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2007-11-28, 08:45 PM
I have made my own homebrew penguin, as I have a currently not-built character concept about them and the Frostburn penguins stink. Introducing, the penguin!
Emperor Penguin
Medium Animal (Cold)
HD 2d8+0 (9)
Speed 10 ft. (2 squares), Swim 30 ft. (6 squares)
Init: +0
AC 13; touch 13; flat-footed 11
BAB +1; Grp -4
Attack Slap +2(1d3+1, 20/x2)
Full-Attack Slap+2(1d4+0, 20/x2), Slap+2(1d4+0, 20/x2), Peck+0(1d6-1, 20/x2)
Space 5 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
Special Attacks: None
Special Qualities: Slide (Move an extra 20 feet but take 1 damage per slide on rough surfaces. Take 1d3 points of damage on jagged surfaces. You can make a full attack after a slide), Huddle (Share space with at least three penguins to provide +5 AC to all in huddle. Lose 1 extra point of AC for every two penguins added to the huddle. A random penguin in the huddle is attacked, grappled, disarmed, or tripped during a huddle if striken), Natural Swimmer (A penguin does not need to roll a swim check to enter water and has a swim speed, but needs to roll swim checks to dive and perform underwater manuvers)
Saves Fort +4 Ref +6 Will +1
Abilities Str 12, Dex 14, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 10, Cha 8
Skills: Hide +11, Swim +7
Feats: Multiattack
Environment: Cold, Aquatic/Desert
Organization Single (1), Mates (2), Family (5), Crowd (10), Brood (20), Stampede (100)
Challenge Rating 1/3
Treasure No Treasure
Alignment: True Neutral
Advancement None
Level Adjustment +0
A lumbering avian walks up to you. The bird has a white abdomen, black feathers, a bluish back, and a purplish beak. It reeks of dead fish, and has flickers of snow on its feathers. It lets out a fearsome cry and charges
Emperor Penguins are social animals, both foraging and nesting in groups. In severe weather the penguins huddle together for protection. They may be active day or night. Mature adults travel throughout most of the year between the nesting area and foraging areas in the ocean. From January to March, Emperor Penguins disperse into the oceans, traveling and foraging in groups. It is estimated that there are at least 250,000 Emperor Penguins, distributed into as many as 40 independent Antarctic colonies.
They normally dive to between 150 and 250 m (490 to 820 ft), although they can venture deeper, the deepest diving on record being 565 m (1870 ft). The longest they can hold their breath when underwater is 15 to 20 minutes. Their swimming speed is 6 to 9 km/h (4 to 6 mph), but they can achieve up to 19 km/h (12 mph) in short bursts. One of their feeding strategies is to dive to about 50 m (164 ft), where they can easily spot the sub-ice fish, Pagothenia borchgrevinki, swimming against the under surface of the sea-ice, which they then catch. They then dive again and repeat the sequence about half a dozen times before surfacing to breathe. They may also blow bubbles into the cracks in the ice to drive out the hiding fish.
On land they alternate between walking with a wobbling gait and sliding over the ice on their bellies, propelled by their feet and their flipper-like wings.
As a defense, Emperor Penguins stand in compact huddles (also known as the turtle formation) ranging in size between ten and many hundreds of birds, each leaning forward on a neighbor. Those on the outside tend to shuffle slowly around the edge of the turtle producing a slow churning action, giving each bird a turn on the inside and the outside. The Emperor Penguin is almost four feet tall and can go up to 99 pounds.
A penguin speaks with body language and an individual cry. No two cries are the same.
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Combat
An emperor penguin runs away if encountered solitary, but stand and fight in a group. Penguins begin a fight by sliding at their adversary and unleash a combination of pecks and slaps. If the penguin group is injured, they huddle together for protection. If only one or two penguins remain, they flee. Being group animals, penguins are noticeably weaker when solitary.
(Low CR is due to abilities also hurting penguin and requiring said penguin being in groups or water to be at their best)
Emperor Penguin
Medium Animal (Cold)
HD 2d8+0 (9)
Speed 10 ft. (2 squares), Swim 30 ft. (6 squares)
Init: +0
AC 13; touch 13; flat-footed 11
BAB +1; Grp -4
Attack Slap +2(1d3+1, 20/x2)
Full-Attack Slap+2(1d4+0, 20/x2), Slap+2(1d4+0, 20/x2), Peck+0(1d6-1, 20/x2)
Space 5 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
Special Attacks: None
Special Qualities: Slide (Move an extra 20 feet but take 1 damage per slide on rough surfaces. Take 1d3 points of damage on jagged surfaces. You can make a full attack after a slide), Huddle (Share space with at least three penguins to provide +5 AC to all in huddle. Lose 1 extra point of AC for every two penguins added to the huddle. A random penguin in the huddle is attacked, grappled, disarmed, or tripped during a huddle if striken), Natural Swimmer (A penguin does not need to roll a swim check to enter water and has a swim speed, but needs to roll swim checks to dive and perform underwater manuvers)
Saves Fort +4 Ref +6 Will +1
Abilities Str 12, Dex 14, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 10, Cha 8
Skills: Hide +11, Swim +7
Feats: Multiattack
Environment: Cold, Aquatic/Desert
Organization Single (1), Mates (2), Family (5), Crowd (10), Brood (20), Stampede (100)
Challenge Rating 1/3
Treasure No Treasure
Alignment: True Neutral
Advancement None
Level Adjustment +0
A lumbering avian walks up to you. The bird has a white abdomen, black feathers, a bluish back, and a purplish beak. It reeks of dead fish, and has flickers of snow on its feathers. It lets out a fearsome cry and charges
Emperor Penguins are social animals, both foraging and nesting in groups. In severe weather the penguins huddle together for protection. They may be active day or night. Mature adults travel throughout most of the year between the nesting area and foraging areas in the ocean. From January to March, Emperor Penguins disperse into the oceans, traveling and foraging in groups. It is estimated that there are at least 250,000 Emperor Penguins, distributed into as many as 40 independent Antarctic colonies.
They normally dive to between 150 and 250 m (490 to 820 ft), although they can venture deeper, the deepest diving on record being 565 m (1870 ft). The longest they can hold their breath when underwater is 15 to 20 minutes. Their swimming speed is 6 to 9 km/h (4 to 6 mph), but they can achieve up to 19 km/h (12 mph) in short bursts. One of their feeding strategies is to dive to about 50 m (164 ft), where they can easily spot the sub-ice fish, Pagothenia borchgrevinki, swimming against the under surface of the sea-ice, which they then catch. They then dive again and repeat the sequence about half a dozen times before surfacing to breathe. They may also blow bubbles into the cracks in the ice to drive out the hiding fish.
On land they alternate between walking with a wobbling gait and sliding over the ice on their bellies, propelled by their feet and their flipper-like wings.
As a defense, Emperor Penguins stand in compact huddles (also known as the turtle formation) ranging in size between ten and many hundreds of birds, each leaning forward on a neighbor. Those on the outside tend to shuffle slowly around the edge of the turtle producing a slow churning action, giving each bird a turn on the inside and the outside. The Emperor Penguin is almost four feet tall and can go up to 99 pounds.
A penguin speaks with body language and an individual cry. No two cries are the same.
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Combat
An emperor penguin runs away if encountered solitary, but stand and fight in a group. Penguins begin a fight by sliding at their adversary and unleash a combination of pecks and slaps. If the penguin group is injured, they huddle together for protection. If only one or two penguins remain, they flee. Being group animals, penguins are noticeably weaker when solitary.
(Low CR is due to abilities also hurting penguin and requiring said penguin being in groups or water to be at their best)