CRETASUS ADVENTURE GUIDE

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 CRETASUS ADVENTURE GUIDE
Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Chapter I: The Main Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
New Savannah & Environs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
New Savannah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Mount Crowe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
The Dukes and Butlers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
The McQuarry Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
The Hideout Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
The Great Library of Logos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
The Crystal Desert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
The Tecumseh Trail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Fort Tecumseh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
The Dino Warriors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Fort Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Federal Marshals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Ironclads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
The Southwestern Plains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
The Black Jungle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
The Bayou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
The Bay Trail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
The Inland Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
The Bay Side Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Underglen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Fort Apache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Plesiosaur Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
The Northwestern Plains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Barrister House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
The Warp Pirates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Chapter II: Dinosaurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Dinosaur Intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Cultural Habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Dinosaurs in the Wild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Dinosaurs in the Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Dinosaurs as Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Dinosaur Combat Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Chapter III: Player Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Character Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Prestige Class: Dino Warrior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Prestige Class: Federal Marshal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Credits
Writers: Fred Bush, Joseph Goodman, Mike
Roberts
Copy Editor: Derek Schubert
Cover Artist: Walter Stuart
Logo Designer: Derek Schubert
Dinosaur Planet: Broncosaurus Rex created by Joseph Goodman
Dedicated to my brother Mike. Thanks for all the good games.
Machinists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Skill Evolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
New Feats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
New Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Chapter IV: Gamemaster Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Generating Settlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Typical NPCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Getting Around Cretasus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Common Mounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Vehicle Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Typical Vehicle Stats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Buying a Mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Treasure Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Encounter Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Chapter V: Creature Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Coloration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Subspecies and Mutations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Albertosaurus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Ceratopsians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Cheirolepis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Dryosaurus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Dunkleosteus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Eurypterid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Hadrosaurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Kronosaurus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Leptoceratops (Zulep) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Plesiosaurus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Quetzalcoatlus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Scray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Small Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Spinosaurus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Stenonychosaurus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Tanystropheus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Therizinosaurus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Trilobite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Vulcanodon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Template: Ironclad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Interior Artists: Tim Burgard, Brianna Garcia,
Dan Morton, Derek Schubert, V. Shane
(vshane.com), Walter Stuart
Concept Artist: Andrew Farago
Graphic Designer: Joseph Goodman
 Introduction
Welcome to the world of Cretasus! Cretasus is the setting for
Dinosaur Planet: Broncosaurus Rex, a game world where cow-
boys use laser rifles to hunt dinosaurs. If you havent read the
Dinosaur Planet: Broncosaurus Rex Core Rulebook, you might
want to do so before continuing in the Cretasus Adventure Guide.
You could use this book in any d20 setting, but it is best suited to
Dinosaur Planet: Broncosaurus Rex.
We have divided the Cretasus world into several volumes.
This first, the Adventure Guide, will give you all the information
you need to start adventuring in the planets Main Valley, the most
settled area of Cretasus. Future works will cover new dinosaur
species and specific regions in greater detail, as well as some of
the other great valleys of Cretasus.
For those of you unfamiliar with Dinosaur Planet:
Broncosaurus Rex, it is set in the year 2202. Dinosaurs have been
discovered on the planet Cretasus. The two main factions in
human politics the Union and the Confederacy rush to estab-
lish a military presence, even as pioneers from across the galaxy
come to farm, hunt, and domesticate the dinos.
Settlers on Cretasus have identified hundreds of varieties of
dinosaurs virtually identical to those once found on Earth.
Prehistoric mammals have been sighted in neighboring regions,
engendering theories that the planets massive surface area has
created numerous micro-climates separated by mountains or other
impassable terrain. Some micro-climates have remained frozen
in evolutionary time or have evolved along unusual lines, while
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others have evolved more normally. The result is widely different
ecological results in close proximity to each other.
Some of the dinosaurs are the classic dumb brutes we all
know so well. But most are not. Velociraptors have near-human
intelligence. They live in organized tribes which loosely connect
into larger nations. Tyrannosaurus rex live in widely dispersed
family groups whose members remember genealogies for hun-
dreds of years. Triceratops travel in large herds with rigorous
social organization. Almost every species has its own language,
and the more intelligent ones have dialects specific to each region.
Even though Cretasus is far outside established political bor-
ders, it has been brought to the forefront of galactic politics by its
Earth-like environment and abundance of dinosaurs. The
dinosaurs have great potential as weapons and beasts of burden, a
point not lost on either the Confederacy or Union generals.
Although the Union and Confederacy long ago ceased open war-
fare, they have never ended hostilities. Now the battle for Cretasus
threatens to re-open a centuries-old conflict.
Characters can choose from six new character classes pre-
sented in the Broncosaurus Rex Core Rulebook: Bronco Rider,
Machinist, Soldier, Spy, Two-Fister, and Wild One. They can be
Union or Confederate, staunch loyalists or complete impartials, or
they may hail from one of several independent factions.
Adventures abound on the newly settled planet, with aliens, warp
pirates, the dinosaur nations, intergalactic trade, and rustlers,
ranchers, robbers, and wranglers to round out the universe.
 Chapter I: The Main Valley
The Main Valley is ringed by steep mountains which isolate
it from the rest of Cretasus. The only break in the mountain
perimeter is the Fur River, which flows directly into Mammoth
Valley to the west. One can travel to Mammoth Valley on the river
itself or along the treacherous bluffs beside it. The Fur River
earned its name from the occasional migrants who follow it out of
Mammoth Valley in the dinosaur-laden Main Valley, these mam-
malians are the only creatures to sport fur of any kind.
The center of human civilization on Cretasus is New
Savannah, the planets only city to speak of. Staunchly
Confederate, it sits between Fort Tecumseh to the west and Fort
Apache to the east. New Savannah houses the planets only civil-
ian spaceport, although ships with wilderness landing capabilities
can (and do) land in the wilderness.
In contrast to the relative sophistication of New Savannah,
the territories around it are the wild west of Cretasus. Stretching
from Fort Tecumseh in the west to Fort Apache in the east, you
will find the large farms and ranches, the watering holes and
saloons, the small towns, the big herds of domesticated broncos,
the rustlers, and the stables and mills and tanneries. This area is
still quite wild, but human occupation is extensive enough that
towns are relatively safe from wild dinosaurs (with the occasion-
al dramatic exception). By now, most hunters and trappers have
moved further into the frontier where the wild dinosaurs are still
plentiful.
New Savannah & Environs
New Savannah
New Savannah is the first great city on Cretasus to have
developed through the natural processes of settlement. Situated on
the shore of a great land-locked ocean, it provides a focal point for
the vast number of smaller habitations and farms that extend
across the plains towards the distant frontiers and beyond.
Ranchers and farmers come to New Savannah to sell their live-
stock and crops, making the citys market place a hive of activity.
Soldiers and Dino Warriors come to enjoy the loquacious atmos-
To the west of Fort Tecumseh, and to the east of Fort Apache,
are the true frontiers. At any time of day, there is at least one
wagon train leaving New Savannah for these frontiers, carrying
pioneers lured by the promises of free land, undiscovered gold,
and simple freedom.
The passage west is called the Tecumseh Trail. As it heads
into the great southwestern plains, it splits. Most settlers end their
journey near the fork, setting up a farm somewhere on the plains.
Some continue along the southern route, which leads to the
forests, Lake Hope, and the frontier town of Garsville. A very few
make the dangerous journey north along the edge of the swamp
known as the Bayou: a route that ultimately crosses the Fur River
and leads to the fertile northwestern plains.
The passage east from New Savannah is called the Bay Trail.
It soon turns north as it winds along the banks of the inland sea.
Most settlers along this route make their living by fishing, but
some have headed east into the deep valley forest. The forest is
thick with dangerous dinosaurs, but lush and ideal for logging and
raising a variety of crops on cleared land. The Bay Trail ends at
Plesiosaur Bay, a lawless settlement on the very northern tip of the
inland sea.
