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Low Perception: 2-4
Metabolism, Armor Value (size x 5) (Size non- Willpower: 1-3
shelled parts), Quadruped, Size 3-5 Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Habitat: Any warm land Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +
Found: Asia, Africa, Europe, The Americas, 5
Australia Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6), Claw (d4), Tail (d6 Bash)
Tortoises first appear in the cretaceous and remained Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 4, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
largely the same except for size and occasional Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5,
specialization (such as that found in Box Turtles). Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Quadruped,
Larger tortoises are covered individuallythis covers Size 3, Armor Value 1, Swamp Adaptation, Battery
up to the size of the Galapagos turtles. They range in Teeth
size from a little over a foot in length to having 4-5ft Habitat: Any Warm Land
shells. Found: Asia
Snapping Turtle The apparent ancestor of Champsosaurus,
Name: Snapping Turtle, Alligator Snapping Turtle, Hyphalosaurs were archosaur reptiles filling in the
Acherontemys, Chelydrops, Chelydropsis, niche of otters today. Living in fresh water and
Emarginachelys, Macrocephalochelys, feeding on small animals they could catch. They
Strength: 0-7 appeared similar to modern lizards but with elongated
Dexterity: 1-2 necks, tails and arms to help propel them through the
Constitution: 4-6 water. They were extremely common at the time.
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength+1), Claw (d4 x
Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Survival 1, Stealth 2, Swimming 3
Primitive Swimming Serpent length from two feet long to over six and a half feet
Cretaceous in length. Much of its size is tail.
Name: Haasiophis, Eudophis, Pachyrachis
Strength: 0 Giant Mosasaur
Dexterity: 4-7 Late Cretaceous
Constitution: 2-3
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower)
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
Attacks: Bite (d6)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 4,
Tracking 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2, Cold Blooded,
Armor Value 1, Scent Tracking, Limbless, Battery
Teeth
Name: Mosasaurus, Tylosaurus, Hainosaurus,
Habitat: Shoreline, Shallow Seas Taniwhasaurus, Moanasaurus, Goronyosaurus,
Pluridens, Plotosaurus
These animals may be ancestral to snakes, though
Strength: 13-20
some propose a burrowing origin for the animals.
Dexterity: 3-6
They were essentially sea-snakes, but had vestigial
Constitution: 4-6
limbs near the end of their tails and had no venom.
Intelligence: -1-0
They likely fed on fish and small animals in or near Perception: 3-5
the water. Often, they averaged at 3ft in length.
Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: By Size
Iguana Endurance: By Size
Late Cretaceous to Holocene
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 (swim)
Name: Iguana
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Tail Slap (d4 x
Strength: 0-1 (Strength+1))
Dexterity: 2-6
Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 2,
Constitution: 3-5
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 2,
Intelligence: -1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7-8, Armor Value
Perception: 2-4
(Size-2), Big Gulp (3 point), Luke-Warm Blooded,
Willpower: 1-3 Scent Tracking, Acute Senses (sight, hearing),
Life Points: (By Size) Battery Teeth, Limbless, Lateral Line
Endurance: (By Size)
Habitat: Shallow Seas, often near shores (Pluridens
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
appeared to prefer saltwater swamps and inshore
Attacks: Bite (d6), Claw (d4), Tail (d6 Bash)
areas)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 4, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Found: North America, Australia, Antarctica, Europe,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 2, Asia, Africa
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Quadruped,
Size 2-4, Defensive Spines, Battery Teeth
When the giant pliosaurs and ichthyosaurs became
Habitat: Any Warm Land
extinct, Mosasaurs moved in to fill the echological
Found: The Americas
gap. Thought to be somewhere between monitor
lizards and snakes in evolutionary terms, the giant
The first Iguanas appeared in South America, but mosasaurs were the dominant predators of the oceans
were unable to spread very far from there as the
(only Deinosuchus coming close to rivaling them).
continent spent the next 50 million years almost
They fed on literally anything they could grab onto
completely isolated from the rest of the world, so
and tear apartplesiosaurs, turtles, sharks, giant
today, theyve only spread to nearby islands and
squid and other animals have been found in their
middle America. Most Iguanas are actually
stomachs. Like Ichthyosaurs, they gave birth to live
terrestrial (reduce Climb by 2). Iguanas range in young. The largest of them approached 50ft in length.
Small Mosasaur Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) + 5
Late Cretaceous Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength) (AP), Tail slap (d4 x
(Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6-7, Armor Value
(Size-1), Luke-Warm Blooded, Scent Tracking,
Battery Teeth, Limbless, Acute Senses (Sight,
Hearing), Lateral Line
Habitat: Shallow Seas, near food source
Found: North America, Europe and Australia

These mosasaurs specialized in eating shellfish that

lived on the ocean floor. Its teeth were quite similar
to the Placodonts of the Triassic, as they filled the
same niche, though they grew much larger than the
placodonts. Their heads and bodies were stockier
compared to other mosasaurs, given that they needed
Name: Platecarpus, Clidastes, Plioplatecarpus power, not speed, to feed. They range in size from 20
Strength: 6-10 to 33ft in length.
Dexterity: 4-7
Constitution: 3-5 Giant Snakes
Intelligence: -1-0 Late Cretaceous to Late Pleistocene
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Tail Slap (d4 x
(Strength + 2))
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 2,
Name: Palaeophis (Non-Madtsoiiade), Gigantophis,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 2,
Madtsoia, Wonambi, Yurlungger, Liasis, Titanoboa
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5-6, Armor Value
Strength: 6-10
(Size-2), Big Gulp (3 Point), Luke-Warm Blooded,
Dexterity: 5-7
Scent Tracking, Acute Senses (sight, hearing),
Constitution: 4-6
Battery Teeth, Limbless, Lateral Line
Intelligence: -1
Habitat: Ocean waters near shore
Perception: 3-4
Found: North America, Africa, Europe, Australia,
Willpower: 3-4
Asia
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
Smaller mosasaurs tended to feed on fish and smaller
5+5
animals. The smallest of them grew to 13ft in length,
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
with the largest of these growing 25ft long.
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Wrap (none), Choke
(Strength, bash damage) (Must Wrap first)
Crushing Mosasaur
Skills: Brawling 4, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Late Creataceous
Intimidation 3, Stealth 4, Survival 3, Swimming 5,
Name: Globidens, Prognathodon, Carinodens,
Tracking 2,
Dollosaurus
Qualities and Drawbacks: Big Gulp (4 point), Size 6,
Strength: 8-14
Distended Stomach, Low Metabolism, Cold Blooded,
Dexterity: 3-5
Resistance (Hunger) 1, Acute Senses (Smell),
Constitution: 3-4
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Limbless, Battery
Intelligence: -1-0
Teeth, Armor Value 2
Perception: 3-4
Habitat: Shoreline and swamps or Caves (?)
Willpower: 2-3
Found: Asia (eastern), (northern) Africa, North
Life Points: By Size
America, Europe, Australia
Endurance: By Size
These stats represent tremendous snakes that lived
around the Mediterranean and young Atlantic oceans
down into what remained of the continent of
Gondwana and grew to gigantic proportions (30ft
long or so on average, the largest reaching 33ft, the
smallest being 16ft in length, but very heavily built).
These animals are thought to have been aquatic,
having been found in both fresh and saltwater
deposits. It is thought to have had a similar lifestyle
to the largest modern snakes (the Anaconda and the
Reticulated Python), feeding on animals that strayed
too close to the waters edge. As time went on, they
managed only to survive in Australia by the
Oligocene, only to die out at the end of the
Pleistocene. The last of these snakes had a very small
head and is thought to have fed on medium-sized
(Size 4 or less) prey. Still, this animal was large
enough and around late enough to have snatched the
children of the Australian Aborigines when they
strayed too close to their dens. Even today, they warn
their children not to play in Sun-Traps near water
holes. The oldest of the Giant Snakes died out with
the dinosaurs, only to have their smaller relatives to
follow similar evolutionary paths.
Size and Snakes is rather odd, as they are so long and
thin. When determining the Size of a snake, use the
animals weight instead of length.
Elasmosaur
Cretaceous
Name: Elasmosaurus, Hydrotherosaurus,
Terminonator, Aristonectes, Fresnosaurus,
Futuabasaurus, Libonectes, Mauisaurus, Styxosaurus,
Thalassomedon, Tuarangisaurus, Woolungasaurus
Strength: 8-18
Dexterity: 5-6
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (Strength) (AP)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6-7, Armor Value
(Size), Warm Blooded(?), Resistance (Diving) 1
Habitat: Shallow Seas
Found: North and South America, Antarctica, Asia,
Australia,
Elasmosaurs were a successful, late group of
plesiosaurs whose necks became extremely
elongated. At first these necks were thought to be
extremely serpentine and flexible, as the above image
shows. Today is is though that it was part of a
different type of hunting strategy. Fish are quite
primitive animals, but they are hardwired to avoid
large bodies heading towards them. The design of the
Elasmosaur is meant to exploit that, so it can sneak
its head into a school of fish or belemenites to grab
them. The animals were quite maneuverable and
powerful swimmers with their Double Penguin
flipper design. They grew between 25 and 45ft in
length.
Polycotylid
Cretaceous
Name: Ceraumasarus, Trinacromerum,
Dolichorrhynchops, Edgarosaurus, Manemergus,
Polycotylus, Procotylus, Sulcusuchus
Strength: 8-12
Dexterity: 4-7
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength+2)
Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6, Armor Value
(Size), Warm Blooded(?), Resistance (Diving) 1,
Acute Senses (Smell)
Habitat: Shallow Seas
Found: The Americas, Asia, Australia, Africa
Polycotylid plesiosaurs evolved to replace
Icthyosaurs as that group died out. Focusing their
bodies to be highly maneuverable and fast, they
shortened their necks and elongated their jaws. They
fed on fish almost exclusively, as their jaws were not
aligned to handle ammonites or beleminites. True
squid, on the other hand, may have been fair game.
They ranged in size from 10 to 16ft in length.
Champsosaurus
Late Cretaceous to Eocene
Name: Champsosaurus
Strength: 2-4
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +
5 Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 8, Cold Blooded,
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) /(Dexterity +
Constitution) x 2 (swim)
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 4, Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4, Cold Blooded,
Resistance (diving) 1, Armor Value 4, Battery Teeth,
Scent Tracking, Quadruped
Habitat: Cypress Swamps
Found: North America, Europe
Champosaurs are fish-eating, crocodile-like reptile
(more closely related to the Tuatara than to
Crocodiles). Despite their narrow jaws, they had
powerful muscles backing them up in their wide
heads. They prospered after the Mesozoic, but were
outcompeted by true crododilians in the end. The
development of more sophisticated mammals may
have also contributed to their eventual decline, as
some later species took to being the top predators in
the dinosaurs absence. Most champosaurs were
pretty small (a little over 3ft in length), the largest
reaching 5ft in length.
Sarcosuchus
Early Cretaceous
Name: Sarcosuchus
Strength: 14-18
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 5-6
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
5+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite d6 x (Strength+1), Claw (Strength),
Tail d6 x (Strength+2) (Bash)
Skills: Brawling 4, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 4, Survival 3, Swimming 5,
Tracking 1,
Armor Value 8, Resistance (Diving) 1, Cast Iron
Stomach, Battery Teeth, Alternate Primary Sense
(Smell), Quadruped
Habitat: Shallow, wide Rivers and Lakes
Found: Africa
Alongside the dinosaurs, Crocodilians prospered in
the Cretaceous. One of the largest was Sarcosuchus, a
predator from northern Africa. It is thought that it
behaved similarly Sarcosuchus hooked jaws, easing
the grasping of prey. What its prey consisted of is a
matter of debate. Some believe it to have been mostly
a fish eater, other believe the hook would have aided
it in grasping land-living prey. Others hypothesize
that they fed on fish while young, moving to other
vertebrates as they grew in size. Sarcosuchus grew to
40ft in length.
Stomatosuchus
Early Cretaceous
Name: Stomatosuchus
Strength: 12-17
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
5+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Tail d6 x (Strength + 2 Bash), Claw
(Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 3, Notice 4,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 4, Survival 3, Swimming 5,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 8, Cold Blooded,
Armor Value 10, Resistance (diving) 1, Battery
Teeth, Big Gulp (5 Point), Acute Senses (Smell),
Quadruped
Habitat: Shallow, wide rivers and Lakes
Found: Africa
Stomatosuchus is a strange crocodilian that evolved
to feed on plankton similar to a modern baleen whale.
It is thought to have used a large throat sack in a
similar method, its fine teeth to filter large gulps of
animal life. It grew to a little over 30ft in length.
A similar crocodilian, Mourasuchus, appeared in the
Miocene of South America, which was then the area
which is now Brazil was an inland sea.
Herbivorous Crocodile
Cretaceous
Name: Chimaerasuchus, Simosuchus,
Uruguayasuchus
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Tail (d6), Bite (d4+1)
Skills: Brawling 1, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-4, Cold Blooded,
Cast Iron stomach, Armor Value 6, Knuckle Walking
(Elongated Running Legs) or Quadruped, Swamp
adaptation, Battery Teeth, Acute Senses (Smell)
Habitat: Forests
Found: Asia, Africa, South America
Such bizarre crocodiles were more commonly found
on islands than on the mainland, but still found their
niches around the world, though mostly in isolated
Madagascar. These animals were short snouted and
had teeth for cropping tough plants. They grew
between 3 and 5ft in length.
Terrestrial Crocodile Life Points: By Size
Cretaceous Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution (land), (Dexterity +
Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Deathroll (d6 x
(Strength+1)), Tail (d6 x Strength bash), Claw
(Strength)
Skills: Brawling 4, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 3, Stealth 3, Survival 5, Swimming 5,
Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4-7, Armor Value
(Size+2), Lactic Acid Resistance, Nictating
Membrane, Resistance (Diving) 1, Cold Blooded,
Low Metabolism, Cast Iron Stomach (2), Battery
Teeth, Camouflage 2, Alternate Primary Sense
(Smell), Quadruped
Name: Baurusuchus, Araripesuchus, Libycosuchus,
Habitat: Swamps, Rivers, Lakes (warm)
Sphagesaurus
Found: The Americas, Africa, Australia, Asia
Strength: 1-9
(Formerly Europe)
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 3-6
Modern Crocodilians first appeared in the Cretaceous
Intelligence: -1
some 90 million years ago, but went through a few
Perception: 3-4
variations and offshoots over time. Despite this they
Willpower: 2-4
generally looked as they did now and are thought to
Life Points: By Size
have behaved in a similar fashion. Crocodilian Death
Endurance: By Size
Roll is a special attack where they grasp onto a prey
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
item, spin rapidly in an effort to sever a limb or hunk
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1)), Claw (d4 x
of flesh from the target. Crocodilians tend to range
Strength)
from 5 to 18ft in length. Many species build burrows
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
or wallows to survive droughts and these often
Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 2,
shelter other animals as well.
Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-6, Armor Value
Dyrosaurid
(Size), Cold Blooded, Quadruped or Knuckle
Late Cretaceous to Eocene
Walking (Elongated Hind Legs), Battery Teeth,
Name: Dyrosaurus, Arambourgisuchus,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Atlantosuchus, Cheniansuchus, Congosuchus,
Habitat: Various Land
Strength: 3-10
Found: Africa, South America, Asia
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 2-4
These stats represent the more common variety of
Intelligence: -1-0
terrestrial crocodile: ones specializing in hunting land
Perception: 3-4
animals. They acted as hunters of small game and
Willpower: 2
scavengers, or perhaps ganging up on weak
Life Points: By Size
individuals of larger species. They ranged in size
Endurance: By Size
from 3ft long to 12ft at the largest.
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +5 (Swim)
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1)) (AP), Claw
Modern Crocodilian and Ancestors
(Strength)
Late Cretaceous to Holocene
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Name: Crocodile, Alligator, Cayman, Gavial,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5
Isisfordia (Cretaceous)
Qualities and Drawbacks: Resistance (diving) 4,
Strength: 4-13
Cold-Blooded, Armor Value (Size-1), Size 4-6,
Dexterity: 3-4
Battery Teeth, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell),
Constitution: 4-6
Quadruped
Intelligence: 0
Habitat: Ocean, salt-water environments
Perception: 3-6
Found: Africa, South America
Willpower: 2-4
Dyrosaurs were marine gavial-like crocodilians that
composed most of the marine crocodilians that
survived the extinction at the end of the Cretaceous.
They were not built for catching fish, but for crushing
hard-shelled animals like turtles and ammonites.
Dyrosaurs reached 6 to 30ft in length.
Deinosuchus
Late Cretaceous
Name: Deinosuchus
Strength: 14-18
Dexterity: 3-6
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-6
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
5+5
Speed: Dexterity (Land)/(Dexterity + Constitution) x
2 (Swim)
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Tail (d4 x Strength),
Claw (Strength)
Skills: Brawling 4, Climb 1, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 4, Survival 3, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor Value 12, Size 8,
Resistance (Diving) 1, Cold Blooded, Cast Iron
Stomach, Battery Teeth, Alternate Primary Sense
(Smell), Quadruped
Habitat: Ocean, River Deltas
The largest crocodilian known, Deinosuchus was a
showline predator in the oceans, large lakes and river
deltas while the Midwest of the United States was
flooded. It large, wide jaws were built to crush large
preylikely dinosaurs, giant sea-turtles like
Archelon, and other large animals. It is an alligator,
and generally is thought to have looked and behaved
like one. There were at least two species of
Deinosuchus, ranging in length from 30 to 40ft in
length.
Similar giant crocodilian, but this time a Cayman
called Purussaurus, appeared in the Miocene South
America and reached similar sizes, inhabiting the
inland sea of what would become the Amazon
rainforest.
Confuciusornis
Early Cretaceous
Name: Confuciusornis
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 3-6
Constitution: 2
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +
5
Speed: Dexterity+ Constitution/(Dexterity +
Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Peck (d6), Claw (d4)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 3,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Warm Blooded, Size 3,
Flight 1, Hollow Bones
Habitat: Forests
Found: China
An intermediary between the tailed birds and the
simply toothed birds (below), Confuciusornis is
thought to have been herbivorous (as it lacked teeth
in its bill). However, like Archeopteryx, it flapped as
it flew/climbed, but did not have a full upstroke for
powered flight. This did not develop until later. Its
wingspan was about 2 and a half feet across.
Primitive Bird Herperornis
Cretaceous Late Cretaceous
Name: Sinornis, Liaoxornis, Liaoningornis,
Cuspirostrisornis, Boluchia, Iberomesornis,
Eoalulavis, Aberrtiodontus, Avisaurus, Concornis,
Enanriornis, Eonantiornis, Iberomesornis,
Strength: 0-2
Dexterity: 5-7
Constitution: 2
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 3-6
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity/(Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +10
Attacks: Peck or Claw (d4 x Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 1-3, Climb 3, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Name: Asiahesperornis, Hesperornis, Baptornis,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Canadaga, Judinornis, Parahesperornis,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 1-3, Flight 2, Warm Strength: 0-5
Blooded, Hollow Bones Dexterity: 3-6
Habitat: Forests, plains Constitution: 2-3
Found: Asia, The Americas, Europe, Australia Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-5
Though many of the species named here are from Willpower: 2-3
Laioning, birds like this have been found across the Life Points:
world. Some had teeth, others did not, some even Endurance:
developed perching limbs, but all were small-bodied. Speed: Dexterity (Land), (Dexterity + Constitution)
The similarity these birds have to many modern small x 2 + 5 (Swim)
birds is a great example of convergent evolution. Attacks: Peck (d6 x Strength)
These birds have a wide variety, but were all quite Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 3,
smallabout the size of a finch or pigeon, with a few Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 4
hawk-like creatures reaching Turkey-like Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-4, Resistance
proportions. They retained many primitive features (diving) 1, Warm Blooded Hollow Bones
including longer tails (though still quite stubby), Habitat: Shoreline, water
external claws on the hands, teeth and so on. Found: North America, Asia, Europe

Herperornis and its allies were swimming birds that

had lost their arms completely in most cases.
Somewhere between a loon and a penguin in design,
they fed on fish and were in turn preyed upon by
larger fish and seagoing reptiles (or any land predator
that caught them far enough from water). Most lived
by an ocean, but at least one species may have lived
in fresh water. The smallest of these animals was
about 3ft in length, the largest just over 6ft.

Mesozoic Psuedo-Ostridge
Late Cretaceous
Name: Patagopteryx, Gagantuavis
Strength: 0-7
Dexterity: 3-6
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5 (Average)
Attacks: Kick (d4 x (Strength+1)), Peck (Strength)
Skills: Brawling 1, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Warm Blooded, Size 2-5,
Armor Value (Size-1), Hollow Bones
Habitat: Any Inland
Found: Africa, the Americas, Europe, Australia
Ground birds were among the first groups to develop
in the lineage of what is called Modern Birds but
these stats do not include those form, but their
Mesozoic ancestors. Today, they are as diverse as
Ostrich, Emu and Kiwis. In the Cretaceous, they were
similarly diverse. These stats cover similar animals to
the modern forms as well as including creatures
resembling chickens or guinea fowl. True
Struthioforms only survived in the Gondwanan
continents (Africa, South America and Australia).
They ranged in size between 2 and 6 and a half feet
tall.
Turducken
Late Cretaceous
Name: Vegavis
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3-6
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 2-5
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: Strength + Constitution + 5
Endurance: Strength + Constitution + Willpower + 3
Speed: Dexterity (run)/ (Dexterity + Constitution) x
2 + 10 (Flight)
Attacks: Kick Claw (d4 x (Strength+1)), Peck
(Strength)
Skills: Brawling 1, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Warm Blooded, Flight 2,
Hollow Bones
Habitat: Shoreline or Forests
Nature often exceeds the imagination of man in many
things. Sometimes, the imagination of man manages
to unintentionally copy what nature has already
created. Vegavis is the mutual ancestor of fowl and
waterfowl. The ancestor or Chickens, Ducks and
Turkeys. A true Turducken. We can only imagine
what it would actually taste like. The Turducken
stood 2ft tall.
To be more specific, its descendents waterfowl
(Ducks, geese and swans) and fowl (chicken,
pheasant and turkey) split from this ancestor before
the end of the Cretaceous in roughly that order. Other
modern birds to develop in the cretaceous include
modern shorebirds, cormorants (including Frigate
birds and pelicans), and loons.
Icthyornis
Late Cretaceous
Name: Icthyornis, Iaceornis,
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3-7
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence:-1- 0
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: Strength + Constitution + 5
Endurance: Strength + Constitution + Willpower + 3
Speed: Dexterity (Walk), (Dexterity + Constitution)
x 2 + 10 (Fly)
Attacks: Peck (d6)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Flight 2, Warm Blooded,
Size 2, Hollow Bones
Habitat:Shoreline
Found: North America
Icthyornis is a more advanced of bird, but still not a
true bird. Something like a toothed seagull or diving
bird. Many birds from the cretaceous are known only
from scant remains, but Icthyornis and several other
birds are exceptions to this rule. Icthyornis had a
wingspread of 6 inches.
Presbyornithade
Late Cretaceous to Oligocene
Name: Presbyornis, Teviornis, Telmabates,
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 3-6
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) (Land), (Dexterity
+ Constitution) x 2 + 10 (Fly)
Attacks: Bite (d4)
Skills: Brawling 1, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 3,
Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-3, Flight (3 point) 2,
Acute Senses (Smell), Warm Blooded, Swamp
Adaptation, Waterproofed
Habitat: Lakes, rivers and shorelines
Found: The Americas, Europe, Asia
Presbyornis and its relatives were long-legged, proto-
duck-like animals that lived in large flocks. Their
long legs seemed to indicate a wading lifestyle, while
their duck-like bills and webbed feet suggest a bit
more water-tolerance. The tallest of these animals
stood about 3ft in height.
Alvarezsaurid
Cretaceous
Name: Mononykus, Albertonykus, Alvarezsaurus,
Patagonykus, Rapator, Parvicursor, Shuvuuia
Strength: 0-4
Dexterity: 4-7
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 4-6
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 15
Attacks: Bite (Strength+1), Kick (d4 x (Strength+1)),
Claw (d4 x Strength) (AP)
Skills: Acrobatics 1, Brawling 2, Dodge 3, Notice 3,
Stealth 2, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Acute Senses (sight,
smell), Armor Value (size-2), Size 2-5, Warm
Blooded, Catch-Tongue(?), Battery Teeth (?),Hollow
Bones, Acute Senses (Smell), Alternate Primary
Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Plains, Forests, Deserts
Found: The Americas, Asia (Mongolia), Australia,
Europe
These strange animals are bird-like dinosaurs are
thought to have been the dinosaur equivalent of
anteaters. Using their claws to smash open termite
mounds and anthills and then eating the insects
inside, which it may have lapped up with a sticky
tongue. They ranged in size from only a foot in
length to almost 6t in length.
Small Raptor
Cretaceous
Name: Graciliraptor, Bambiraptor, Variraptor,
Pyroraptor, Dromaeosaurus, Sauronitholestes,
Unenlagia, Velociraptor, Nuthetes, Mei, Rahonavis
Strength: 1-3
Dexterity: 4-7
Constitution: 2-3
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 4-7
Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +20
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Claw (d6 x Strength),
Kick (d6 x Strength+1) (Slash/Stab)
Skills: Acrobatics 2, Brawling 3, Climb 4, Dodge 3,
Notice 2, Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 3,
Tracking 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Warm Blooded, Armor
Value (size-2), Size 3-4, Acute Senses (Sight),
Battery Teeth, Hollow Bones, Climber (1 point),
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Any land
Found: Europe, Asia, the Americas
Raptors, as theyve come to be called, began small
and many stayed that way. Some had long snouts for
hunting prey their size and smaller, while others had
deeper heads for larger targets. All were likely to be
covered in feathers, unlike popular depictions. Their
tails were long and stiff balancing rods. Some species
are known to have primitive long-feathers like the
wings of a bird, the purpose of whichwhile not
capable of flightis largely speculative (displays,
cooling, a climbing aid) or for assisted climbing.
Raptors attacked by climbing onto a larger animal
and slashing away with the foot claws at the soft
underbelly or throat. The act of grappling by a raptor
deals normal claw damage. The largest of these
raptors grew to 6ft in length and had about as much
mass as a turkey.
Raptors as a whole are thought to have likely hunted
in packsthe size of which is generally unknown. It
may have been as simply pairs or as many as a dozen
individuals.
Medium-Sized Raptor
Cretaceous
Name: Deinonychus, Unquillosaurus (?)
Strength: 3-7
Dexterity: 4-7
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 3-6
Willpower: 3-5
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 15
Attacks: Bite (D6 x Strength), Kick (d6 x
(Strength+1)), Claw (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Acrobatics 2, Brawling 3, Climb 3, Dodge 3,
Notice 3, Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 3,
Swimming 1, Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Armor Value 2,
Battery Teeth, Warm Blooded, Acute Senses (Sight),
Hollow Bones, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests, Plains (?)
Found: North America, South America (?)
Few raptors reached large sizes, Deinonychus
represented the midpoint of raptors: large enough to
tackle impressive prey, but more economical in build
in comparison to Utahraptor and the other giants.
This midpoint design, however, does not appear that
frequently in comparison to the smaller raptors.
These raptors grew from 10 to 13ft in length, most
were about 5ft tall. Like other raptors, it may have
been feathered. These two were likely feathered.
Large Raptor
Cretaceous
Name: Utahraptor, Achillobator, Austroraptor
Strength: 9-12
Dexterity: 4-7
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 4-6
Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4 +5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +10
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Claw (d6 x Strength),
Kick (d6 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Acrobatics 2, Brawling 4, Climb 2, Dodge 3,
Notice 2, Intimidation 3, Stealth 3,Survival 3,
Swimming 1, Tracking 3,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor Value 3, Warm
Blooded, Acute Senses (Sight), Battery Teeth,
Hollow Bones, Size 6, Alternate Primary Sense
(Smell), Scent Tracking
Habitat: Plains
Found: Asia, The Americas
Giant Raptors were among the most dangerous
predators of their day, ecologically equivalent to
Tigers, although ones capable of taking elephantine
prey. They ranged in length between 19 and 23ft in
length. It is unknown whether or not they hunted in
packs like their smaller brethren, but it is thought that
they were solitary or in pairs at the most.
Troodontid
Cretaceous
Name: Troodon, Borogovia, Byronosaurus,
Jingengopteryx, Mei, Saurornithoides, Sinovenator,
Sinusonasus
Strength: 1-6
Dexterity: 3-6
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: 1
Perception: 4-6
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Claw (d4 x Strength),
kick (d4 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Acrobatics 2, Brawling 3, Climb 2, Dodge 3,
Notice 3, Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-5, Armor Value
(Size-3), Acute Senses (Sight), Warm Blooded,
Battery Teeth, Hollow Bones, Alternate Primary
Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests, Swamps, Deserts, plains
Troodontids are the brainiest of all known dinosaurs.
Ecologically, they were similar to foxes, jackals and
coyotes. Hunting small animals for the most part like
mammals, but also taking down hypsolophdonts as
well. Unlike the picture above, it is today considered
to have been covered in feathers like a bird. They
ranged in size from 2ft in length to almost 8ft in
length.
Carcharodontosaurid
Cretaceous
Name: Giganotosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus,
Tyranotitan, Mapusaurus
Strength: 15-19
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
5+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1)), Kick (d6 x
(Strength+1), Claw (d4 x Strength), Trample (d6 x
Strength+2)
Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 1, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 8, Armor Value 8,
Warm Blooded, Battery Teeth, Hollow Bones,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests, plains
Found: South America, Africa
These descendants of Allosaurs were among the
largest carnivores in existence. These animals tended
to be found in sediments that also have the largest
sauropods known. It is thought, that like Allosaurs,
they hunted these giant sauropods. The decline of the
giant sauropods may have lead to their extinction.
Unlike the Tyrannosaurs, they had jaws for slashing
that would break upon contact with the bones of other
animals. These animals ranged in size from 40 to
45ft long.
Ablieosaurid
Cretaceous
Name: Abelisaurus, Tarascosaurus, Carnotaurus,
Rugops, Majungatholus,
Strength: 11-17
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Kick (d4 x Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Warm Blooded, Armor
Value (size), Battery Teeth, Distended Stomach (3),
Big Gulp (3 point), Hollow Bones, Alternate Primary
Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests, Plains, deserts
Found: South America, Africa, Europe
These animals were the beta and later alpha predators
of the southern continents. Descended from
Ceratosaurs, these predators are defined by narrow,
deep heads, stumpy arms, armored hides and stocky
builds. They seem to have developed to hunt
sauropods for the most partor at least slower
moving prey items. They relied more on brute
strength than speed and cunning to take down prey.
These animals survived to the end of the Cretaceous.
They ranged in size from 20 to 30ft in length.
Noasaurids Habitat: Near Rivers, lakes and seas, Mangrove
Name: Masakisaurus, Noasaurus, Ligahueino Swamps
Strength: 1-8 Found: South America, Africa, Europe
Dexterity: 3-6
Constitution: 2-4 Spinosaurids are a group of divergent megalosaurs
Intelligence: 0-1 that specialized in costal living and specifically in
Perception: 3-5 eating fish, though scavenging other animals is not
Willpower: 2-3 above their habits. Unlike the super-predators often
Life Points: By Size portrayed in fiction, Spinosaurids were actually rather
Endurance: By Size slow and simple creatures, akin to a land living
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 crocodile. Spinosaurus itself was rather inflexible due
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength) to its spines. They range in length from 30 to nearly
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 3, 60ft.
Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Tracking 2 Therizinosaur
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4-5, Armor Value 4, Cretaceous
Warm Blooded, Battery Teeth, Hollow Bones,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Any land
Found: South America, Africa

