Realistic D&D dinosaur campaign

[Lizerd]

Updates: New crocodile, this is designed to be a predator for mid sized animals or smaller, but will lose most direct fights
Name: Crocodile- large
Size: huge beast, 3.5 tons
Ac: 14 (natural armor)
Hp: 10d10 +40 (90)
Speed: 30ft swim 50 ft
Str: 20 +5  Dex: 12 +1  Con: 18 +4  Int: 12 +1   Wis: 14 +2 avg  Cha: 10 / 14 +2
Saves: Strength: +9 Constitution +8
Skills: Stealth +4 Perception +6
Senses: Passive Perception 16
Immune System: 18
Languages: -
CR: -
Consumption: 300 lbs
Minimum Per week: 35 lbs
Water needed per week: 10 gallons
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Hold breath: the crocodile can hold its breath for 3 hours.
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Actions:
Bite:Reach 10ft +9 to hit 6d8 +5 piercing the target must engage in a strength contest with the crocodile to break the grapple, for each turn the croc holds target the target takes 2d8 damage
Death Roll: If the croc has something grappled and is in water it an make a death roll action. Target has to make a dc 15 dexterity saving throw or take 10d8+5 piercing damage, halved on a success
Tail Slap : Reach 10ft +9 to hit damage 2d6+5 bludgeoning 
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[Lizerd]

Update: Another day means we get a nice new crocodile, this variant hunts smaller animals meaning little guys are not safe
Name: Crocodile Small
Size: large 1 ton
Ac: 14 natural armor
Hp: 6d10 +24 (54)
Speed: 30ft 60ft swim
Str: 16 +3  Dex: 14 +2  Con: 18 +4  Int: 12 +1   Wis: 14 +2 avg  Cha: 10 / 15 +2
Saves: Strength: +6 Constitution: +7
Skills: Stealth: +5 Perception: +5
Senses: Passive Perception 15
Immune System: 17
Languages: -
CR: -
Consumption: 75 lbs
Minimum Per week: 10 lbs
Water needed per week: 10 gallons
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Actions:
Bite:Reach 5ft +6 to hit 4d8 +3 piercing the target must engage in a strength contest with the crocodile to break the grapple, for each turn the croc holds target the target takes 2d8 damage
Death Roll: If the croc has something grappled and is in water it an make a death roll action. Target has to make a dc 13 dexterity saving throw or take 6d8+3 piercing damage, halved on a success
Tail Slap : Reach 10ft +6 to hit damage 1d6+3 bludgeoning 
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[Lizerd]

New animal: A large lizerd, for small animals this is a good source of food, but watch out for the teeth
Name: Lizard Large
Size: medium 100 lbs
Ac: 14
Hp: 3d10+6 (21)
Speed: 50ft
Str: 12 +1  Dex: 18 +4  Con: 14 +2  Int: 9 -1   Wis: 16 +3 avg  Cha: 10 / 6 -2
Saves: Dex +6 Con +4
Skills: Stealth: +6 Perception +5
Senses: Passive Perception 15
Immune System: 14
Languages: -
CR: -
Consumption: 10lbs
Minimum Per week: 5 oz
Water needed per week: 1 gallon
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Actions:
Bite: Reach 5ft +5 to hit damage 2d6+1 piercing +1d10 poison
Claw: Reach 5ft +5 to hit damage 1d8+1 slashing
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[Lizerd]

A smaller variant of the lizerd, this will be a small dino's easy food source.
Name: Lizard small
Size: small 1 lbs
Ac:  15
Hp: 2d8 ( 8 )
Speed: 60ft
Str: 8 -1  Dex: 20 +5  Con: 10  Int: 6 -2   Wis: 16 +3 avg  Cha:10 / 4 -3
Saves: Dex +7 Con +2
Skills: Stealth +7 Perception +5
Senses: Passive Perception 15
Immune System: 12
Languages: -
CR: -
Consumption: 3 oz
Minimum Per week: 1 oz
Water needed per week: 1 cup
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Actions:
Bite: Reach 5ft +1 to hit damage 1d6-1
Claw:Reach 5ft +1 to hit 1d4-1
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[Lizerd]