These general regions New Savannah, the Tecumseh Trail,
and the Bay Trail provide the structure for our description of the
Main Valley. Together with the vast Northwestern Plains, they
make up the valleys four quadrants.
phere of New Savannahs many watering holes and other distrac-
tions that help mentally postpone the next tour of duty. Trades of
every kind are plied within its tall stone walls, some less salubri-
ous than others, but all intrinsic to New Savannahs rich and var-
ied tapestry. Inside its granite boundaries, youll find people look-
ing for a good time, others seeking a respite from the bitter con-
ditions of frontier life, and still others hunting the rewards that
such endeavors bring. If you want to make your mark on Cretasus,
New Savannah is your best bet for a solid starting point, for with-
out the security provided by its civilized community, your plans
have foundations of sand.
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 The History of New Savannah
Early Developments
New Savannah developed as the largest community on
Cretasus soon after people discovered the great land-locked
ocean. Finding food on Cretasus was always a major concern for
the settlers, and a source of fresh water, untouched by man, would
always guarantee food. Fishing expeditions quickly proved that
New Savannah would have the bare necessities to sustain a popu-
lation far larger than any other prospective site had yet offered,
and the plains surrounding it were suitable for both pastoral and
arable agriculture, due doubtless to the presence of the ocean.
Quarries of stone, mines for fuel, forests for wood: all lay within
relatively easy reach of the site chosen to establish the first settle-
ment, and it soon became the center for the whole of the regions
activity. If farmers found their crops destroyed by the untamed
dinosaurs wandering from the eastern forests, they knew they
could find food at New Savannah. Many of the early victims of
stampeding herbivores relinquished their land in return for a fish-
ing vessel and a rudimentary wooden dwelling.
These men and their families were the founders of modern
New Savannah. Few families left after stopping on the shores of
the picturesque ocean, so abundant were the fish and helpful
neighbors. Those with an eye for commerce quickly purchased the
land off disenchanted farmers, knowing that others would follow
eager to try their hand at taming the land, and it was not long
before much of the land surrounding New Savannah was in the
hands of the Porter family and its patriarch, Hepsediah Porter.
The Porter Family
A wealthy industrialist and philanthropist descended from
Atlanta, Hepsediah Porter was committed to establishing a model
community on Cretasus. Having successfully combined business
interests with an often-contradictory devout belief in fair play,
Porter had left for Cretasus in search of a fresh start after the
heart-breaking death of his beloved wife Marie. His sons and
daughters asked to travel with him, and the whole family left on a
ship with little of the pomp and circumstance that their wealth had
accustomed them to.
Porters arrival on Cretasus was not auspicious. As the ship
descended to the verdant plains he had identified for settlement,
the crew saw an eighteen foot tall metal man below them. They
had stumbled onto secret testing grounds for the Unions iron-
clads, the powerful walking tanks that the Union hoped to some-
day deploy against the Confederacy. Porter retreated, but not
before the ironclads warning shots breached the hull. After a wild
descent, the damaged craft finally came to rest. Porter and his
shipmates found that they were in the middle of a desert. They
were way off course.
Taking what supplies that they could carry, the party left the
ship and struck out in search of the plains. Some stayed with the
stricken craft, insisting that they would be rescued when they
were reported as missing, but most left, with Porter at their head.
His strong personal charm, wise yet swift mind and keen skills of
negotiation had made him a popular man on board ship: despite
his age, it was only natural that he should lead the expedition into
the distant depths of this unfamiliar planet.
Several settlers wanted to set up a more permanent camp after
only three days of travelling, but Porter persuaded them to con-
tinue. He spoke as if certain of brighter prospects ahead, and there
were very few dissenting voices as he laid out his plans for a
longer trek into the interior. They had plentiful supplies, well-
serviced transports, and fuel supplies to see them right for several
weeks touring. He sent motorcycle riders and horsemen out ahead
of the main group to warn of obstacles and relay any good news,
such as the discovery of a source of fresh water and food. For
eight days and nights, each rider brought back the same story: that
there was nothing but desert surrounding them, and that they had
made their initial landing way off target. With the exception of
unusual crystal formations and the occasional small dinosaur,
there was nothing to be seen but sand and shale.
Hepsediah realized that those whod refused to come with
him would be calling for help that would never come; they were
nowhere near their intended destination, and there was no guaran-
tee that the radios on the ship would be able to contact those who
could save them. Porters eldest son, Daniel, volunteered to go
back for the settlers that had stayed with the ship. Despite his gut
feeling, Hepsediah allowed Daniel to do so. Several members of
the party objected, because if Daniel were to make the return jour-
ney and catch up with the main contingent he would need a great
deal of the remaining fuel and food. Others opined that the people
at the ship would have already been rescued by now. Some fami-
lies wanted to travel with Daniel, as they believed that Hepsediah
was mistakenly leading them to starvation in a barren desert.
At this point, the first cracks appeared in the settlers previous
solidarity. Most were ignorant of Hepsediahs concern for his son
and the well-being of those who traveled with him; it would
indeed be a great feat for anyone to make a return journey and sur-
vive. Critics showed more interest in the fact that they had been
travelling for over a week, and yet had found nowhere to set up
camp. Now that the convoy was going to be split, they would have
fewer vehicles none to spare if any broke down and they
would also have fewer supplies. They estimated that they could go
on for only one more week without finding a supply of food; then,
they would starve. Porter restricted rations to half their current
level, which was unpopular, but the settlers stuck with the man
who had brought them here so far unscathed by the hostile wilder-
ness through which they drifted.
Parting of the Company
The convoy split on September 12th, Hepsediah fighting back
the tears as his son climbed into the cabin of the lead truck. The
Porter family had always been renowned for their wanderlust;
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Hepsediahs distant relatives had been at the frontiers of American echoed anothers dissatisfaction at Porters leadership. Hepsediah
settlement many generations ago, and it was evident that both was despondent. He knew that if there was nothing beyond this
Daniel and his father had inherited the trailblazing spirit. Neither mountain pass, they were doomed. The louder the murmurs of
had experienced such a split first-hand, however; they had always mistrust, the more he doubted his decision to lead them here.
operated as a family, and found the parting difficult, especially However, they now had little option but to continue onwards. That
before the eyes of those who had followed them into the desert. A night, they cleared the gorge with superhuman effort. After trav-
few words of encouragement were exchanged, as were proud elling through the night, the party soon came to the other side of
boasts of a speedy return. Their smiles that followed were forced the range and gazed on a world wholly different from the desert
through overwhelming sensations of loss for both father and son, dunes they had left days before.
the like of which they had not experienced since the death of
Marie, wife and mother respectively to those facing this difficult Beyond the Mountains
separation. Both parted into a future of dire uncertainty. The mood
in both camps hung heavy that night. As the light of a new day suffused their senses, the settlers
Hepsediahs expedition left the next morning, moving further looked in awe at the plains that stretched before them. Desert
into the interior and communicating with Daniels convoy through quickly gave way to grasses, trees, and other plants: the first signs
radio. After four days of travel,
Hepsediahs group found themselves on
an incline. They were heading towards
mountains, and all quickly realized that it
would be almost impossible to get the
trucks over them except by a pass.
Motorcyclists were sent out once again,
and after a day, the first returned with
news that there was a gorge running
through the mountains. The gorge was
clearly hazardous, but the party could only
continue onwards. They had seen large
dust clouds behind them, and once it was
clear that Daniels convoy was not respon-
sible, the settlers became quite keen to
delay any meeting with the cause of the
disturbances. The storm or stampede
behind them could damage their vehicles,
but the way forward also seemed distinct-
ly unforgiving. Choosing the lesser of the
two perceived evils, the company set off
toward the mountain pass.
