Animal Stats from TBS

[FunGuyFromYuggoth]

All credit belongs to Jonathan Turner and Adam Crossingham. I reproduce it here b/c not everybody has access to The Black Seal Magazine #3. Whether you play "Call of Cthulhu" or not (and I recommend you try it), TBS represents some of the best work for BRP gamer and well worth a purchase.

Source: The Black Seal #3 from Jonathan Turner's excellent article "A Road Less Travelled"

Baboons

Characteristics Average

STR 2D6 10-11

CON 3D6 10-11

SIZ 2D3 4

INT 6 6

POW 3D6 10-11

DEX 3D6+6 16-17

Move 4 HP 7-8

Avg. Damage Bonus: -1D6

Weapons: Bite 40% 1D8

Armor: 1 point of fur

Skills: Spot Hidden 40%, Climb 75%

Dodge: 25%

Habitat: Open land, wooded areas of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula

Fer-de-Lance (poisonous snake)

Characteristics Average

STR 2D6 7

CON 4D6 14

SIZ 1D6 3-4

INT 5 5

POW 3D6 10-11

DEX 5D6 17-18

Move 6 HP 8-9

Avg. Damage Bonus -1D6

Weapons: Bite 40% 1D6+1D3+POT 10 venom

Armor: None

Skills: Bask in Sun 75%, Dodge 50%, Hide 60%, Sense Body Heat 80%, Sneak 80%

Habitat: South and Central America , various islands of the Caribbean, often near sugar plantations

Notes: See rules for Tiny creatures on page 215 of the BRP rules, but in sum subtract 5% from any hand-to-hand or missile attacks aginst the target if the attacker is human sized (5-29). In this case, the chance of a human attacking a SIZ 3 creature is modified by -10%

Hippos

Characteristics Average

STR 5D6+18 35-36

CON 3D6+8 14-15

SIZ 5D6+24 41-42

POW 3D6 10-11

DEX 3D6 10-11

Move 8 HP 29

Avg. Damage Bonus: +4D6

Weapons: Bite 40% 1D10

Armor: 6 points of thick skin

Skills: Smell 60%, Swim 80%

Habitat: African rivers

Notes: See rules for Big creatures on page 215 of the BRP rules, but in sum add 5% from any hand-to-hand or missile attacks aginst the target if the target is of SIZ 30 or larger. In this case, the chance of a human attacking a SIZ 41 creature is modified by +5%.

Scorpions

Characteristics Average

STR 1D2 1-2

CON 2D6 7

SIZ 1 1

INT 2 2

POW 3D6 10-11

DEX 4D6 14

Move 10 HP 4

Avg. Damage Bonus: -1D6

Weapons: Sting 50% 1D4 + POT 9 venom

Claws: 50% 1D3

Armor: None

Skills: Bask in Sun 75%, Dodge 50%, Hide 60%, Sneak 80%

Habitat: Warm and dry temperate and tropical regions

Notes: See rules for Tiny creatures on page 215 of the BRP rules, but in sum subtract 5% from any hand-to-hand or missile attacks aginst the target if the attacker is human sized (5-29). In this case, the chance of a human attacking a SIZ 1 creature is modified by -20%

Tarantulas

Characteristics Average

STR 1D2 1

CON 2D6 7

SIZ 1 1

INT 2 2

POW 3D6 10-11

DEX 5D6 17-18

Move 10 HP 4

Avg. Damage Bonus: -1D6

Weapons: Sting 50% 1D4 + POT 5 venom

Armor: None

Skills: Weave 60%, Jump 75%, Hide 60%, Climb 80%, Sneak 90%

Habitat: Warm and dry temperate and tropical regions

Notes: See rules for Tiny creatures on page 215 of the BRP rules, but in sum subtract 5% from any hand-to-hand or missile attacks aginst the target if the attacker is human sized (5-29). In this case, the chance of a human attacking a SIZ 1 creature is modified by -20%

Edited August 7, 2008 by FunGuyFromYuggoth

[Gundamentalist]

Some of these animals we fudged from stats of similar sized animals in the old 'RQ Monsters' book that GW published when they published RQ3 as Basic and Advanced books.

I'm guessing that RQ Monsters will serve as the default BRP bestiary (IMVHO) until Chaosium publishes one.

[NickMiddleton]

Some of these animals we fudged from stats of similar sized animals in the old 'RQ Monsters' book that GW published when they published RQ3 as Basic and Advanced books.

I'm guessing that RQ Monsters will serve as the default BRP bestiary (IMVHO) until Chaosium publishes one.

Well, there's a small bestiary in the core book, and the Malleus Monstrorum is fully compatible with BRP and in print as far as I can tell, whereas the the RQ Monsters Book, even in the form of the BRP Monsters Book monograph is I believe OOP. Still, a BRP creatures and races book would be a rather nice supplement...

Cheers,

Nick