Up now: A turtle/tortoise. Not great prey due to its durability.
Name: Turtle/tortoise
Size: medium 20 lbs
Ac: 15 (natural armor)
Hp: 3d10 +9 (24)
Speed:15ft (20 for tortoise) swim 50
Str: 10  Dex: 8 -1  Con: 16 +3  Int: 6 -3   Wis: 16 +3 avg  Cha: 10 / 8 -1
Saves: Constitution +5
Skills: perception +5
Senses: Passive Perception 15
Immune System: 15
Languages: -
CR: -
Consumption:10 lbs
Minimum Per week: 1lbs
Water needed per week: 2 cups
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The Turtle/Tortoise has resistance to slashing damage.
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Actions:
Bite: Reach 5ft +2 to hit damage 2d6+3
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[Lizerd]

We now have: Birds. We still need em
Name: Bird
Size: Tiny 1lbs
Ac: 16
Hp: 1d6 (3)
Speed: 15ft Fly 60ft
Str: 5 -3  Dex: 22 +6 Con:10  Int: 12 +1  Wis: 18 +4 avg  Cha: 12 +1 / 6 -3
Saves: Dex +8
Skills: Perception +6
Senses: Passive Perception 16
Immune System: 12
Languages: -
CR: -
Consumption: 4 oz
Minimum Per week: 1 oz
Water needed per week: 1 cup
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Actions:
Bite: Reach 5ft +2 to hit damage 1d4
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[Lizerd]

We now got: Snakes! 2 more creatures to go!
Name: Snake
Size: Small 2 lbs
Ac: 11
Hp: 3d4+2 (9)
Speed:ft
Str: 16 +3  Dex: 12 +1  Con: 16 +3  Int: 6 -2   Wis: 15 +2 avg  Cha: 10 / 12 +1
Saves: Dex: +3 Con: +4
Skills: stealth +3 Perception +4
Senses: Passive Perception 14
Immune System: 14
Languages: -
CR: -
Consumption: 2lbs
Minimum Per week: 1oz
Water needed per week: 1 cup
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Actions:
Bite: Reach 5ft +5 to hit damage 1d6+3 piercing target must make a DC12 strength save. Failure means target is incapacitated and grappled. The snake cannot bite again.
Constrict: If a target is grappled the snake can constrict prey for 2d4 damage.
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[Lizerd]

New entry: The fish, if you can catch it, its a good source of food. Other than that its pretty useless 
Name: Fish
Size: small 2lbs
Ac: 14
Hp: 1d4+2 (4)
Speed: 5ft swim 50 ft
Str: 6 -2  Dex: 18 +4  Con: 14 +2  Int: 6 -2   Wis: 12 +1 avg  Cha: 6 -2 / 6 -2
Saves: Dex +6
Skills: Perception +3
Senses: Passive Perception 13
Immune System: 14
Languages: -
CR: -
Consumption: 1lbs
Minimum Per week: 2 oz
Water needed per week: -
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Actions:
Bite: reach 5ft hit 1 damage
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[Lizerd]

Last creature! A mammal. This animal is small and rat like and only begging to show some potential 
Name: Mammal
Size: tiny 1lbs
Ac: 14
Hp: 1d4 +1 (3)
Speed: 40ft
Str: 6 -2  Dex: 18 +4 Con: 12 +1  Int: 14 +2   Wis: 14 +2 avg  Cha: 8 -1 / 8 -1
Saves: Dex +6 Con +3
Skills: Perception +4
Senses: Passive Perception 14
Immune System: 13
Languages: -
CR: -
Consumption: 6 oz
Minimum Per week : 1 oz
Water needed per week: 1 cup
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Actions:
Bite: reach 5ft hit 1 damage
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[Lizerd]

Animals per terrain
croc large, croc small, lizard large, lizard small, turtle, tortoise, bird, fish, mammal
Mountains- lizard small 5d6, mammal 6d12, bird 3d4
Woodland- lizard large 1d4, Lizard small 4d6, bird 4d4, tortoise 1d6
Water- croc large 1d4, croc small 2d6, turtle 1d6, fish 4d12
Grassland- Lizard large 1d4, Lizard small 4d6, mammal 4d8
Hills- lizard small 4d6, tortoise 1d6, mammal 3d6
Swamps- croc small 3d6, lizard large 2d4, lizard small 4d8, turtle 2d6, fish 6d8
Badlands- lizard small 2d4, bird 1d6, tortoise 1d4, mammal 1d6
Bog- nothing, you try it.
Wasteland- nope
Volcano- nope nope nope.