They were not long into the second
days travel when an avalanche of rocks
hurtled down the mountainside toward the
lead vehicle. Other vehicles were knocked
over as the rocks crashed into the gorge,
killing several of the settlers and blocking
the path forwards. It was far too hot to
begin clearing the debris; after an initial
search for survivors, it was decided to
clear the way during the night. Those
unharmed by the incident set up camp,
whispering to their neighbors that they
should have traveled with Daniels con-
voy. The party worked hard through the
night to remove fallen rocks and crushed
vehicles, but more remained. As they
awoke the second night, many in the party

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of life they had seen for an age, a wild array disappearing into the
horizon as far as the eye could see. Small herds of grazing
dinosaurs could be seen in the distance, slowly making their way
across the landscape that seemed an herbivorous utopia. To
Hepsediah Porter, such lushness spoke of one thing: water. He
would soon find water. His group would survive.
Previous doubts gave way to jubilation, and Porter was hailed
as a genius. Despite the excitement, Porter himself was less than
gleeful, as the mountain range had severed the radio link with his
sons party. While the travelers celebrated, Hepsediah worked
without rest on the radio, trying to catch a frequency through
which he could hail his son. His labors went unrewarded, and
while his company exulted, something inside him seemed to die.
Instinctively, he knew that Daniel had perished.
The Inland Sea
Now determined that the planet not take any more lives,
Hepsediah sent motorcyclists to search for a river. There had be a
river flowing from the mountains into this plain to give it such
vibrant life. After a days searching, the scouts returned, two of
them having found rivers that flowed from the mountains. Several
members of the company asked why no such rivers had flowed
into the other side, but their questions were quickly drowned in
the excitement that followed the announcement that the nearest
river would be followed to its destination. If it followed the same
pattern as rivers on Earth, it would flow to the sea, where the trav-
elers knew they would find a place to rest.
As the river grew greater, so did the hopes of the settlers.
After two more weeks of travel beside its lush green bank, they
reached their destination. The rivers mouth opened into a vast
lake, the likes of which the travelers had never seen. Lazy
hadrosaurs splashed in the shallows, a huge herd of triceratops
grazed the lush green shoots along the shore, and low-flying
pterosaurs plucked fish from the gentle waves. The water was a
deep blue, untarnished by man and primordially pure.
Building small fishing vessels, the intrepid settlers soon dis-
covered the vast array of aquatic life that proved not only easy to
catch in their nets but eminently suitable for their cooking pots.
Their first week passed with disarming swiftness, and the travel-
ers knew that they had arrived.
The Birth of New Savannah
It wasnt long before the inhabitants of the planet began to
show an interest in these new arrivals. The settlers first encoun-
ters with the dinosaurs did nothing to engender an open-minded
attitude towards the creatures that were now their co-habitants,
but Porter knew that if they were to survive, the settlers would
have to somehow live with these giants. Some advocated shooting
the dinosaurs if they came too close; however, the settlers
weapons would merely irritate one of the creatures, perhaps
enough to enrage it and cause the whole herd to stampede in
response. Preventive measures were needed, foundations on
which could be built a permanent future for the settlement, and the
ocean would be their ally.
Porter proposed the construction of a deep, wide moat around
the settlement, with a wooden palisade atop the earth thrown up
by the digging of the channel. The deep water should discourage
the casual visitor, and the palisade would protect the settlement
from the more determinedly inquisitive while providing an excel-
lent vantage point from which to espy the surrounding plain.
Some parts of the plan would prove difficult to achieve; the con-
struction of a lock to stop the water flowing away from the chan-
nel when the tide retreated seemed the most challenging mechan-
ical problem. Some of the settlers balked at the sheer toil of that
the scheme.
Adapting well to the task ahead of them, the settlers modified
some of their vehicles using the tools and equipment they had
brought from Earth. The work took weeks, but fortunately the
herds of herbivores kept their distance, possibly because they saw
the trucks and diggers as a new kind of predator. Whatever the
reason, it was a welcome piece of good fortune, for the small set-
tlement could not have withstood the charge of a terrified herd.
However, while all eyes were on the vast numbers of herbivores
that moved along the coast, others slipped through the forest
glades unseen. The settlers would soon discover that they were not
the only ones capable of alarming the destructive mass of the
triceratops.
Taming the Wild
As night fell one balmy June evening, the lookouts reported
swift creatures approaching from the edges of the forest towards
the foremost members of the vast herd, which was now drinking
at the oceans edge. It was clear the herd was unaware, as they
remained fixed on quenching their thirst. With the benefit of their
night-vision goggles, the lookouts saw that a pack of albertosaurs
was on the move, intent on sating their hunger at the expense of
the herd.
Porter was alarmed. Much of the herd was now within a kilo-
meter of the settlement, and should they stampede to escape the
predators, there was a distinct possibility that they would charge
the settlement. However, the albertosaurs had some considerable
distance to travel over sparsely covered ground, and they too were
in no hurry to panic their quarry. They began to move slowly as
they came out of the forest, making the best use of the cover
around them to hide from the herd. Porter knew it was now or
never.
Asking for volunteers from the unmarried men, he proposed
that the settlers venture out and take the fight to the albertosaurs.
Their vehicles could cover the ground in a few minutes, and if
they could drive off the albertosaurs, they would be unlikely to
return. One group was to drive the herd away from the village,
while another group on the faster vehicles would take what fight
they had in them to the hunters.
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 Most of the young men volunteered. Taking the deadliest
weapons in the settlements well-kept arsenal, they set out on the
fastest motorcycles in teams of two: one to concentrate on driving,
the other riding pillion to fire the guns. Their small size should not
alarm the herbivores, whose attention was to be demanded by the
pick-up trucks and massive engineering vehicles that seemed to
have stayed the herd during the construction of the palisade and
moat.
The bikers took absurd risks in driving away the albertosaurs.
Believing that a head shot was the only way to make the bullets
count, they had to get in close. Young Abraham Jackson was the
first to feel the powerful teeth of an enraged albertosaur close
around his body, damning both him and his pillion passenger to a
terrifying death and sending Abraham to rest with his family. Zeke
Wylde, a seventeen-year-old dead-eye shot from Hazzard County,
Mars, settled the debt, sending several hollow-point rounds
through the hateful staring orb of the largest albertosaur, which
had been watching Zeke and his driver as if sizing up its next
meal. Another albertosaur fell as three gunmen riddled its face
with bullet-holes, forever closing its mandibles of death.
Whether it was the roar of the bikes engines or the simple
fact that they were now on the receiving end of the kind of brutal
aggression they usually handed out, the albertosaurs began to run
towards the forest glade. Zeke downed another two as they fled,
and other teams wounded several more. Though the albertosaurs
were much hardier than the humans theyd fought, the horrific
wounds inflicted by the hollow-point rounds ensured that at least
a few escapees would die in the very near future.
Here was the first sign that man had established himself on
Cretasus. The natural order of the dinosaur planet was to be
changed forever by mankinds intervention; he was to play the
role of a brutal shepherd, protecting the flock from all harm so that
he could slaughter them himself. The first albertosaur pack that
the settlers had encountered would soon starve to death, deprived
of the food source that had always been available to them.
Although they had only been here for weeks, all Cretasus now
knew that the humans had arrived.
The Second Wave
After the albertosaur incident, many settlers who had previ-
ously been ranchers suggested dividing the herd. This would
reduce the threat it posed and let it be used as a source of food. To
do this, they would need more hands. Since the settlement had
survived the initial threats posed to it by the planets environment,
Hepsediah decided it was time to call for more settlers.
News of the travelers success in establishing the community
sparked a great deal of interest in the Confederacy. Drawing
together an armada of ships for the journey to the fledgling settle-
ment, Confederacy officials informed Porter that many new set-
tlers would be heading for the inland ocean, with masses of
machinery and materials so that they could take full advantage of
the prime land hed discovered. Scientific, industrial and military
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advisers were also to travel to the area, to survey it and measure
its potential for expansion.
Realizing that this would soon be the largest settlement on
Cretasus, Porter decided that it needed a name. The community
was unanimous in its opinion that Porter should choose the name
for their piece of Cretasus, and it wasnt difficult for him to make
up his mind. Thinking of his beloved wife Marie and the splendor
of the city of his ancestors, he proclaimed to rapturous applause
that the settlement would be known as New Savannah.
