Creature Types

A creature's type determines many of its characteristics and abilities: physical ability scores, Hit Die type, base attack bonus, saving throw bonuses, skill points, feats, and special qualities. Mental ability scores (Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma) can vary widely among creatures of a type; unless a type description specifies a particular score for one of these abilities, the GM will assign values as he or she deems appropriate.

Aberration - An aberration has a bizarre anatomy, strange abilities, an alien mindset, or any combination of the three.
Animal - An animal is a nonhumanoid creature, usually a vertebrate with no magical...
Construct - A construct is an animated object or artificially constructed creature.
Dragon - A dragon is a reptilian creature, usually winged, with magical or unusual abilities.
Elemental - An elemental is a being composed of one of the four classical elements: air, earth, fire, or water.
Fey - A fey is a creature with supernatural abilities and connections to nature or some other force or place.
Giant - A giant is a humanoid creature of Large size or larger.
Humanoid - A humanoid usually has two arms, two legs, and one head, or a humanlike torso, arms, and head.
Magical Beast - A magical beast is similar to an animal but can have an Intelligence score higher than 2.
Monstrous Humanoid - A monstrous humanoid is a humanoid creature with monstrous or animalistic features.
Ooze - An ooze is an amorphous or mutable creature. See Table: Oozes for physical...
Outsider - An outsider is a nonelemental creature originating from some other dimension, reality, or plane.
Plant - A plant is a vegetable creature. See Table: Plants for physical ability...
Undead - An undead is a once-living creature animated by spiritual or supernatural forces.
Vermin - This type includes insects, arachnids, other arthropods, worms, and similar invertebrates.

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Table: Creature Saves and Base Attack Bonuses
Creature's Hit Dice	Good Save Bonus	Poor Save Bonus	Base Attack Bonus (A)	Base Attack Bonus (B)	Base Attack Bonus (C)
1 or less	+2	+0	+0	+1	+0
2	+3	+0	+1	+2	+0
3	+3	+1	+2	+3	+1
4	+4	+1	+3	+4	+1
5	+4	+1	+3	+5	+2
6	+5	+2	+4	+6/+1	+2
7	+5	+2	+5	+7/+2	+3
8	+6	+2	+6/+1	+8/+3	+4
9	+6	+3	+6/+1	+9/+4	+4
10	+7	+3	+7/+2	+10/+5	+5
11	+7	+3	+8/+3	+11/+6/+1	+5
12	+8	+4	+9/+4	+12/+7/+2	+6/+1
13	+8	+4	+9/+4	+13/+8/+3	+6/+1
14	+9	+4	+10/+5	+14/+9/+4	+7/+2
15	+9	+5	+11/+6/+1	+15/+10/+5	+7/+2
16	+10	+5	+12/+7/+2	+16/+11/+6/+1	+8/+3
17	+10	+5	+12/+7/+2	+17/+12/+7/+2	+8/+3
18	+11	+6	+13/+8/+3	+18/+13/+8/+3	+9/+4
19	+11	+6	+14/+9/+4	+19/+14/+9/+4	+9/+4
20	+12	+6	+15/+10/+5	+20/+15/+10/+5	+10/+5

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