Dinosaur VI

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 	Lambeosaurus	Mamenchisaurus	Massospondylus	Megalosaurus
CLIMATE/TERRAIN: 	Any land 	Any swamp 	Any land 	Any land
FREQUENCY 	Common 	Uncommon 	Uncommon 	Uncommon
ORGANIZATION: 	Herd 	Solitary 	Herd 	Solitary
ACTIVITY CYCLE: 	Day 	Day 	Day 	Day
DIET: 	Herbivore 	Herbivore 	Herbivore 	Carnivore
INTELLIGENCE: 	Non- (0) 	Non- (0) 	Non- (0) 	Non- (0)
TREASURE: 	Nil 	Nil 	Nil 	Nil
ALIGNMENT: 	Nil 	Nil 	Nil 	Nil
NO. APPEARING: 	2-16 	1-6 	4-16 	1-2
ARMOR CLASS: 	6 	7 	5 	51
MOVEMENT: 	12 	6 	15 	2
HIT DICE: 	12 	18 	7 	12
THAC0: 	9 	5 	13 	9
NO. OF ATTACKS: 	1 	1 	1 	3
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 	2-12 	2-16 	3-12 	1-3/1-3/3-18
SPECIAL ATTACKS: 	Nil 	See below 	Nil 	Nil
SPECIAL DEFENSES:	Nil 	Nil 	Nil 	Nil
MAGIC RESISTANCE:	Nil 	Nil 	Nil 	Nil
SIZE: 	H (20' long)	G (70' long) 	H (18' +) 	H (30' long*
MORALE: 	Steady (11) 	Steady (12) 	Average (10) 	Steady (11)
XP VALUE: 	2,000 	10,000 	420 	2,000
==Lambeosaurus==
This unusual looking dinosaur is a hadrosaur, or "duckbilled dinosaur," all of whom have differently shaped crests on their heads. Other crested dinosaurs include corythosaurus, parasaurolophus, prosaurolophus, and saurolophus. The lambeosaurus is the most peculiar of all of these, for it has two crests, a hollow one that sticks straight up from its snout and a solid one pointing back from the top of its head.
This herbivorous dinosaur is able to see, hear, and smell exceptionally well, and is thus able to detect enemies frequently and flee to safety—either outdistancing its predator or hiding in a swampy area. The lambeosaurus usually travels on all fours, but when it has to run it is perfectly capable of rearing itself up on its longer hind legs.
The lambeosaurus is one of the most common of all dinosaurs, because it can chew up almost any plant that it can get into its mouth; the lambeosaurus has powerful teeth on the sides of its mouth, but none at all in front.
Some giant specimens of this dinosaur grow as long as 50 feet.
==Mamenchisaurus==
The mamenchisaurus is another sauropod, like the brontosaurus and diplodocus, but much longer and much lighter. This swamp dwelling herbivore uses its 35-foot-Iong neck—fully half of its ungainly length—to browse the foliage at the very top of nearly any tree it chooses, simply by standing up on its back legs and reaching for it.
Sages who study such things claim that the mamenchisaurus has the longest neck of any naturally occurring creature, but it pays for this extra length. The 19 neck vertebrae of the mamenchisaurus are held together by bony struts, so the immense creature cannot bend its neck except at the head and slightly at the shoulders.
The mamenchisaurus strikes only in defense, but if it accidentally steps on some small creature (such as a human), it inflicts= 3d8 points of damage.
==Massospondylus==
Another common dinosaur, this seemingly peaceful herbivore is well equipped with long, sharp teeth for defensive biting. If attacked—a common occurrence, for the beast is a favorite of such carnosaurs as tyrannosaurus, deinonychus, and allosaurus—the massospondylus delivers swift bites and then runs away.
While this dinosaur's front claws look like formidable weapons, with five long fingers and a sharp spike on the thumb, the massospondylus uses these hands only to gather vegetable material for food. Like the camarasaurus, the massospondylus swallows stones to help grind the food that it eats.
The massospondylus is stupid, and any approach by strange creatures might be interpreted as an attack.
==Megalosaurus==
The megalosaurus is another carnosaur, like the allosaurus and tyrannosaurus, but is smaller—30 feet long, ten feet tall, and weighing only one ton. While it is as able as its larger cousins of functioning bipedally, the megalosaurus often travels on all fours.
The megalosaurus eats sauropods, like the mamenchisaurus above, principally using its large jaws and teeth to bring down any unsuspecting victim. The claws of the megalosaurus, while sharp, are capable of causing only incidental damage to such giants as the diplodocus and brachiosaurus.
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