The first ships landed fourteen weeks after the albertosaur
attack, by which time the inhabitants had prepared temporary
accommodation for the new arrivals. Masses of machinery and
supplies were unloaded, including fuel, mining tools, felling
equipment, engineering vehicles, and temporary structures. Many
of the settlers were specialists: miners, quarrymen, lumberjacks
and machinists from all over the galaxy had come to New
Savannah to aid in its development. Each had brought their fami-
lies; Porter had requested that most of the new settlers be family
men in order to avoid the problems that plagued developing com-
munities in the old west, where the drinking and gambling of sin-
gle men bored with the monotony of their solitary lives had
stressed the mining towns to breaking point.
The advisors sent to New Savannah were a great surprise to
Porter. He had known all three of the senior post-holders from his
earlier days, and they were delighted to see him. Edgar
Winthorpe, his old business partner who had left to manage oper-
ations elsewhere, joined him as the industrial advisor; Jonas
Crowe, an old university friend, had been appointed scientific
advisor to the community; and finally, his old fishing friend
Nathanial P. Hood, a descendant of the famous Civil War general,
accompanied the new wave of settlers as military advisor. Other
officials and specialists had been sent to help build a lasting com-
munity, including doctors, fire chiefs, and planning architects.
With them at his disposal, Porter knew that New Savannah was
ready to take its first major leap towards its destiny as the greatest
example of human endeavor on all of Cretasus.
Building New Savannah
With the new machinery and skilled workers to use it, work
started on the construction of a whole new city by the ocean.
Builders worked night and day to erect permanent dwellings, fol-
lowing architects plans for town blocks based on the distinct
squares in the original pattern of Savannah, Georgia. Heavily
armed teams ventured into the mountains to assess their mineral
value and begin mining ore, while workers prepared the founda-
tions for the new factories that would process them.
Ranchers got to work driving a portion of the vast triceratops
herd away from the sea and into the plains, where they were
watered and managed by the humans. Most of the ranches were
founded along the river, extending the community onto the plains.
It was then that the predators reared their ugly heads and caught
the settlers unaware. A lack of security and a dearth of easy prey
saw the destruction of both the Jones ranch and the Caddocks
before armed patrols could drive the predators away. Some of the
ranchers figured that they had overstepped the boundary of safe-
ty. The older hands pulled back into the town until they could ade-
quately protect themselves and their families out on the plain.
Some families, determined to make the most of the land and the
opportunities that it offered, stayed outside what the others con-
sidered a safe distance, but many paid a terrible price for doing so.
With new buildings erected every day, the pace of New
Savannahs development had fooled these younger ranchers into
believing the predatory dinosaurs were no longer a threat, and that
the humans had scared them off for good. However, the original
settlers determined resistance had forced the predators to take
more risks and attack whenever hunger forced an opportunity. The
ranchers living on the very edge of the community proved to be
perfect targets.
Most realized that New Savannah itself could not protect all
who decided to live out on the plains. Nathanial P. Hood, New
Savannahs military advisor, suggested the construction of small
outposts from which patrols could be launched against threatening
predators. These would also act as an early warning system
against other threats; Hood was all too aware that the Union
would be equally interested in the rich land surrounding New
Savannah, and he was determined not to give any ground to the
enemies of his country. Four small wooden forts were erected
along the bank of the river, each six kilometers apart: close
enough to support each other but far enough apart to actually play
a useful role in supporting the outlying ranches. Union spies and
potential interlopers could be apprehended at one of these forts,
and the forts very presence would increase the range that patrols
could cover. They would also provide convenient resting places
for the workers that traveled to and from the mountains, for rich
deposits of ore had been discovered and work had begun in
earnest to retrieve it. And all the time, the building of permanent
structures continued in New Savannah.
As the years progressed, more and more settlers came to New
Savannah, until the town was forced to spread over the plains
towards the forests and the mountains. Each influx brought more
machinery, equipment and resources to develop the town. Soon,
over two hundred thousand souls lived in New Savannah and its
environs. The town had expanded out in a checkerboard fashion,
copying the squares of old-time Savannah, and there were all the
offices, facilities, and amenities that humans elsewhere would
have expected to find. Farmers started to farm the vast plains, and
ranchers herded the triceratops further and further from the new
city. Ruthless purges against dinosaur predators were carried out
to clear the way for further human development and for the secu-
rity of the herds, but predators would always reappear just when
the people thought them destroyed. As Hepsediah Porter and his
family grew in years, so the city of New Savannah grew in size
and maturity, until it was a self-sufficient and thriving communi-
ty. Whether you come here for commerce or adventure or just to
bask in its splendor, New Savannah is a must-see spot for anyone
on Cretasus.
The City Today
Governing the Wilderness
If it were not for the presence of dinosaurs among them, the
citizens of New Savannah could be forgiven for thinking that
theyd never left Earth. All the raw materials valued on Earth can
be found somewhere near the city, whether it be in the ocean, the
earth or the mountains. In fact, the land is so fertile, so inviting to
humanity, that some have even entertained thoughts that theyve
discovered Eden, while others (mostly conspiracy theorists)
believe that it is some grand alien plan to lure humans to a single
location, in order to make it easy for aliens to harvest them for
their own sinister reasons. While the debate continues amongst
those with very little to do, the majority of New Savannahs peo-
ple get on with the job of making Cretasus their home.
A self-supporting community, New Savannah benefits from a
sound organizational structure conceived by Porter and his advi-
sors. As the city grew in size, so did the need for a system of law
enforcement and social services to provide the infrastructure for
the thriving community. All these services were provided by the
Confederacy. They include a fire service, free public heath sys-
tem, sanitation department, police department, and all the other
public utilities and structures of government one would expect to
find in a major city.
Acting as head of the New Savannah community is
Hepsediah Porter, now in his early fifties. He and his close advi-
sors form what government there is; there are none to rival him,
although there are sometimes voices of dissent, which usually
manifest themselves in protest or pressure groups. There is very
little in the way of political debate in the homesteads of the city,
and it is unlikely that there will be a place for it in the near future.
All of those who come to New Savannah do so out of choice; if
they are unwilling to live by its laws or pay its taxes, they simply
leave for the frontier. All who travel through space to New
Savannah are fully aware what is expected of them, and those who
refuse to comply are typically asked to leave.
Settling in New Savannah & Acquiring Land
There are two ways one can come to live in New Savannah.
The most common is through an employment contract, which
guarantees the successful applicant a house and some land. The
second way is through land purchase. The Confederacy has
enough troops in the area to forcefully lay claim to the plains of
New Savannah, and it can sell land to those who wish to live
there. A nominal rent is paid to the Confederacy to help finance
the army and forts in the area. Only a handful of the citizens resent
paying the taxes and rent, as theyre all too well aware of what
might happen if the patrols stop and the predators return in num-
bers.
Those less well-off are also eligible for land purchase by
mortgage, for which they purchase the land for a nominal fee, and
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then are expected to pay a greater sum of rent to the Confederacy
to pay for the land. Failure to pay means eviction; New Savannah
isnt a socialist utopia, and life there can be as harsh for those who
fail as it is back on Earth.
Once the land has been purchased, the owner is free to do
with it as he or she sees fit (providing the Confederacy gets its
rent, of course). There are strict regulations preventing the mass
purchase of land or monopolies of ownership, as Porter and the
Confederacy are wary about potential land barons buying up all
the land and then selling to Union settlers. This is one conceptual
Mason-Dixon line that theyre determined to preserve.
Of course, many visitors to New Savannah choose neither of
the above options, opting instead to stay only long enough to gath-
er supplies for passage to the frontier.