The final system involved, and please consider registration! 17 days left!
Map will be posted at game start up

[Lizerd]

Nearly Forgot about this: Night vision rules
Night Vision:
Night vision range is half you wisdom *10 as a percent of your original visual range

[DinoToyForum]

SO, what are people who want to play supposed to do?

[Lizerd]

Eat each other and live for as long as possible! Nah jk, its a survival campaign, goal is to survive for a campaign season, typically the season will revolve around a key seasonal event such as flooding, wild fires, migrations, etc. Upon season end people who lived through it get a doodle that is my equivalent of a certificate and they get all bragging rights. Upon season end they can register for the next season, furthermore they get an option to use a new dinosaur or use their old character for the next season.

[DinoToyForum]

Eat each other and live for as long as possible! Nah jk, its a survival campaign, goal is to survive for a campaign season, typically the season will revolve around a key seasonal event such as flooding, wild fires, migrations, etc. Upon season end people who lived through it get a doodle that is my equivalent of a certificate and they get all bragging rights. Upon season end they can register for the next season, furthermore they get an option to use a new dinosaur or use their old character for the next season.

Well, I'm none the wiser. 

[Ravonium]

Well, I'm none the wiser. 

Me too   

[Lizerd]

In a nutshell: have your dinosaur character survive for a campaign season (which will last for 3 months, done on weekends). Live the season you get a certificate noting your achievements and bragging rights
Most of us will probably die, but I did say realistic
wait did that one line scare away most people who wanted to register?

[Ravonium]

@Lizerd No, it was not that line that scared me off, it's the fact that this thread has been written in a way that is confusing to those not familiar with D&D (and I think this is what has scared off @dinotoyforum).

[Lizerd]

Ohhhh that makes a lot more sense, I kinda do a lot of d&d and regularly experiment with various things. If you need familiarization just look over a players handbook and monster manual pdf, and use the 5th edition version, other versions are pretty awful. Probably should have noted you need familiarization... yeah probably should of thought about it.

[Lizerd]

Here we go: A brief explanation and pages of the 5th edition players handbook that you must read
All right: I got it. I need to teach you guys the few basic principles of playing, and only a bit as the rest got thrown out
Starting with:
Die: There would be many dice in D&D
Starting with:
d4 - the for sided die
d6- a six sided die
d8 - 8 sided die
d10- 10 sided die
d12- 12 sided die
d20- 20 sided die, typically used for most rolls
d100- basically a d10, but with an extra digit of zero, used with a d10 for 0-100 rolls

Making a character: For this example we will create a Dromaeosaurus

Name: Dromaeosaurus -this is the name of the animal
Size: medium, 33 lbs -size and weight
Ac: 16 -armor class, how hard an animal is to hit
Hp:6d6 +18 : 36 - the hit points (or health) of the animal
Speed:ft 50 -the base walking speed
Str: 10 +0 Dex: 22 +6  Con: 16 +3  Int: 22 +6   Wis: 16 +3 avg  Cha: 12 +1 / 12 +1
Saves: Dex: +8 Con: +5 -saving throws if gets proficiency with
Skills: Stealth: +8 Perception +5 -skills the animal has
Senses: Passive Perception 15 range 10 miles visual 1 mile
Immune System: 15 -how durable it is against infection
Languages: -
CR: -
Consumption: 10lbs - maximum amount it can eat
Minimum Per week: 3 lbs -minimum it can eat
Water needed per week: 4 Gallons - water needed
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Actions: Can Claw twice and bite or kick twice
Claw: +8 to hit reach 5 ft 2d6+0 dmg
Bite: +2 to hit reach 5 ft damage 2d4+0 damage
Kick: +8 to hit reach 5 ft damage 2d8+6 damage
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Specialization: how an animal is altered
More strength: +2 str
More Constitution: +2 con

For more read the players handbook pages 1-14 and pages 173-196
Its not as hard as it seems

[Lizerd]

Soooo, anyone interested?