Noasaurs are ceratasaur-descended animals that filled

in the role of maniraptors and coelurosaurs in the
sourthern landmasses. Only a few are known, but
they show a wide range of diversity. Most range in Name: Alxasaurus, Beipiaosaurus, Falcarius,
size from 5 to 8ft in length. Enigmosaurus, Erlianosaurus, Erlikosaurus,
Nanshiungosaurus, Neimongosaurus, Nothronychus,
Spinosaurid Segnosaurus, Therizinosaurus
Early Cretaceous Strength: 2-17
Dexterity: 2-3
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Bite (Strength), Claw (d6 x (Strength+1)),
Name: Baryonyx, Suchomimus, Suchosaurus, Trample (d6 x (Strength+2))
Irriator, Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 3,
Strength: 8-16 Stealth 2, Survival 3
Dexterity: 2-3 Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4-7, Armor Value
Constitution: 3-5 (Size-3), Warm Blooded, Battery Teeth, Hollow
Intelligence: 0 Bones, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Perception: 3-5 Habitat: Forests, Deserts, Plains near forests
Willpower: 3-4 Found: Asia, North America
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size These animals are strange therapod-derived
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 herbivores which look something like gigantic, claw-
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Claw (d6 x Strength), winged geese. Their foreclaws remained sharp and
Kick (d6 x Strength) became great scythes which it would use to defend
Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Intimidation 2, itself from predators, bring down branches to feed on
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 3 or maybe even mark territory in the barks of trees
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7-8, Armor value like a bear. They ranged in length from 8 to 30ft.
(size-1), Battery Teeth, Hollow Bones, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell)
Ornithomimid
Cretaceous
Name: Ornithomimus, Struthiomimus, Deinocheirus,
Garudimimus, Harpymimus, Pelecanimimus,
Shenzhousaurus, Sinornithomimus, Anserimimus,
Archaeornithomimus, Gallimimus
Strength: 1-8, 16 (Deinocheirus only)
Dexterity: 4-7
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 20
Attacks: Bite (Strength-2), Claw (d4 x Strength),
Kick (d4 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Acrobatics 2, Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 4,
Notice 3, Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 3,
Swimming 2, Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: size 4-6 or 7 (Deinocheirus
only), Warm Blooded, Armor Value (size-3), Battery
Teeth, Hollow Bones, Alternate Primary Sense
(Smell)
Habitat: Forests, Plains, deserts, swamps
Found: Asia, North America, Europe, Australia?
Swift Tyrannosaurid
Late Cretaceous
Name: Albertosaurus, Alioramus, Nanotyrannus,
Gorgosaurus
Strength: 8-14
Dexterity: 3-6
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 4-6
Willpower: 3-5
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1)), Trample (d6 x
(Strength+2)), Claw Kick (d4 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 3, Notice 4, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 1, Tracking 4,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6-7, Armor Value
(Size), Acute Senses (Smell, Sight), Battery Teeth,
Hollow Bones, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell),
Scent Tracking
Habitat: Forests, swamps, deserts, plains
Found: North America, Asia
Tyrannosaurids such as these were lightly built
runners. They were quite successful animals, though
primitive compared to their stockier relatives. They
survived until the end of the Cretaceous. They ranged
in length from 20 to 30ft in length.
Crushing Tyrannosaurid
Late Cretaceous

Ornithomimids were among the smartest dinosaurs

and probably the fastest. Comparable to a modern
emu or ostriches, they were either herbivores or
omnivores feeding on plants and small animals.
Deinocheirus is only known from its arms, but seems Name: Tyrannosaurus Rex, Tarbosaurus,
to indicate a 35-40ft long Ornithomimid of some sort. Daspletosaurus
Most Ornithomimids were much smaller, ranging in Strength: 14-20
length from 5 to 20ft in length. Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 3-6
Willpower: 3-5
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+2)) (AP), Trample (d6
x (Strength+2)), Claw Kick (d4 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 2, Notice 4, Intimidation 4,
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Septic Bite 2-5(?), Size 7-
8, Armor Value (Size-2), Acute Senses (Sight,
Smell), Hollow Bones, Battery Teeth, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell), Scent Tracking
Habitat: Forests, Swamps, Plains, Deserts
Found: North America, Asia
The largest of the Tyrannosaurs fill this category,
slower predators with a more powerful bite than their
swift cousins; they were the largest predators in their
ecosystem. With their large heads, they would spring
out from cover and strike prey, tearing a deep gash
with their jaws. It is thought that at least some
Tyrannosaurs (Albertosaurs in the Swift tyrannosaur
group is well known for it) worked together, possibly
in a family structure. Tyrannosaurs like this ranged in
size from 30 to 40ft in length.
Oviraptorosaurid
Early to Late Cretaceous
Name: Avimimus, Caudipteryx, Incisivosaurus,
Microvenator, Protoarcheopteryx, Shanyangosaurs,
Thecocoelurus, Caenagnathasia, Caenagnathus,
Chirostenotes, Elmisaurus, Hagryphus,Citipati,
Chonchoraptor, Heyuannia, Khaan, Nemegotonia,
Nomingia, Oviraptor, Richenia, Shixinggia,
Shixinggia
Strength: 0-8
Dexterity: 3-7
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength, AP), Claw (d4 or d6 x
Strength), Kick Claw (d4 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 2, Stealth, 2 Survival 3, Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor Value (size-3), Size
3-5, Acute Senses (sight, Smell), Battery Teeth,
Hollow Bones
Habitat: Forests, Deserts, Plains, Swamps
Oviraptors are strange omnivores believed to be
closely related to therizinosaurs. The picture above
portrays Ovirpators as they were once thought, egg
thieves. Today, they are known to have guarded their
young tenderly, but the question of what exactly they
ate returns. It is thought they were omnivores or
herbivores: eating whatever was available with their
beaked jaws. These jaws could crack branches,
shells, eggs, nuts, pine cones or seeds. They ranged in
size from 3 to 10ft in length, but most were shy of 5ft
in length.
Gigantoraptor
Late Cretaceous
Name: Gigantoraptor
Strength: 10-14
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 2-5
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
5+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength, AP), Claw (d4 or d6 x
Strength), Kick Claw (d4 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 2, Stealth, 2 Survival 3, Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor Value 4, Size 7,
Acute Senses (sight, Smell), Hollow Bones, Battery
Teeth
Habitat: Deserts, Plains
This giant Oviraptorid called a lot of what was
assumed about Oviraptorids into question. The
specimen found, which was the size of a small
elephant, was only a juvenile, but it is thought that
the larger oviraptorids would be more herbivorous,
though it is doubtful they would turn down a carcass
if one was available to them. It grew to 26ft long.
Rebbachisaurid
Early Cretaceous
Name: Nigersaurus, Rebbachisaurus, Limaysaurus
Strength: 13-18
Dexterity: 1-2
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Trample (d6 x (Strength+2)), Bite (Strength)
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 1, Survival 2, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7-8, Armor Value
(Size-1), Warm Blooded, Low Metabolism, Battery
Teeth, Gizzard, Quadruped
Habitat: Flood Plains
Found: Africa, Europe, South America
These strange sauropods are thought to have
descended from diplodocids, but its battery teeth and
wide mouth (as well as low-angled head) indicate it
was a browser. Despite their size, they were
remarkably light due to hollow bones (but this also
made them hard to find due to the nature of
fossilization). Rebbachisaurids ranged between 70ft
and 30ft in length.
Titanosaur
Cretaceous
Name: Augustinia, Phuwiangosaurus, Chubutisaurus,
Andeosaurus, Nemegtosaurus, Opisthocoelicaudia,
Hypselosaurus, Gondwanatitan, Bonitasaura,
Alamosaurus, Epachthosaurus,
Strength: 15-20
Dexterity: 1-2
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Trample, Tail
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor Value 7, Warm
Blooded, Low Metabolism, Size 7-8, Gizzard,
Battery Teeth, Quadruped
Habitat: Plains, savannah
Found: Asia, the Americas, Europe,
Titanosaurs are among the last sauropods to develop,
though some of their descendants, Saltosaurs, are
included here due to their general similarity.
Titanosaurs are high browsers, they remained
common in the continents, except in North America,
where Cretaceous Sauropods are rare. At least one
species, Augustinia, is known to have had stegosaur-
like plates and spines down its back (granting it
defensive spines). Titanosaurs ranged in size from 40
to 75ft in length.
Gigantic Sauropod Armored Titanosaurs
Cretaceous Late Cretaceous

Name: Argentinosaurus, Paralatitan, Puertasaurus,

Name: Saltosaurus, Ampelosaurus, Laplatasaurus,
Chubutisaurus, Argyosaurus, Andeosaurus,
Nequensaurus, Aegyptosaurus, Rapetosaurus,
Antarctosaurus (giant specimen may be own species),
Magyarosaurus, Aeolosaurus,
Futalognkosaurus
Strength: 15-20
Strength: 18-25
Dexterity: 1-2
Dexterity: 1-2
Constitution: 2-5
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-3
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Bite (1/2 Strength)
Attacks: Bite (1/2 Strength), Tail (d4 x Strength),
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Trample (d6 x (Strength+2))
Survival 3
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 3,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7-8, Armor Value
Survival 3, Swimming 1
(Size x 2, back and sides, Size on rest of body),
Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor Value (Size), Warm
Warm Blooded, Low Metabolism, Gizzard,
Blooded, Low Metabolism, Size 9-10, Gizzard,
Defensive Spines (Ampelosaurus only), Battery
Battery Teeth, Quadruped
Teeth, Quadruped
Habitat: Plains near Forests
Habitat: Plains near forests
Found: South America
Found: South America, Europe, Africa
The largest of Sauropods, these Titanosaurs grew to
Armored Titanosaurs were among the last of the
be the largest land animals yet known. These high
Sauropods, surviving all the way until the end of the
browsers dominated the landscapes they inhabited.
Cretaceous, when most Sauropods were either in the
These titans grew nearly to 120ft in length. The
Saltosaur family (though not all of them were
smallest of these titans grew to 85ft in length.
armored, the majority were). This armor was likely a
response to the Abelisaurids and Tyrannosaurids that
preyed on them, and most were smaller than their
Jurassic counterparts. These animals tended to be
smaller than other sauropods, growing 20 to 60ft
long.
Iguanodon Primitive Hadrosaurid/Advanced Iguanodont or
Early Cretaceous Early Specialized Hadrosaurid
Cretaceous
Name: Bactrosaurus, Telmatosaurus,
Gilmoreosaurus, Equijubus, Protohadros, Eolambia,
Equijubus, Nanyangosaurus, Penelopognathus,
Protobactrosaurus, Claosaurus, Gilmoreosaurus,
Hypsihema, Parrosaurus, Secernosaurus,
Telmatosaurus
Strength: 7-18
Dexterity: 2-5
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 3-5
Name: Iguanodon, Dollodon, Mantellisaurus ,
Willpower: 2-4
Ouranosaurus
Life Points: By Size
Strength: 12-16
Endurance: By Size
Dexterity: 2
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Constitution: 3-5
Attacks: Tail (d4 x (Strength + 2)), Trample (d6 x
Intelligence: 0-1
(Strength+2)), Kick (d4 x (strength+1))
Perception: 3-5
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Willpower: 2-3
Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 1
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6 + 10
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6-8, Armor Value
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
(size-1), Battery Teeth, Warm Blooded, Partial Biped
5+5
(two-legged run), Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Habitat: Any Land
Attacks: Trample (d6 x (Strength+2)), Thumb Spike
Found: Europe, Asia, The Americas
(Strength), Tail (d4 x Strength bash), Bite (d4 x
Strength)
The earliest and most primitive of the duck billed
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 3, Notice 3, Intimidation 2,
dinosaurs grew from the Iguanodonts. The thumb
Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 1
spike and prehensile fingers are either lost or much
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 8, Partial Biped (Two
reduced in these animals, and they began to pick a
Legged Running), Armor Value 4, Warm Blooded,
specialization: either in grazing or browsing.
Battery Teeth, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Hadrosaurs and their kin are far rarer in South
Habitat: Forests
America then they were in the rest of the world. They
Found: Europe
ranged in size from 10 to 50ft in length.
One of the first dinosaurs discovered, and the first
herbivorous dinosaur known, Iguanodon has been in
the popular imagination for so long that it has been
through every popular opinion of dinosaurs since the
Victorian era. Today, we understand it to be one of
the first dinosaurs capable of grinding their food in
their mouth and an ancestor to the Hadrosaurs. The
animal is known on almost every continent to one
degree or another (be it tracks or whatnot). It is
thought to have been a browser and to have moved in
herds. It is also thought that its grazing and browsing
habits would have helped clear the way for flowering
plants to take over from pines, ferns and cycads.
These Iguanodonts were very large, capping at
almost 50ft in length.
Hadrosaurid
Late Cretaceous
Name: Anatotitan, Brachylophosaurus,
Edmontosaurus (formerly Anatosaurus),
Gryposaurus, Hadrosaurus, Kerberosaurus,
Kritosaurus, Maiasaura, Prosaurolophus,
Saurolophus, Shantungosaurus,
Strength: 8-18
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 2-6
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 2-5
Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Kick (d4 x (Strength+1)), Tail (d4 x
(Strength+2)), Trample (d6 x (Strength+2))
Skills: Art (singing) 2, Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice
2, Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Warm Blooded, Size 6-8,
Armor Value (Size), Partial Biped (two-legged run),
Acute Senses (hearing), Alternate Primary Sense
(Smell)
Habitat: Any Land
Found: Europe, Asia, North America
Hadrosaurs are iconic dinosaurs that are often
overlook, held as simply The Planteater or other
low regard. They are some of the most common
dinosaurs known, and their fossils have provided
insights into dinosaur group behavior more than
many other species. They are known to have moved
in herds, migrated to the poles to feed like
elephantine caribou, and to have cared for their
young greatly. They ranged in size from 20 to 50ft
long, though most were about 30ft in length.
Lambeosaurid Hadrosaur
Late Cretaceous
Name: Aralosaurus, Barsboldia, Charonosaurus,
Corythosaurus, Hypacrosaurus, Jaxartosaurus,
Lambeosaurus, Lophorhothon, Nipponosaurus,
Olorotitan, Parahabdodon, Parasaurolophus,
Tsintaosaurus
Strength: 8-17
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 2-6
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 2-5
Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Kick (d4 x (Strength+1)), Tail (d4 x
(Strength+2)), Trample (d6 x (Strength+2))
Skills: Art (singing) 3, Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice
2, Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6-8, Armor Value
(size), Partial Biped (Two Legged Run), Acute
Senses (Hearing), Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Europe, Asia, North America
Found: Any Land
Lambeosaurid Hadrosaurs are those hadrosaurs who
developed hollow crests. These crests were used to
create deep booming sounds, some of them even
below human hearing range, to communicate with
othersand for the males to attract mates. Otherwise,
theyre similar (if generally slightly smaller) to other
hadrosaurs. They ranged in size from 16 to 50ft long.
Nodosaurid
Cretaceous
Name: Cedarpelta, Danubiosaurus, Edmontonia,
Huangarosaurus, Nodosaurus, Panoplosaurus,
Sauropelta, Silvisaurus, Stegopelta, Struthiosaurus,
Texastes
Strength: 2-10
Dexterity: 1-2
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Tail (d6 x Strength), Trample (d6 x
(Strength+2)), Shoulder Ram (Spine) (d6 x
(Strength+1)) (some)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 3,
Survival 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4-6, Armor Value
(Size x 2), Gizzard, Acute Senses (smell, hearing),
Impaired Senses (Sight), Low Metabolism, Battery
Teeth, Defensive Spines (some), Alternate Primary
Sense (Smell), Quadruped
Habitat: Any Land
Found: North America, Australia, Europe
Nodosaurids are armored dinosaurs related to
Ankylosaurs, but lacking the club that typifies the
group. Still, many had myriad spikes, and the armor
tails could be either bash or slash/stab damage-wise,
but always a potent deterrent. Nodosaurids ranged in
length between 10 and 25ft in length.
Ankylosaurid
Late Cretaceous
Name: Ankylosaurus, Euoplocephalus,
Glyptodontopelta, Gobisaurus, Pinacosaurus,
Saichania, Shamosaurus, Talarurus, Tarchia,
Tianzhenosaurus, Tsagantegia,
Strength: 6-16
Dexterity: 1-3
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Thagomizer Club (d6 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 3,
Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6-8, Armor Value
(top) (Size x 2 + 4), Armor Value (Bottom) (Size),
Defensive Spines (Some), Resistance (Hunger/Thirst)
1, Gizzard, Acute Senses (hearing), Impaired Senses
(Sight), Low Metabolism, Battery Teeth, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell), Quadruped
Habitat: Forests, Deserts, Plains
Found: North America, Asia
The Tank Dinosaurs, Ankylosaurids were heavily
armored (some having boney plates on their bellies
and even over their eyelids!) plant eaters with large
club tails. They were low browsers and relatively
successful animals which few predators would dare
attack. Ankylosaurs range in length from 15 and 30ft
in length.
Primitive Neoceratopsians
Cretaceous
Name: Archaeoceratops, Asiaceratops, Zuniceratops,
6 other genus known from fragmentary material.
Strength: 2-10
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Horns (d6 x
Strength+1) (if applicable),
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4-6, Quadruped (the
first two listed may have been Knuckle Walkers),
Warm Blooded, Armor Value (Size-1), Battery
Teeth, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests, Deserts, Plains
Found: Asia and North America
These animals are between the large ceratopsians and
their smaller protoceratopsian and leptoceratopsian
cousins evolutionarily. Some were small and like the
leptoceraptsians (5-6ft long), while Zuniceratops was
more like a true ceratopsian, complete with horns
over the eyes, and almost half the size of them (11ft
long).
Pachycephalosaurid
Late Cretaceous
Name: Colepiocephale, Dracorex, Goyocephale,
Gravitholus, Hanssuesia, Homalocephale,
Micropachycephalosaurus, Wannanosaurus
Strength: 0-10
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Kick (d4 x (Strength+1)), Heabutt (d6 x
(Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 1, Survival 2, Swimming 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-6, Armor Value (by
size), Natural Toughness, Resistance (Pain) 1,
Battery Teeth, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests, Plains, Deserts
Pachycephalosaurs were generally small ornithopods
with unique heads. It is thought they engaged in some
form of ramming behavior, either against predators or
(more likely, due to a high degree of sexual
dimorphismthat is, differences between the
genders) in contests over mates. Pachycephalosaurs
ranged in size between one and a half feet and 23ft in
length. Most, however, were between 5 and 8ft in
length.
Leptoceratopsian
Late Cretaceous
Name: Graciloceratops (formerly Microceratops),
Leptoceratops, Montanaceratops, Prenoceratops,
Udamoceratops
Strength: 0-8
Dexterity: 2-6
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 2-5
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 1, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-6, Warm Blooded,
Partial Biped (Two legged Run) or Quadruped,
Armor Value (Size+1, Head has +2), Battery Teeth,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forest, Desert, Plains, Swamps
Found: North America, Asia
Leptoceratopsians are short frilled, late surviving
primitive ceratposians. They managed to survive until
the end of the age of dinosaurs. Some of them looked
more like primitive ornithopods with ceratopsid
heads than true ceratopsians. They ranged in length
between 2 and 15ft in length.
Protoceratopsian
Late Cretaceous
Name: Bagaceratops, Breviceratops, Protoceratops
Strength: 0-6
Dexterity: 2-6
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 2-5
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Ram (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-4, Armor Value
(Size, head has AV Size + 2), Quadruped or Knuckle
Walking, Resistance (Heat) 2, Resistance
(Dehydration) 2, Resistance (Hunger) 2, Warm
Blooded, Battery Teeth, Alternate Primary Sense
(Smell)
Habitat: Desert Scrub, Forest
Found: Asia
Protoceratopsians are small herbivors, and among the
most common animals in their environment. Living
in herds near areas where plants would grow, these
were prime prey for most of the predators in their
environment. Most lacked horns of any kind, so
would bite in defense. They are unified by their long
balancing tail, which may have allowed some of them
to rear up on their hind legs to get a better look at
their surroundings. Protoceratopsians grew between 3
and 6ft in length.
Centrasaurine Ceratopsian
Late Cretaceous
Name: Achelosaurus, Albertaceratops, Avaceratops,
Centrosaurus, Einiosaurus, Pachyrhinosaurus,
Styracosaurus
Strength: 8-14
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 4-5
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Ram (d6 x Strength+1) (Bash or Slash/Stab),
Trample (D6 x (Strength+2)), Bite (d6 x Strength)
(AP)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 2,
Survival 3, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6-7, Armor Value
(Size+2) (Head Only), Armor Value (Size) (Rest of
body, Warm Blooded, Quadruped, Acute senses
(Smell), Defensive Spines (around head only),
Battery Teeth, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Plains, Forests, Swamps
Found: North America
Centrosaurine Ceratopsians are generally defined by
the single horn in the center of the heads. These herd
animals were among the most common animals in
North America (their Ceratopsine brethren hold the
title). These animals were 18 to 23ft in length.
Ceratopsine Ceratopsian
Late Cretaceous
Name: Agujasaurus, Anchiceratops, Arrhinoceratops,
Chasmosaurus, Pentaceratops, Torosaurus,
Triceratops
Strength: 10-16
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Ram (d6 x (Strength+1)) (Slash/Stab),
Trample (D6 x (Strength+2)), Bite (d6 x (Strength-
1)) (AP)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 2,
Survival 3, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7-8, Armor Value
(Size+2) (Head Only), Armor Value (Size) (Rest of
body, Warm Blooded, Quadruped, Defensive Spines
(around head only), Battery Teeth, Alternate Primary
Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests, Plains, Swamps
Found: North America
Ceratopsines are generally classified by having two
large horns over their eyes and only a small nose
horn. Though we picture the animals charging in a
straight line like giant reptilian rhinoceros, the
placement of the horns and large open nostrils speak
of a tactic more similar to bullspushing forward
only at first and then pulling up and away, leaving a
grievous wound. The nasal horns would likely only
be for display purposes, as would many of the frills
as they generally housed only large muscle
attachments. These may have been used in mating
displays or as ways of telling one species from the
other. They ranged in size from 20 to 30ft in length.
Opossum/Ancestral Opossum
Early Cretaceous to Holocene
Name: Sinodelphys, Deltatheridium
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3-6
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
Attacks: Bite (d6)
Skills: Acrobatics 1, Acting 3, Brawling 2, Climb 4,
Dodge 3, Notice 3, Intimidation 1, Stealth 4, Survival
5, Swimming 2, Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Marsupial, Size 2-3, Warm
Blooded, Night Vision, Alternate Primary Sense
(Smell)
Habitat: Any place with hot to moderate climate and
trees.
Found: The Americas
Marsupials are an ancient lineage, and the first of
them began to appear early into the Cretaceous. Their
behavior and size generally resembled opossums
until the end of the reign of Dinosaurs, and such, the
stats are unified. Placental mammals developed soon
afterwards. Before them, all mammals were
oviparous.
These stats can also represent Volaitcotherium, the
first gliding mammal (size 2), with the addition of
gliding flaps.
The animals ranged in size from 8 inches to a foot
and a half in length.
Repenomamus Didelphodon
Early Cretaceous Late Cretaceous

Name: Repenomamus
Name: Didelphodon, Eodelphis
Strength: 1
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 4-6
Dexterity: 2-5
Constitution: 2-4
Constitution: 1-2
Intelligence: 0-1
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 3-5
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-3
Willpower: 2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower +5
Endurance: (Strength + Willpower + Constitution) +
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength+1), Claw (d4 x Strength)
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) +5
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 3, Dodge 3, Notice 3,
Attacks: Bite (d6)
Intimidation 3, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 2,
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 3, Dodge 3, Notice 3,
Tracking 2,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Warm Blooded,
Tracking 2,
Oviparious, Carnivore, Alternate Primary Sense
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Marsupial,
(Smell)
Whiskers, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forest and Scrub
Habitat: Plains, Forests
Found: Asia
Found: North America
The largest mammal of the Mesozoic, the largest
Didelphodon and its relatives can be described as
species of these reached a meter in length (the
opossums living like badgers. They were ground-
smaller species about half that size). It was larger,
dwelling burrowing opportunists living at the feet of
even, than some of the feathered dinosaurs that it
the largest and fiercest of dinosaurs. Didelphodon
shared its home with (of which, some were only a
grew to nearly 2ft in length, but were stocky and
foot long compared to the mammals nearly 2ft in
heavily built.
length). Similarly sized animals are known from far
more fragmentary material to make any estimates
about them other than size. These include the late
Cretaceous Schowalteria and Essonodonboth of
which were about the size of a fox.
Leptictidia Qualities and Drawbacks: Acute Senses (Sight,
Late Cretaceous to Early Oligocene hearing), Size 2, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests
Found: Asia, Africa

Though they have no clear fossil record, it is thought

that Tree Shrews diverged from true insectivores
early on. They are considered to be the oldest and
most primitive form of primate due to large brain
cavities and other features. They are partly tree-
Name: Leptictidium, Leptictis dwelling omnivores that can still be found today in
Strength: 0 southern Asia. Tree Shrews of today range in size
Dexterity: 4-6 from 3 to 7 inches in length.
Constitution: 1-2
Intelligence: 0 Giant Pterosaur
Perception: 3-5 Cretaceous
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Willpower + Constitution) +
5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d4), Kick (d4+1)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 3, Dodge 3, Notice 3,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 1,
Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Acute Senses
(Hearing, Smell), Scent Tracking, Whiskers, Warm
Blooded, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests
Found: Europe

One of the most advanced of the primitive mammals,

Leptictids were insectivores who lived in forests and
resembled rather large elephant-shrews. Most were
2ft long, with almost half that length being tail. The
largest was 3ft in length and lived in the Eocene, the
extinction of the dinosaurs allowing them to grow
with little fear.
Name: Ornithocheirus, Quetzalcoatlus,
Tree Shrew Hatzegopteryx, Pteranodon
Late Cretaceous to Holocene Strength: 4-10
Name: Tree Shrew Dexterity: 3-5
Strength: 0 Constitution: 3-6
Dexterity: 4-7 Intelligence: 0
Constitution: 1-2 Perception: 3-5
Intelligence: 0 Willpower: 3-4
Perception: 3-4 Life Points: By Size
Willpower: 1-2 Endurance: By Size
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) + 5 Speed: Dexterity/(Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 20
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) + Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength +1)
3 Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 4,
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) Intimidation 3, Stealth 1, Survival 3
Attacks: Bite (d4) Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5-6, Warm Blooded,
Skills: Brawling 1, Climb 4, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Flight 3, Quadruped, Armor Value (Size -2), Hollow
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 1, Bones
Tracking 1 Habitat: Over Oceans?
Found: Worldwide Pterodaustro
Early Cretaceous
Giant Pterosaurs stretched the limits of animal-
powered flight in the Cretaceous, reaching
wingspreads of 30 to 40 feet or more, with bodies
bigger than that of a man, but often as light or lighter.
How these Pterosaurs behaved is still debated. Some
are thought to have been sea-born fish-eaters, others
are thought to have been giant storks or vultures.
Despite their given strength, even the largest of them
is incapable of carrying of a human like in the
movies. The constraints of powered flight make the
effort impossible for all but the largest and the
strongest. Pterrosaurs lifting capacity is equal to their
strength -5. Despite being the as tall a giraffe at their Name: Pterodaustro
largest, they weighed less than 500 pounds, and are Strength: 1
able to push up with that strength to achieve lift. Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 2-5
Big Pterosaur Intelligence: 0
Cretaceous Perception: 2-4
Name: Cearadactylus, Anhanguera, Zhejiangopterus, Willpower: 2-3
Nyctosaurus, smaller Pteranodon specimens Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 +10
(Pteranodon sp.) Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +5
Strength: 2-6 Speed: Dexterity/(Dexterity + Constitution ) x2 +20
Dexterity: 3-4 Attacks: Bite (d6)
Constitution: 2-6 Skills: Climb 1, Dodge 3, Notice 3, Intimidation 1,
Intelligence: 0 Stealth 2, Survival 3
Perception: 2-4 Qualities and Drawbacks: Flight 3, Warm Blooded,
Willpower: 2-4 Armor Value 1, Quadruped, Size 3, Hollow Bones
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 + 10 Habitat: Lagoons, warm lakes, hot springs and salt
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x lakes
2+5 Found: South America
Speed: Dexterity/(Dexterity + Constitution ) x2 +20
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength) This strange animal is the pterosaur equivalent of a
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Flamingo. It filtered food from warm or hot waters
Intimidation 2, Stealth 1, Survival 3 like flamingos, and were probably similarly colored
Qualities and Drawbacks: Flight 3, Warm Blooded, like Flamingos (given the nature of Flamingo
Armor value 2, Quadruped, Size 4, Hollow Bones coloration). These animals had wingspans of over
Habitat: Seaside Cliff-sides, over oceans. four and a half feet long.
Found: Worldwide

Larger, seagoing pterosaurs became more common in

the cretaceous as time progressed. They have
wingspreads of up to 12 to 20ft in length, most of
them are thought to have been fish eaters.
 Paleocene
Time Period: 65-55 million years ago
Global Environment: The period immediately following the end of the age of dinosaurs was slightly cooler than
the preceding period, but quickly began to warm again as the epoch wore on, until it reached the so-called
Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. In this time, temperate forests could only be found at the poles. Crocodilians
patrolled the coast of Greenland in a subtropical forest and early primates lived in Wyoming. The world was
essentially one giant forest. Immediately after the K-T Event, ferns were among the first plants to re-colonize the
environment, creating a fern spike in the fossil record. Cacti and palm trees evolved, and the first recognizable
rainforests covered the globe. Part of the reason for this was the extinction of most of the major plant eaters to keep
the forests in check.