Industry
All conceivable types of industry occur in or around New
Savannah. All kinds of ore are mined, mostly around the moun-
tains that separate the New Savannah plain from the desert that
Porters initial expedition had to cross. Many of these industries
are in the hands of the Confederacy, as they supply vital raw mate-
rials critical to any nation at times of war. The processing facto-
ries are kept close to their sources of supply, which means that
New Savannahs greatest industrial center is in fact many miles
away from the city. Life for the families of the miners and other
workers is harder than for those fortunate enough to live within
New Savannahs walls, but they have their own communities and
small towns that support them.
The largest town is called Mount Crowe, after Porters scien-
tific advisor who discovered the main seams of ore in and around
the mountains. It is probably the last major stopover point for any-
one wishing to head off into the mountains or beyond into the
desert, though very few come there for such a purpose. Most work
for the mining companies, and theres always work available for
deadeye shots to guard the ponderous travelling freight wagons.
Work is also underway on a railway between New Savannah and
the factories to reduce the risk of dinosaur attack; none of the huge
haulage wagons can travel very fast across the plain of New
Savannah, and while the trucks are pretty indestructible, their
crews arent. Pteranadons and pteradactyls from the mountains
have been known to attack resting convoys, and there is always
the threat of bandits. Drivers and outriders are always in demand
too; if one is looking for passage between New Savannah and the
mountains with food and pay, then the freight convoys are the best
option.
Places of Note
There are several places of particular importance in New
Savannah:
City Hall, where all the Offices are located;
The Docks, where most commercial and military boats moor;
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The Grand Market, where most trade is done in New
Savannah;
Chatham Theatre, the largest and most popular theatre in
New Savannah; and
The Spaceport, the only one on Cretasus under civilian con-
trol.
City Government
Hepsediah Porter is the man responsible for the development
of what is essentially his city. As the population began to grow, he
studied the design Robert Castell had developed and that James
Oglethorpe used to create their magnificent Georgian city, the
Earthly Savannah that Porter loved so much. Drafting plans for
New Savannah, Porter and his team adopted the system of broad,
straight streets interspersed with grassy squares and parks. Lining
these streets were buildings of all kinds: houses and apartment
buildings, food stores, neighborhood shops, etc. The prototype
allowed for great flexibility and a pleasant human scale. Thirty
such squares formed the basis of the early city, and as more peo-
ple arrived, more squares were added. The moat and palisade sys-
tem were replaced by stone walls, which soon had to be ringed by
a second perimeter of massive wire fences as the city continued to
grow. While not as secure as the palisade, the fences are strong
enough to provide protection from the smaller dinosaurs now that
the ranchers had reduced the threat of mass stampedes.
Porters initial desire had been to re-create the eighteenth and
nineteenth century architecture that Savannah was famed for, but
simple economics and building pressures ruled out such ambitions
in the short term. However, as more settlers arrived and the
machinery to develop more impressive structures came available,
some of his dreams became reality.
New Savannah has a burgeoning business community, spec-
tacular docks, the only civilian spaceport on Cretasus and much
more to interest the adventurer. It is the epitome of sophistication
and Southern gentility, and is even more outstanding given the
harsh environment in which it thrives. Like a fragrant orchid of
culture surrounded by an arid desert of plebieanism, the city is a
marked contrast to the hardships that surround its strong stone
walls. While ranchers and farmers fend off the natural world they
so carefully tend, the inhabitants of New Savannah relish the new
life they have made for themselves on Cretasus. For the majority,
it has been a struggle, but some arrive with the money and back-
ground of privilege. However, most of New Savannahs good cit-
izens have endured their own hardships to get this far, and none
intend to return to the trials of the life theyve striven to escape.
New Savannah is one of the few centers of habitation that has
a formal government. Few of those that decide the citys future are
not first generation, and real authority lies with the Porter fam-
ily and their close friends. Hepsediah Porter is still the overall
ruler of New Savannah, acting as the head of the community as
something crossed between a president and a mayor. There is no
serious political opposition to the Porter patriarch, and it almost
seems that he is without critics, but this is not the case. Taxation
is always a sore point, but most arguments are nipped in the bud
by admitting only those willing to pay such taxes to live in New
Savannah. The taxes pay for the infrastructure needed to keep
New Savannah working: roads, street lighting, the fire service,
hospitals, waterworks, militia guard, and other public utilities
controlled by Porters government. Each department of the local
government is responsible for keeping its part of the city in work-
ing order, and the Porter family oversees this conglomeration,
meshing it into one unified whole. Individuals are elected by the
citizens of New Savannah to run these utilities for terms of four
years. The role of public servant is not a light one; the grave
responsibility that comes with the office is not often reflected in
the pay, and one needs a certain philanthropic bent to stand for one
term, never mind run for a second. There is a great sense of
achievement amongst those who have held office, as each and
every one of the holders recognizes the significance of what they
are building on Cretasus. Being part of the New Savannah success
story is a great honor.
There are six main offices: the Sheriffs Office, the Office of
Public Works, the Office of Agriculture, the Office of Civil
Defense, the Office of Trade and Industry, and the Office of Public
Welfare.
The Sheriffs Office
The current holder of the Sheriffs Office is Nathanial Kelly,
a devout Protestant whose Earthly ancestors lived in Virginia. A
former Security Officer on one of the Confederacys largest
space-craft, the CSS Shiloh, he is now in his fiftieth year and has
kept crime in New Savannah so low that visitors may be unaware
that there are any misdemeanors committed in the city.
Every officer in the police force wears his badge of office on
the left breast: a circle with the Lone Star in the center. The rest of
the uniform resembles the grey worn at West Point before the
Civil War, making these guardians of the public good instantly
recognizable. They are trained to keep the public peace, but also
to shoot; the new challenges that the dinosaur planet brings are
also not lost on them.
Their special division of Bronco Riders handles any threats
posed by the herds, and often patrols outside the city to make sure
that there are no external threats passing unnoticed. The police
also keep a stable of horses and a crack posse that has been known
to pursue criminals deep into the swamps and mountains, usually
to return days later with their quarry in hand. Zeke Wylde, now a
little older than when he fought the albertosaurs at the settlements
birth, is the head of these Rough Riders. His knowledge of the
mountains is second only to that of the criminals who make it their
permanent home, and even they have been caught out several
times by his tenacious raids into their territory.
The city is split into separate precincts, each answerable to
Kellys office, and is manned by between twenty to forty officers
at one time. The Rough Riders are a city-wide elite, the result of
pooled resources from each precinct. All in all, Kelly does a good
job in keeping the citizens safe from the potential dangers that sur-
round them and strives to ensure that crime does not pay.
The Sheriffs Office is also responsible for the upkeep of the
New Savannah prison, a large concrete structure often mistaken
for a fort by those approaching the city from outside. Fifteen
inhospitable miles separate the prison from the city, and if gover-
nor Jackson Wright has anything to do with it, its inhabitant wont
be making that journey until theyve paid their debt to society in
full and then some. There is no death penalty on Cretasus, but
doubtless your players will give cause for some to call for its
introduction!
Peterson Precinct: A typical precinct station located in the
east of the city, Peterson Precinct is home to sixty officers and
support personnel. Run by Evan Peterson (the citys longest serv-
ing precinct officer) it has approximately forty police officers
ready for action at any one time. At least half of these will be
patrolling the streets, as Kelly strongly believes that a powerful
police presence deters criminals. Peterson remains at the precinct
throughout the day, meeting with Kelly weekly in the city hall to
report on some of the initiatives that affect his precinct. The most
serious problem in Peterson Precinct is public disorder, as its
hotels and bars are popular with visitors from outside, who often
bring their cash with every intention of spending it on either the
finest wines available to humanity or cheap rot-gut whisky that
still does the job. Ranch-hands frequent this part of the city
when they are delivering to the market and they always bring
drunken violence. The officers give short shrift to aggressive
drunks; many ranch hands have awakened to find themselves
slightly bruised and sore in the stations cells.
Here are the statistics for the average police officer on the
New Savannah force should your players force their intervention
at any time.
