CREATURE OVERVIEW

Contents

• Abilities - Creatures have the same six ability scores as characters: Strength (Str),...
• Acquiring A Character Class - A creature that acquires a character class follows the rules for multiclass characters.
• Feats - Creatures with 1 or fewer Hit Dice that acquire character class levels...
• Size - Adding character classes to a creature never affects its size.
• Skills - Creatures that take levels of a character class do not gain as many skill points as a human character of the same class.
• Table: Skill Points Per Class Level For Nonhumans
• Talents And Abilities - Creatures that advance by character class gain special talents and abilities, which are noted here.
• Action Points (Ap) - Creatures have no action points. However, creatures can gain action points by taking levels in a heroic character class.
• Advancement - The GM can improve a creature by increasing its Hit Dice.
• Ability Scores - An increase in size affects a creature's Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution,...
• Attack Bonus - Table: Creature Saves and Base Attack Bonuses shows how a creature's base attack bonus improves as it gains Hit Dice.
• Defense - An increase in size affects a creature's Defense, as shown on Table: Creature Sizes.
• Grapple Modifier - An increase in size affects a creature's grapple modifier, as shown on Table: Creature Sizes.
• Increasing Hit Dice - As a creature gains Hit Dice, many of its game statistics change.
• Saving Throws - Table: Creature Saves and Base At-tack Bonuses shows how a creature's saving throw bonuses improve as it gains Hit Dice.
• Size - Adding Hit Dice to a creature can also increase its size.
• Skills And Feats - As shown on Table: Bonus Skill Points and Feats by Creature Type, a creature...
• Table: Adjustments To Physical Abilities And Natural Armor
• Table: Bonus Skill Points And Feats By Creature Type
• Allegiances (Al) - This entry lists the creature's most likely allegiances, in order from most important to least important.
• Base Attack Bonus (Bab) - A creature's base attack bonus does not include any modifiers.
• Challenge Rating (Cr) - A creature's Challenge Rating provides a rough measure of the creature's toughness in a combat situation.
• Creature Description - Each creature is organized in the same general format, as described in the following text.
• Defense - A creature's Defense includes a parenthetical mention of the modifiers contributing to it.
• Feats - This section lists alphabetically all the creature's feats.
• Benefit - The creature's secondary attacks with natural weapons take only a -2 penalty.
• Multiattack - The creature is adept at using all its natural weapons at once.
• Normal - Without this feat, the creature's secondary natural attacks take a -5 penalty.
• Prerequisite - Three or more natural weapons.
• Fighting Space (Fs) - Fighting space approximates the amount of space a creature needs to move...
• Full Attack (Full Atk) - A creature that takes no more than a 5-foot step during its turn can make a full attack using all of its natural weapons.
• Grapple Modifier (Grap) - Whenever a creature makes an opposed grapple check, apply this modifier to its d20 roll.
• Hit Dice (Hd) And Hit Points (Hp) - A creature's type and size determine its Hit Dice. A creature's Hit Dice...
• Initiative (Init) - The creature's modifier on initiative checks is usually equal to its Dexterity...
• Manufactured Weapons - Creatures that use manufactured weapons follow the same rules as characters,...
• Massive Damage Threshold (Mas) - When a creature takes damage from a single attack equal to or greater than...
• Natural Weapons - Natural weapons include teeth, claws, horns, and the like.
• Primary Attack (Atk) - If a creature moves more than 5 feet in the same round it attacks, it makes...
• Reach - A creature's reach is the distance at which it can strike targets with...
• Reputation (Rep) - A creature has a Reputation bonus of +0 but may increase the bonus by taking levels in a character class.
• Saves (Sv) - A creature's Fortitude, Reflex, and Will saving throw modifiers take into...
• Size - A creature falls into one of nine size categories. The size categories are briefly described in Table: Creature Sizes.
• Skills - This section lists alphabetically all the creature's skills by name along...
• Special Qualities (Sq) - Many creatures have unusual abilities. A special quality can be extraordinary (Ex), spell-like (Sp), or supernatural (Su).
• Speed (Spd) - A creature's tactical speed on land is the amount of distance it can cover in one move action.
• Type - A creature's type determines many of its characteristics and abilities:...