Other Fauna: Fish that evolved in this epoch include various forms of Carp and Whale Sharks. Most mammals of
the time remained small, scurrying, nocturnal creatures, with only a few genera becoming more than that, but that
would soon change, most of which are listed. Birds began to re-diversify after the event, with the first perching
birds, cranes, hawks, pelicans, herons, owls, true ducks, pigeons, loons, penguins and woodpeckers appearing. The
ancestors of rodents, the Alagomyiade, appear around this time. Most mammals of this time were rather small, with
the largest of these (Size 5 or larger) generally appeared at the end of the epoch. Reptiles began diversifying slightly
as well, with Champsosaurs becoming more prominent early on, and chameleons appeared for the first time. The
Champsosaurs would eventually become extinct, out competed by crocodilians. But for a short time, they ruled
several places across the world, growing larger than their cretaceous bretheren. Giant boas, crocodiles and predatory
ground birds tended to be the top predators early on in the epoch.

Panzer Croc Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3,

Paleocene to Eocene Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6 Armor Value 9,
Lactic Acid Resistance, Nictating Membrane, Cold
Blooded, Cast Iron Stomach (2), Battery Teeth,
Camouflage 2, Quadruped, Scent Tracking, Wide
Range Vision (3 point)
Habitat: Forests, Swamp
Name: Pristichampsus, Asiatosuchus Found: North America, Asia, Europe,
Strength: 6-10
Dexterity: 3-5 These animals were among the first large animals to
Constitution: 3-5 recover from the extinction event. These strange
Intelligence: -1-0 predators were relatively rare, though spectacular.
Perception: 3-5 They galloped after prey after sneaking up to it in the
Willpower: 3-4 underbrush. This might sound strange, but modern
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10 crocodilians occasionally gallop while running.
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x These Panzer Crocs, however, had their claws filed
4+5 into hoof-like elements. Panzer crocs on average
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5 were 10ft in length.
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+2)), Claw (Strength)
Gastornis Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength) (AP), Kick (d6 x
Paleocene to Eocene (Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Tracking 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-4, Acute Senses
(Sight, Hearing), Armor Value 1 (2 on legs), Hollow
Bones
Habitat: Forests, Plains, Scrub
Found: South America

The earliest true Terror Birds were small animals the

Name: Diatryma, Gastornis, Zhongyauanus
Strength: 4-7
Dexterity: 4-5
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3+5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength + 1) (AP)
Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 3,
Stealth 3, Survival 2, Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Armor Value 2
(body), Armor Value 4 (Legs), Acute Senses (Sight,
Smell), Scent Tracking, Hollow Bones,
Missing/Crippled Arms
Habitat: Forests
Found: Europe, North America, Asia
These birds were among the top predators of the
Paleocene and into the early Eocene in many places
around the world before the larger mammal predators
developed. Their large beaks could crush bones and
get at meals even many modern predators cannot get
tothe nutritious bone marrow. They stood 5 to six-
and-a-half feet tall.
Small Terror Birds
Middle Paleocene to Pliocene
Name: Patagornis, Andrewornis, Andalgalornis,
Psilopterus, Procariama, Paleopsilopterus,
Mesembriornis
Strength: 1-3
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
size of a child (3-4ft tall), running through forests and
plains after small prey and biting into them and
kicking them down like the dinosaurs of old. The
later forms such as Andalgalornis appear to have had
slightly extended tails and even small claws to grasp
onto prey instead of wings. These claws would deal
(d4 x Strength) damage to those grasped by them.
Platapus
Paleocene to Holocene
Name: Platypus, Odburodon
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 2-3
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Bite (d4),
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 3,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 4, Swimming 5,
Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Oviparious, Warm
Blooded, Size 3-4, Resistance (Diving) 1, Electro-
Magnetic Sensor, Acute Senses (Smell), Scent
Tracking, Quadruped, Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Rivers and Lakes or their banks.
Found: South America, Australia
Platypus are bizarre, primitive mammals that have a
long history in the fossil record. The earliest platipi
were shore-dwellers, designed to dig up animals
hiding under rocks and in the dirt near water. As time
progressed, they became more aquatic in nature (and
smaller). The platypus ranged in length from a foot
to 2ft in length at the largest. Modern forms are larger
than their ancient relatives.
Bandicoot
Paleocene to Holocene
Name: Bandicoot and Ancestors
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 1-2
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: Strength + Constitution + 5
Endurance: Strength + Constitution + Willpower
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Bite (d6)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 3, Dodge 3, Notice 3,
Stealth 3, Survival 4, Swimming 2, Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Marsupial, Whiskers,
Starlight Vision, Acute senses (Smell, Hearing), Size
2, Quadruped, Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Forests
Found: Australia, New Guinea
Bandicoots are rather small marsupials, but are
surprisingly advanced. They are opportunistic
omnivores (leaning towards carnivore most of the
time), living alone and hunting only at night,
spending the rest of the day in burrows. In short, it is
a leftover hint of what mammal life was like during
the age of the dinosaurs. Bandicoots range in size
from 2 to 4inches in length.
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Kick (d4 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Acting, Brawling 1, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice
2, Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-4, Warm Blooded,
Low Intelligence, Whiskers, Quadruped, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Forests,
Found: North America, Europe, Asia, South America
These raccoon-like animals were among the earliest
herbivores to branch off from the main mammal line
after the dinosaurs extinction. Some retained some
omnivorous tendencies (like modern black bears), but
the trend of these animals tended towards plant-
eating. Most of them remained small (8 inches at the
smallest), but the largest of them reached sheep-sizes
(up to 5ft). In South America, they evolved into true
herbivores similar to ungulates but far different from
those elsewhere. The isolation and stable climate of
South America allowed these animals to survive
much longer than elsewhere in the world.
Pantodonts
Paleocene to Early Eocene

Condylarths
Paleocene to Eocene, also to Miocene (South
America Only)

Name: Coryphodon, Barylambda, Pantolambda,

Titanoides, Caenolambda, Bemalambda
Strength: 4-10
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Bite (d4 x (Strength + 1))
Name: Protungulatum, Chriacus, Phenacodus, Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Hyopsodus, Didolodus Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 4, Tracking 1,
Strength: 0-2 Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5-6, Acute Senses
Dexterity: 2-3 (smell), Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Swamp
Constitution: 1-3 Adaptation, Natural Toughness, Armor Value (size-
Intelligence: -1-0 4), Quadruped, Wide Range Vision
Perception: 3-4 Habitat: Rivers, Lakes, Swamps
Willpower: 1-2 Found: North America, Asia, Europe
Life Points: By Size
Pantodonts were the first attempt by mammals to get Taeniodonts
big following the extinction of the dinosaurs. There Paleocene to Middle Eocene
were two general types of Pantodont: hippo-like
browsers; or rooters. The rooters dug up roots, tubers
and whatever else they could get their claws around.
The Hippo-like animals were largely low browsers,
retreating to water for safety. Few predators could
tackle an adult. They ranged in size from 5 to 8ft in
length.

Prodinoceras
Late Paleocene Name: Psittacotherium, Stylinodon, Schochia,
Ectoganus
Strength: 1-10
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 1-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Name: Prodinoceras Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Strength: 8-10 Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength), Claw (d6 x Strength)
Dexterity: 1-2 Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 1,
Constitution: 3-4 Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 3
Intelligence: -1 Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-6, Armor Value
Perception: 3-4 (size-3), Natural Toughness, Acute Senses (Smell),
Willpower: 1-3 Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Quadruped, Burrow
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10 (1), Wide Range Vision
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x Habitat: Forests (Dry)
3 + 10 Found: North America
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength) These primitive herbivores quickly became
Skills: Acrobatics 1, Brawling 2, Dodge 1, Notice 2, specialized in rooting and digging up plant material
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 3, to feed on. They apparently evolved from primitive
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Natural Toughness, insectivores and actually repurposed their canine
Armor Value 2, Acute Senses (smell), Alternate teeth into a sort of super incisor to tear apart roots
Primary Sense (Smell), Quadruped, Wide Range and tubers. It is likely that, when threatened, they
Vision would rear up like a bear and defend themselves with
Habitat: Forests their claws. Tillodonts are similar animals, but with a
Found: Mongolia different tooth arrangement, found in North America,
Europe and Asia. They ranged in size from a few feet
Prodinoceras is a primitive member of the Dinoceras to 7ft in length.
group, early browsing mammals with horns and large
canine teeth. Here, only the canins had developed, Oxyaena and related early Creodonts
and like other large mammals of the time, they Paleocene to Eocene
appear to have lived like a modern hippo or tapir. The Name: Oxyaena, Patriofelis, Sarkastodon
canines were more pronounced in males than in Strength: 3-7
females. Prodinoceras grew to 9ft in length at the Dexterity: 3-4
largest. Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength + 1))
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-5, Natural
Toughness, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Scent
Tracking, Quadruped
Habitat: Forests
Found: North America
The Creodonts were a group of primitive carnivores
not related to any existing group. These primitive
forms generally looked like Cats or bears except they
did not have well developed claws or hind limbs,
making them rather slow by todays standard. The Perception: 3-4
largest of them were bear-like, while the smallest
were cat or weasel like. They tended to be omnivores
rather than pure carnivores (though a few of them
existed as well). They arranged in size from 2ft to 6ft
in length.
Ankalagon
Early Paleocene
Name: Ankalagon
Strength: 7-9
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 3-5
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3+5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 4, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 3, Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 2,
Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Natural Toughness,
Acute Senses (Hearing), Scent Tracking, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell), Quadruped
Habitat: Forests
Found: North America
The largest and heaviest mesonychid of the
Paleoceneand the largest mammal predator of the
age, Ankalagon was a black bear-sized animal with a
large jaw. Limited in size by the forests around them,
most animals maxed out at this size. It is thought, like
a modern black bear, to have been an omnivore.
Hapalodectidae
Late Paleocene to Middle Eocene
Name: Hapalodectes
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: 0
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 4,
Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-3, Whiskers,
Resistance (Diving), Acute Senses (hearing)
Habitat: Riversides and Lakesides
Found: Asia and North America
This group of Mesonichids was small bodied and
often otter-like. Some features in the skull suggest
they were the earliest whale ancestors or related to
them. Unlike modern otters, they had no claws, but
hoof-like toes instead.
Mesonychid
Paleocene to Eocene
Name: Dissacus, Yangtanglestes, Sinonyx, Mesonyx,
Harpagolestes, Pachyaena, Sinonyx, Synoplotherium
Strength: 0-7
Dexterity: 3-6
Constitution: 1-4
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 2, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-5, Acute Senses
(Hearing), Scent Tracking, Alternate Primary Sense
(smell)
Habitat: Forests
Found: Asia, North America
Basal Mesonychids were dog-like animals that were Moeritheria and Relatives
among the earliest evolved predators. The largest Late Paleocene to Late Eocene
resembled wolves, the smallest resembled foxes.
Some of the heavier Mesonychids were hyeana like
in build. They lacked claws on their feet, having
hooves on the end of their toes. As such, they relied
on powerful bites to slay their prey. The smaller
animals may have operated in small groups to hunt
prey. They ranged in size from 3ft to 6ft in length.

Primitive Xenarthra and similar

Paleocene to Eocene
Name: Metacheiromys, Eomanis Eurotamandua,
Riostegotherium
Strength: 0-1 Name: Moeritherium, Phosphatherium,
Dexterity: 2-3 Numidotherium
Constitution: 2-3 Strength: 2-4
Intelligence: 0 Dexterity: 1-3
Perception: 2-3 Constitution: 2-4
Willpower: 2-3 Intelligence: -1-0
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10 Perception: 2-3
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) + Willpower: 2-3
5 Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 + 10
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
Attacks: Claw (d6) (AP), Bite (d4+1) 2+5
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1, Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength)
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Acute Senses Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
(Smell, Hearing), Natural Toughness, Armor Value Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 4,
1, Cast Iron Stomach, Quadruped, Alternate Primary Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4, Natural Toughness,
Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision Armor Value 1, Acute Senses (Hearing), Quadruped,
Habitat: Forests, plains Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
Found: Europe, the Americas Habitat: Mangroves and Estuarine Swamps
Found: Africa
Xenarthra today includes Tamandua, Armadillos,
Sloths and Ant-Eaters. These stats can still cover the Moeritherium and its relatives were small, hippo-like
smaller of them. Armadillos add 3 to their armor animals found in the salt-marsh and mangroves of
value (or, in some cases, more). Pangolins can be what would eventually become the Sarah Desert. It is
covered as Armadillos. These animals have weak thought to have fed on soft aquatic plants and fruit.
jaws (often with sticky tongues, use the Catch They averaged around 3ft in length, but were heavily
Tongue quality), but use their large guts to digest built.
plants, carrion (dead animals) or insects. Primitive
Xenathras range in size from one and half to 3ft in Rodent and Proto-Rodent
length. Name: Rat, Squirrel, Woodchuck, Beaver, Mouse,
etc.
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 4-5
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d6)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 3, Dodge 3, Notice 3,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 2,
Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 1-3, Whiskers, Acute
Senses (Hearing), Impaired Senses (Sight) (if not
acute), Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Any Land
Found: Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, Australia
These stats represent the most generic of true rodents
and their ancestors. The rodent group is among the
most diverse in the animal kingdom (alongside
beetles and roundworms). These provide a primary
food source for most small predators in the Cenozoic
era. Most of the modern forms did not appear until
later (Eocene to Miocene).
Miacids
Paleocene to Eocene
Name: Miacis, Paroodectes, Tapocyon
Strength: 0-2
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 2-3
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d4 x (Strength + 1)), Claw (d6 x
(Strength +1))
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 3, Dodge 2, Notice,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 4, Swimming 2,
Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-4, Whiskers, Acute
Senses (Sight), Scent Tracking, Quadruped, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision, Climber
(1)
Habitat: Forests
Found: Europe, Asia, North America, Africa
Miacids are a group of animals equally realted to
cats, dogs, weasles, bears and badgers. They are the
prototype of modern carnivorous mammals. Miacids
are relatively primitive animals by comparisons,
lacking the enhanced noses of dogs and bears, or the
retractable claws of cats. They mostly resembled
weasels or small cats in appearance. They grew from
8 inches to 5ft in length.
Prosimians
Paleocene to Holocene
Name: Plesiadapis, Notharctus, Carpolestes, Loris,
Lemur, Potto, Galago, Tarsiers, Aye-Aye, Darwinius
Strength: 0-2
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 3-6
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
Attacks: Bite (d4 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Acrobatics 2, Brawling 2, Climb 4, Dodge 3,
Notice 3, Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 4,
Swimming 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-3, Acute Senses
(Sight, Hearing, Smell), Prehensile Tail, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell), Knuckle Walking
Habitat: Forests/Jungle, Swamp
Found: Africa, Europe, Asia
Prosimia is a group of animals that gave rise to later
primates. Modern forms include Lemurs, Tarsiers
and Galgo. They differ from modern primates in their
dog-like faces and wet noses for the most part
(though some have exceptionally large eyes and are
nocturnal, with rather flat, though still wet, noses).
Many of them are nocturnal (and thus have starlight
vision to a degree), but most Lemurs are day-living
animals. They range in size from 4 inches to over 2ft
in length. Not including the tails, of course.
 Eocene
Time Period: 55-34 million years ago
Global Environment: As the Eocene the world reached what is called The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
with a warm, wet global temperature, with forests dominating much of the world. Things dried out and cooled
slightly towards the end of the Eocene, but remained mostly warmed until Antarctica took its modern place in the
world. Tropical flora and fauna could be found as far north as New York City. The oceans were warm as well, even
though the last of the Tethys Sea disappeared as Europe began to take its modern shape from the shallow sea it was
during the Mesozoic. Towards the end of the Eocene, however, Antarctica took its modern position and began to
chill the world as it froze over.

Other Fauna: Fish that appear in this period include Perch, Suckers, Herring, Tuna, Ladyfish, Flounder (Eobothus)
and Anglerfish. The first Bats appear in the nights skies. As part of the cooling trend, plains developed leading to
the development of the first proper grasses towards the end of the epoch, and then proceed to take over the plains.

Giant Ants Found: Europe

Eocene
The largest known species of ant, it would likely
have been equipped with formic acid stingers and
powerful jaws. Ants had appeared in the Cretaceous
having evolved from Wasps In personality and
function, Australian Bulldog antswhich
occasionally fight amongst themselves. The Eocene
era allowed Ants as a whole to diversify into what we
know today.

The workers of this species were an inch in length,

with the queen starting out at twice that size. Flying
queens had wingspreads of a little over 5 inches
Name: Formicum giganticum Tuna
Strength: 0 Middle Eocene to Holocene
Dexterity: 3-5 Name: Thunnus
Constitution: 1 Strength: 0-8
Intelligence: -1 Dexterity: 3-6
Perception: 2-4 Constitution: 3-6
Willpower: 1 Intelligence: -1
Life Points: Strength + Constitution Perception: 3-4
Endurance: Constitution + Willpower Willpower: 2-4
Speed: Dexterity Life Points: By Size
Attacks: Bite (d4), Sting (d4 + Poison) Endurance: By Size
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 1, Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 20
Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 1, Tracking 4 Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1))
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 1, Arthropod,, Poison Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
(Corrosive 3), Barbells, Impaired Senses (Sight), Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 1,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Climber (2)
Habitat: Forest
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-6, Armor Value
(Size -2), Acute Senses (Sight, Smell), Warm
Blooded, Fish
Habitat: Open Ocean
Found: Worldwide
Tuna is a successful group of large, predatory fish
from across the globe. They are among the largest
and fastest fish in the oceans today. They are fond in
temperate and tropical waters worldwide. Today,
there are 8 species of in the Thunnus genus:
Albacore, Bigeye Tuna, Blackfin Tuna, Northern
Bluefin Tuna, Southern Bluefin Tuna, Pacific Bluefin
Tuna, Yellowfin Tuna and Longtail Tuna. They lead
active lives in the top 300ft of the water colum in
open water. They are among the few fish to be warm
blooded. The largest Tuna grow to 14ft in length and
weigh up to 1500 pounds.
Meiolania
Eocene to Holocene
Name: Meiolania, Crossochelys
Strength: 3-7
Dexterity: 1-3
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength), Thagomizer (d6 x
(Strength+1), Claw (d4 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 3, Survival 4, Swimming 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4-6, Armor Value 6
(extremities), Armor Value (Shell) 18, Defensive
Spines, Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell),
Cold Blooded, Reptile, Resistance (Hot Weather and
Hunger/Thirst) 3, Low Metabolism, wide Range
Vision
Habitat: Scrub and Plains
Found: Australia, Neighboring Islands (New
Caledonia and Lord Howe Island),
Once thought to have been a form of monitor lizard,
this turtle was one of the last turtles to be unable to
fully withdraw into its shell in an environment with
predators. They existed in South America untilt he
end of the Eocene. They survived in mainland
Australia until the start of the modern era. Smaller,
island populations survived until 2000 years ago,
where pigs and rats decimated their nests and drove
them to extinction. It is thought to have been a
herbivore and filled a similar niche to the glyptodonts
and ankylosaurs. It grew to 8ft in length at the
largest.
Anthropornis
Late Eocene to Early Miocene
Name: Anthropornis
Strength: 2-4
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3+5
Speed: Dexterity (Land), (Dexterity + Constitution)
x 2 + 5 (Swim)
Attacks: Peck (d4 x (Strenth-1))
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Resistance (Diving)
1, Acute Senses (Sight), Resistance (Cold) 3, Hollow
Bones
Habitat: Shoreline and Ocean
Found: New Zealand/Pacific Islands near Antarctica
A Giant Penguin, which stood the same height as a
man, Anthropornis was still a rather primitive, with a
bend in its wing-flipper. Anthropornis, like modern
penguins, spent most of its time in the water hunting,
coming on land to lay eggs. The chicks were the size
small chickens when they hatched, with adults
standing as tall as a man. Antarctica was freezing
over at the time this animal lived, and it became a
harbinger of things to come for the continent.
Pakicetids
Early Eocene
Name: Pakicetus, Nalacetus, Icthyolestes
Strength: 1-4
Dexterity: 4-5
Constitution: 2-3
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 3, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-4, Swamp
Adaptation, Acute Senses (sight), Quadruped,
Alternate Primary Sense (Hearing)
Habitat: Shallow Seas
Found: Middle East/Asia
Pakicetids are the primitive ancestors of whales, only
taking their first few steps into an aquatic lifestyle.
These wolf-like carnivores possibly snatched prey
wading into the water, as they were not well adapted
at all for hunting in the water. Their hearing and
sense of smell had not fully adapted to an aquatic life
style. They ranged in length of 3 to 4ft in length.
Ambulocetus
Early Eocene
Name: Ambulocetus, Gandakasia, Himalayacetus
Strength: 5-9
Dexterity: 4-5
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution/(Dexterity +
Constitution) x 2 (Swim)
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 4, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6, Armor Value 2,
Natural Toughness, Resistance (Diving) 1,
Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Hearing)
Habitat: Rivers, Lakes, Shallow Seas
Found: Asia (Middle East)
A more advanced form of proto-whale, this group
were adapted to aquatic life much like an otter, but
seemed to be built like a crocodileespecially in
their jaws. Ambulotcetus grew to 9ft in length,
including its tail.
Remingtonocetid
Middle Eocene
Name: Kutchicetus, Attockicetus, Dalanistes,
Remingtonocetus,
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 1-2
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Endurance: Strength + Constitution + Willpower + 5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 (Swim)/
Dexterity + Constitution (Land)
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 4
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Resistance (diving)
1, Whiskers, Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense
(Smell)
Habitat: Rivers, Lakes, Shallow Seas
Found: Asia (Middle East)
Remingtonocetids were a group of proto-whales that
were small, long snouted (sort of like a garial), otter-
like animals that lived in freshwater and saltwater
environments. They would have been primarily fish
eaters and were not as successful as other orders of
early whale. Most were the size of an otter, less than
3ft in length.
Rhodocetus
Middle Eocene
Name: Rhodocetus, Georgiacetus
Strength: 6-10
Dexterity: 4-5
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution/(Dexterity +
Constitution) x 2 (Swim)
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6, Armor Value 2,
Natural Toughness, Resistance (Diving) 1,
Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Hearing)
Habitat: Rivers, Lakes, Shallow Seas
Found: Asia (Middle East), North America
Rhodocetus is a more advanced relative of
Ambulocetus, venturing further into the water than its
ancestor. Its ears and nose are more in lined with
aquatic living and its legs were reduced as the group
began to rely more on undulation like an otter to
swim at the expense of the legs. On land, it probably
moved like a seal. These proto-whales were also
starting to travel farther and farther into the ocean in
search of food and new territories. However the main
hunting grounds of these whales continued to be the
shallower waters. Rhodocetus grew to 10ft in length.
Protocetus
Middle Eocene
Name: Protocetus
Strength: 7-11
Dexterity: 4-5
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5 (Swim)
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7, Armor Value 3,
Natural Toughness, Resistance (Diving) 1,
Missing/Crippled Limbs (Legs), Alternate Primary
Sense (Hearing)
Habitat: Ocean
Found: Asia, Africa (Mediterranean Area)
The first whale with a true fluke, Protocetus was the
size of a large dolphin, its limbs were useless for
drawing it onto land anymore. It, like other early
whales, was a predator, feeding on fish and other
animals it could catch. Protocetus grew to 8ft in
length.
Andrewsarchus
Late Eocene
Name: Andrews
Strength: 10-15
Dexterity: 4-5
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 4-5
Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength + 2)) (AP)
Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 1, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7, Scent Tracking,
Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Armor
Value (Size 5)
Habitat: Scrub, Plains and Desert
Found: Asia
The largest predatory land mammal of all time,
Andrewsarchus was the largest of the Mesonychids.
With a body like a bear and a head like a wolf-only
longer, it is known mostly from skull material,
making some of the proportions guesswork. Its large
jaws had powerful front teeth (canines and incisors),
with powerful molars in the back of its jaws to crush
bones and armor. Some believe these adaptations
indicate that it primarily a scavenger rather than
primarily a hunter. Adrewsarchus grew to 13ft in
length.
Basilosaurus
Middle to Late Eocene
Name: Basilosaurus, Zygorhiza
Strength: 5-22
Dexterity: 4-5
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 4-5
Willpower: 3-5
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 2, Notice 4, Intimidation 3,
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 8-9, Armor Value 3,
Natural Toughness, Resistance (Diving) 1, Acute
Senses (Sight), Limbless, Alternate Primary Sense
(Hearing)
Habitat: Ocean (Shallow Seas)
Found: North America, Africa (Mediterranean), Asia
(Middle East)
Basilosaurus and its relatives were early whales, and
among the largest. Unlike the modern large whales,
these were active hunters. These large animals are
thought to have targeted both large fish and other
seagoing mammals. When these animals were first
discovered, they were thought to be the bones of a
sea serpent. The largest Basilosaurus grew to a little
over 60ft in length.
Dorudon
Late Eocene
Name: Dorudon, Zygorhiza,
Strength: 5-8
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength), Ram (d4 x
(Strength+2))
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 3, Notice 3, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Resistance (Diving) 1,
Size 7, Armor Value 2, Natural Toughness, Acute
Senses (Sight), Limbless, Alternate Primary Sense
(Hearing)
Habitat: Shallow Seas
Found: North America, Africa (Mediterranean), Asia
(Middle East)
Dorudon and its relatives are primitive dolphin-like
proto-whales related to Basilosaurus. Superficially,
they resemble modern dolphins in shape and form
(aside from the small rear flippers). They also lack
the melon organ that allows for echo-location. The
largest of these animals grew to 20ft in length.
Brontothere
Eocene
Name: Brontotherium, Paleosyops, Protitanotherium,
Brontops, Dolichorhinus, Megacerops,
Embolotherium, Aktautitan, Dolichorhinus.
Mesatirhinus
Strength: 3-16
Dexterity: 2-5
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
Attacks: Ram (d4 x (Strength+2)), Trample (d6 x
(Strength + 2))
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 3,
Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4-7, Armor Value
(Size-1), Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense
(Smell), Wide Ranve Vision
Habitat: Scrub Forest and Scrub Plain
Found: Asia, North America
As the forests cleared out, the Brontotheres and other
animals began to grow larger, browsing in the newly
forming scrublands and pseudo-plains. Despite the
large horns on many of the larger-forms heads, they
were not used for ramming. These hornes were round
and made of bone, many of them were large, flat
fronts, and thus rather fragile. It is likely that most
were used for display (though some probably could
ram with them). They ranged in length from between
5 and 16ft in length.
Unitatherium and relations
Eocene
Name: Uintatherium, Eobasilus, Bathyopsis,
Strength: 8-14
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 4-5
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
Attacks: Ram (d6 x Strength) (Bash)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7, Armor Value 4,
Natural Toughness, Quadruped, Alternate Primary
Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Scrub Forest, Forest
Found: North America
Uintatherium were early rooters and browsers and
among the first mammals to grow large in the
Eocene. They are noted for their large teeth and
giraffe-like horns upon their heads. Their large
canines are thought to have been used to dig up roots.
They ranged in size from 10 to 13ft in length.
Viverridae and Primitive Carnivores
Name: Civets, Mongooses, Fossa
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-3, Acute Senses Dawn Horse
(Sight), Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell) Eocene to Oligocene
Habitat: Forest, plains
Found: Asia, Africa, Europe

Among the most primitive of living carnivores, most

ancestral ones resembled these small animals. With
long tails and slender bodies, theyve adapted to
rushing through tunnels and underbrush very well.

Bear Dog (Small) Name: Propaleotherium, Paleotherium,

Eocene to Miocene Hyracotherium, Epihippus, Mesohippus, Orohippus,
Duchesnehipppus, Haplohippus, Eohippus
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 4-5
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Endurance: Strength + Constitution + Willpower + 5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Kick (d4), Bite (1)
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Stealth 2,
Name: Daphoenus, Cynodictis, Hesperocyon Survival 3, Swimming 2,
Strength: 1-4 Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Acute Senses
Dexterity: 3-6 (Hearing), Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense
Constitution: 2-3 (Smell), Wide Range Vision
Intelligence: 0-1 Habitat: Forests, Scrub
Perception: 3-5 Found: North America, Europe
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size The ancestors of horses were no larger than a rabbit,
Endurance: By Size and most of them were browsers (as grass did not
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5 appear until the end of the epoch), and only a few of
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1)), Claw (d6 x these animals could digest grass properly.
Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3, These stats can also be used to represent early
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 1, brontotheres (Eotitanops, Nanotitanops) and
Tracking 2 rhinoceros (Heptodon, Hyrachyus), thought they
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-4, Acute Senses tended to have at least 1 point of armor as well, and
(Hearing), Scent Tracking, Quadruped, Alternate also rooted for roots and tubers. At the same time, in
Primary Sense (Smell) South America, similar animals also appeared.
Habitat: Any Land Primitve camels of the Eocene use these stats as well.
Found: North America All of them ranged between 2 and 3ft in length.