New Savannah Police, Confederate War1: CR 1/2;
Medium-size Humanoid (6 ft.); HD 1d8+3 (includes
Toughness feat); Init +0; Spd 30 ft.; AC 12 (+2 leather
armor); Atk +2 melee (1d4+1/crit 19-20, knife), or +1 ranged
(1d10/crit x3, Colt .45); AL LN; SV Fort +2, Ref +0, Will +0;
Str 12, Con 11, Dex 10, Int 10, Wis 10, Cha 10.
Skills: Intimidate +4 (4), Handle Animal +2 (1), Jump (1),
Listen +2 (0), Ride +2 (2), Spot +2 (0). Feats: Toughness,
Alertness.
Possessions: Knife, Colt .45 with 4d10 bullets, leather
armor, flashlight, manacles, cash $1d6. Police may be
equipped with Winchester rifles or shotguns for special mis-
sions.
The Rough Riders: A posse of forty trained horsemen, the
Rough Riders are chosen from the elite from each precinct. Led
by Zeke Wylde, the Riders often go out into the wilderness to get
their man, so all the Riders are expert horsemen and scouts. They
wear no uniform as such but all carry photographic identification
and a badge of office, though they rarely get called on to serve
inside the city. They are a cut above the average officer, and their
statistics reflect their specialist training.
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 Rough Rider, Confederate War1/Bro1: CR 2;
Medium-size Humanoid (6 ft.); HD 2d8+3; Init +1 (Dex); Spd
40 ft. (light horse); AC 13 (+1 Dex, +2 leather armor); Atk +1
melee (1d8/crit 19-20, longsword), or +2 ranged (1d10/crit
x3, Colt .45)*; AL LN; SV Fort +2, Ref +3, Will +0; Str 11,
Con 11, Dex 12, Int 11, Wis 10, Cha 12.
* Does not include penalties for firing while riding, which
are reduced due to Mounted Archery feat: -2 if mount makes
double move, -4 if mount runs.
Skills: Animal Empathy +6 (4), Balance +3 (2), Handle
Animal +8 (5), Intimidate +5 (4), Intuit Direction +4 (4),
Knowledge (nature) +2 (2), Jump +2 (2), Ride +7 (5),
Wilderness Lore +4 (4). Feats: Mounted Combat, Mounted
Archery, Toughness.
Possessions: Light horse, longsword, Colt .45 with 4d10
bullets, Winchester rifle with 3d10 bullets, leather armor,
cash $2d6. May be equipped with lances or other weapons
for special missions.
Scenario Hooks: The most likely point of involvement the
characters will have with the police force is if they get a little
rowdy or forget that New Savannah is a civilized city, not a place
where you can kill without facing the consequences. However, if
the characters are responsible citizens, they can volunteer as
Special Officers or even be deputized to assist the Rough Riders
if their reputation warrants it.
The Office of Public Works
Probably the least glamorous of all the public offices, the
Office of Public Works is run by Winston Porter, the second-eld-
est son of the city patriarch. He is responsible for the smooth day-
to-day running of the Office, which is the largest of the six. His
department covers a lot of different ground; the fire service, health
care, sewerage and waterworks, fuel supplies, land registration,
power, communications, and many other amenities taken for
granted by many citizens in New Savannah all fall under his juris-
diction. From clearing the sewers of rats and dinosaurs to provid-
ing the facilities for delicate surgery, the Office of Public Works is
a multi-faceted machine that runs smoothly due only to the dedi-
cation of the people who work within it. Private medicine is
unheard of, and all doctors must be registered with the Office
before they can practice. Of course private doctors do exist, but
they tend to serve those who dont want their medical needs com-
ing to the attention of the police.
Scenario Hooks: As stated earlier, there usually isnt much in
the way of adventure to be found at the Office of Public Works,
but without it and the services it supplies, the characters wouldnt
be able to live in the city or receive medical aid. Union or bandit
sabotage of the public works is sometimes an issue, and dinosaurs
mucking up the generators has caused problems in the past. There
is always work for sewer cleaners; this can be a very dangerous
job, and despite the generous pay offered by the Office, very few
pursue this as a career. Not many people will recommend the
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movie Alligator to you, but watch it; now imagine its a dinosaur
down there.
The Office of Public Welfare
Once again, this Office doesnt provide a great opportunity
for adventure; it handles social security and benefits for the sick,
the elderly and the disabled. If you cant work, then you should be
able to find help here. Isaiah Mason heads the Office of Public
Welfare and quietly gets on with it. There is an investigation
department that deals with fraud, but other than catching cheats,
theres not much in the way of excitement at the Office of Public
Welfare.
The one source of controversy is usually the immigration sys-
tem. The Office has to examine people who have arrived at New
Savannahs massive spaceport for viruses and also has to detain
those who are on the planet illegally. The growing population of
aliens on Cretasus has raised fears of exotic disease, and with the
exception of the well-known Scray, most aliens are temporarily
quarantined upon their arrival at the spaceport.
Scenario Hooks: Unless you really want to go on a crusade
to better the lot of the down at heel, theres not much room for
adventure here.
The Office of Agriculture
Porters eldest daughter, Catherine, is the head of this Office,
which also deals with other sources of food vital to existence in
New Savannah. The fishing ships fall under the control of this
large department, as do the farms and ranches of the Main Valley.
It is only recently that the office has started regulating the fishing
ships, not because of fears of over fishing but because many
unsuitable boats wound up at the bottom of the inland ocean after
attacks by the larger sea dinosaurs. Small rowing boats look like
perfect prey to some of the true leviathans that hunt in the same
shoals as the fishermen, and more than one family has lost its
founder through such misadventure.
All land ownership is registered here, as are the individual
farms and ranches that lie in the surrounding territory. While the
Office covers most of the land within five days ride of New
Savannah, it doesnt stretch to the true frontier ranches, as most of
those were founded by independent endeavor and dont come
under the jurisdiction of the city. All ranchers register their brand
here to help settle cattle disputes, and the Office even has veteri-
narians who specialize in the fauna of Cretasus (as much as one
can be skilled in something so new) who train some of the less
transient ranch hands the skills needed to birth the young of their
peculiar herds.
The most arduous form of employment offered by the Office
is the post of Ranch Inspector, which involves extensive and
somewhat dangerous travel through the Main Valley to ensure that
ranches are being kept on the land the rancher actually owns and
that no one is collecting stray beasts from land that isnt theirs.
This is an unpopular job, as its other responsibilities include col-
lecting the taxes due to the Office. If a farmer or rancher has had
a bad year or disastrous month, theres sometimes nothing left for
the Inspector to take. Things can turn nasty, especially if the indi-
vidual concerned feels that the department is at fault for not sup-
porting him during his hour of need. The Inspector usually travels
with at least one Rough Rider and several other paid representa-
tives to both protect him from angry farmers and enforce his
authority when necessary.
Scenario Hooks: The Office usually hires outsiders to
enforce its dictates, as the potential for corruption is quite high.
This somewhat mercenary approach is regulated by a small force
of professional officers, all of whom have been extensively vetted
before being appointed. They oversee the hirelings and make sure
the operation runs smoothly. Characters becoming involved with
the Office can usually expect to have at least one NPC accompa-
ny them, no matter what task they are paid to undertake.
Here are some typical missions:
1. Tax collection: This is a great opportunity to ride with the
Rough Riders, but it can also be a harrowing experience for the
more sensitive players. Many people struggle in the Main Valley,
and a dinosaur attack can wipe out a great deal of hard work.
Characters could find themselves in a situation where they support
the farmer who cant pay and refuses to abandon his farm, instead
holing up with his rifle and enough ammunition and food to keep
the officers off his familys back. Grudges can develop if the play-
ers carry out their duty; if the same farmer, now ruined, catches up
with them when the bandit gang he runs ambushes the characters,
what will he do?