These small, fox and coyote-sized predators were the

mutual ancestors of bears and dogs. They were likely
opportunistic omnivores, though many of them likely
leaned more towards carnivorous diets like modern
coyotes. These bear dogs eventually took over from
the other mammalian carnivores until true dogs and
bears developed. Bear Dogs ranged in size from 3 to
5ft in length.
4-3 toed Horse Attacks: Bite (d4 x (Strength+1))
Late Eocene to Miocene Skills: Acrobatics 2, Brawling 2, Climb 4, Dodge 3,
Notice 3, Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3,
Swimming 1, Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-3, Acute Senses
(Smell, Sight), Atavism, Knuckle Walking,
Brachiation
Habitat: Forest/Jungle, Savanna/plains
Found: Africa, South America, Asia

Monkeys are rather ancient, but the stats of most

Name: Parahippus, Merychippus, Pliohippus, species can be covered here. There are two major
Ancitherium, Miohippus groups of monkeys: Old World and New World. The
Strength: 0-4 old world monkeys tend to have long snouts, while
Dexterity: 3-5 new world monkeys such as capuchins have short
Constitution:2-5 noses and round faces. Monkeys are day-living
Intelligence: 0 animals for the most part. The monkeys range in size
Perception: 3-4 (excluding tails) 4 inches to 3ft in length.
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: By Size Arsinoitherium
Endurance: By Size Late Eocene to Early Oligocene
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Kick (d4 x (Strength+1)), Bite (Strength-1)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 1, Survival 2, Swimming 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Wide Range Vision, Size
3-4, Cast Iron Stomach (Grasslater in evolution),
Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forest and Plains
Found: Europe, North America, Africa

With the diminishment of the forests across the

globe, horses began to diversify and grow. They split
into two basic groups: browsing horses and grazing
horses. The development of modern, true grass drove
Name: Arsinoitherium
these browsing forms to extinction, with the grazing
Strength: 9-14
forms taking over. These horses ranged in size from 3
Dexterity: 2-3
to 6 ft in length.
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1
In South America, the family Proterotheriidae were
Perception: 3-4
very similar to true horses but completely unrelated.
Willpower: 3-4
Genus include Thoatherium and Diadiaphorus. They
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
lasted until the Pliocene and filled the same niches.
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Monkey
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Late Eocene to Holocene
Attacks: Shoulder Block (d4 x Strength)
Name: Branisella, Tremacebus, Mesopithicus
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 4,
Strength: 0-1
Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 3
Dexterity: 4-6
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7, Swamp Adaptation,
Constitution: 2-5
Armor Value 4, Natural Toughness, Quadruped,
Intelligence: 1-2
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
Perception: 2-4
Habitat: Mangrove Swamps
Willpower: 2-3
Found: Northern Africa
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
At 11 ft long, this hippo-like animal was a browser or
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
rooter in the mangroves of the seas that covered what
is now the Sahara Desert. Despite its large horns,
they were not used for defense. They were hollow
and full of blood vessels, indicating that they had
other functionslikely in a display (visual, audio or
both). It is thought to have been very comfortable
with living in and around water.
Entelodont
Late Eocene to Miocene
Name: Archaeotherium, Dinohyus, Daeodon,
Entelodon
Strength: 3-12
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+2)), Kick (d4 x
(Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 3,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4-6, Acute Senses
(Hearing), Scent Tracking, Quadruped, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision (3 point)
Habitat: Forests, Scrub, Plains
Found: North America, Asia, Europe
Entelodonts are pigs playing at being grizzly bears.
These animals had large heads with sharp teethnot
tusk, like modern boars. Their noses were also not as
sensitive as modern boars, lacking the disk-like nose
that makes pigs snout so sensitive. They likely leaned
towards omnivorous habits with more scavenging
than hunting, able to easily intimidate most predators
of the day.
Chalicothere
Late Eocene to Pliocene
Name: Ancylotherium, Borissiakia, Chalicotherium,
Moropus, Kalimantia, Chemositia, Lophiaspis,
Moropus, Nestoritherium, Tylocephalonyxa
Strength: 6-9
Dexterity: 1-3
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Claw (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6, Armor Value 2,
Knuckle Walking, Wide Range Vision, Quadruped,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests
Found: Asia, North America, Africa
Calicotheres are animals related to brotnotheres, but
took a completely different rout evolutionarily. These
strange browsers used their large forearms to bring
down branches to eat as well as defend themselves
from predatorsby rearing back on their hind legs
like a bear and using their superior reach to their
advantage.
Hyaenodont Creodont
Eocene to Miocene
Name: Hyaenodon, , Sinopa, Tritemnodon,
Megistotherium, Pterodon, Dissopsalis, Apterodon,
Yarshea, Hemipsalodon
Strength: 1-12
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-5
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 1, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-6, Armor Value
(Size-2), Acute senses (Hearing), Quadruped,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Scent Tracking
Habitat: Forest, Scrub, Plains
Found: North America, Africa, Europe, Asia
Hyaenodont Creodonts diverged from other
Creodonts rather quickly and are more doglike than
other Creodonts (who adopted cat-like lifestyles
before they were replaced by proper cats). The larger
of the animals remained rather wolf-like except for a
few bear-like animals such as Megistotherium.
Notostylops and the Psuedo-Rabbits
Early Eocene to Miocene
Name: Notostylops, Pachyrukhos
Strength: 0-2
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 5
Endurance: Strength + Constitution + Willpower + 5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d4 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 1, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Whiskers, Acute
Senses (Hearing), Quadruped, Alternate Primary
Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Forests, Scrub
Found: South America
Notostylops was an extremely common, dog-sized,
rabbit-like animal from South America. Unrelated to
other placental mammals of other continents, they
evolved to fill similar niches. The teeth of this animal
resembled that of rodents. However, their incisors did
not constantly grow like in rodents, so they likely
nipped at vegetation rather than gnawing on it. These
animals were extremely common in South America.
Pachyrukhos was similar, though smaller (1ft long)
filling a similar niche. It actually had more advanced
dentition than other South Americna mammals of the
time for chewing grass.
Isotemnidae Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
Early Eocene to Oligocene 3+5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Kick (d4 x (Strength+1)), Bite (d4 x
(Strength-1))
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 1,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 1, Survival 2, Swimming 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Armor Value 4,
Acute Senses (Hearing), Quadruped, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Waterways
Name: Thomashuxleya,
Found: South America
Strength: 1-3
Dexterity: 2-4
Like other early South American mammals, only one
Constitution: 2-4
genus is well preserved and known from this family.
Intelligence: -1
They appear to have been rhino to hippo-like animals
Perception: 3-4
with very unspecialized jawsit barely had incisors.
Willpower: 1-3
The snout was short and its body stocky.
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
2+5 Homalodontherium
Late Eocene and Miocene
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4, Acute Senses
(hearing), Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense
(Smell)
Habitat: Forests
Found: South America Name: Homalodotherium, Chasicotherium
Strength: 3-7
The Isotemnidae, represented here by a single genus, Dexterity: 2-4
are a group of early, unspecialized browsers. The Constitution: 2-4
most well mown genus is renowned for having all 44 Intelligence: 0
teeth of the primitive mammals. Its canines were Perception: 2-4
enlarged into small tusks. It likely fed as a browser Willpower: 2-4
and rooter, living like a modern peccary. Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
Leotiniidae 4+5
Middle Eocene to Middle Miocene Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Claw (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 1, Notice 2,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 2,
Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6, Semi-Bipedal,
Armor Value 2, Acute Senses (Hearing), Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
Name: Scarrittia Habitat: Forests, Scrub
Strength: 4-7 Found: South America
Dexterity: 1-3
Constitution: 2-5 South American Calicothere-like animal, this
Intelligence: -1 browser had a small, tapir-like trunk snout and a
Perception: 2-3 strong wrists for grasping plans and bring them down
Willpower: 3-4 to feed on. Like other south American ungulates, its
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10 teeth had the most minimal of specializations.
False Saber Toothed Cats grazers similar to wombats of Australia. They were
Eocene to Miocene the main sheep-sized mammal of the continent. One
Name: Nimravus, Dinictis, Hoplophoneus, Eusmilus, of their unique adaptations is that their incisors grew
Pogonodon, Nimravus, in a way similar to rodents. They likely gnawed on
Strength: 1-7 food like them as well. They managed to survive
Dexterity: 3-6 until the coming of placental mammals.
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: 0 Bat
Perception: 3-4 Eocene to Holocene
Willpower: 2-4 Name: Bat
Life Points: By Size Strength: 0-1
Endurance: By Size Dexterity: 4-7
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5 Constitution: 1-3
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Claw (d6 x (Strength) Intelligence: 0-1
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Perception: 5-7
Intimidation 1, Stealth 4, Survival 3, Tracking 3 Willpower: 1-3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4-6, Quadruped, Life Points: By Size
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell) Endurance: By Size
Habitat: Forests, Plains Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10 (Flight),
Found: North America, Europe Constitution (land)
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength+1), Claw (d4)
An early divergence of cats, the False Saber-Toothed Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 3, Dodge 3, Notice 4,
cats were very primitive members of the cat family, Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 2
retractable claws just beginning to appear in them Qualities and Drawbacks: Echo Location, Size 1-3,
and their hind feet plantigrade (flat, like that of a Flight, Acute senses (Smell), Quadruped, Alternate
bear). They were more ambush predators that Primary Sense (Hearing)
predators that chased down prey actively. Like other Habitat: Any Land
saber-toothed cats, they reserved their bite to slice Found: All Continents except Antarctica
open the jugular vein on their prey for a quick kill.
Biting targets other than the throat tended to not be as Bats were one of the successful early specialization
effective. The smallest of them were about 4ft in that developed in mammals. The earliest bats known
length, with the largest up to 8ft in length. from the fossil record are almost completely fully
formed, but with little tails between their legs.
Mesotheiidae
Eocene? To Pleistocene Lagomorph
Name: Meotherium, Trachytherus, Plesiotypotherium Eocene to Holocene
Strength: 0-3 Name: Rabbit, Pika
Dexterity: 2-3 Strength: 0
Constitution: 2-3 Dexterity: 3-6
Intelligence: 0 Constitution: 1-3
Perception: 3-4 Intelligence: 0
Willpower: 1-3 Perception: 3-4
Life Points: By Size Willpower: 1
Endurance: By Size Life Points: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10 Endurance: By Size
Attacks: Claw (d4 x (Strength+1)), Bite (d4 x Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
(Strength) Attacks: Bite (d6), Claw (d6)
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 3, Notice 3, Intimidation 1, Skills: Brawling 2, Burrow 3, Climb 2, Dodge 3,
Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 1 Notice 3, Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 4,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-4, Quadruped, Swimming 1, Tracking 1,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-3, Acute Senses
Habitat: Forests, Plains (Hearing), Whiskers, Wide Range Vision,
Found: South America Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Plains, Forests
Mesotheriidae are strange ungulates from South Found: All Continents except Antarctica
Americas. They were rooters or burrow-living
One of the most common animals on the planet, they
originally were found only in North America,
Europe, Africa and Asia. They were later introduced
by humans to Australia and South America. They
form a prominent food source for many animals and
were often part of the diet of early humans.
 Oligocene
Time Period: 34-24 million years ago
Global Environment: The Oligocene cooled greatly due to the total glaciations of Antarctica caused in part by the
final separation of South America from the continent. This altered the currents in the oceans and global weather
greatly, causing the extinction of many forms of life at the end of the Eocene. The forests that covered the planet
were greatly reduced.
Other Fauna: Tarpon appear in this epoch, as do trigger fish and box fish. The first true grass (the kind found in
lawns and savannas) appeared, but had not yet spread out far enough to create plains and savanna.

Cleaver-Headed Crocodile Quinkana

Late Oligocene to Early Miocene Late Oligocene to Pleistocene

Name: Baru
Strength: 5-13
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 3-6
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Deathroll (d6 x
(Strength+1)), Tail (d6 x Strength bash), Claw
(Strength)
Skills: Brawling 4, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 3, Stealth 3, Survival 4, Swimming 5,
Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4-7, Armor Value
(Size+2), Lactic Acid Resistance, Resistance
(Diving) 1, Cold Blooded, Low Metabolism, Cast
Iron Stomach (2), Battery Teeth, Camouflage 2,
Quadruped, Wide Range Vision (3 Point), Scent
Tracking
Habitat: Swamps, Rivers, Lakes (warm)
Found: Australia
The Baru crocodile was the largest carnivore of
Australia at its time, and unlike other crocodiles of
the time, it was only semi-aquatic, hunting both on
land as well as use the normal hunting habits of a
modern crocodile. Its deep head allowed it to better
slice through flesh.
Name: Quinkana
Strength: 7-14
Dexterity: 4-5
Constitution: 5-6
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 4-6
Willpower: 4-6
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength + 2), Claw (d4 x
Strength)
Skills: Brawling 4, Climb 1, Dodge 3, Notice 3,
Intimidation 3, Stealth 4, Survival 3, Swimming 2,
Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5-7, Armor Value
(Size+1), Cold Blooded (or Luke Warm Blooded),
Resistance (Heat 3, Hunger and Thirst 2), Lactic
Acid Resistance, Battery Teeth, Quadruped,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forest, Scrub Forest
Found: Australia
Becoming extinct only 40,000 years ago, the
Quinkana were the last of the Mekosuchine
crocodiles (an ancient order unrelated to modern
forms). This genus adapted itself for hunting prey on
land as many other ancient crocodiles had done. The
first to appear were about the size of an average
crocodilian, growing to almost 7ft in length. As the
forests disappeared and opened up, they grew larger,
reaching 16ft in length. Their teeth resembled those
of the predatory dinosaurs were related to several
other land-dwelling Australian crocodilians. They
became extinct as the first humans arrived in
Australia.
Heavy Terror Birds Carnivorous Rat Kangaroo
Middle Oligocene to Middle Miocene Oligocene to Pleistocene

Name: Propleopus, Ekaltadeta ima

Name: Brontornis, Paraphysornis, Physornis
Strength: 8-10
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 4-5
Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Kick (d6 x (Strength+1)), Bite (d6 x
(Strength+2), Claw (d4 x (Strength-1))
Skills: Brawling 4, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 3, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6, Armor Value 3,
(Legs 6), Acute Senses (Hearing), Missing/Impaired
limbs (arms), Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Eagle
Eye 1
Habitat: Plains
Found: South America
The heavy birds were the top predators of their time,
most being almost 7ft tall, but the largest being
almost 10ft tall. They behaved similarly to other
terror birds, but appeared to have gone after larger,
heavier prey.
Strength: 1-6
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Claw (d4 x
(Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 3, Dodge 1, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Tracking 3,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-5, Armor Value 1,
Knuckle Walking, Acute Senses (Hearing),
Marsupial, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Climber
(1)
Habitat: Forests
Found: Australia
In Australia, there were very few predatory animals
we would recognize today, this being one of the most
bizarre, a primarily a quadrupedal, rat-kangaroo. It
was an omnivore, feeding on insects, small animals,
fruit, eggs and carrion. The smallest of these were 3ft
in length, the largest almost 5ft in length.
Marsupial Lions Borhyaenidae
Oligocene to Pleistocene Oligocene to Miocene

Name: Priscileo, Wakaleo, Thylacoleo Name: Borhyaena, Cladosictis,

Strength: 1-6 Strength: 0-8
Dexterity: 4-6 Dexterity: 2-5
Constitution: 2-5 Constitution: 1-5
Intelligence: 0 Intelligence: 0
Perception: 3-5 Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-4 Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: By Size Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+2)), Claw (d6 x Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1))
Strength) Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 4,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1, Tracking 2,
Tracking 2, Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-5, Armor Value
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-5, Acute Senses (Size-2), Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Scent
(Hearing), Armor Value 1, Knuckle Walking, Tracking, Quadruped
Marsupial, Scent Tracking, Alternate Primary Sense Habitat: Forests, Scrub
(Smell), Climber (1) Found: South America
Habitat: Forests, Scrub
Found: Australia Borhyaenidae are a group of carnivorous marsupials
from South America that were bear, badger or
Thylacoleo and its relatives are carnivorous wolverine like for the most part. Some became more
marsupials that resembled badgers or cats. Lacking like otters or weasels, but most were bulky and
canine teeth, they had stabbing incisors and bladelike powerful animals. They were slow, though and were
premolars. Despite its dentition, or perhaps because out-competed by the terror birds. The largest of them
of it, they had the strongest bites their bodies could were just smaller than a black bear (5ft in length)
afford them. Its claws were retractable and also
strong. The smallest were 3ft in length, while the Macropod
largest were Late Oligocene to Holocene
Name: Kangaroo, Wallabe, Wallaroo, Pademelon
Strength: 0-7
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +10
Attacks: Claw (d4 x (Strength-1)), Kick (d4 x
(Strength+2))
Skills: Acrobatics 2, Brawling 3, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Astrapotherium, Pyrotherium and Allies
Notice 2, Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 4, Oligocene to Miocene
Swimming 2, Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-5, Marsupial, Acute
Senses (Hearing), Cast Iron Stomach (Grass), Jump,
Armor Value (Size-3), Wide Range Vision (3),
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests and Plains
Found: Australia

Macropods, or kangaroos, are icons of Australia.

They began as browsers, but those that survive today
are small to medium sized grazers. The kick of adults
often contains minor claws, so in addition to the bash
damage dealt, the claws deal (d4) points of
Slash/Stab damage. Stats wise, little differentiates a
browsing kangaroo from a grazing kangaroo, but
have some adaptations in the face (namely, it being
shorter than most Kangaroos) to aid in browsing and
lack the Cast Iron Stomach.
Caviomorph Rodent
Oligocene to Holocene
Name: Porcupine, Capybara, Guinea Pig, Agouti,
Chinchilla, Hutia, Nutria, Paca
Strength: 0-5
Dexterity: 2-5
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d4 x (Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 1, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 3,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 1-4, acute senses
(Smell), Whiskers, Wide Range Vision, Quadruped,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests, Plains
Found: The Americas, Africa
An offshoot of rodents with stickier builds and
rounder heads, the Caviomorphs are common in
South America and very diverse there since arriving
there. Outside South America, they tend to fill in
niche rolls with only Porcupines and the Naked Mole
Rat representing them.
Name: Astrapotherium, Pytotherium, Griphodon
Strength: 5-9
Dexterity: 1-3
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Trample (d6 x
(Strength+2))
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 4
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6, Armor Value 4,
Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Swamps, Rivers, Lakes
Found: South America
These animals are unrelated but fill similar roles to
hippos and scoop-tusked elephants found elsewhere
in the world. They were partly aquatic as a result and
are thought to have fed on plants in and around the
water (unlike hippos, which come out of the water to
graze). The largest of these animals reached 10ft in
length).
Peltephilus
Oligocene to Miocene
Name: Peltiphilus
Strength: 1-3
Dexterity: 1-3
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
2+5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Horn (d6 x Strength), Bite (d4 x Strength),
Claw (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 1, Notice 3,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4, Armor Value 8 (4
on belly), Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense
(Smell), Catch Tongue, Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Scrub and Forests
Found: South America
Peltiphilus was a strange, horned armadillo from
South America. Its teeth had an odd triangular
structure, which leads to some confusion about what
it may have eaten. Some believe it was herbivorous,
others a scavenger. Despite some claims in older
texts, the animal grew to only 5ft in length.
Indricothere
Late Oligocene to Early Miocene
Name: Indricotherium, Paraceratherium
Strength: 14-18
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 4-6
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
5+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Trample (d6 x (Strength+2)), Kick (d4 x
(Strength +1)), Head-butt (d4 x (Strength-1)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 3,
Survival 3, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 8, Armor Value 4,
Natural Toughness, Acute Senses (Smell, Hearing),
Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Wide
Range Vision
Habitat: Plains, Scrub, Rainforest
Found: Asia
Indricotheres were primitive rhinoceros filling in the
role of a giraffe. The animal grew to 26ft in length
and about as tall, growing larger than even some of
the giant Sauropods. It was a browser by habit,
feeding in scrublands and woodlands in clearings. It
is thought to have been lighter now than in earlier
reconstructions (around 15 tons rather than 30), it is
thought to have been able to gallop ever so barely
while running. The gradual drying out of their
original rainforest habitats as India collided with Asia
as well as the slow cooling towards the end of the
Oligocene lead to their extinction.
Janjucetus Modern Grey Whales appeared in the later
Late Oligocene Pleistocene, and are among the oldest surviving
Name: Janjucetus species of whale.
Strength: 10-12
Dexterity: 2-3 Squalodon and Relatives
Constitution: 3-4 Oligocene to Miocene
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 4-5
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodgem 2, Notice 3, Intimidation
1, Stealth 1, Survival 2, Swimming 4
Qualities and Drawbacks: Echo-location, Size 6,
Resistance (Diving) 1, Armor Value 4
Habitat: Shallow Oceans, Alternate Primary Sense
(Hearing), Limbless, Big Gulp (5 point)
Found: Australia

This animal is thought to have been related to the
ancestors of true baleen whales. About the size of a
bottle-nosed dolphin, it instead had a wide head with
large, curved teeth. It is thought to have been an
active predator.
Mysticeti (Baleen Whale)
Oligocene to Holocene
Name: Cetotherium, Modern Baleen Whales
Strength: 8-30
Dexterity: 1-4
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 6-7
Willpower: 3-6
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Ram (d4 x Strength), Tail Flap (d4 x
(Strength+1)), Sallow (Strength)
Skills: Art 4, Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 4,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 5,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6-10, Echolocation,
Armor Value 4, Big Gulp (5 Point), Limbless,
Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Hearing)
Habitat: Oceans
Found: Worldwide
Name: Squalodon, Prosqualodon, Eurhinodelphis,
Macrodelphis
Strength: 8-18
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 4-5
Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5-6, Echo Location,
Armor Value 4, Resistance (Diving) 1, Limbless,
Alternate Primary Sense (Hearing)
Habitat: Shallow Seas
Found: Australia, South America, Asia (Pacific
Rim), North America (Pacific Rim), Europe
Squalodon and its relatives were early odontocetids
(toothed whales). They tended to have long, toothy
jaws were filled with teeth that were first thought to
be those of sharks (hence the name). Many were only
6 or 7ft in length, while others grew to 26ft in length.
They were thought to be primarily fish eaters.

Baleen whales are the gentle, filter-feeding animals

that cruise the worlds oceans. Their ancestors
appeared to be similar to what we understand them
today.
Kentriodon and Relatives These gigantic dog-like animals were the size of
Late Oligocene to Middle Miocene bears, but related to both. Some leaned more towards
Name: Kentriodon bear-like with canine-like heads, while others were
Strength: 3-6 simply very big dogs. As the Creodonts faded, the
Dexterity: 4-6 bear dogs took their place as top predators. They
Constitution: 3-5 were later replaced by true dogs and bears. This
Intelligence: 1-2 general statistic covers several groups, they ranged in
Perception: 4-5 size from 5ft to well over 6ft in length. These stats
Willpower: 2-4 also cover dogs that attempted to be like bears.
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x True Primitive Dogs
3+5 Late Oligocene to Miocene
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10 Name: Cynodesmus
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength), Ram (d4 x Strength) Strength: 0-2
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 1, Notice 3, Stealth 1, Dexterity: 3-5
Survival 3, Swimming 5 Constitution: 2-4
Qualities and Drawbacks: Echo-location, Size 5, Intelligence: 1-2
Limbless, Alternate Primary Sense (Hearing) Perception: 3-4
Habitat: Shallow Seas Willpower: 2-4
Found: Asia, Australia, Europe and the Americas Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +
Kentriodon and its relatives visually resembled 5
modern dolphins, and are ancestors their-of. Modern Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
dolphins use similar stats but can have up to 3 Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength + 1))
Intelligence. Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 2, Survival 3
Giant Dog Bears Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Natural Toughness,
Oligocene to Miocene Acute Senses (Hearing), Scent Tracking, Quadruped,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Plains
Found: North America

This coyote-like animals is one of the first true

canines. It is thought to have looked and acted like a
modern coyote, though its tail and rump were thicker
than their modern descendants.
Name: Amphycion, Epicyon, Borophagus, Hemicyon
Strength: 4-8 Primitive Ape (Gibbon and Gibbon-like Apes)
Dexterity: 3-4 Miocene to Holocene
Constitution: 3-4 Name: Pliopethecus, Orepithicus
Intelligence: 0-1 Strength: 1-4
Perception: 3-4 Dexterity: 4-8
Willpower: 2-4 Constitution: 2-4
Life Points: By Size Intelligence: 1
Endurance: By Size Perception: 2-4
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10 Willpower: 2
Attacks: Bite (D6 x (Strength + 1), Claw (d6 x Life Points: By Size
Strength) Endurance: By Size
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Tracking 3, Attacks: Bite (Strength)
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5-6, Armor Value 2, Skills: Acrobatics 2, Brawling 2, Climb 5, Notice 2,
Acute Senses (Hearing), Scent Tracking, Quadruped, Stealth 1, Survival 3
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell) Qualities and Drawbacks: Brachiation, Fast Reaction
Habitat: Forest, plains Time, Knuckle-Walking, Size 3-4, Acute Senses
Found: North America, Europe (Smell)
Habitat: Forests
Found: Africa, Asia, Europe Antelope and Gazelle-like Camel
Oligocene to Miocene
With forests still common over most of the world,
apes proliferated over greater ranges than they do
today, ranging from their African home all the way to
parts of eastern China. Many of these apes, such as
Orepithicus, shared some features with monkeys and
humans.

Toxodont
Late Oligocene to Pleistocene

Name: Poebrotherium, Procamelus, Stenomylus

Strength: 0-4
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 3-4
Name: Toxodon, Trigodon, Adinotherium Willpower: 2-3
Strength: 4-15 Life Points: By Size
Dexterity: 3-5 Endurance: By Size
Constitution: 3-5 Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 15
Intelligence: 0 Attacks: Kick (d4 x (Strength+1))
Perception: 3-4 Skills: Dodge 3, Notice 3, Intimidation 1, Stealth 2,
Willpower: 2-4 Survival 2, Swimming 1
Life Points: By Size Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-4, Cast Iron
Endurance: By Size Stomach, Acute Senses (Hearing), Quadruped,
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5 Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Attacks: Ram (d4 x Strength) (Bash or Slash/Stab), Habitat: Plains
Bite (d4 x Strength) Found: North America
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 3,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Camels were among the very first ruminants, animals
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4-7, Quadruped, that had multi-chambered stomachs, chewed cud and
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Armor Value (Size- thus were able to digest grass efficiently. As such,
3) they proliferated across the expanding plains, filling
Habitat: Plains in the roles of antelope and gazelle very quickly.
Found: South America They ranged in size from 3 to 4ft in length. These
stats can also represent gazelles and small antelope.
At 3 to 10ft in length, these stocky, south American
animals filled in the roles of most heavy-bodied Proceratid
animals of the plains: hippos and rhinos in particular. Oligocene to Early Pliocene
Unrelated to either of those groups, such as other Name: Protoceras, Syndioceras, Synthotoceras,
South American mammals of the age, the Toxodont Kyptoceras, Paratoceras, Prosynthetoceras,
group had large heads for grazing. Those equipped Lambdoceras,
with horns do not have them over their noses, but Strength: 1-6
between their eyes. These horns were small Dexterity: 3-5
compared to those of rhinos. Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 15
Attacks: Horns (d4 x Strength), kick (d4 x
(Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Stealth 2, Found: North America, Asia
Survival 3, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-5, Natural These strange animals were found throughout the
Toughness, Cast Iron Stomach (Grass, later versions Pacific Rim. They are best likened to seagoing
only), Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell) hippos. They fed primarily on seagrass and seaweed
Habitat: Plains and were only slightly related to manetees.
Found: North America
Seacow, Dugong and Manatee
These strange horned animals that have no modern Oligocene to Holocene
descendants, their horns were bone, unlike those of
other mammals. These horns were only present in
males, females having much reduced horns at best, or
none at all.

Desmostylade
Late Oligocene to Miocene Name: Dugong, Hydromalis, Rytiodus, Trechechus,
Strength: 4-14
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: 09
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Name: Desmostylus, Paleoparadoxia, Behemotops, Attacks: Ram (d4 x Strength)
Ashoroa, Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Strength: 6-10 Survival 2, Swimming 5,
Dexterity: 3-4 Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5-7, Resistance
Constitution: 4-6 (Diving) 3, Resistance (Dehydration) 4, Acute Senses
Intelligence: 0 (Hearing), Alternate Primary Sense (Smell),
Perception: 2-4 Missing/Crippled Limbs (legs)
Willpower: 2-4 Habitat: Ocean and Rivers
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10 Found: Asia, the Americas, Africa, Europe (Extinct)
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5 These successful aquatic herbivores are slow moving
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5 and found mostly in shallow waters in both fresh and
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Trample (d6 x salt water. In fact, most Mantees will enter freshwater
(Strength+2)) estuaries to drink. However, they became well
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 1, adapted to water-bound life beyond this. Some of
Survival 2, Swimming 4, these grew to 6ft in length, but the largest and
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6-7, Resistance heaviest of these, Hydromalis (the Stellar Sea cow),
(Diving) 2, Acute Senses (Hearing), Quadruped, grew to almost 30ft long and up to 8 tons in weight.
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Ocean, near shore
 Miocene
Time Period: 24-5 million years ago
Global Environment: The world continued to cool as oxygen levels reached what we now call modern levels. The
Andes Mountains begin their skyward pull, as well as the first few islands of what would become central America,
as South America approached the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. In Brazil, the Oceanic Incursion
occurred. What it was, scientists do not agree, but the idea is that the Amazon basin became flooded, or that the river
flowed from the sea into the basin for a great distance, bringing stingrays, dolphins and sponges to the area. Giant
crocodilians and turtles also fill this environment. In Asia, India began to push up the Himalayas as it traveled north.
Grasslands took over from the forests, leading to the extinction of many browsing animals near the end of the epoch.
The first Kelp also appeared, creating the first Kelp Forests, a brand new ecosystem for animals to exploit.

Other Fauna: Among fish, Hammerhead sharks and Manta Rays develop and Serrasalminae (Piranha, Silver
Dollars, Pacu) proliferate. In the undergrowth, true mice appear. Many recognizably modern animals appear such
as wolves, raccoons, horses, beaver, deer, porcupines, rabbits, camels, whales, crows, ducks, auks, grouses, sand hill
cranes and owls.

Megapiranha Qualities and Drawbacks: Fish, Size 3, Alternate

Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Rivers
Found: South America

A true nightmare, this ancient piranha grew to 3ft in

length, however, it is more than it seems. Unlike
modern groups of Piranha, it was an at best omnivore
(more likely a pure carnivore). Its dentition was in
the midst of a switch between a pure herbivorous diet
of the pacu, and the better known, carnivorous red-
bellied piranha. How social the animal was is not
known, but given modern Piranhas schooling
Middle to Late Miocene tendencies and the size of the animal, it is quite likely
Name: Megapiranha they did.
Strength: 1-3
Dexterity: 4-5
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +
5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5 (Swim)
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Intimidation 3,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5,
Megalodon Endurance: Strength + Constitution + Willpower + 5
Miocene to Pleistocene Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +10
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1)), Claw (d6 x
(Strength-1)), Tail (d4 x (Strength+2))
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 3,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Armor Value 5,
Lactic Acid Resistance, Cold Blooded, Cast Iron
Stomach (2), Battery Teeth, Camouflage 2,
Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell),
Climber (1)
Habitat: Forests
Found: Australia
Name: Carcharadon megalodon
A strange, short-headed, large-eyed crocodile only
Strength: 19-24
4ft in length, it is thought to have been a small, semi-
Dexterity: 5-7
arboreal predator. It has been nicknamed the Drop
Constitution: 3-5
Croc due to its theorized attack pattern: dropping
Intelligence: 0-1
down from the trees to ambush prey.
Perception: 5-7
Willpower: 4-6
Rhamphosuchus
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6 + 10
Miocene to Pliocene
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
5+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+2))
Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 3,
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 4,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 8-9, Armor Value (4),
Luke Warm Blooded, Resistance (Diving) 2, Shark
Habitat: Ocean, near shore

Megalodon is, by all accounts, a giant great white

shark. Like great whites, it feeds primarily on aquatic Name: Rhamphosuchus
mammals, but due to its size, it feeds on whales and Strength: 14-18
dolphins as well as seals. Growing to nearly 50ft in Dexterity: 3-4
length, it was one of the largest oceanic predators of Constitution: 5-6
all time. Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Trilophosuchus Willpower: 2-4
Early to Middle Miocene Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
5+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite d6 x (Strength+1), Claw (Strength),
Tail d6 x (Strength+2) (Bash)
Skills: Brawling 4, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 4, Survival 3, Swimming 5,
Tracking 1,
Name: Trilophosuchus Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 8, Cold Blooded,
Strength: 1 Armor Value 8, Resistance (Diving) 1, Cast Iron
Dexterity: 3-5 Stomach, Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense
Constitution: 2-3 (Smell)
Intelligence: -1-0 Habitat: Shallow, wide Rivers and Lakes
Perception: 3-4 Found: India
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
This giant gavial was large enough to prey upon
small porpoises, growing 50 to 60ft in length.
Whether it ate anything besides fish like a modern
gavial is unknown. In South America, the giant
caiman Purusuchus had a more varied diet (use
Deinosuchus stats).
Argentavis
Late Miocene
Name: Argentavis
Strength: 4-8
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 5-7
Willpower: 3-5
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution (Run), (Dexterity +
Constitution) x 2 + 20 (Fly)
Attacks: Claw (d6 x (Strength+2)), Bite (d6 x
Strength)
Skills: Brawling 4, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 5,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6, Armor Value 2,
Acute Senses (Sight), Flight, Eagle Eyed 3
Habitat: Plains
Found: South America
The largest bird ever to fly, Argenatvis stood up to 6
and a-half feet tall and had a wingspread of up to 26ft
in length. Like a giant eagle, it would swoop down on
smaller prey and crush it in its talons. Despite its size,
it only weighed 180 pounds at the most. A bird this
big, however, would not be above scavenging.
Demon Ducks of Doom
Middle to Late Miocene
Name: Bullockornis, Dromornis, Ilbanornis
Strength: 6-10
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1)), Kick (d6 x
(Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6, Armor Value 3,
Acute Senses (sight), Alternate Primary Sense
(Smell), Oviparious,
Habitat: Scrub Forest, Woodland Plains
Found: Australia
Bullockornis was giant Australian ground bird that
was long thought to have been a herbivore (given that
it was related to ducks and geese), but recent studies
show that it was likely a carnivore, hence the
nickname. It and other heavily built ground birds
filled in for the lack of many marsupial predators of
large size.
Dromornis was similar, if sleeker and taller (up to
10ft tall).
Lithe, Giant Ground Bird of Australia
Miocene- Pleistocene
Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 3, Notice 3, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 2, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6, Armor Value 3
(Body), Armor Value 5 (Legs), Acute Senses (Sight,
Hearing), Scent Tracking, Gizzard, Oviparious,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Plains, Forests
Found: The Americas

The Terror Birds reached their peak with these

Name: Genyornis, Barawertornis animals. Growing up to 10 or 12ft tall, these birds
Strength: 3-9 dominated the Southern Continent until placental
Dexterity: 3-5 mammal predators arrived and took over their role as
Constitution: 2-4 top predator. The birds survivied, however, and even
Intelligence: 0 migrated north, reaching Texas and Florida. In the
Perception: 3-4 end the onset of the Ice Ages doomed the Terror
Willpower: 2-3 Birds.
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size Echdina
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10 Miocene to Holocene
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength-1)) Name: Zaglossus, Megalibgwilia,Tachyglossus
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 3, Strength: 0-3
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1, Dexterity: 1-3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4-6, Armor Value 2, Constitution: 2-4
Oviparious, Alternate Priamry Sense (Smell), Wide Intelligence: -1-0
Range Vision (3) Perception: 2-4
Habitat: Plains, Forests Willpower: 2-3
Found: Australia Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
More advanced, lighter relatives of the Demon Duck Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
of Doom, these Dromornithade members were first Attacks: Claw (d6 x (Strength+1)), Bite (d4 x
thought to be related to Emus of modern Australia. (Strength+1))
More recent studies granted the Demon Duck of Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 1, Notice 2,
Doom its name, as they are now thought to have been Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1
related to Water Fowl. These represent the Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-4, Defensive
herbivorous members of the family. Most, like the Spines, Low Metabolism, Oviparious, Natural Armor
aforementioned Demon Duck of Doom, were 1, Natural Toughness, Catch Tongue, Resistance
predators. (Pain) 1, Acute Senses (Smell), Quadruped, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
Peak Terror Bird Habitat: Forests, Plains
Miocene to Pliocene Found: Australia/New Guinea
Name: Phorusrhacos, Devnincenzia, Kelenken,
Titanis Echidnas are monotremes that evolved to feed on
Strength: 6-9 insects such as ants and termites. They have short or
Dexterity: 5-7 long spines to defend themselves as they move from
Constitution: 4-6 anthill to termite mound. Though the largest of these
Intelligence: 0-2 animals grew to only 4ft in length and weighed up to
Perception: 4-5 200 pounds (which was huge for Monotremes), most
Willpower: 3-5 were (and are) about the size of a small housecat
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10 (2ft). Most feed on termites, but the giant
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x Megalibgwilia and Zaglossus haketti could consume
4+5 large grubs as well.
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 15
Attacks: Kick (d6 x (Strength+1)), Bite (d6 x
Strength), Claw (d4 x (Strength-1))
Quoll Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Wide
Miocene to Holocene Range Vision
Name: Dasyurus, Dasycercus Habitat: Forests, Plains, Deserts
Strength: 0 Found: Australia, New Guinea
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 2-3 Diprotodontids were common herbivores in australia
Intelligence: 0-1 and new guinea. They began as small forest dwellers
Perception: 3-4 but as the forests disappeared, they grew in size. In
Willpower: 2-3 short, these were giant wombats that grew to fill the
Life Points: By Size role of grazers and browsers in Australia. Some were
Endurance: By Size like rhinos, others were like sheep in habit and size.
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 They became extinct 40,000 years ago.
Attacks: Bite (d6+1), Claw (d4+1))
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 3, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Wombat
Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 1, Name: Vombatus, Lasiorhinus
Tracking 2, Strength: 0-1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 1-3, Marsupial, Dexterity: 2-3
Whiskers, Acute Senses (Sight), Quadruped, Constitution: 2-4
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Climber (1) Intelligence: 0
Habitat: Forests, plains Perception: 3-4
Found: Australia Willpower: 1-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Small predatory marsupials found in Australia. They Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +
are basically the local equivalent of Raccoons or cats, 5
eating small animals and occasionally fruit. They are Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
largely nocturnal and like opossums, carry their Attacks: Bite (d4)
young on their backs. Skills: Brawling 1, Climb 1, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1
Diprotodontid Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Marsupial, Acute
Miocene to Pleistocene Senses (Hearing), Natural Toughness, Quadruped,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range
Vision, Natural Toughness
Habitat: Plains, Forests
Found: Australia

Wombats of this size are the Rabbits of Australia and

survive to the present day. Some are solitary, others
Name: Diprotodon, Hulitherium, Silvabestius, live in groups, but they are all prolific burrowers
Neohelos, Kolopsis, Phascolonus creating hollows up to 600ft deep.
Strength: 3-14
Dexterity: 1-3 Palorchestes
Constitution: 3-5 Miocene to Pleistocene
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 1-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (Strength), Trample (d6 x (Strength+2))
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 3, Notice 3,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 2, Name: Palorchestes
Tracking 1, Strength: 5-8
Qualities and Drawbacks: Marsupial, Quadruped, Dexterity: 2-3
Cast Iron Stomach, Acute senses (Smell), Size 4-7, Constitution: 3-4
Armour Value (Size -3), Natural Toughness, Intelligence: 1
Perception: 4-6
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Claw (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 4
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Acute Senses
(Smell), Natural Toughness, Armour Value 2,
Prehensile Tongue, Knuckle Walking, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Forests
Found: Australia
First thought to be a type of kangaroo, it was later
revealed to be a diprotodontid with specific
adaptations along the lines of a giant ground slotha
tree ripper. They became extinct only 40,000 years
ago, after a severe decline in numbers due to the
retreat of forests.
Koala and Giant Koala
Miocene to Holocene
Name: Koala, Giant Koala, Riversleigh Forest Koala
Strength: 1-3
Dexterity: 2-3
Constitution: 2-3
Intelligence: 1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Claw (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 1, Climb 5, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-4, Cast Iron
Stomach (2), Low Metabolism, Musk, Climber (1),
Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Wide
Range Vision
Habitat: Forests (Trees)
Found: Australia
Koalas are another specialized form of
Diprotodontid/Vombatiforms. Prehistoric species
tend to be smaller or larger than modern Koalas (size
3). They are the Australian equivalents of Tree
Sloths, feeding on poisonous Eucalyptus leaves.
Primative forms were likely more generalized.
Thylacosmilus
Miocene to Early Pleistocene
Name: Thylacosmilus
Strength: 4-6
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 4-6
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
2+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1)), Minor Bite (d4 x
(Strength-1)), Claw (d6 x (Strength))
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 3,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 1,
Tracking 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Marsupial, Size 4, Armor
Value 1, Whiskers, Quadruped, Alternate Primary
Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Plains
Found: South America
Thylacosmilus is a Borhyaenid adapted to a similar
position to that of the saber-toothed cats. The large
saber teeth were actually not canines but modified
incisors, like those of Australian marsupial
carnivores. Furthermore, these teeth show evidence
for continuous growth throughout their lives, unlike
true cats.
 Skills: Acrobatics 1, Acting 3, Brawling 2, Climb 4,
Dodge 3, Notice 3, Intimidation 1, Stealth 4, Survival
Thylacine/Powerful Thylacine 5, Swimming 2
Miocene to Holocene/Miocene Qualities and Drawbacks: Marsupial, Size 1-3, Warm
Blooded, Night Vision, Quadruped, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell), Climber (1), Wide Range
Vision (3)
Habitat: Any place with hot to moderate climate and
trees.
Found: Australia/New Guinea

Possums are small arboreal marsupials similar to the

Opossum of the Americas. They are nocturnal
omnivores that range in size from a few inches to 4ft
Name: Thylacine in length (about the size of a cat, tail included).
Strength: 3-6
Dexterity: 3-4 Borophaginae
Miocene to Pliocene
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+2)
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 1, Name: Osteborus, Borophagus, Epicyon
Tracking 3, Strength: 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4-5, Marsupial, Dexterity: 2-4
Natural Toughness, Quadruped, Alternate Primary Constitution: 1-3
Sense (Smell) Intelligence: 0
Habitat: Plains, Deserts, Forests Perception: 4-6
Found: Austalia Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Thylacines were marsupial carnivores of medium Endurance: Strength + Constitution + Willpower + 5
size, filling in the role of a wolf, although they did Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
not hunt in packs. Pairs were rare in hunting, and Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1)
they tended to focus on smaller prey items. However, Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 3, Notice 3,
they did hunt Kangaroos and similar game, using Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
their powerful jaws to crush prey. Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Armor Value (Size-
3), Acute Senses (Hearing), Scent Tracking, Cast
Possum Iron Stomach, Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense
Miocene to Holocene (Smell)
Name: Possum Habitat: Scrub forest, plains
Strength: 0 Found: North America
Dexterity: 3-6
Constitution: 3-4 Small, hyena like dogs, the Borophaginae appear to
Intelligence: -1 have been the primary scavengers of North America.
Perception: 3-4 They may have been omnivorous like other larger
Willpower: 1-3 members of their family like bears. However their
Life Points: By Size strong jaws to crush through flesh and bone no matter
Endurance: By Size how thick or rotten.
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
Attacks: Bite (d6)
 Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Acute Senses
Kubanochoerus (Hearing), Cast Iron Stomach, Quadruped, Alternate
Miocene Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Plains
Found: The Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa

Very much like modern horses (though the size of a

welsh pony), though the Hipparion group had
vestigial second and third toes that no longer reached
the ground, and the Hippidion group had a rather
Name: Kubanochoerus blunt nose ridge.
Strength: 5-8
Dexterity: 3-4 Teleoceras
Constitution: 3-4 Middle to Late Miocene
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 5-7
Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1)), Ram (d6 x
(Strength+2)) Name: Teleoceras
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Strength: 8-12
Intimidation 3, Stealth 1, Survival 2, Swimming 1, Dexterity: 1-3
Tracking 1, Constitution: 2-4
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Armor Value 2, Intelligence: -1
Natural Toughness, Scent Tracking, Quadruped, Perception: 3-4
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision Willpower: 3-5
(3) Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Habitat: Scrub Forest, Plains Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
Found: Asia, Europe, Africa? 4+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
A distinct, long legged true pig, Kubanochoerus Attacks: Ram (d4 x (Strength+2))
males had a distinct horn on their heads that they Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 1, Notice 3, Intimidation 3,
likely used in combat with other males. They stood Survival 3, Swimming 4
3ft tall at the shoulder and almost 6ft long, but were Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7, Armor Value 2,
quite heavily built. Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Wide
Range Vision
Last of the Protohorses Habitat: Rivers, Lakes
Middle Miocene to Pleistocene Found: North America
Name: Hipparion, Hippidion, Onohippidion
Strength: 4-6 Teleoceras is a primitive rhino that behaved like lived
Dexterity: 3-4 in pools of water like a hippo. Its short legs would
Constitution: 2-4 have been very weak on land, but better suited to
Intelligence: 0-1 pushing along very marsh lands. Its narrow snout
Perception: 3-4 would be better suited to picking through waterplants
Willpower: 2-4 than grazing.
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 15
Attacks: Kick (d4 x (Strength+1))

Hyena
Middle Miocene to Pleistocene
Name: Percrocuta, Pachycrocuta, Crocuta crocuta
spelaea
Strength: 4-9
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 4-5
Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 1, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5-6, Scent Tracking,
Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Scent
Tracking
Habitat: Plains, Forests
Found: Europe, Asia, Africa
The giant Cave Hyeana of the Ice age and its
ancestor were the largest of the Hyenas. They had the
build and powerful jaws of their modern relatives, but
are far largerthe size of a lion. Their necks sloped
upwards to allow greater mobility for their bite.
These animals teeth, however, indicate that they
were similar to a grizzly bear, eating both plants as
well as animals. Many modern Hyenas (such as the
stripped hyena) also eat fruit when it is available.
The true Cave Hyena is actually a subspecies of the
modern Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) and thus,
these stats may be used for modern Hyenas as well.
The Giant Cave Hyenas became extinct around
12,000 years ago. Cave Hyenas were extremely
successful and outnumbered most other Ice Age
Predators.
Scoop-tusked Elephant
Miocene to Pliocene
Name: Gompotherium, Amebelodon, Platybelodon
Strength: 12-15
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 4-5
Willpower: 4-6
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
Attacks: Tusks (d6 x Strength), Trample (d6 x
(Strength+2))
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Survival 3, Swimming 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7, Armor Value 2,
Acute Senses (Smell), Swamp Adaptation,
Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Hearing), Scent
Tracking, Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Swamps
Found: North America, Europe, Asia, Africa
These mastodons specialized in scooping out swamp
plants from muddy waters with their wide-brimmed
mouths. The exact natures of the animals trunks (if
they had any, is unknown. Some, such as
Gompotherium had small tusks as wall.
Other Gompother Elephants
Pliocene to Holocene
Name: Cuvieronius, Anacus, Stegomastodon
Strength: 14-17
Dexterity: 2-3
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 4-5
Willpower: 3-5
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
Attacks: Tusks (d6 x Strength), Trample (d6 x
(Strength+2))
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Survival 3, Swimming 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7, Armor Value 2,
Acute Senses (Smell), Quadruped, Alternate Primary
Sense (Hearing), Scent Tracking, Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Mountains, Plains and Forests
Found: The Americas, Europe and Asia
A wide variety of elephant-like mastodons that were
far closer to resembling modern elephants than their
relatives. Only their tusks stood out as hallmarks of
their nature as offshoots. The oldest of these genuses
is also the most wide spread, Anacus could be easily
distinguished by its long straight tusks that could
stretch out for up to 13ft. Standing 10ft high, it was
thought to be a woodland animal. Other Mastodons
are known from the Americas exclusively, the oldest
being Stegomastodon, which at 9ft tall looked much
like a modern elephant. It managed to survive in
South America until 1 million years ago, and had
adapted to eating grass. The last and youngest
surviving member of the group, Cuvieronius, 3-1 toed larger horse
managed to go extinct around the year 400 of the Miocene to Pleistocene
Common Era. It was also 9ft tall but was
distinguished by its mountain-living lifestyle, had
short, twisting tusks.

Small Modern Cats and Relatives

Miocene to Holocene
Name: Cats, Lynx
Strength: 0-2
Dexterity: 4-7
Constitution: 2-3 Name: Hippidion, Hipparion,
Intelligence: 0-1 Strength: 5-7
Perception: 3-4 Dexterity: 4-6
Willpower: 2-3 Constitution: 4-6
Life Points: By Size Intelligence: 1
Endurance: By Size Perception: 4
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10 Willpower: 3
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1)), Claw (d6 x Life Points: By Size
Strength) Endurance: By Size
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 3, Dodge 3, Notice 3, Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 4, Swimming 1, Attacks: Trample (d6 x (Strength+2)), Bite
Tracking 2, (Strength)
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-3, Whiskers, Acute Skills: Brawling 1, Climb 1, Dodge 3, Notice 4,
Senses (Sight, Hearing), Starlight Vision, Quadruped, Intimidation 2, Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Climber, Wide Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5-6, Natural
Range Vision Toughness, Acute Senses (Hearing), Wide Range
Habitat: Any Land Vision, Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Found: Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas Habitat: Plains
Found: The Americas, Africa, Europe and Asia
These animals represent small true felines of various
families. Small, primitive cats first appeared in the Much closer to modern horses, but are thought to
Miocene. They had no saber teeth like the more look like a modern Przewalskis horse (brown-orange
primitive family members, but remain fercocious coloration, short black main), these animals tended to
predators even to this day. By some accounts, the have only a single hoof touch the ground. Hipparion
common housecat is the most lethal predator on earth is found only in South America (Hippidion is found
for the variety of food it takes and the amount of outside South America.
animals they kill.
Giraffe Camel
Miocene

Name: Aepycamelus, Oxydactylus

Strength: 8-12
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: 1-2
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Trample (d6 x (Strength+2)), Kick (d4 x
(Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 3, Notice 3, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 1, Survival 2, Swimming 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5-6, Natural
Toughness, Wide Range Vision, Quadruped,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Plains near Forests
Found: North America
Camels continued to diversify in the expanding
grasslands across North America. These were camels
filling in the roles of Giraffes and represent the
diversity of Camels at the time. Today, Camels are
relegated as desert specialists.
Dinofelis and other small Saber-Tooth Cats
(Metailurini)
Miocene to Pleistocene
Name: Dinofelis, Metailurus, Adelphailurus,
Strength: 3-6
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 4-6
Willpower: 2-5
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1)), Claw (d6 x
Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 3, Dodge 2, Notice 4,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Tracking 4,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Whiskers, Acute Senses
(Smell, Hearing), Scent Tracking, Armor Value 1,
Quadruped, Size 5, Quadruped, Alternate Primary
Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests, Plains, Deserts
Found: Africa, North America, Europe
These leopard to lion-sized big cats have teeth
somewhere in between those of true saber-toothed
cats (Saber-like and flat) and modern big cats
(conical). Unlike their relatives, they appear to
specialize in similarly-sized or modern prey. Some
were more adapted to an ambush than a chase, while
others balanced themselves out. Dinofelis was one of
the best known of these, though uncommon, it was
found in close association with hominid bones and
evidence suggests that it preyed upon the ancestors of
humanity.
Hippopotamus gorgops
Late Miocene to Middle Pleistocene
Name: Hippopotamus gorgops
Strength: 11-15
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 4-5
Willpower: 4-5
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+4
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1)), Trample (d6 x
(Strength+2))
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 4,
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 4
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7, Natural Toughness,
Armor Value 3, Swamp Adaptation, Weakness
(Sunlight/Sunburn sensitivity), Resistance (diving) 1,
Acute Senses (Sight), Quadruped, Alternate Primary
Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Slow Rivers and Lakes
Found: Asia, Africa and Europe
This prehistoric animal is of the same genus as the
modern hippo, Hippopotamus amphibious, but is
much larger, growing up to 14ft in length and was 7ft
tall at the shoulder. Further, the eyes are raised on
stalks to allow greater submersion. It is thought to
have behaved in a somewhat similar manner to their Giant Ground Sloth
modern relatives. The coming of the Ice Ages Miocene-Pleistocene
doomed this massive animal.

Deinotherium
Middle Miocene to Early Pleistocene

Name: Hapalops, Glossotherium, Megatherium,

Name: Deinotherium
Strength: 14-19
Dexterity: 1-3
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 4-6
Willpower: 4-6
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
5+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Trample (d6 x (Strength+2)), Ram
(Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 3,
Survival 4, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 8, Armor Value 4,
Natural Toughness, Acute Senses (Smell), Prehensile
Appendage, Musk, Wide Range Vision, Quadruped,
Alternate Primary Sense (Hearing), Prehensile
Appendage (Trunk), Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Plains near forests
Found: Europe, Africa, Asia (India)
This primitive offshoot of elephants was quite
successful, lasting a good 20 million years as a genus.
The strange tusks of this animal are a source of
debate, with scraping bark and digging up roots being
the lead theories. In the above image, a pair of
Giraffes are shown with it for a size comparison.
Mylodon
Strength: 4-17
Dexterity: 1-2
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-6
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
Attacks: Claw (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 3, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4-8, Armour Value
(size x 2), Low Metabolism, Resistance (Poison) 2,
Cast Iron Stomach (Grass), Knuckle Walking,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Forests, Plains, Mountains
Found: The Americas
Ground sloths are massive herbivores that lived by
browsing trees similar to many Calicotheres but grew
to fill in the roll of many large browsers, including
elephants, or even, in some cases, specialized cactus
eaters. These animals are equipped with small bone
beads in their skin to protect against predators. They
are thought to be herbivores, but larger ones are
thought to have possibly scavenged kills of predators
on occasion. With their armor and size, little could
stand in their way.
Thalassocnus
Late Miocene to Late Pliocene
Name: Thalossocnus
Strength: 4-6
Dexterity: 1-2
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
Attacks: Claw (d4 x Strength) Enaliarctos
Skills: Acting, Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice Early Miocene
2, Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 4
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Armour Value 4,
Acute Senses (Smell), Low Metabolism, Resistance
(Diving) 1, Resistance (Poison) 2, Resistance (Salt)
3, Cast Iron Stomach (Grass), Saline Ejection
System, Wide Range Vision, Quadruped, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Rivers?, Lakes, Ocean
Found: South America (Pacific Ocean)

This was a ground sloth that adapted itself for diving

and feeding on seagrass and seaweed similar to the
modern Marine Iguana. Early forms were shallow-
water grazers while later forms dived deeper into the
ocean. This opened them up to predators. These
animals evolved due to the desert-like conditions of
the north-western part of the continent, exploiting the
only available food.
Brygmophyseter
Miocene to Pliocene
Name: Brygmophyster, Scadicetus, Zygophyseter
Strength: 17-21
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: 1
Perception: 5-7
Willpower: 3-5
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
5+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
Attacks: (d6 x Strength), Ram (d4 x (Strength+2))
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 8, Echo-Location,
Acute Senses (Hearing), Resistance (Diving) 2,
Armor Value 4, Natural Insulation 2, Limbless,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Oceans
Found: Pacific Ocean (Asia)
The so-called biting sperm whale, ranging between
23 and 40ft in length, this group is either ancestral to
or an offshoot of Sperm Whales. Unlike modern
sperm whales, they were equipped with large teeth on
both their upper and lower jaws. Modern Sperm
Whales are slightly larger, have slightly weaker bited
(d4 x Strength), have 3 levels of basic Natural
Insulation and can dive deeper than their ancestors.
Name: Enaliarctos
Strength: 2-4
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: 1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
2+5
Speed: Dexterity/(Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 3, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4, Resistance (Diving)
2, Natural Insulation 3, Armor Value 1, Quadruped,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Shoreline/Ocean
Found: North America
The earliest seals were of the primitive eared
variety and are considered to be quite otter like.
Enaliarctoss teeth show it to be a generalist feeder,
with teeth designed for holding fish, molars for
crushing shellfish and sheering flesh. This animal is
thought to be the ancestor of modern seals and
walruses.
Imagotaria, Aivukus and the Modern Walrus
Late Miocene to Holocene
Name: Imagotaria, Aivukus, Odobenus, Gomphotaria
Strength: 4-16
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-5
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity/(Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
(swim)
Attacks: Tusk (d6 or d8 x Strength), Bite (d4 x
Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 3, Survival 3, Swimming 4
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5-8, Natural
Insulation 3-7, Resistance (Diving) 2, Armor Value
(Insulation Level +1), Whiskers, Quadruped,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Ocean/Shoreline
Found: North America, Arctic Circle
Walrus were one of the first to diverge from the
main seal line. The earliest two listed genus have
short tusks compared to the modern walrus.
Imagotaria grew to 5ft in length, the modern
Odobenus grows to 11ft in length, but Aivukus grew
to a monstrous 30ft in length according to some
sources. Others state it was only slightly larger than
the modern Walrus. Gomphotaria was the size of a
modern walrus, but had a second set of tusks on its
lower jaw. This means that instead of sucking out
shellfish it dug up, it would actively crush them (bites
deal tusk damage).
Unicorn
Late Miocene to Pleistocene
Name: Elasmotherium, Sinotherium, Iranotherium
Strength: 10-17
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 3-5
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 15
Attacks: Horn (d8 x Strength), Trample (d6 x
(Strength+2)), Kick (d4 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 1, Notice 3, Intimidation 3,
Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7-8, Armor Value 4,
Natural Insulation 2 (3 point version), Acute Senses
(Hearing, Smell), Impaired Senses (Sight),
Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Wide
Range Vision
Habitat: Plains
Found: Asia, Europe
The Unicorn is a type of Rhino that collectively share
a gigantic single horn atop their heads. Like other
Rhinos, this horn is actually hardened hair. Unlike
modern rhinos, these animals were often covered in
insulating fur to protect them from the cold climates
of central Asia and middle-Pleistocene Europe. They
are thought to have been low browsers like black
Rhinos today. They were quite large, weighing up to
5 tons and grew to over 6ft in height and 20ft in
length. Despite their size, they were quite fast and
nimble, with limb proportions similar to that of a
horse.
Proto-chimpanzee to Chimpanzee
Miocene to Holocene
Name: Sahelanthropus, Dryapithicus, Ramapithicus,
Oreopitrhicus, Pan
Strength: 4-6
Dexterity: 5-7
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: 2-3
Perception: 4-5
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 15
Attacks: Punch (d4 x Strength), Bite (strength),
Wood Spear (d4 x Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 5, Dodge 3, Notice 3,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Natural Toughness,
Brachiation, Fast Reaction Time, Knuckle Walking
Habitat: Forest
Found: Africa, Europe
The first animals that would now be called
Chimpanzees appeared around in the Miocene, some
of these apes included the ancestors of humanity.
Chimpanzees are forest dwelling apes that are only
partly arboreal. The earlier chimpanzees were only
partly chimp-like in appearance with features found
throughout the ape world. True Chimps did not
appear until the late Miocene.
These apes are known to make wooden tools, though
never to save them for future use. Other almost
human like behaviors observed among modern
chimpanzees, which their ancestors may or may not
have had include laughter, language (to a degree),
altruism, tool use and creation (evidence for this
exists up to 43000 years ago). Some claim that
modern Chimpanzees display a degree of spirituality
including such apparent behaviors as mourning
displays, incipient romantic love, rain dances,
appreciation of natural beauty (such as a sunset),
curiosity and respect towards wildlife, pretend play
(IE: pretending a rock is an infant) and empathy
towards other species (such as feeding them)to the
point of animism (animal worship) in some reports
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Knuckle Walking
Habitat: Forests
Found: Asia
Orangutans are almost exclusively arboreal primates
that, in the fossil record, ranged from India to
Indonesia. Today, they are extinct in the mainland of
Asia. They are primarily herbivores but do not live in
large groups as the Chimpanzee and shows how
diverse apes and ape behavior is.
Proto-Gorilla and Gorilla
Late Miocene to Holocene
Name: Gorilla
Strength: 8-10
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: 2
Perception: 2
Willpower: 3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Bite (Strength), Punch (d4 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb2, Dodge 1, Notice 2,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Knuckle Walking,
Natural Toughness, Negative Buoyancy
Habitat: Forest
Found: Africa
Gorillas diverged from other primate groups 7
million years ago and adopted a troop-living
herbivorous diet.
Macraucheniidae
Miocene to Pleistocene

Proto-Orangutan to Orangutan
Late Miocene to Holocene
Name: Sivapithicus, Pongo
Strength: 4-5
Dexterity: 5-6
Constitution: 4-5
Intelligence: 2
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-3
Name: Theosodon, Macrauchenia
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Strength: 2-8
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
Dexterity: 3-4
3+5
Constitution: 3-4
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Intelligence: 0
Attacks: Bite (strength), Punch (d4 x Strength)
Perception: 4-5
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 4, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Willpower: 2-3
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Kick (d4 x (Strength+1)), Bite (Strength)
Skills: Dodge 3, Notice 3, Intimidation 1, Stealth 2,
Survival 3, Swimming 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4-6, Natural
Toughness, Prehensile Appendage, Quadruped,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Forests and Plains
Found: South America
Life Points: Strength + Constitution + 5
Endurance: Strength + Constitution + Willpower + 3
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Bite (d6)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 4, Dodge 3, Notice 3,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2, Impaired Senses
(Sight), Armor Value 4 (Head shield), Quadruped,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Forest
Found: North America

Macraucheniidae are strange South American Proterix was a primitive mole-like insectivore that is
mammals that were apparently adapted to browsing thought to have been limbless. No fossils with limbs
lifestyles. They tended to resemble the modern llama have been found yet, though the bones of such limbs
in body shape, but the feet were not like any would be small enough to easily wash away. It also
contemporary mammal except perhaps the possessed a shield upon its head. It is thought to have
Rhinoceros. wiggled through soft earth and sand in search of
insects.
Modern Toothed Whales and Dolphins
Late Miocene to Holocene Horned Gopher
Name: Odontoceti Late Miocene to Pleistocene
Strength: 1-24 Name: Ceratogaulus
Dexterity: 2-6 Strength: 0
Constitution: 3-6 Dexterity: 2-3
Intelligence: 1-3 Constitution: 2-4
Perception: 5-7 Intelligence: 0
Willpower: 3-6 Perception: 3-4
Life Points: By Size Willpower: 1-2
Endurance: By Size Life Points: Strength + Constitution + 5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +15 Endurance: Strength + Constitution + Willpower
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Ram (d4 x Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
(Strength+1)) Attacks: Claw (d4), Horn (d6), Bite (d4)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 3, Notice 4, Intimidation 2, Skills: Brawling 2, Burrowing 3, Climb 1, Dodge 3,
Stealth 3, Survival 4, Swimming 5, Tracking 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 3,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Echo Location, Size 4-8, Swimming 1
Resistance (diving) 2, Limbless, Alternate Primary Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2, Whiskers,
Sense (Hearing) Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Wide
Habitat: Ocean, Rivers Range Vision
Found: Worldwide Habitat: Plains
Found: North America
Odontoceti are modern toothed whales, which
include everything from Sperm Whales to the Horned Gophers were marmot-like rodents with a
smallest porpoises (5ft in length). Their wide variety pair of horns atop their heads. Their tails were longer
allowed them to colonize the worlds oceans quickly and thicker than contemporary rodents. They were
feeding on small fish or other sea mammals. known to have been burrowers and likely used their
horns as defense. They were among the few
Proterix mammals ever evolve boney horns.
Miocene
Name: Proterix Giant Bear Rat
Strength: 0 Late Miocene to Pleistocene
Dexterity: 3 Name: Phoberomys, Josephoartigasi
Constitution: 2 Strength: 2-7
Intelligence: 1 Dexterity: 2-4
Perception: 5 Constitution: 2-5
Willpower: 1 Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: By Size Antilocarapid
Endurance: By Size Miocene to Holocene
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5 Name: Pronghorns, Mercycodus, Hayoceros,
Attacks: Bite (d4 x (Strength+1)) Ilingoceras, Osbornoceros, Ramoceros, Hexameryx
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 1, Strength: 1-3
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 4, Dexterity: 3-6
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4-6, Armor Value Constitution: 2-4
(Size-3), Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense Intelligence: 0-1
(Smell), Wide Range Vision (3 Point) Perception: 3-5
Habitat: Forest, Plains Willpower: 2-3
Found: South America Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Dinomyidae are rodents represented today by a single Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 20
species. In the past , they grew to much larger Attacks: Kick (d4 x (Strength+1)), Ram (d6 x
proportions, as they rose to fill in the role of large Strength)
herbivores, the largest two genus (named) grew to Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 3, Notice 3, Intimidation 1,
about 10ft in length and weighed as much as a Stealth 1, Survival 3
buffalo or bison. In overall shape, they resembled the Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4-5, Acute Senses
current largest rodent in the world, the capybara, to (Sight), Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell),
which they are distantly related. Many of these Resistance (Cold Weather) 2
animals reached such sizes and lasted into the Habitat: Plains, Desert
Pleistocene by living on islands in the Caribbean. Found: North America