2. Rustling: Players can find themselves involved in anti-
rustling investigations. The Butlers and Dukes, two families that
you will meet later, are a common source of friction that the
Office has to smooth over and this would be a perfect way to
involve the players in their age-old feud. There are also the ban-
dits who hide out in the hills, mountains and swamps; they still
need to eat, and what easier way than stealing cattle (or other edi-
ble life-forms). Theres potential for an awful lot of scenarios
here: What if they discover that the rustlers arent even human,
but aliens or fierce dinosaur predators?
3. Hunting a deadly sea predator. While the Offices ships are
sturdier than most, no one really knows the true size of the mon-
sters that dwell within the inland ocean. What terror may come
from the deep? Jaws will seem like childs play compared to some
of the specimens chomping their way through the unlucky fisher-
men of New Savannah.
The Office of Civil Defense
Under the leadership of Nathanial P. Hood, the Office of Civil
Defense covers all military activity in New Savannah, including
the patrols that man some of the smaller waypoint forts outside the
city walls. Remarkably, there isnt that much in the way of excite-
ment for the military forces and the New Savannah Militia simply
because theres no one to fight; the regular Confederate Army
watches for any Union challenge and the force stationed at New
Savannah is more or less a garrison to protect the city from the
larger predators and the unlikely but possible prospect of an
Union attack.
The Militia is purely a Civil Defense Force, but they do train
with the military, and could be a useful occupation for player char-
acters who want to be soldiers but also to have the freedom with
which to adventure on Cretasus.
Militiaman, Confederate Sol1: CR 1; Medium-size
Humanoid (6 ft.); HD 1d8+3 (includes Toughness feat); Init
+1 (Dex); Spd 30 ft.; AC 16 (+5 flak jacket, +1 Dex); Atk +1
melee (1d4+1/crit 19-20, knife), +2 ranged (1d10/crit x3,
automatic pistol), or +2 ranged (1d12/crit x3, Winchester
rifle); AL LN; SV Fort +2, Ref +1, Will +0; Str 12, Con 11,
Dex 12, Int 12, Wis 10, Cha 10.
Skills: Drive +5 (4), Intimidate +4 (4), Knowledge (strat-
egy & tactics) +5 (4), Listen +4 (2), Pilot +3 (2), Spot +2 (0),
Use Technical Equipment +5 (4). Feat: Toughness,
Alertness.
Possessions: Knife, automatic pistol with 1d4 cartridges
(20 bullets each), Winchester rifle with 1d4 cartridges (20
bullets each), flak jacket, cash $1d4.
The Office of Trade and Industry
Run by Jeremiah Othelthwaite, this Office is responsible for
taxation of the local population and New Savannah businesses, as
well as ensuring that there is fair play amongst the companies
mining the rich ore from the mountains and the surrounding area.
It is a very busy office, as new businesses are opening all the time,
particularly in New Savannah and the industrial district around
Mount Crowe. The Office covers such diverse functions as the
transport infrastructure, and its main project now is the railway
from Mount Crowe to the industrial district of New Savannah. It
is also responsible for traffic coming in and out of the spaceport,
and if the characters start the game by arriving from another plan-
et, they will see representatives of both the Office of Public
Welfare and the Office of Trade and Industry. After all, Porter is
keen to limit the number of people wanting to live in New
Savannah as hes all too aware of the problems that overpopula-
tion bring.
The Office also deals with the thriving business community
that has developed over the last few decades. Business leaders
typically try to get taxes lowered; if there is ever to be a concert-
ed challenge to the Porter patriarchy, more than likely it will come
from the business sector. However, unless your players want to get
involved in a political game, you dont really need to worry about
this, since Porter policies are popular with the vast majority of cit-
izens, and businesses are strictly forbidden to sponsor candidates
for election to any of the offices of government. The influence of
business on policy is widely regarded as the beginning of the end
for the Unions once-democratic government, as those who had
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bankrolled candidates soon made it clear that they hadnt done so
for philanthropic reasons.
Scenario Hooks: There are several ways that the characters
could find themselves working for the Office of Trade and
Industry. Here are just a few:
1. The Office employs a team of industrial investigators who
ensure that businesses are playing by the rules. With the rise of
competition among firms vying for Confederate contracts to mine
ore, the investigators are kept extremely busy and there is always
an opportunity for players to find employment with the Office in
that capacity. A few gunslingers are always welcome, simply
because if a business is acting in an underhanded manner, its
owner would rather silence the investigator than give up a lucra-
tive contract. After all, anything can happen en route between
New Savannah and Mount Crowe. Many recent investigations
have surrounded two large families, the Butlers and the Dukes,
more of whom youll hear later.
2. Bandits have stolen a transport ship from the Spaceport and
the characters are hired to retrieve it. This can bring them into
conflict with pirates who are trading off-world and could be the
start of a long campaign assuming the players actually want to
work with the authorities and not become outlaws themselves!
3. Supplies are disappearing en route to the railway, with
whole shipments and their drivers leaving New Savannah, never
to be seen again. The Office wants to know what is going on: is it
the work of the Union, bandits, dinosaurs or something more sin-
ister? Some ranch hands believe that theyve seen the ghosts of
the drivers begging for help but have been too spooked to take any
action. Others claim to have seen strange lights in the sky; could
it be aliens? It is up to the characters to get to the truth.
Life in New Savannah
For the majority of citizens, life is very comfortable. The dif-
ficulties of early settlement have been overcome; new arrivals
dont realize how good theyve got it. As discussed before, the
city is arranged in an array of squares, which radiate out from the
inland ocean like a vast checkerboard. The older squares contain
both residential and commercial buildings, but as the city has
grown, squares have tended to be separated more along lines of
function. There are whole squares that contain shops and others
that contain only residences, giving the city a more district-like
feel. For example, around the huge market are many other busi-
ness squares, drawn by the vast crowds that frequent the market-
place. The Chatham Theatre is surrounded by hotels, saloons, and
other places of entertainment, all providing somewhere to have a
drink before (and after) whatever show is currently in production.
Even the residential areas have convenience stores that provide
most of their needs.
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A Typical Residential District
Houses make up the majority of buildings in the residential
squares, with the occasional shop or bar breaking up the near per-
fect (or monotonous) symmetry of Porters architectural model.
Most houses are two-story and hold between four and seven peo-
ple, typically a single family. The district well look at is called
Stuart District, which consists of eight squares, and is of fairly
recent construction. It is based near the southern wall of the city,
far away from the inland ocean.
The brief outline here leaves enough room for you to inhabit
the district with anyone you like. Broadly speaking, it falls under
the jurisdiction of the Stuart Precinct police station, and is fairly
quiet. It has two bars, three diners, and myriad small coffee shops
and convenience stores.
Jerrys (Residential Bar): Stuart Districts largest bar is a
popular meeting place for after work drinks as it is based near the
coach house, the point at which all the locals disembark after a
hard days work in the city center. Popular attractions include live
bands playing country music every weekday evening and dancing
on the weekends. The bar takes its name from owner Gerald
Dwight, a resident of three years who brought enough money with
him to have first dibs on the bar when it was built. He used to
work on the docks and has good knowledge of the ocean, even
though he now lives at the opposite end of New Savannah from
his former place of employment. His old buddies still drink here
most evenings, bringing with them fishy tales: who has caught
what, and in some cases what has caught whom.
Uncle Moes (Family Restaurant): William Greenburg runs
this family-oriented diner. The establishments second owner,
Greenburg took over from Moe Williams when the latter died (of
natural causes, not food poisoning). The diner holds places for
about sixty people and youre not allowed to bring firearms onto
the premises or use foul language in front of the children.
Greenburg is more than capable of throwing rebarbative cus-
tomers out if they refuse his polite requests to leave, an offer only
given once. Meals are good, the portions are fair, and the staff
friendly if you play by their rules.
Jackson the Grocer: Typical of many convenience stores in
New Savannah, this one, run by fifty-year-old manager Andrew
Jackson, sells everything from ironmongery to boiled sweets.