Okapi and Okapi-like Primitive Giraffes As plains spread across North America, animals
Miocene to Holocene developed to take advantage of the new niches.
Name: Giraffokeryx, Climacoceras, Prolybitherium, Antilocarapids were the animals who did this in
Sivatherium, Okapi North America. Today the group is represented by a
Strength: 5-7 single species, the Pronghorn Antelope. This group
Dexterity: 2-3 resembles other hoofed mammals but differs in that
Constitution: 3-5 their horns have bony cores. The horns are used for
Intelligence: 0-1 display or defense.
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-4 Deinogalerix
Life Points: Late Miocene
Endurance:
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Kick (d4 x (Strength+1)), Head Ram (d4 x
(Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 2, Tracking 1,
Name: Deinogalerix
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5-6, Acute Senses
Strength: 1
(Sight), Elongated Tongue, Wide Range Vision,
Dexterity: 3-4
Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Constitution: 2-3
Habitat: Forests
Intelligence: 0-1
Found: Africa, Asia (India)
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-4
Giraffes are only a minor herbivorous group today,
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
but in the past they were quite diverse and wide
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +
spread. They were generally browsers as modern
5
giraffes are and replaced more primitive browsers as
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
the grasslands spread. They are thought to have been
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Claw (d4 x Strength)
animals that were largely solitary in nature.
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Whiskers, High
Metabolism, Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense
(Smell)
Habitat: Forests
Found: Europe (Mediterranean Islands)
Deinogalerix was a product of Island Gigantism, it is
actually a shrew the size of a beaver or cat. What is
now Italy was then a series of islands that allowed for
large animals to shrink (producing drawf elephants
and other such ceatures) and small animals to grow
large. On the Italian islands, apes began to venture
onto the ground from the trees and Shrews (such as
Deinogalerix) grew to the size of cats. It was likely a
voracious predator, like modern shrews are.
Raccoon and Relatives
Miocene to Holocene
Name: Raccoon, Coati, Ringtails, Kinkajou
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 4-5
Constitution: 2-3
Intelligence: 1-2
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +
5 Intelligence: 1-2
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6), Claw (d4)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 4, Dodge 3, Notice,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 2,
Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Starlight Vision, Size 3,
Whiskers, Scent Tracking, Alternate Primary Sense
(Smell), Wide Range Vision, Knuckle Walking
Habitat: Forests, Plains
Found: The Americas
Raccoons are small, omnivorous opportunists that
have been quite successful over time. More primitive
Raccoons were more dog like when they first
appeared, only later adopting their current shapes.
Mustelid
Miocene to Holocene
Name: Ermine, Weasel, Mink, Polecat, Ferret,
Marten, Sable, Fisher, Badger, Wolverine, Skunk,
Otters
Strength: 0-4
Dexterity: 5-7
Constitution: 2-3
Intelligence: 1-2
Perception: 4-5
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength+1), Claw (d4 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 3, Notice 3, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 2, Survival 4, Swimming 2, Tracking,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-5, Whiskers, Acute
Senses (Sight), Resistance (cold or diving) 2,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Quadruped
Habitat: Forests, Plains, Rivers, Lakes
Found: The America, Europe, Asia
Mustelids include a wide variety of small, agile
carnivores. They are quite active, but generally live
in colder climates than other small predators such as
mongooses. Otters tend to be the exception, as they
had a propensity to grow quite large in warmer
environments. The modern Giant Otter of the
Amazon, and the prehistoric Megalenhydris
barbaricina of Pleistocene Sardinia stand out as
grand examples of this.
Grizzly Wolverine
Early Miocene
Name: Megalictis, Aelurocyon(?)
Strength: 6-8
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 4-5
Perception: 4-5
Willpower: 4-5
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 15
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1)), Claw (d6 x
Strength)
Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 4,
Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 1, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6, Whiskers,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Natural Toughness,
Quadruped
Habitat: Forests, Plains
Found: North America
Megalictis was a bear sized wolverine of the
Miocene. It is thought that the animal was an ambush
hunter due to the ankle arrangement. It is also
assumed that the males were larger than the females
as there were apparently two distinct sizes to the
animal.
Bovidae
Miocene to Holocene
Name: Bos, Pelorovis, Tragelaphus, Bubalus, Kobus,
Oryx, Madoqua, Capra, Gazella, Bison, Pelorovis,
Ovibovus
Strength: 0-10
Dexterity: 1-4
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 1-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10 (average)
Attacks: Horns (d6 x Strength), kick (d4 x
(Strength+1)), Trample (d6 x (Strength+2)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 2, Survival 4, Swimming 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-6 Qualities and
Drawbacks: Natural Insulation 2 (3 point), Size 6,
Quadruped, Cast Iron Stomach, Alternate Primary
Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Forests, Plains, Desert
Found: Europe, Asia, Africa, North America (later,
South America)
Bovids are a large, diverse group encompassing
gazelles, antelope, cows, buffalo, goats, sheep
wildebeest and many other common grazers found in
the world today. In prehistoric times, they were at
first simpler, but soon diversified so that by the
Pleistocene, there were over a hundred generamore
than twice what there is today. These animals rarely
exceed 10 to 12ft in length, even in the ancient past.
On the other end of the scale are animals such as
Kirks dik-dik which are less than 2ft long.
Prehistoric Bovines tended to stay within these limits,
but occasionally had horns that could reach 6ft across
(increase horn damage to d8).
Stupendemys
Late Miocene to Early Pliocene
Name: Stupendemys
Strength: 8-10
Dexterity: 1
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength), Claw (strength)
Skills: Brawling 1, Climb 1, Dodge 1, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 3,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Luke Warm Blooded,
Armor Value 6/20 (Shell), Resistance (Diving) 1,
Low Metabolism, Size 6, Quadruped, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Slow moving bodies of water near forests
Found: South America
As the Amazon Rainforest grew into what it is today,
many large herbivores dominated the landscape with
most of the predators being aquatic or semi-aquatic.
Stupendemys was the largest known freshwater
turtle. It grew from 7 to 10ft in length; it is thought to
have been primarily an herbivore.
True Canine
Middle Miocene to Holocene
Name: Canis (Wolf, Dog, Jackal, Coyote, Dingo)
Strength: 1-6
Dexterity: 3-6
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: 2
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 15
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1)), Trip (d4 x
(Strength-1))
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 1, Tracking 3,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-5, Acute Senses
(Smell), Scent Tracking, Night Vision, Quadruped,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests, Plains, Tundra
Found: The Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa (later,
Australia)
True canines developed during the Miocene and
quickly spread across the globe. Notable species
include the Dire Wolf (size 5) which is noted for its
size as well as its apparent abundance (it is the most
commonly found animal in the La Brea tar pits). It
lived from the middle Pleistocene until its end. The
modern Grey Wolf appeared first in Eurasia and
migrated to North America during the late
Pleistocene and co-existed with its giant relative for
over 100,000 years.
Agriotherium
Late Miocene to Pleistocene
Name: Agbriotherium
Strength: 11-14
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 3-5
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength), Claw (D6 x Strength
+1)
Skills: Brawling 4, Climb 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 3, Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 2,
Tracking 3,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7, Scent Tracking,
Armor Value 4, Hibernation 4, Quadruped, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests, Plains, Mountains
Found: Africa, Europe, Asia, North America
One of the most common bears of the prehistoric
world, it is also the only large bear from Africa. It is
actually a variety of bear-dog, but is much more bear-
like than any of its mixed brethren. Its legs were
more dog-like (it walked on its toes like dogs instead
of on the sole of the foot as bears do), but the shape
of the body, head and neck were definitely bear-like.
The teeth suggest it was an opportunistic omnivore,
but not an active hunter (unless presented with a
sickly, weak target). Growing up to 10ft in length, it
could bully some smaller predators from a meal or
clear off vultures with ease.
Deer and Relatives
Miocene to Holocene
Name: Muntiacus, Axis, Dama, Megaloceros,
Odocoielus, Mazama, Pudu, Alces, Cervus
Strength: 0-10
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Antlers (d4 to d8 x (Strength+1)), Kick (d4
x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 1, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-6, Armor Value
(Size-3), Acute Senses (Sight), Quadruped, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Forests
Found: Europe, North America, Asia
Deer form the primary prey species of many large
predators throughout their habitat. Several species are
quite large (Elk (Vercus), Moos (Alces) and the Giant
Deer or Irish Elk (Megaloceros)), but there are also
quite small species as well. All of the male deer grow
antlers yearly as sexual displays that shed with
winter.
Glyptodont
Miocene to Pleistocene (5-6)

Name: Doedicurus, Glyptodon, Glyptotherium,

Parapropalaehoplophorus, Hoplophorus, Panochthus
Strength: 5-7
Dexterity: 1
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2-6
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Constitution
Attacks: Tail (d6 x Strength) or Thagomizer (d8 x
(Strength+2))
Skills: Brawling 3, Notice 1, Intimidation 2, Survival
2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5-6, Warm Blooded,
Low Metabolism, Armor Value (Size x 2 + 8), Acute
Senses (Hearing), Cast Iron Stomach, Quadruped,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Plains
Found: The Americas

Giant herbivorous armadillos, these herbivores were

similar to the Ankylosaurs of the Mesozoic. They are
mainly found in South America and only a few
managed to cross the landbridge to North America
when it formed (and they did so at their own slow
pace). Though dubbed an Ice Age mammal they
were more partial to warmer climates and did not
venture farther north than California, preferring the
gulf costs tropical and subtropical climates.
 Pliocene
Time Period: 5-2 million years ago
Global Environment: The Pliocene was a time of further cooling and midway onto the period, Antarctica became
covered in an ice shelf as it pulled further way from Australia. This accelerated the overall cooling of the planet and
caused more forests to fade into grasslands. The Isthmus of Panama formed, linking North and South America for
the first time in millennia, letting animals move north or south. Because the climate had been stable and calm, many
unique South American mammals did not survive the changes very long. Another land bridge began to form
between Alaska and Siberia, letting more animals move into North America. Finally, The Tethyss sea disappeared
completely and became what we know now as the Mediterranean as Africa continued to slam into Asia.

Other Fauna: The climactic cooling caused Europes last remaining crocodilians to go extinct, while large ground
turtles could still be found in the southern parts of North America. Most fauna known today had established
themselves to one degree or another, but the cooling caused some of these animals to be slightly larger than their
modern counterparts. Proper Pigs and modern wolves appear in this epoch.

Saber Toothed Chinook Salmon Found: North America

Pliocene to Pleistocene
An ancient type of chinook salmon that grew to
tremendous proportions, and survived well into the
ice age. Growing the 9ft in length at the largest, the
impressive fangs did make them great predators. In
fact, they had fewer teeth than their smaller relatives.
Some believe that they were plankton eaters. They
are also thought to have been migratory like modern
salmon.

Name: Oncorhynchus rastrosus

Strength: 4-8
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5 (Swim)
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Intimidation 3,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Fish, Size 6, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Ocean and Rivers
Teratorns Odobenocetops
Early Pliocene to Late Pleistocene Early to Middle Pliocene

Name: Teratornis, Aiolornis
Strength: 2-4
Dexterity: 4-5
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: 1
Perception: 5-7
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
2 +5
Speed: Dexterity (land), (Dexterity + Constitution) x
2 + 10 (Flight)
Attacks: Peck (d6 x Strength), Claw (d6 x
(Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 4,
Intimidation 3, Stealth 1, Survival 3, Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4, Flight, Eagle Eyed
3, Scent Tracking
Habitat: Plains
Found: North America
Teratorns were tremendous eagle or condor-like birds
that flew in the skies over North America. Often
portrayed as solely scavengers, recent studies have
shown that they were built more like eagles. Their
large bodies had a great deal of power and their
massive wings reached proportions not seen since the
pterosaurs of the Mesozoic. Argentavis was a form of
Teratorn, but smaller forms survived to the ice ages.
Most of these young forms weighed about as much as
a turkey, but had wingspans ranging from 10 to 15ft
in length. This allowed them to soar over miles of
territory in search of prey to hunt or carcasses to
scavenge.
Name: Odobenocetops
Strength: 7-9
Dexterity: 2-3
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: 1
Perception: 4-5
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10 (Swim)
Attacks: Horn (d6 x Strength), Slam (d4 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 3, Notice 3, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6, Resistance (Diving)
2, Echo-Location, Size 6, Armor Value 3, Scent
Tracking, Limbless, Alternate Primary Sense
(Hearing), Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Oceans
Found: Worldwide
Odobenocetops is one of the oddest whales to evolve.
With a face like a walrus, it is thought to have fed on
shellfish on the ocean floor. Males had a single tusk
that grew over twice as long as the others as
Narwhales have, which are thought to have been used
in competitions over territory and mates. It had little
defense against predators other than staying out of
reach in shallow seas.
Giant Camels
Pliocene to Pleistocene
Name: Titanotylopus, Camelops, Gigantotylopus
Strength: 6-9
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 4-7
Intelligence: 1
Perception: 5-6
Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (Strength), Kick (d4 x (Strength+1)) Acrophoca
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Intimidation 2, Early Pliocene
Stealth 1, Survival 4, Swimming 2, Name: Acrophoca
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7, Resistance (Cold, Strength: 3-5
Dehydration, Starvation) 3, Armor Value 2, Natural Dexterity: 4-6
Insulation 2 (3 point), Quadruped, Alternate Primary Constitution: 3-4
Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision Intelligence: 1
Habitat: Plains, deserts, tundra Perception: 3-5
Found: North America, Europe Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Ranging in size from 7 to 11 ft in height at the Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
shoulder, these large camels roamed the dry open 3+5
areas of north. Superficially, they resemble modern Speed: Dexterity/(Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +10
camels, though Titanotylopus had remnant canine Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1))
teeth in the upper jaw. These animals evolved in a Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
last radiative burst of camel evolution, with those that Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 5,
traveled south from North America became llamas, Tracking 2,
while those that remained in the old world became Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Resistance (Diving)
modern camels. 2, Acute Senses (Sight), Natural Insulation 3, Armor
Value 1, Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense
Elephant (Smell), Whiskers
Pliocene to Holocene Habitat: Oceans/shoreline
Name: Elephas, Loxodonta, Archidiskodon Found: South America
Strength: 15-18
Dexterity: 2-5 This seal was ancestral to the modern Leopard Seal,
Constitution: 3-6 but can be distinguished by its much longer neck.
Intelligence: 1-2 Like its modern descendant, it was an active predator,
Perception: 2-4 hunting sea birds and sea mammals. Despite its long
Willpower: 3-5 neck, it was two feet smaller than a modern Leopard
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6 + 10 Seal.
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
5+5 Raccoon-Bear
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10 Late Pliocene
Attacks: Kick (d4 x (Strength+1)), Tusk (d6 x Name: Chapalmalania
(Strength-1)), Trample (d6 x (Strength+2) Strength: 5-6
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Dexterity: 3-5
Intimidation 3, Stealth 2, Survival 4, Swimming 2, Constitution: 3-5
Tracking 2, Intelligence: 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor Value (Size-4), Size Perception: 4-6
8, Natural Toughness, Acute Senses (Smell), Willpower: 3-4
Prehensile appendage (nose), Quadruped, Wide Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Range Vision, Alternate Primary Sense (Hearing) Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
Habitat: Plains, Forests, Deserts 3+5
Found: Africa, Asia (formerly Europe) Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1)), Claw (d6 x
True Elephants had a great deal of variety in the Strength)
ancient past. Today, there are two genus with three Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
species and 4 surviving subspecies. In the past, there Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 1,
were several other species. Among these species Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Quadruped,
were giant, straight tusked elephants (Elephas Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
antiquas), and many dwarf island species. (3 point)
Habitat: Forests
Found: South America

Racoons are closely related to bears, so its not

surprising that this large animal was first thought to
be a bear. It is indeed a raccoon trying to be a bear.
Growing to the size of a modern panda, and generally
resembled it in shape and form. It lived in the more
mountainous forests and is thought to have been an
omnivore.
Lions, Tigers, Leopards and Jaguars
Pliocene to Holocene
Name: Panthera
Strength: 4-9
Dexterity: 4-8
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 4-6
Willpower: 2-5
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 15
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1)), Claw (d6 x
Strength)
Skills: Brawling 4, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 4,
Intimidation 3, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Tracking 3,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5-6, Quadruped,
Whiskers, Acute Senses (Hearing), Scent Tracking,
Armor Value (Size-4), Alternate Primary Sense
(Smell)
Habitat: Forest, Plains, Tundra, Mountains, Swamp
Found: The Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia
The genus Panthera covers a wide variety of species
that are well known and quite different today. Aside
from the familiar modern species, there were a few
prehistoric species worth mentioning such as Jaguars
that reached North America. The most spectacular of
these were: the American Lion (Panthera leo atrox);
the East Siberian Cave Lion (Panthera leo
vereshchagini); and the largest of these, the European
Cave Lion (Panthera leo spelea). These lions were the
size of the largest big cats today or bigger. The
largest, the European Cave Lion, was 25% bigger
than the modern lion and possibly larger than the
Siberian Tiger.
Saber Toothed Cat
Late Pliocene to Pleistocene
Name: Smilodon
Strength: 5-10
Dexterity: 4-5
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 4-6
Willpower: 2-5
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 15
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+2)), Claw (d6 x
Strength)
Skills: Brawling 4, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 3, Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 1,
Tracking 3,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5-6, Armor Value
(Size-4), Quadruped, Whiskers, Acute Senses
(Hearing), Scent Tracking, Alternate Primary Sense
(Smell)
Habitat: Plains
Found: The Americas
Smilodon is the best known Saber Toothed cat and
one of the heaviest of all cats. Short and stocky like a
bear, Smilodon started off the size of a jaguar, but the
later two species were lion-sized and larger. Though
they were short compared to other cats, they were
compact and muscular, the largest weighing almost
800lbs in life. The saber teeth were so large and long
that the Smilodon could only bite the throats of its
victims and similarly sized grasping points.
Otherwise, the blades would simply deflect off the
hide and even if they did sink in, the risk of them
breaking was great. They are thought to be pack
hunters like modern lions.
Mammoth Mastodon
Pliocene to Holocene Pliocene to Holocene
Name: Mastodon
Strength: 12-18
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: 1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 4-6
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +10
Name: Mammuthus Attacks: Trample (d4 x (Strength+2)), Tusk (d6 x
Strength: 12-20 Strength), Kick (d4 x (Strength+1)), Trunk (d4 x
Dexterity: 2-4 (Strength-2))
Constitution: 3-6 Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 1, Notice 3, Intimidation 3,
Intelligence: 1 Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1
Perception: 2-4 Qualities and Drawbacks: Natural Insulation 3 (3
Willpower: 4-6 point version), Size 7, Prehensile Appendage, Acute
Life Points: By Size Senses (Smell), Impaired Senses (Sight), Armor
Endurance: By Size Value 3, Musk, Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +10 (Hearing), Wide Range Vision
Attacks: Trample (d4 x (Strength+2)), Tusk (d6 x Habitat: Forests
Strength), Kick (d4 x (Strength+1)), Trunk (d4 x Found: North America, Europe and Asia
(Strength-2))
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 1, Notice 3, Intimidation 3, True Mastodons were browsing animals, living in the
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1 forests of the Eastern United States, Europe and Asia.
Qualities and Drawbacks: Natural Insulation 3 (3 They were reasonably successful, but were most
point version), Cast Iron Stomach, Size 6-8), common in American Spruce Forests of the Ice Age.
Prehensile Appendage, Acute Senses (Smell), Unlike Mammohts, Mastodons had straighter tusks
Impaired Senses (Sight), Armor Value (Size-4), and curved backs. As powerful browsers, they could
Musk, Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense use the leverage from their tusks to break branches to
(Hearing), Wide Range Vision get at better food during winter months. A few
Habitat: Tundra, Plains remnant survivors lasted until 4000 years ago, but
Found: Europe, Asia, North America, Africa most became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene.

Mammoths are one of the icons of the age of Giant Warthog

mammals. There were many species, the most well Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene
known being the Wooly Mammoth, which was found Name: Metridiochoerus
throughout northern Eurasia and North America. It Strength: 4-7
was also the latest surviving with island dwarfed Dexterity: 3-4
version (Size 4) lasting until 1300 years ago, 3000 Constitution: 3-5
years after the rest of its kind became extinct. Not all Intelligence: 1
mammoths were tundra and cold plains living Perception: 2-4
animals: the African and South African Mammoths Willpower: 2-5
were adapted for drier, hot climates than their Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
northern cousins and thus did not have the insulating Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
fur, nor did the Imperial Mammoth. Though it was 4+5
the largest of all elephants (16ft at the shoulder), the Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Imperial Mammoth lived in the much warmer central Attacks: Bite/Gore (d6 x (Strength+2)),
and southern parts of North America. Other Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Mammoth species include the Steppe Mammoth and Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1, Tracking 2
Southern Mammoth of Europe, the Columbian and Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6, Scent Tracking,
Jeffersonian Mammoths of North America, as well as Cast Iron Stomach (Grass), Quadruped, Alternate
the Songhua River Mammoth of continental Asia. Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Plains
Found: Africa Ape Man
Pliocene
This animal grew to roughly the size of a modern
cow or twice the size of a modern Warthog and had
powerful tusks. Unlike the modern Warthog, it is
thought to have been an omnivore with a greater
amount of meat in its diet. This monstrous animal is
known to have co-existed with the earliest hominids.

Giant Baboon
Pliocene to Pleistocene

Name: Austrolophithecus anamensis,

Name: Theropithecus oswaldi
Strength: 4-7
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: 1-2
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Bite (d4 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Acrobatics 1, Brawling 2, Climb 3, Dodge 3,
Notice 3, Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3,
Swimming 1, Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Acute Senses
(Smell, Sight), Knuckle Walking, Brachiation, Cast
Iron Stomach (Grass), Scent Tracking
Habitat: Forest/Jungle, Savanna/plains
Found: Africa
The Giant Baboon roamed Africa are related to the
modern minor baboon species called the Gelda.
These primates were quite large and heavyas much
as a small gorilla or a large chimpanzee. They
largely lived like Gorillas as well, with a large male
likely controlling the Harem, usually around a stable
water source. This may have lead to their undoing as
Africa dried out due to the ice ages.
Austrolophithecus afarensis, Austrolophithecus
bahrelghazali , Austrolophithecus africanus,
Austrolophithecus gahri
Strength: 3-6
Dexterity: 5-7
Constitution: 3
Intelligence: 3 (Animal Intelligence)
Perception: 4
Willpower: 2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
2+5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Punch (d4 x Strength), Bite (Strength), Rock
(d6 x Strength), Stick (d4 x Strength), Wood Spear
(d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 4, Dodge 3, Notice 3,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4, Animal
Communication, Animal Intelligence, Brachiation,
Habitat: Plains, Forests
Found: Africa
Austrolophithicus is one of the best known early
hominids. Possibly the first fully bipedal human
species, it wasnt quite fully adapted to walking and
was rather slow at it, but the advantages outweighed
the difference in speed. They could still climb trees
with relative ease, and were primarily herbivores, but
are thought to have been scavengers and occasional
hunters of meat like modern chimpanzees. There
were several species, with some growing more
human over time, while others became stockier and
more robust.
 Found: Africa
Gorilla Man
Late Pliocene to early Pleistocene Homo habilis is best known of the early homo
Name: Paranthropus boisie, Paranthropus species. This species is smaller than modern humans,
aetheopicus, Paranthropus robustus standing 4ft 3 inches on average, with males larger
Strength: 5-7 and heavier than females. They are thought to have
Dexterity: 3-5 been hairy like their ancestors and were of a
Constitution: 4-5 Prepaleolithic level of technology, using stone flakes
Intelligence: 3 (Animal) and handaxes. Later Austalopithicines had some
Perception: 2-4 stone tools, but with the Homo genus, their use was
Willpower: 2-4 more regular and better documented. Despite their
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10 advances, they were not master predators and in fact
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x were part of the regular diet of cats such as Dinofelis.
3+5 They are thought to have been opportunistic
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5 scavengers. Their intelligence was greater than that
Attacks: Punch (d4 x Strength), Bite (Strength+1) of earlier ape men, fueled by an increase of meat in
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3, their diet. Most of this meat came from carrion and
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 3 evidence suggests they even ate the bone marrow, a
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Animal resource that other predators could not access.
Intelligence, Animal Communication, Cast Iron
Stomach (Plants) Playing a Handy Man is a variable drawback
Habitat: Plains depending on the technology level of the relative
Found: Africa surroundings. They suffer from a Low Intelect and
Animal Communication drawback (as modern vocal
Paranthranthropus was one of the first divergences chords had not developed). On the positive side, they
from the Australopithecus group. It did not lead to were stronger, tougher and more nimble than modern
humankind. They were powerfully built but slow like people. They gain a +2 to Strength and Dexterity and
the modern gorilla. They were designed to digest a +1 to Constitution. Without their technology level,
tough plant material, and had powerful jaws to break this is a 1 point quality. As stated, they have a
down the cellulous as best they could. It is thought Prepaleolithic level of technology. This can be a 0
they would have behaved a bit like gorillas, albeit point quality or up to a -9 drawback added onto the
ones that were bipedal. abovementioned cost, depending on the overall
technology level.
Handy Man
Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene
Name: Homo habilis, Homo roudolfensis (or Homo
habilis roudolfensis)
Strength: 4-6
Dexterity: 3-6
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: 1 (human)
Perception: 2-5
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
2+5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Punch (d4 x Strength), Bite (Strength),
Handax (d4 x Strength+1 Slash/Stab), Flint Flake (d4
x Strength Slash/stab)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 1, Hand Weapon
(Flake) 2, Hand Weapon (Handax) 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Low Intellect, Animal
Communication, Archaic (Prepaleolithic), Size 4
Habitat: Plains
 Pleistocene
Time Period: 2 million years ago to about 10,000 years ago
Global Environment: The Pleistocene can best be described as a time of flux stuck in the midst of a near constant El
Nio and alternated between periods of warmth and full on ice ages. With the continents in their proper place, the
only real difference was that during the greater ice ages, the sea levels were overall lower than those of today,
creating more lands and larger islands. These massive glaciers reached all the way to the 40th parallel in some places.
Landlocked glaciers also covered the Himalayan Mountains, the Andes and Antarctica as well as the northern
climes. This had a drastic effect on the on the available habitats, increasing the amount of tundra and expanding its
reach. Between the ice ages were times known as Interglacial Periods, which resembled modern climate overall. To
be technical, we are still within an Interglacial period of this Ice Age. Finally the Sarah desert as we know it today
slowly began to form, changing from the fertile plain it once was. This change does not complete become complete
until a few thousand years ago.

Other Fauna: All non-domestic forms of complex life have evolved by this point in time.

Atlas Tortoise rather than browsed. It is thought to have met its

Pleistocene demise as humans first left Africa. Their shells could
easily protect them from the spears and flint of man,
but not fire. While the turtle retracted into the shell,
the men built a fire around it, cooking it in its own
shell.

Megalania
Pleistocene
Name: Testudo Atlas
Strength: 8-10
Dexterity: 1
Constitution: 5-6
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 4-5
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 5
Speed: Constitution
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7, Armor Value 21
(Shell), Armor Value 8 (Skin), Cast Iron Stomach Name: Varanus prisca/Megalania prisca
(Grass), Gizzard, Quadruped, Cold Blooded/Like Strength: 10-14
Warm Blooded, Resistance (Cold) 2, Quadruped, Dexterity: 4-6
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision Constitution: 5-6
Habitat: Plains Intelligence: 0
Found: Asia (Western Asia/Middle East), Europe Perception: 5-6
(Eastern) Willpower: 4-6
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
The largest land turtle known, it shell grew to 7ft in Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
length and a height of 6ft. It was an herbivore and as 4+5
an adult likely had no natural predators, as it could Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
completely retract into its shell. The genus Testudo Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Claw (d4 x
survives today as much smaller species (only a few (Strength+1)), Tail Slap (d6 x (Strength+2) Bash)
pounds in weight), with this giant being the
exception. Its shell indicates that it likely grazed
Skills: Brawling 4, Climb 1, Dodge 3, Notice 4,
Intimidation 3, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 3,
Tracking 4
Qualities and Drawbacks: Acute Senses (Smell),
Scent Tracking, Size 7, Armour Value 7, Cold
Blooded (or Luke-Warm Blooded), Septic Bite 3,
Resistance (Hot Weather 3, Hunger and Thirst 4),
Cast Iron Stomach, Venom (Corrosive) 2,
Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Scrub Forest, Plains, Desert
Found: Australia
One of the Apex Predators of Australia, the
Megalania was an oversized Komodo Dragon in form
and in function. Only the Quinaka could match it in
size and ferocity. It survived until around 40,000
years ago, and is thought to have been the inspiration
for the Aboriginal Dreamtime monster: the Yowie.
Giant Moa/Rok
Pleistocene to Holocene
Name: Dinornis/Aepyornis
Strength: 6-9
Dexterity: 2-3
Constitution: 4-5
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength), Kick (d6 x Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 1, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6, Warm Blooded,
Resistance (Cold 2), Low Metabolism, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Forests
Found: New Zealand/Madagascar
Giant Moas were among the tallest non-dinosaur
birds to ever live. These birds had been around the
island since the Miocene, but they did not reach these
tremendous sizes until the Pleistocene. They became
extinct approximately around 1500 C.E due to human
hunting. New Zealand had no native land mammals
and thus birds filled in all the roles they normally do.
The Giant Moa being a browser like a giraffe.
These stats can also be used to represent another
giant ground bird, the Rok of Madagascar. This large
ground bird was similarly built to the Giant Moa,
though it was stockier and thus became the heaviest
known bird quite easily as they reached about the
same height (Giant Moa grew to 12ft in height while
Rok grew to 10ft in height). The Rok managed to
survive in isolated patches until the 17th Century.
Bush Moa/ Costal Moa /Upland Moa/Eastern
Moa/Heavy Footed or Crested Moa
Pleistocene to Holocene
Name: Anomalopteryx, Euryapteryx, Megalapteryx,
Pachyornis,
Strength: 3-6
Dexterity: 2-3
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Claw (d6 x (Strength+1)), Bite (d6 x
Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 1, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4-5, Warm Blooded,
Resistance (Cold) 2, Low Metabolism, Wide Range
Vision, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests, Mountains
Found: New Zealand
Most moas were not tall beings, stretching necks high
into the air. They were much shorter, hunched over
animals. These stats represent most moa species,
including the youngest living moa species. The last,
the Upland Moa Megalapteryx, survived in remnant
populations until around 1800 C.E.
Haasts Eagle
Pleistocene to Holocene
Name: Harpagornis
Strength: 4-6
Dexterity: 5-7
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 5-7
Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
2+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitiution) (land), (Dexterity
+ Constitution) x 2 + 20
Attacks: Peck (d6 x Strength), Claw (d6 x (Strength
+2))
Skills: Brawling 4, Climb 2, Dodge 1, Notice 4,
Intimidation 3, Stealth 3, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4, Flight (3 Point) 3,
Acute Senses (Sight), Resistance (Cold) 2, Low
Metabolism, Eagle Eye 3, Scent Tracking
Habitat: Forests, Plains
Found: New Zealand
The top predator of New Zealand, this massive,
heavy eagle did not have to carry its prey away after
it killed. Being the islands only top predator and only
large predator made them quite confident in their
habits, allowing it to monopolize a kill over several
days. It would target the small head of the Moa with
their talons, killing them quickly. They became
extinct with their prey around 1500 CE, well after
humans arrived. Maoi legends tell of a monstrous
bird that attacked children that very well may be
Haasts Eagle.
Dodo and Rodrigues Solitaire
Pleistocene to Holocene (3)
Name: Raphus and Pezophaps
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 2
Constitution: 2
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +
5 Attacks: Peck (d6 x (Strength+1)), Talon (d6 x
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Peck (d6)
Skills: Brawling 1, Climb 1, Dodge 1, Notice 1,
Survival 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Warm Blooded,
Low Metabolism, Nerves of Steel, Resistance
(Hunger/Thirst) 3, Heat 2, Alternate Primary Sense
(Smell), Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Forests, beaches
Found: Mauritius Islands (near Madagascar)
These pigeon relatives were small, flightless birds
who weighed quite a bit (up to 44 pounds). Evolving
on islands with no land predators (or any predators to
threaten them, really), they had no fear of new things.
This, along with introduced rats, pigs and dogs from
humans, proved their undoing. The Dodo became
extinct in the middle of the 17th Century, with the
Solitair following between 1730 and 1760 C.E. They
were not hunted by the local Mauritius people
because they were not a good source of meat. Their
name in the Mauritius language means Loathsome
Bird or Wallow Bird referring to its fowl taste.
Nonetheless, European Sailors stomached them;
calling the flesh Tough, but good. Despite notions
to their ineptness, they were well adapted to their
environment. Most images show overfed captive
specimens. In their native environment, they built
layers of fat for the dry season, and then thinned out
considerably.
Island Ground Owl
Pleistocene to Holocene
Name: Tyto pollens, Ornimegalonyx oteroi, Athene
cretensis
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 4-5
Constitution: 2-3
Intelligence: 1
Perception: 5-7
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower)
+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
(Strength+2))
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 5,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 5, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Resistance
(Hunger/Thirst) 1, Resistance (Hot Weather) 2, Acute
Senses (Sight), Starlight Vision, Eagle Eye 1, Scent
Tracking
Habitat: Islands
Found: Mediterranean, Caribbean
These stats represent several types of Owl which
evolved into ground-dwelling predators in the
absence of mammalian competition. Tyto pollens Tasmanian Devil
lived in the Bahamas and went extinct due to Pleistocene to Holocene
deforestation from human activity by the 1800 C.E. Name: Sarcophilus
Omimegalonyx, or Cuban Giant Owl was a larger Strength: 1-4
(3ft 7 inches), had stronger legs and wings that Dexterity: 2-4
allowed for short bursts of flight like that of a turkey. Constitution: 3-4
It preyed upon the large rodents and dwarf ground Intelligence: 0
sloths of the island. The smallest of these owls, Perception: 2-4
Athene cretensis, the Creatan Owl, grew to only 2ft Willpower: 2-4
in height and went extinct when humans began Life Points: By Size
inhabiting the island. Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Giant Short-Faced Kangaroos Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1)), Claw (d4 x
Pleistocene Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 3, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Tracking 3,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3-4, Marsupial, Night
Vision, Aggressive, Quadruped, Alternate Primary
Sense (Smell), Scent Tracking
Habitat: Forests, Plains
Found: Australia
Name: Procoptodon, Sthenurus,
Strength: 7-9 Tasmanian Devils used to have a larger cousin about
Dexterity: 4-5 the size of a small wolf or dog that lived on the
Constitution: 3-6 Australian Mainland. Aside from being larger, it is
Intelligence: 0 thought that both species of Tasmanian Devil were
Perception: 3-5 otherwise very similar, acting as scavengers and
Willpower: 2-5 hunters in the night.
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x Giant Beaver
4+5 Pleistocene
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 20 Name: Casteroides
Attacks: Double Kick (d4 x (Strength+2)) Strength: 6-8
(Slash/Stab), Claw (d4 x Strength) Dexterity: 2-3
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 3, Notice 3, Intimidation 2, Constitution: 3-5
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1 Intelligence: 0-1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6, Marsupial, Perception: 3-4
Resistance (Heat, Hunger/Thirst) 3, Acute Senses Willpower: 2-4
(Smell, Hearing), Jump, Armor Value 3, Alternate Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision (3 point) Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
Habitat: Plains, Forest Edges 3+5
Found: Australia Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+1)), Tail (d4 x
Growing up to 10ft in height, the Giant short-faced (Strength-1))
Kangaroos were browsers rather than grassers. These Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
larger Kangaroos had a single toe on the end of their Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 4,
feet, almost like a hoof. Their large claws could bring Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Whiskers, Acute
down branches to extend their feeding range. Senses (Sight, Smell), Swamp Adaptation,
Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Lakes, Rivers
Found: North America
The Giant Beaver grew to a little over 8ft in total
length and probably weighed a little around 200lbs.
They are thought to have been more aquatic, hippo-
like animals than the modern beaver, but built lodges
and possibly dams like their smaller surviving
relatives. They were common in the Great Lakes
area, but fossils have been found from Alaska to
Florida.
Modern Bear
Pleistocene to Holocene
Name: Ursus
Strength: 7-14
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: 1-2
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-6
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Bite (d4 x (Strength+1)), Claw (d6 x
Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 3, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 2,
Tracking 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5-7, Armor Value
(Size-2), Acute Senses (Smell, hearing), Scent
Tracking, Cast Iron Stomach (Carrion and Grass),
Knuckle Walking, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests, Plains Tundra
Found: North America, Europe, Asia
Modern species of bear appeared in the Pleistocene
and most managed to survive the onslaught of change
and competition through their adaptability. One of
these earlier forms that did not survive was also the
largest: the Cave Bear. It became extinct 27,500
years ago. Cave Bears were native to the entirety of
what is considered Europe today and a little into
Asiatic Russia. They lived primarily near limestone
caves surrounded by forests and appear to have
avoided plains when they could. They appear to have
been the Pandas of the Ursus genus, being primarily
herbivores that specialized in tough plant material.
They did occasionally scavenge, but otherwise were
herbivores. They denned together in caves, where
most would eventually meet their ends.
Modern Horses and Relatives
Pliocene to Holocene
Name: Equus
Strength: 4-9
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 2-6
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 3-6
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 20
Attacks: Trample (d6 x (Strength+2)), Bite (Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 1, Survival 2, Swimming 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6, Natural Toughness,
Cast Iron Stomach (Grass), Quadruped, Warm
Blooded, Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense
(Smell)
Habitat: Plains
Found: The Americas, Africa, Europe and Asia
Modern Horses first appeared in Asia, near the
European border and quickly spread from there to
cover the Old World. They later were introduced into
the Americas long after their native horses went
extinct. The Horse was not domesticated until 4000
BC and before then they were a source of food for
early humans. Other members of the Horse family
include the extinct Quagga and Tarpan as well as the
Zebra, Ass and Donkey.
Giant Short-Faced bear American Cheetah
Middle to Late Pleistocene Pleistocene

Name: Arctodus
Strength: 10-15
Name: Miracinonyx
Dexterity: 3-5
Strength: 2-4
Constitution: 3-5
Dexterity: 7-8
Intelligence: 0-1
Constitution: 2-3
Perception: 2-4
Intelligence: 0-1
Willpower: 4-6
Perception: 4-6
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Willpower: 2-4
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 + 10
4+5
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
2+5
Attacks: Claw (d6 x Strength), Bite (d6 x Strength)
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 40
Skills: Brawling 4, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Attacks: Trip (d4 x Strength), Bite (d6 x Strength)
Intimidation 3, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 1, Dodge 3, Notice 3,
Tracking 3,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6-7, Armor Value
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4, Whiskers, Acute
(size-3), Acute Senses (Smell, hearing), Scent
Senses (Smell, Hearing), Scent Tracking, Quadruped,
Tracking, Cast Iron Stomach (Carrion), Knuckle
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Walking, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Plains
Habitat: Plains
Found: North America
Found: North America
The American Cheetah was actually more closely
The Giant Short-Faced Bear was a deadly predator of
related to the modern Puma or Mountain Lion than to
the ice-age plains of North America. A pure
African Cheetahs. They filled the same ecological
carnivore, unlike its modern relatives, this bear was
niche as the Cheetah and are thought to be the reason
capable of taking down some of the largest prey
modern Pronghorn run as fast as they do today.
items of its time, including mammoths. This bear
was huge, standing 6ft at the shoulder whilst on all
fours, it could rear up on its hind legs to stand over
11ft tall, and weighing up to a ton. Despite its bulk
and power, its long legs allowed it to run down large
prey. This would not prevent it from using its bulk to
chase off Dire Wolves, Lions and Saber Toothed
Cats.
 Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 3-5
Woolly Rhino Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 + 10
Late Pleistocene Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
2+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +10
Attacks: Trample (d4 x (Strength+2)), Tusk (d6 x
Strength), Kick (d4 x (Strength+1)), Trunk (d4 x
(Strength-2))
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 1, Notice 3, Intimidation 3,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4, Cast Iron Stomach,
Quadruped, Prehensile Appendage, Impaired Senses
(Sight), Armor Value (Size-4), Musk, Quadruped,
Alternate Primary Sense (Hearing), Scent Tracking
Habitat: Plains, Forests
Found: Europe (Mediterranean), North America
(Channel Islands, Wrangle Island), Asia (Flores
Name: Coeldonta Island)
Strength: 10-15
Dexterity: 3-4 Dwarfed, island elephants are found in various parts
Constitution: 4-6 of the world as Elephants spread across the globe.
Intelligence: 0 These dwarf elephants had averaged around 3ft tall at
Perception: 4-5 the shoulder and had little to worry about from native
Willpower: 2-5 island predators.
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x Big Sloth Lemurs
4+5 Pleistocene to Holocene
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 15
Attacks: Horn (d6 x Strength), Trample (d6 x
(Strength+2)), Kick (d4 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 1, Notice 3, Intimidation 3,
Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7, Armor Value 4,
Natural Insulation 2 (3 point version), Acute Senses
(Hearing, Smell), Impaired Senses (Sight), Natural
Insulation 3 (3 point version), Cast Iron Stomach
(Grass), Quadruped, Alternate Primary Sense
(Smell), Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Plains, Tundra Name: Megaladapis, Paleopropithicus,
Found: Asia, Europe Archaeoindris, Pachylemur
Strength: 5-8
A specialized form of rhino that evolved late in the Dexterity: 1-2
Ice Ages and was well adapted for the frozen plains it Constitution: 3-5
lived on. Thanks to preserved specimens frozen in ice Intelligence: 0
and cave paintings from the humans who hunted Perception: 2-4
them, we know that the animal was indeed hairy and Willpower: 2-5
covered in a thick coat of black fur. Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
Dwarf Elephant or Mammoth 4+5
Pleistocene to Holocene Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Name: Elephas and Mammuthus species Attacks: Bite (d4 x (Strength-1)), Claw (d4 x
Strength: 3-5 Strength)
Dexterity: 2 Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Constitution: 3-4 Intimidation 1, Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6, Natural
Toughness, Cast Iron Stomach, Knuckle Walking,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests
Found: Africa (Madagascar)
The large and giant sloth lemurs were lemurs the size
of a gorilla and behaving either like a Koala (if
arboreal) or like a Ground Sloth (if landbound). The
island of Madagascar had no large land predators
aside from Crocodiles and allowed a diversity of
large, slow moving prey species such as the Rok and
dwarf Hippopotami. They ranged up to 6ft in length
and managed to survive until around 1500 CE.
Giant Hutia
Name: Amblyrhiza, Elasmodontomys, Quemisia,
Clydomis
Strength: 3-8
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: By Size
Endurance: By Size
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 1, Notice 3, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4-6, Acute Senses
(Hearing), Natural Toughness, Resistance (Heat Loss
From Exposure), Quadruped, Alternate Primary
Sense (Smell)
Habitat: Forests
Found: Caribbean
These animals are giant Caribbean rats, larger than
any living rat. The largest of them, Amblyrhiza, grew
to the size of an American black bear. Their low
metabolism helped them survive island life at their
size. Physically, they resembled Capybara. Slow and
docile, they were herbivores. In its own ecosystem, it
had no competition. When the islands shrunk as sea
levels rose, the rodents were unable to find food for
themselves and became extinct. They weighed
between 100 and 440 pounds. (Wolf to Bear sized)
Gigantopithicus
Pleistocene
Name: Gigantopithicus
Strength: 12-15
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: 2 (Animal)
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Bite (Strength), Punch (d4 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 3, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Knuckle Walking, Size 6,
Armour Value 1, Natural Toughness, Cast Iron
Stomach (Grass)
Habitat: Forests
Found: Asia
Gigantopithicus may have stood from 8 to 10ft at the
shoulder if they stood upright. They are throught to
be related to orangutans and thus may have shared
their coloration. Males were larger than the females.
Though often portrayed as an oversized gorilla, it is
more closely related to the orangutan.

Talking Man
Early to Middle Pleistocene
Name: Homo ergaster, Homo erectus
Strength: 3-7
Dexterity: 3-6
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: 1-2
Perception: 2-5
Willpower: 2-5
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3+5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Punch (d4 x Strength), Handax (d4 x
Strength+1 Slash/Stab), Flint Flake (d4 x Strength
Slash/stab)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 1, Hand Weapon
(Flake) 2, Hand Weapon (Handax) 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Low Intellect,
Impaired Speech, Resistance (Heat Loss From
Exposure) 3
Habitat: Plains
Found: Africa
While mankind had been walking upright for a good
deal of time, they remained rather ungainly on their
feet. However, the relief of the chest muscles form
locomotion allowed the development of more
complex sounds and, it is believed, the earliest form
of languages.
Ergaster and Erectus are two distinct species, with
different levels of technology for the most part.
Ergaster gave direct rise to Erectus and Erectus
proved to be the more successful of the two species.
Ergaster lived from 1.9 to 1.4 million years ago.
Erectus first appeared 1.6 million years ago and
disappeared 700,000 years ago. They were closer in
height to modern humans (54 on averagetwo
inches shorter than modern humans). For most of this
time, they both had Prepaleolithic cultures, until the
control of Fire 1.5 Million years ago, but took some
time to spread across. This marked the beginning of
Paleolithic cultures at least on the most basic levels.
Erectus was the more successful of the two species
and, with the help of fire, were able to make the
journey out of Africa and into Asia. The development
of fire signaled a changeover and new level of
advancement for humanity. It extended the day
allowing greater time to think beyond the struggle for
survival.
These men were also the first ones to abandon the
hairy bodies of apes and take to sweatingquite a
complex process for resisting heat.
Playing either species begins as a 0 point quality
without technological level differences. Though they
suffer from a low intellect and impaired speech
(again, compared to modern humans), they gain a +1
to all their physical attributes. Technologically they
straddle the line between the latest Prepaleolithic
cultures and the first Paleolithic cultures.
Giant
Middle Pleistocene
Name: Homo heidelbergensis
Strength: 5-8
Dexterity: 2-6
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: 1-3
Perception: 2-5
Willpower: 2-5
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Punch (d4 x Strength), Knife (d4 x (Strength
- 1), Hand-axe (d4 x (Strength + 1)), Spear (d6 x
(Strength + 1))
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 1, Hand Weapon
(Knife) 2, Hand Weapon (Spear) 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Hard to Kill 2, Natural
Toughness, Size 5, Impaired Speech, Archaic
(Paleolithic)
Habitat: Plains, Forests, Deserts
Found: Europe
This species of humanity was one of the later
offshoots. They were more intelligent than their
ancestors, but also much larger. The average height
of Homo heidelbergensis was 6ft and they were quite
muscularly builtover 200lbs. They show the first
signs of using ochera red coloring agent.
Controversial evidence exists to suggest that they
were the first humans to bury their dead.
They are thought to be the direct ancestor of
Neanderthal man, and may share some lineage with
modern humans as well.
Playing a Giant begins as a 7 point quality, not
counting technology level (of which they remain a
Paleolithic culture). They receive a +3 to Strength
and a +1 to Constitution. Furthermore, they receive
Natural Toughness and 2 levels of hard to Kill. On
the negative side, they still lack the complete vocal
range of modern humans and thus suffer from
Impaired Speech.
Neanderthal
Late Pleistocene
Name: Homo sapiens neandertalis
Strength: 4-7
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: 2-4
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Punch (d4 x Strength), Knife (d4 x (Strength
- 1), Hand-axe (d4 x (Strength + 1)), Spear (d6 x
(Strength + 1))
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 2, Dodge 1, Hand Weapon
(Knife) 3, Hand Weapon (Hand axe), 3 Hand
Weapon (Spear) 4, Notice 2, Intimidation 2, Stealth
3, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Hard to Kill 2 Resistance
(Cold) 3, Acute Senses (Smell), Natural Toughness
Habitat: Forests
Found: Europe, Asia (Western)
Neanderthals have a bad reputation. The name has
come to symbolize the stereotypical caveman. In
actually, they were quite an advanced people. They
were definitely a stone-age culture (Paleolithic), but
unlike those of the past, are known to have made
jewelry, done simple burial rituals and used ocher
paints.
Neanderthals were shorter than modern humans:
Males growing averaging at 56, and females at 5.
They were also broader and stouter. They were
primarily forest-dwelling people who though they
crafted spears, did not throw them. They were
primarily hunters, though occasionally gatherers.
Focusing on many large ice-age animals and
forcefully taking them down.
They were specialists, and evolutionarily, this lead to
their eventual demise in the face of more adaptive
species such as modern humans. They didnt fail in
the face of the competition. They just succeeded less
often, leading to their slow demise. They first
appeared 130,000 years ago in full form (with the
first hints of the species development appearing
almost 600,000 years ago), and disappeared only
30,000 years ago.
Neanderthal is an 8 point quality to start with.
Neanderthals receive a +2 to a Strength and
Constitution, Resistance (Cold) 3, Acute Senses
(Smell), 2 levels of Hard to Kill and Natural
Toughness, but suffer from a -1 to dexterity as well
as the Carnivore and Negative Buoyancy drawbacks.
With the Archaic (Paleolithic) drawback, this reduces
the quality greatly.
Hobbit
Late Pleistocene to Holocene
Name: Homo florensienses
Strength: 1-2
Dexterity: 2-6
Constitution: 2-3
Intelligence: 1 (human)
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +
5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Spear (d6 x (Strength+1)), Punch (d4 x
Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 1, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 2,
Tracking 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4, Swamp adaptation
Habitat: Forests
Found: Asia (Island of Flores)
On the other end of the spectrum from the Giants are
the Hobbits. This species is another manifestation of
island dwarfism, and were the last species of Homo
to survive the arrival of Homo sapiens. They lived
from 94,000 to 13000 years ago.
The small size of the Hobbit is its most distinguishing
featureboth in body size and cranial mass. They
averaged 3 and a half feet tall with brains roughly on
par with those of chimpanzees or ancestral ape-men.
They also had rather large feet
Technologically, they were Paleolithic and are
thought to have evolved from the wide-ranging Hom
Erectus. Their shared their island home with larger-
than-normal rodents, dwarf mammoth relatives
derived from Stegodon (Use dwarf elephant or
mammoth stats) and Komodo Dragons.
Some believe that the legendary Orang Pendek is
either a memory of or the actual survival of this
species.
Playing a Hobbit is a 2 point drawback. They are size
4, have Low Intellect, Impaired Speech and a 1 point
swamp adaptation.
 Chapter 4
The Natural History of Maple White Land
A Land of Adventure
This final chapter deals with The Lost World of Sir
Arthur Conan Doyles famous book. It discusses the
history of the land, as well as its biology as though it
existed in the real world (sadly, it does not). Though
the setting is geared towards the modern day, it is
quite easy to adapt for the Edwardian Era, the
Victorian Era or before, as it details a bit of the lands
history, and the only changes needed for the land are
in the players equipment and character construction.
Directors Notes
Only the most unique and strange animals are noted
and given full write-ups. Other, modern organisms
that have been previously covered to a degree in the
previous segments or in Terra Primate will not have
stats written up for them. This section simply details
a world where the director is free to think of
possibilities for adventures, be it a retread of the
original novel, or something new. Usually, the plot
has the cast going to the titular Lost World for any
reason (greed/exploitation, environmental protection
or research are the most common) and have to
survive the hardships the land is fraught with, be they
environmental, animal or human.
The Land That Maple White Found
Maple White Land was one of the most fantastic
locals discovered in the 20th century, and one of
several populated with prehistoric life. Like Skull
Island, discovered soon after it, Maple White Land
managed to find its way into scientific papers and
public consciousness.
There have been many renditions of the second
expedition to the plateau in 1910 (with poor Maple
Whites being the first years earlier), told and retold
with varying historical and biological accuracy. As
theories about dinosaurs and other prehistoric life
change and adapt, so too does their portrayal in these
adaptations. The story and various retellings include
creatures which could not have possibly made it to
South Americalet alone up the plateau when it was
accessible. Therefore, an understanding of the Maple
White Land plateau needs to stem more from an
understanding of paleontology, pale-geography and
biology, only rarely relying on the various retellings
to test which creatures are represented on the plateau.
The plateau is found in a northern part of Brazil, near
the edge of Venezuela. Some of the adaptations have
claimed Venezuela or even such far of places as
Africa or Mongolia.
For true understanding the plateau, one must first
understand the prehistory of the continent it rests on.
After the breakup of the super continents of Pangaea
and then Gondwanaland, South America has been
largely isolated from other influences, connected only
occasionally to North America, Africa, Australia and
Antarctica on varying occasions. This caused most of
the fauna to develop independently from the rest of
the world. In the Mesozoic, South America was home
to several groups that declined greatly elsewhere, but
survived in almost superabundance in South America
and the lower parts of Gondwanaland such as
Ceratosaurs. South America also had a huge diversity
of sauropods (including the largest yet known:
Argentinosaurus). Into the Cenozoic, its isolation
continued to only be sporadically broken. South
America developed its own unique ungulates and
edentates such as the armadillo and sloth. It also had
no placental predators for millennia: marsupial
carnivores (Borhyaenidae and Thylacosmilidae) and
terror birds (Gruiformes such as Phorusrhacus and
Titanis to Ciconiforme Argentavis magnificens) until
being largely driven out by, what is generally
assumed, competition from said placental mammal
predators.
The plateau itself achieved isolation during the early
part of the cretaceous period, roughly around the
extremely geologically eventful Apatian age, roughly
coinciding with the creation of the infant Atlantic
Ocean. The fauna of the time roughly matches those
found on the plateau some 125 million years later.
With Stegosaurs neared extinction as Iguanodonts
and others first appeared or began to assert
themselves more readily. Geologically, it is assumed
to have been once an active volcano of
unprecedented size from the Permian age that slowly
weathered away leaving the wall of Basalt which
protects the plateau. The elevation causes a slight
decrease in temperature, but the remaining thermal
activity, which is far less than that of Yellowstone
national park, kept it warm for millennia. It is
assumed, that like Skull Island, this volcanic warmth
kept its environment largely intact from the
Cretaceous extinction event 65 million years ago.
Exactly how unknown.
The plateau itself now stands as a sheer face of basalt
on most sides, ranging in height from 600 to 1000ft
in elevation, slowly crumbling away from a greater
size. It seems to have retained its base diameter of 85
miles, however. This barrier prevents most modern
animals (save man with equipment and high flying
birds) from entering the plateau. This does not make
it particularly unique, but the size of the plateau (over
a thousand square milesroughly half the size of
Madagascar) and sheerness of the sides for so long a
time that allowed the plateau to become so isolated.
Its inaccessibility helped protect it from even the
worst human predations. Lord John Roxtons
diamond mining operation shut down soon after it
had began (partially due to World War One, partly
due to the Pterrosaurs tenacity as the mine was near
their nesting grounds) and left some refuse from
human habitation, but the inaccessibility and
prehistoric dangers protected it from the worst of
mankinds attempts to exploit it. The diamonds
disappeared, but the wildlife remained. These were
intern exploited in Dinosaur Circuses around the
globe, but these two met their demise and the last
circus dinosaurs were returned to the wild in 1947.
Some still can be found in Zoos, however.
Through the Plateaus history, there have been six
waves of invasion of life. The first was the fauna
originally trapped there: dinosaurs, plesiosaurs,
pterosaurs and other Mesozoic flora and fauna. The
second invasion consisted entirely of one type of
organism: grass. We think of it as extremely common
today, but grass only evolved 30 million years ago,
and its rise to dominance drove many species of
plants that once filled the role of grass to extinction.
Grasses eventually arrived on the plateau some 20
million years ago and supplanted the native flora of
the plains and greatly altered the ecosystem, though
the fauna endured through this third invasion. More
advanced grasses such as Bamboo reached the
plateau 18 million years later, this constituted the
third invasion. The fourth invasion occurred during
the early Pleistocene epoch some 2 million years ago.
This brought large mammals, terror birds, mammals
unique to South America such as the Toxodon and
recent invaders of South America like the Smilodon
and Mastodon to the plateau. The fifth invasion
brought humans, tapirs and more recent adaptive
modern mammals. The final invasion occurred in the
20th century with the Maple White and Challenger
expeditions. These brought animals such as cows,
cats, mice, rats, dogs, goats and pigs to the plateau.
Strangely, those that escaped into the wild did not
last as long as other such feral animals did in other
continents such as Australia. It is assumed that the
continued existence of large predators such as the
Phorusrachus, Smilodon and Megalosaurspredators
they have never before faced, drove these many of
these feral animals to extinction on the plateau. Rats,
mice and cats, however, remain a problem for some
of the smaller speciesbut a boon to others. The site
was declared a national park (one of the largest in the
world) to protect it from further exploitation. It has
since become a small ecotourism site for the most
daring vacationers. Most will likely see a dinosaur in
a Zoo before ever dreaming of venturing to Maple
White Land.
The plant life, as well as the animals, is a mix of the
modern and prehistoric. As well as many trees found
in the surrounding Amazon, there are: three species
of Tree Fern endemic to the plateau (as well as 3
other species found elsewhere in both South America
and the Caribbean); a 6ft tall pitcher plant capable of
catching small vertebrates in its pouch; 30 species of
fern; multiple species of tropical and alpine pine; 10
species of grass; large, swamp-dwelling horsetail
species; cycads; the rare psilotum; Wollemia Pine
and a second Gingko species.
On the plateau itself there are several biota of note:
The Tropical Forest; Tropical Marsh, River and lake
environments; the open plains; and the Rocky
Unknown. Each one supports certain forms of life,
but the size of the plateau allows them too easily (and
almost forces them) to cross these vast biotypes in
search of food.
Tropical Forest
Tropical forests are the staple of South America and
make up the majority of the plateau. Forests,
however, prevent creatures from growing to
tremendous size. For instance: the late Jurassic
floodplains of western North America were home to
many giant sauropod species: Brachiosaurus,
Apatosaurus, Camarosaurus, and Diplodocus among
them. Several million years later when the area was
swampier and more tropical, hadrosaurs and
ceratopsians half the size of the smallest sauropod of
the Jurassic dominated the fauna. Forests and the
limited area of the plateau caused many ancient
giants to shrink, but compared to modern animals,
they are still tremendous.
Several groups of modern animal have found their
way into the jungle, including the Tapir (Use Deer
stats), Capuchin Monkey, Agoutis (use Rabbit stats),
Brazilian Porcupine (use Monkey stats with
Defensive Spins (d4) and 2 Dexterity) and Peccary
(use Boar stats (Terra Primate)). Many modern birds
have species have made it up to the plateau as well.
Maple White Land hosts: crested hummingbirds; its
own species of parrot (Amazona whitensis) with a
bright red chest, sometimes called the bleeding heart
parrot; doves; finches; the smooth-billed anis
(Crotophaga ani); yellow warblers; vireos; migratory
stilts, egrets and herons populate the areas of forest
near the rivers and lakes. Reptiles of the plateau are
by and large, primitive in comparison to the recently
introduced mammals and birds: a dwarf subspecies of
the green tree iguana and anole subspecies are the
most recent additions; skinks and geckos are also
relatively advanced. Several species of snake (aside
from boas) retain primitive features such as vestigial
hips and there are species of tortoise on the plateau
that have armored necksand cannot withdraw fully
into their shells. Bird spiders, tree frogs and hundreds
of insect species are also found on the plateau.
Hypsilophodon
Modicahypsilophodon decens
3-4ft long
Strength: 0-2
Dexterity: 4-6
Constitution: 1-5
Intelligence: 1-2
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
2+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Bite (Strength), Kick (d4 x Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 1, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Warm Blooded, Armor
Value 1-3, Battery Teeth, Size 4, Acute Senses
(Smell)
Small ornithopods like this were common throughout
the Mesozoic, so it is not surprising that a species
landed on the plateau. They live in flocks of 5 to 15
adult individuals as well as young. Only the dominant
pair is allowed to breed, who lay 4-10 eggs in an
earthen mound much like a crocodiles. The young
are cared for until they reach maturity. Males are
allowed to stay, but females are driven to other flocks
to increase diversity of the species. There is a plains
species of this (M. campus), which is over a foot
larger overall, but of a lighter build than its forest
cousin. These creatures closely resemble the animals
from which they originated, albeit smaller in size
than most. This change in size is largely due to the
limited space provided by the plateau. This animals,
more than others (except, perhaps, the Megalosaurs),
are targeted by the illegal pet trade for their
adaptability and intelligence.
Spearback
Telumosaurus sp.
8-10ft long
Strength: 6-10
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 +5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Trample (d6 x (Strength+2)), Thagomizer
(d6 x Strength), Ram (d4 x Strength) Slash/Stab
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Survival 2, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6, Armor Value 8 (10
on throat), Defensive Spines (d4-d6), Warm Blooded,
Quadruped, Battery Teeth, Acute Senses (Smell)
One of the rarest dinosaurs on the plateau, much like
the skull island species Atercurisaurus, this stegosaur
was one of the creatures sketched by Maple White
during his first expedition to the plateau. Feeding
largely on select ferns and tree fern species, the
creature is considered endangered and is hard to
increase the population due to its diet. It is assumed
that its ancestors (Regnosaurus) traveled from
Europe, following the herds of Iguanodon, who are
found on almost every major continent as well as the
plateau.
Tamandua
Absentitamandua sp.
1-1.5ft
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 2-3
Constitution: 2-3
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower)
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Claw (d6) (AP), Bite (d4+1)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2, Acute Senses
(Smell, Hearing), Natural Toughness, Armor Value
1, Cast Iron Stomach, Quadruped, Alternate Primary
Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
A dwarf species of tamandua found in the forests of
the plateau, its behavior matches that of other
tamandua, but retains some more primitive features
(most of which are internal). Like other tamandua, it
feeds on colonizing insects such as ants and termites.
This species is the most primitive form of Tamandua
known, containing small teeth of little function,
relying more on the gizzard-like section of stomach
found in other Tamandua.
Mono Grande/the Ape Men
Rutiloprimas gigas
4-5ft tall
Strength: 4-7
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 4-5
Intelligence: 3 (Animal)
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3+5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Punch (d4 x Strength), Bite (Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 3, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Animal
Intelligence, Animal Communication, Cast Iron
Stomach (Plants)
These are the Ape Men encountered on the initial
expedition, and nearly exterminated through years of
tribal warfare with the recently arrived humans.
Despite appearances, they are not great apes. They
are in fact New World Monkeys of tremendous size.
The hairy bodies and flatness of face are the key
identifying markers that help with this identification.
They have stubby tales and are heavily built. They
can still climb trees, however, and often do so when
either hunting small animals or gathering fruit. The
creatures had been at war with the local tribesman.
War in the loosest sense of the word, as the men
encountered and defeated a particularly large troop of
the animals. They managed to live in groups of
usually 20 to 30 individuals in the modern day. Like
many apes, there were several troops, but the local
Indian population has decimated most of them (and
they, in turn, were decimated by introduced diseases).
They are an endangered species, like most of the
other large primates on earth.
Avisaurus
Pennigersaurus reaglis
6-8in. tall, 1.5-2ft wingspread.
Strength: 1
Dexterity: 5-6
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 3-6
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: Strength + Constitution + 5
Endurance: Strength + Constitution + Willpower +
15
Speed: Dexterity/(Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +10
Attacks: Bite or Claw (d4 x Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 3, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2, Flight 2, Warm
Blooded, Hollow Bones
Avisaurus is a falcon-like, primitive bird. This animal
has several remaining reptilian characteristics such as
small hook-like claws on its wings (used for
navigating dense branches), and a reptilian (though
largely feathered) face as well as a short tail. The
young also have these claws and use them in
navigating in the dense treetops that the birds nest in.
These birds are oddly colored for hawks, with green-
brown top with a lighter stomach. With its tooth and
jaw structure, it feeds largely on meatier targets
close to its size: lizards, other birds, bats and so on.
Only occasionally will it eat large insects.
Mapinguari
Mylodon sp.
5-6ft tall
Strength: 5-8
Dexterity: 1
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-6
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution)
Attacks: Claw (d6 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 3, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Armour Value 10,
Low Metabolism, Resistance (Poison) 2, Cast Iron
Stomach (Grass), Knuckle Walking, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
A large ground sloth, about the size of a black bear, is
one of the few creatures to escape the plateau and
make its way into Brazilian folklore. This large
animals brown fur hides small dermal bone lumps
that act like chain mail armor, protecting it from
everything but the bone-crushing Megalosaurs. To
defend themselves from most predators, they rear up
on their hind legs and lash out with its heavy claws.
Primarily an herbivore, it will steal carrion on
occasion, only if its bulk and armor allow it to. The
Mylodon also possess a phosphorescent algal growth
in their fur. The alga is similar to that which grows in
modern tree sloths, but the glow appears at night, and
only in the rainy seasons. It is theorized that the
animals use this glow to locate each other in dense
foliage.
Tuatara Willpower: 2
Sphenodon gigas Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
6in-1ft long Endurance: Strength + Constitution + Willpower + 5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 5
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength +1) (carnivore), Bite
(d4) (herbivore), Claw (d4)
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3,
Intimidation 2, Stealth, 2 Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Tracking 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Warm Blooded, Acute
Senses (Smell, Hearing), Musk Generation, Armor
Value 1, Size 3, Quadruped, Scent Tracking,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 3-4 Cynodonts and other reptilmorph synapsids managed
Constitution: 1-5 to survive for longer in Gondwanaland than in other
Intelligence: -1 parts of the prehistoric world. For instance, in
Perception: 3-4 Australia, Diicinodont fossils date as late as the early
Willpower: 1-3 cretaceous where all other members of the family had
Life Points: Strength + Constitution +10 long since died out. In Maple White Land,
Endurance: Strength + Constitution + Willpower +5 Cynognathids managed to survive underneath the feet
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution + 3 of the dinosaurs. Though called Wolf Lizards for
Attacks: Bite (d6) their ferocity, they are actually closer to badgers in
Skills: Brawling 2, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2, terms of ecological niches. They live in burrows,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 1, coming out only at night to hunt for large insects and
Tracking 1 small animals it can root up. When cornered, they
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2-3, Cold Blooded, bark, growl and snap violently. Another reason for
Low Metabolism, Resistance (Cold) 5, Independently the name is the howling calls it makes during the wet
Functioning Eyes, Night Vision, Impaired Senses season to attract mates. They act either in solitary
(Hearing), Armor Value 1, Quadruped, Alternate form or in small groups of no more than 6 adults
Primary Sense (Smell) usually a single male and his harem. They lay their
eggs n burrows and feed their young with milk.

The Maple White Land Tuatara is adapted to more Monkey Lizard

warm weather environments than its New Zealand Arbosaurus sp.
relatives, but is still visually similar to it. It shares 2ft long
many of the same habits and shape with its southern Strength: 0
cousin, only slightly larger. Both maintain nocturnal Dexterity: 4-6
habits, third eyes though gigas spins are studier and Constitution: 2-3
obviously built for defense. Intelligence: 0
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2
Wolf Lizard
Lycognathus sp. Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
2ft long Endurance: Strength + Constitution + Willpower + 5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Bite (d4), Claw (d6)
Skills: Acrobatics 1, Brawling 2, Climb 4, Dodge 3,
Notice 2, Stealth 3, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Cold Blooded, Gizzard,
Armor Value 1, Prehensile Tail, Quadruped, Size 3,
Wide Range Vision (3 point), Alternate Primary
Strength: 0-1 Sense (Smell)
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1 These insectivorous arboreal reptiles are found in
Perception: 3-4 small family groups most of the time, and display
many non-dinosaurian, non-avian and non-
mammalian traits despite some of their more
advanced behaviors. They have a high metabolism,
but lack insulation (they cool off by panting). They
are extremely active, and apparently intelligent. They
seem to represent a primitive form of Archosaur,
ancestral to crocodiles and dinosaurs, but one that has
found a niche previously unheard of for a reptile: that
of an arboreal omnivore. They get their nickname
from the activity and loudness of these creatures
making clicking and hissing calls throughout the
morning and evening. During the day, the animals
hide in the shade and try not to overheat.
Swamp and Water Ways
The swampy backwaters and impressive lakes of the
plateau are home to some of the most curious of
fauna. Like the Amazon River, at one point the
plateau was connected to the sea, picking up many
life forms from there. Many of them are extremely
primitive forms of sea life that were trapped here
when the plateau was elevated. There is a high
diversity of fish within the waters, many of them
representative of prehistoric varieties and varieties
found in the Amazon River basin. Cartilaginous
fishes include: the Muck Raker (Campestosomes), a
bottom dwelling ambush predator, grows to 5ft in
length; the Freshwater Stingray (Potomotrygon
motoro) is another native; and the Lake Shark
(Suchodon anguieis), a 6ft deep and mid-water
predatory shark that, in general terms, looks like its
saltwater relatives. There are dozens of varieties of
Catfish, armored and unarmored; two species of
Lungfish (1-2ft in length); a variety of Coelacanth
(3ft); Paddlefish (4-6ft); Bichir (1ft); Gar (2-4ft);
Sturgeon (4-6ft); Bowfin (1ft); Guppies;
Mosquitofish; Cichlids and Tetra can all be found in
the waters of Central Lake. Other modern animals
can be found in the swamps including Poison Arrow
Frogs, Anaconda (dwarf specimens only 10 to 16ft in
length), Giant River Turtles and Tree Frogs. Other
invertebrates found in the plateaus waterways
include Triops, Brachiopods, crinoids, dwarf
horseshoe crabs, freshwater sponges, bivalves, snails,
dragonfly nymphs and crayfish among many other
invertebrate groups.
Hellroot
Cryptobranchus rex
4-5ft long
Strength: 3-7
Dexterity: 4-5
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 (Swim)
/Dexterity + Constitution (land)
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 4, Survival 2, Swimming 5, Tracking 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Natural Toughness, Armor
Value 1, Tetrapod, Resistance (diving) 2, Size 5,
Wide Range Vision (3 point), Alternate Primary
Sense (Smell)
Cryptobranchus is a large amphibian, though not a
labarynthodont as originally thought, it is actually a
species of giant Hellbender. A strict swamp dweller
and fully aquatic, it digs out small crustaceans and
mollusks from the nooks and crannies near its home.
They are slow, ugly and often preyed upon by larger
aquatic predators. It secretes some toxins to keep
away all but the most determined or acclimated
predators.
Ichthyosaurus
Ichthiosuchus gigas
8ft
Strength: 7-10
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-5
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +5 (Swim)
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength), Tail Slap (d4 x
(Strength+2))
Skills: Brawling 3, Climb 1, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Resistance (diving) 4,
Cold-Blooded, Armor Value 5, Size 6, Quadruped,
Acute Senses (Smell)
Originally spotted by Edward Malone on the first
expedition, he thought it was an Ichthyosaur. Though
fossil strata indicate that they did make it to the
plateau, they went extinct as did their seaward
cousins. What Malone saw something almost as odd,
thought: a species of marine crocodile that had to re-
adapt to fresh-water environs. The creature retained
its general lack of armor and even a fluked tail, but it
remains a crocodiletriangular snout and flexible
body. It is lightly armored, though, preferring the
open waters of the lakes and rivers than the swamps.
They retain their limbs, though their hands have
degenerated into fins for added streamlined
swimming. They are the top predators in the lake.
The snouts of these animals are built to both hold fish
in the front and tear flesh in the back, an oddly
mammalian distinction. Despite its build, it is not
related to the Jurassic and Cretaceous
Metriorhynchids, a similar group of marine crocodile,
but diverged from modern crocodilian stocks in the
Eocene.
Plesiosaur
Corallosaurus lacus
4ft long
Strength: 2-5
Dexterity: 5-7
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3 +5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 (Swim)
Attacks: Bite (d4 x Strength-1)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Resistance (diving) 2,
Luke-Warm Blooded, Size 5, Armor Value 2,
Limbless
Habitat: Ocean, near reefs
The Plesiosaur is a near exclusive inhabitant of the
lakes and larger rivers. Using its two pairs of flippers
and long neck to move gracefully in open water, and
maneuver through reeds if need be. Though
extremely maneuverable, they are relatively slow.
They use their long necks to surprise fish. Though
their necks are not as flexible as the necks of
serpents, they by no means stiff. Furthermore, unlike
earlier restorations, they cannot raise their heads far
out of the water. They preferably swim with their
neck directly in front of their bodies. They feed on
fish and invertebrates they can catch in their sharp
jaws.
Toxodon Dwarf Capybara
Toxodon minor Hydrochaeris minor
5-6ft long, 2-3ft tall 1ft 6in-2ft long

Strength: 6-8
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 3-5
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4 +5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
Attacks: Ram (d4 x Strength) (Bash or Slash/Stab),
Bite (d4 x Strength)
Skills: Brawling 3, Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 3, Stealth 2, Survival 3, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6, Quadruped,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Armor Value 4
Toxodon are large, hippo-like creatures that migrated
to the plateau in the Pleistocene. It has shrunken,
slightly due to the limited size of the plateau. Similar
to the dwarf hippos that once populated Crete and
Madagascar, this animal fills the same basic
ecological niche. Like Hippos, they spend most of the
day submerged in water, coming out at night to feed.
They are rather aggressive, and live in large groups.
This grouping behavior and aggressiveness keeps
Ichthyosuchus at bay for the most part, though they
do take young on occasion.
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) +
5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
Attacks: Bite (d4 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 1, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 4,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 3, Quadruped,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
(3 Point), Swamp Adaptation
A subspecies of the mainland Amazonian animal, it
fills the same ecological niche, but has greatly
reduced its size in order to maximize the food
available on the island. They are preyed upon by a
myriad of animals both on land and in water. They
retreat between one and the other to avoid the area
currently threatening them. The underbrush and
thistles of the plateau act as hiding places for the
small animals. Like their cousins outside the plateau,
they are herd animals

Ammonite
Ammonitia parcus
7 inches to 1 ft
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 2
Constitution: 1-4
Intelligence: -1 to 1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: Strength + Constitution + 5
Endurance: Strength + Constitution + Willpower + 3
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 +10 (swim)
Attacks: Tentacles (grasp, +3), Bite (d4 x Strength,
Armor Pricing)
Skills: Acting 1, Brawling 3, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 2, Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 5
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2, Armor Value
(Shell) 6, Cold Blooded, Tentacles (+3 grapples),
Full Reverse, Fully Aquatic, Wide Range Vision (3
point), Defensive Spray (5 point)
The Ammonite is a deep lake predator and last
survivor of its family. Ammonites sleep during the
day, rising at night to feed on resting fish. They can
withdraw into their shells to protect themselves from
most predators, though Pterosaurs and Dwarf
Crocodiles have ways of cracking their boney shells.
process the plant material. Grass is very difficult to
digest, even for modern mammals, and it must be
looked on as an accomplishment that the prehistoric
animals have managed to make the same adaptations
and not lose many genera. Some modern animals can
also be found on the plains such as the Pampas Deer,
a dwarf Peccary and the 9 banded Armadillo. It is in
the lowlands that the Lost World tick (genus:
Dermacentor) that has become quite large, almost an
inch in length. It is in the lowlands that the creatures
are most common.
Titanosaur
Magnasaurus challengeri
Up to 40ft long, 12ft tall at the shoulder, 12ft neck,
14ft body 14ft tail

Belemnite
Neobelimnite occifinalis
6-8 inches
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 1-4
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: Strength + Constitution + 5
Endurance: Strength + Constitution + Willpower + 3
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) + 5
Attacks: Beak (d6 x Strength), Ink (blinds, nauseates)
Skills: Acting 2, Brawling 3, Climb 1, Dodge 2,
Notice 2, Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 3,
Swimming 5, Tracking 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 2, Cold blooded,
Natural Toughness, Armor Value 2, Full Reverse,
Defensive Spray (5 point), Scent Tracking, Wide Strength: 15-20
Range Vision (3 point), Backup Organs (Heart x 3) Dexterity: 1-2
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: -1
Belemnites are armored squid, having small plates of Perception: 2-4
armor around their bodies, but are otherwise Willpower: 2
extremely similar to oceanic squidactive predators, Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 6 + 10
but without the grasping pair of tentacles of their Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
oceanic brethren or the color changing abilities. 5+5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Trample, Tail
Savanna and Lowlands Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Survival 3
Open habitats are generally were large animals truly
Qualities and Drawbacks: Armor Value 7, Warm
reach their pinnacle, despite the thought that most
Blooded, Low Metabolism, Size 8, Gizzard, Battery
large dinosaurs lived in swamps and jungles, the true
Teeth, Quadruped
giants inhabited plains and open areas. As such, the
plains of Maple White Land are home to the largest
The largest animal on the plateau, the Titanosaur is a
animals. The grass themselves are relatively new
massive sauropod descendant that survives being so
additions to the landscape, and many of the large
large by being communal, slow and a remarkably low
animals had to adapt both their jaws and stomachs to
metabolic rate. They brose the tops of trees are a
leisurely pace. Contrary to what was thought at the
time, Titanosaurs stay as far away from swamps and
wet soil as they physically can. An adult Titanosaur
has no natural predators. Their young, however, are
vulnerable to predation
Saltosaurus
Lanxosaurus major
Up to 30ft long, 8ft tall at the shoulder, 8ft neck, 10ft
body, 12ft tail
Strength: 13-18
Dexterity: 1-2
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: Dexterity + Constitution
Attacks: Bite (1/2 Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 2,
Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7, Armor Value (Size
x 2, back and sides, Size on rest of body), Warm
Blooded, Low Metabolism, Gizzard, Defensive
Spines (Ampelosaurus only), Battery Teeth,
Quadruped
Saltosaurus is an armored sauropod, smaller than the
Titanosaur and feeding at a different general level
and on different plants to avoid competition. The
armor consists of small boney plates and heavy
scutes. Like the Titanosaur, it relies on a low
metabolism to lessen the amount of food intake it
needs. Because of this, Saltosaurs can also eat plants
that are toxic to other animals. Saltosaurs, like
Titanosaurs, lay their eggs in sand banks similar to
turtles, relying on numbers to shelter the young from
predation loss. The introductions of rats and dogs,
who can dig up the nests, have not aided their
population sizes.
Iguanodon
Novusiguanodon malonii
Up to 21ft long, 7ft tall at the hips
Strength: 5-9
Dexterity: 2-4
Constitution: 2-5
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x2 + 5 (biped)
Attacks: Trample (d6 x (Strength+2)), Thumb Spike
(Strength)
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 1, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6, Partial Biped (2
legged run), Armor Value 4, Warm Blooded, Battery
Teeth, Partial Biped (Hind Legged Run), Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell)
Iguanodon was one of the most common dinosaurs in
the early cretaceous; it is unsurprising that Iguanodon
made it to the plateau. This dwarf genus of
Iguanodon has adapted too many things over time,
though unlike its ancestors, has not diverged into the
Hadrosaur lineages, but remained an iguanodon, right
down to the spiked defensive thumb. Not even the
development of grass hindered the Iguanodons
development, as it did for many prehistoric
mammals. Iguanodons are both browsers and grazers,
using their hooked thumbs to bring down higher
branches, and their sharp beaks to crop tough
vegetation. Their teeth are quite like their Hadrosaur
relatives. Their molars are small, but more rightly
bound together, to deal with the grasses that
developed. They constantly replace and grow new
teeth like other Archosaurs, so the animals can live
for an extremely long period of time in captivity. One
animal brought to England from the second
challenger expedition, survived for 70 years in
captivity. It was brought out as an egg, living
completely in the London Zoos reptile house. The
keepers were quite astonished at how birdlike the
infant dinosaur was. Iguanodons have large nesting
colonies and raise their young for the 5 years it takes
to reach semi-adult size (8ft in length 2 and half feet
tall). They do so in clutches of 8 to 12.
Megalosaurus
Turpisaurus roxtoni
8ft Tall at the hip, 25ft long
Strength: 10-14
Dexterity: 3-5
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 3-6
Willpower: 3-5
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4 + 20
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+2)) (AP), Trample (d6
x (Strength+2)), Claw Kick (d4 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 2, Notice 4, Intimidation 4,
Stealth 3, Survival 3, Swimming 1,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 7, Armor Value 5,
Acute Senses (Sight, Smell), Hollow Bones, Battery
Teeth, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Scent
Tracking
Habitat: Forests, Swamps, Plains, Deserts
Found: North America, Asia
Megalosaurus is the largest predator on the plateau.
Found mostly on the plains, but well spread
throughout the habitats. It has large, bone-crushing
jaws and no arms. Unfortunately, the animal cannot
be grouped with any known carnivorous family, or
even what it descended from. Some argue that is a
Megalosaur, but its jaw power and other features
speak otherwise. The discovery of beaver-sized
Santaraptor from Jurassic period of Brazil has given
rise to the theory that Turpisaurus is a Tyrannosaur.
The truth about its lineage may never be known, due
to the nature of the plateau, there will likely be no
fossils found there of the animals currently living
there.
Phorusrahcus
Titanoavis horridus
6ft tall
Strength: 5-7
Dexterity: 5-7
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: 0-2
Perception: 4-5
Willpower: 3-5
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 20
Attacks: Kick (d6 x (Strength+1)), Bite (d6 x
Strength), Claw (d4 x (Strength-1))
Skills: Brawling 4, Dodge 3, Notice 3, Intimidation 2,
Stealth 2, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Armor Value 3
(Body), Armor Value 5 (Legs), Acute Senses (Sight,
Hearing), Scent Tracking, Gizzard, Oviparious,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
The terror bird is the second tallest predator on the
plateau, specializing in tackling swift moving prey.
Usually its diet consists of hypsolophodonts and
mammals such as the dwarf Hippidion. It has been
known to take the young of other animals and is an
expert scavenger. It runs down its prey and uses
powerful kicks to down them, before moving in with
quick beak strikes to finish its prey quickly.
Doedicerus
Doedicerus amazonii
6ft long, 3ft high
Strength: 4-6
Dexterity: 1
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: -1
Perception: 2-3
Willpower: 2-6
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3+5
Speed: Constitution
Attacks: Thagomizer (d8 x (Strength+2))
Skills: Brawling 3, Notice 1, Intimidation 2, Survival
2 Scent Tracking, Alternate Primary Sense (Smell)
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Warm Blooded,
Low Metabolism, Armor Value (Size x 2 + 8), Acute
Senses (Hearing), Cast Iron Stomach, Quadruped,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
Doedicerus are glyptodonts, armored like tanks and
equipped with mace-like tails. They are occasionally
misidentified as Ankylosaurus, but fill a unique
grazing niche. They have low metabolisms and seem
too specialized in eating tough and poisonous plants
other animals avoid. They use their low metabolisms
to digest the matter slowly and disperse the poisons.
They can afford to do this due to their heavy armor
and clubbed tail. No predators will attack an adult.
Only Megalosaurs will dare do so, and then only
when they are desperate.
Smilodon
Smilodon whitii
4ft long, 2ft 6 inches tall.
Strength: 4-7
Dexterity: 4-5
Constitution: 4-6
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 4-6
Willpower: 2-5
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 +10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
2
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 15
Attacks: Bite (d6 x (Strength+2), Claw (d6 x
Strtength)
Skills: Brawling 4, Climb 2, Dodge 2, Notice 2,
Intimidation 3, Stealth 2, Survival 2, Swimming 1,
Tracking 3,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4, Armor Value (Size-
4), Quadruped, Whiskers, Acute Senses (Hearing),
Smilodons are the fabled Saber-toothed cats, but
dwarfed by the limited resources of the plateau. They
behave similar to African lions, hunting in packs lead
by an alpha male, where the females do most of the
hunting. They pretty upon heavily built animals such
as Macrauchinia and young sauropods, pulling them
down with great strength and killing them with a
single bite to throat. The horse-like Hippidion are
also common prey items. Their pack hunting
behavior allows them to compete with Megalosaurs
over kills, as they primarily operate in smaller
groups.
Hippidion
Hippidion minor
3ft tall at the shoulder
Strength: 2-5
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 2-4
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 2-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
2+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 15
Attacks: Kick (d4 x (Strength+1))
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 2, Notice 3, Intimidation 1,
Stealth 1, Survival 3, Swimming 1
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4, Acute Senses
(Hearing), Cast Iron Stomach, Quadruped, Alternate
Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
Habitat: Plains
Found: The Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa
Hippidion is the only remaining member of the horse
family that can claim to have been in the Americas
before the arrival of man. This animal is only slightly
larger than a Shetland pony, but physically appears
like a wild ass. It has a raised bridge on its snout,
expanding its nostril area to increase its sense of
smell. They live in herds across the plains, grazing
freely. They are quite skittish due to the amount of
large predators on the plateau that feed upon them:
Megalosaurs, Smilodon, Mono Grande, Terror Birds,
even Curupiru will take young ones. Occasionally,
they form mixed herds of with hypsolophodonts. The
reptiles give the herd excellent eyesight, while the
Hippidion give them increased olfactory detection.
Macrauchenia
Macrauchenia platus
5ft tall at the head
Strength: 2-5
Dexterity: 3-4
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 4-5
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 3 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
2+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Kick (d4 x (Strength+1)), Bite (Strength)
Skills: Dodge 3, Notice 3, Intimidation 1, Stealth 2,
Survival 3, Swimming 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 4, Natural
Toughness, Prehensile Appendage, Quadruped,
Alternate Primary Sense (Smell), Wide Range Vision
Macrauchenia is, along with Toxodon, one of the few
native South American ungulates to survive. They are
dedicated browsers, but do not reach the height of the
Sauropods, and generally feed on lower-hanging
branches and shrubbery. They use their trunk to reach
higher branches and pull off leaves. They too live in
herds, and are arguably one of the strangest animals
on the plateau.
Giant Rhea
Rhea challangeri
5-6ft tall
Strength: 3-5
Dexterity: 5-6
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: -1-0
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 2-3
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3 + 20
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5 (Average)
Attacks: Kick (d4 x (Strength+1)), Peck (Strength)
Skills: Brawling 1, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 2, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Warm Blooded, Size 5,
Armor Value (Size-1), Hollow Bones
Rhea are large birds native to the South American.
Most outside the plateau are less than 3ft or 4ft in
height. The Lost World or Giant Rhea is a foot taller
on average, but lives largely the same as other large
flightless birds such as the Emu. Rhea are found
throughout the plateau, feeding on small animals and
broadleaf plants, usually near water sources.
The Rocky Unknown
So-called for the challenger expeditions leadership
and Indian allies refused to go to this place, so
exploration of it proper did not begin until much
later. The high altitude combined with the colder
climate keeps out several of the reptile genus,
allowing mammals to fill their roles. Bats are
extremely common in this part of the plateau, often
roosting in caves within them. Only the Fruit Bats
roost elsewhere.
Dwarf Mastodon
Cuvieronius absenti
5ft tall at the shoulder
Strength: 7-10
Dexterity: 2-3
Constitution: 3-4
Intelligence: 0-1
Perception: 4-5
Willpower: 3-5
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 5 + 10
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
4+5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 5
Attacks: Tusks (d6 x Strength), Trample (d6 x
(Strength+2))
Skills: Brawling 2, Dodge 1, Notice 2, Intimidation 1,
Survival 3, Swimming 2
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 6, Armor Value 2,
Acute Senses (Smell), Quadruped, Alternate Primary
Sense (Hearing), Scent Tracking, Wide Range Vision
Curvieronius is the worlds last surviving Mastodon,
living only in the rockier parts of the lost world.
Unlike the common perception, its skin is not
covered in hair. Visually, body is similar to that of a
modern elephant, but for the overall shape of the
body, its smaller size and spiraled, short tusks set it
far apart. They are surprisingly nimble for their size,
feeding largely on trees and shrubs. Only Smilodon
prides pose any real threat to them as most other
predators are not adapted to the environment, though
they are fair game to Megalosaurs when they enter
the lowlands. Their ancestral forms that of a
mastodon of 9ft in height, survived outside Maple
White Land well into historical times going extinct
around 400 C.E. The tusks of the animal are twisted,
in a partial corkscrew pattern, possibly as an
adaptation for mountain life.
Mountain Hypsilophodon
Promotorisaurus sp.
2-3ft long
Strength: 0-1
Dexterity: 4-7
Constitution: 1-3
Intelligence: 1-2
Perception: 3-4
Willpower: 1-2
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Endurance: Strength + Constitution + Willpower + 5
Speed: (Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 10
Attacks: Bite (Strength), Kick (d4 x Strength+1)
Skills: Brawling 1, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 2,
Intimidation 1, Stealth 3, Survival 2, Swimming 2,
Qualities and Drawbacks: Warm Blooded, Armor
Value 1-3, Battery Teeth, Size 3, Acute Senses
(Smell), Quadruped
Mountain Hypsilophodon are actually highly adapted
compared to their prehistoric contemporaries in the
lowlands. They have extended their front legs to
become full quadrupeds with long, pole-like tails.
They scuttle across the peaks and borders of the Lost
World with near impunity, relying on their agility to
see them past predators.
Curupiru/Pteranodon
Alatodon summerslieensis
4-5ft tall, 20ft wingspan
Endurance: (Strength + Constitution + Willpower) x
3 + 20
Speed: Dexterity/(Dexterity + Constitution) x 2 + 20
Attacks: Bite (d6 x Strength +1), Claw (d4 x
Strength)
Skills: Brawling 4, Climb 2, Dodge 3, Notice 4,
Intimidation 3, Stealth 1, Survival 3
Qualities and Drawbacks: Size 5, Warm Blooded,
Flight 3, Quadruped, Armor Value 3, Hollow Bones
Curupiru is one of the most aggressive animals on the
plateauas well as the one that frequently escapes
the plateaus walls and into the Amazon. Spreading a
legend among the local natives of a flying devil,
Curupiru, sometimes called Curu (often
mispronounced as Turu). The creatures are not
above attacking humans and have been responsible
for many deaths according to lore, and 5 confirmed
kills during the early expeditions. The body is bulkier
than most fossil species, but it still as light as a small
human. Their small stature and light build does
nothing from deterring their attacks on humans
attacking intelligently: targeting soft parts such as the
eyes and neck with diving strikes. Their main diet,
however, consists of fish and small vertebrates. They
only grow to legendary aggressiveness during the
mating and nesting seasons. Their aggressive
tendencies, it is theorized, are what allowed this
group to survive competition from birds, which has
been theorized to cause the extinction of its brethren.
Unlike them, and unlike many late Cretaceous
pterosaurs, the Pteranodon has a swan-like neck, but
its head is still a good foot in length, the neck is half
again as large. This flexible neck allows it to dig out
meat from carcasses, snatch prey from crevasses and
lash out to strike fish in the lake that venture to near
the surface. This is one of the iconic species of the
plateau, though they are considered extremely
dangerous. In the last 70 years, there have been 30
incidents where individuals have escaped and
wreaked havoc in populated areas. One of those
escapes lead to the deaths of 2 people and the injury
of 5 more.

Strength: 4-6
Dexterity: 4-5
Constitution: 3-6
Intelligence: 0
Perception: 3-5
Willpower: 3-4
Life Points: (Strength + Constitution) x 4 + 10