Prices tend to be a little high, but the store is right on the doorstep
of those who live nearby, and a long haul through the city is the
last thing residents want if they just need a cup of sugar. Jackson
keeps a shotgun under the counter and is ably assisted by his wife
Megan, a forty-three-year-old redhead with a tongue sharper than
bitter lemon candy. These stores should be the first port of call for
characters wanting to get a good idea of the lay of the land.
Everyone in the neighborhood pops into the shop for those last-
minute items, and anyone not recognized by the Jackson family
either plans their shopping like a military campaign or is hiding
from humanity for some possibly sinister reason.
Dinosaurs in New Savannah
Dinosaurs are quite difficult to domesticate, but people make
pets out of them anyway. Small dinos in particular are kept in
cages, in yards, on chains, or loose in peoples houses. Its rare to
find someone who doesnt keep two or three small dinosaurs
(squirrel- to dog-sized) around the house. Brightly-colored dinos
are particularly popular; many of the domesticated versions are
actually poisonous creatures with their venom sacs removed.
Dinos smaller than dog-sized generally do not speak and range in
cleverness from the level of a monkey to the level of a rabbit.
They vary widely in temperament and habits.
Its also important to note that some of these dinos will bite,
scratch, and attack their owners (who are not at all their masters).
Most are not fully domesticated and do not toilet train. People
keep them around at their own risk, but it seems to satisfy some
deep psychological urge, or perhaps allay fears of the uncon-
quered hordes of dinosaurs outside the settled areas.
A few types of dino have been fully gentled for use in the
house and are tame enough to be kept around small children.
Butterfly lizards have a delicate pair of gliding wings and bright-
ly colored scales; they are greedy and eager eaters which skitter
around walls and ceilings like geckos on speed. White Jagers are
tiny pale nocturnal bipeds that keep the house clear of vermin by
patient, quiet stalking of their prey. They imprint like ducks: once
bonded to a particular person, they will respect, obey, and protect
that person forever. Both of these species breed well in captivity,
although butterfly lizards are notoriously frail and temperature-
sensitive, requiring a warm, moist atmosphere or their wings dry
out and they perish.
It is illegal for dinosaurs to walk loose down the streets of
New Savannah. Riding them or walking them on a leash is
allowed, but otherwise they need to stay indoors. New arrivals are
sometimes surprised to see compsognathus, clipped pterosaurs,
and edaphosaurs wandering up and down the street on leashes.
Raptors and protoceratops, being of human-level intelligence, are
an exception to this rule, although raptors are rarely seen in the
streets without a military escort.
The larger dinosaurs are often under the tenuous control of an
injection harness, but most civilians still give them a wide berth,
remembering the rare (but infamous) lapses when they have
mauled a passer-by or attacked each other or even turned on their
owners. Even at their best, they leave enormous piles of dino dung
in the middle of the roads.
Dinosaur leashes are constructed of thin but sturdy links of
metal, with a thick metal collar. Owners are required to wrap their
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dinosaurs leashes, not around their arm or hand, but around their
torso: a mere handhold is not enough to restrain the larger ones
and the authorities figure that people will try their hardest to avoid
exciting their pets if failure means being dragged through the
dusty streets! Electrified leashes are also available for especially
wary owners.
(Breaking a standard dinosaur leash is a DC 25 Strength
check; slipping a chain is a DC 30 Escape Artist check.
Attempting to restrain a dinosaur using a standard chain is a
straight Strength contest, holder vs. dino; using a choke chain
gives the human a +5 bonus to the roll, although it may antago-
nize the dinosaur!)
Very large dinosaurs need not be chained to a person, but they
do need to be linked in a chain that eventually leads to a dino rid-
den by a human, or to a vehicle. Strings of chained brachies are a
common sight on the outskirts of New Savannah.
qrfel and Zagmo, Dinosaur Researchers
qrfel is a representative of Underglen, a little-known proto-
ceratops city to the north. He is the emissary to New Savannah.
(qrfel comes from a group of protoceratops who do not capitalize
their names; they feel its a sign of arrogance and too much attach-
ment to the self.) There are two emissaries, actually: qrban, qrfels
elder brother, handles negotiations with the Confederates, while
qrfel aims to learn as much as he can from these strange outsiders.
qrfel has somehow acquired the services of Zagmo, an ornit-
holestes. Zagmo obeys qrfels orders, and in general serves as his
hands.
qrfel is a common sight, walking around town with Zagmo in
his special harness. At least, thats the story thats heard on the
streets. In reality, qrfel and Zagmo are saboteurs. They represent
the aggressive pacifism faction of the protoceratops, and work
as best they can to prevent development in the Main Valley and
the expansion of the Confederate military presence. They have
contacts with various factions of smugglers, and work to facilitate
weapons deals that put guns in the hands of raptors. Zagmo is an
accomplished thief, and often enters houses in the dead of night to
steal important documents. They also gather information which
might be useful to various resistance groups (Dinozonians, wild
ones, raptor tribes, and any other opponents of progress). qrfel
and Zagmo finance their activities with sales of native artifacts
through a fence named Anders.
qrfel is soft-spoken and often buys rounds of drinks for new-
comers at some of New Savannahs many bars. If drawn out, he
praises human science and human accomplishments and plays the
role of humble student very well.
Zagmo never speaks. In fact, his tongue was cut out by sci-
entists interested in ornitholestes speech patterns, which led him
to hate humankind. After they were finished with him, the scien-
tists sold him to smugglers, who taught him to rob. He often swal-
lowed stolen items in order to prevent them from being found. He
was quite accomplished by the time he managed to slaughter his
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owners and escape, wounded, to the alleys, a feat which brought
him to qrfels attention. qrfel nursed him back to health, for which
he feels grateful, and he shares qrfels goal of sweeping the valley
clean of humans.
Zagmo often dresses in a fools motley, complete with jesters
cap, because it makes humans think hes not a threat. He is.
qrfel, Proteceratops Spy5: CR 7; Small Animal; HD
7d10+14; hp 52; Init +0; Spd 20 ft.; AC 18 front (+7 natural,
+1 size)*, 14 sides and back (+2 natural, +1 size)*; Atk +7
melee (1d8+2, bite); SA Spy class abilities; AL LG (zealot);
SV Fort +10, Ref +7, Will +10; Str 16, Con 18, Dex 10, Int
14, Wis 16, Cha 18.
Skills: Bluff +15 (11), Ciphers +7 (5), Diplomacy +15
(11), Gather Information +10 (6), Intuit Direction +4 (1),
Knowledge (nature) +8 (6), Knowledge (dinosaurs) +8 (6),
Knowledge (geography) +8 (6), Knowledge (history) +11
(9), Knowledge (local) +11 (9), Knowledge (human society)
+11 (9), Listen +13 (10), Sense Motive +15 (11), Speak
Language (Common, Latin, Anglit, Protoceratops, Raptor),
Search +5 (3), Spot +7 (4), Wilderness Lore +5 (2). Feats:
Dodge, Mobility.
Possessions: qrfel wears modified saddlebags to store
his finds.
* SA Spy class: As with all fifth level spies, qrfel can
use Slip of the Tongue fives times per day, receives a +1
dodge to AC vs. ranged weapons, and can use Nick of Time
and Intriguing once per day. His dodge feat can also add +1
AC against a designated opponent.
Zagmo, Ornitholestes Ftr1/Rog2: CR 4; Medium
Animal (6 ft.); HD 5d10+20; hp 54; Init +7 (+3 Dex, +4
improved initiative); Spd 60 ft.; AC 16 (+3 Dex, +4 natural, -
1 size); Atk +11 melee (2d8+7/crit 19-20, laser sword), +11
melee (1d4+7, bite), or +8 melee (1d3+5, 2 claws); AL NE;
SV Fort +7, Ref +7, Will +2; Str 24, Con 19, Dex 16, Int 6,
Wis 10, Cha 4.
Skills: Hide +8 (5), Climb +8 (1), Move Silently +8 (5),
Listen +4 (4), Spot +6 (6), Pick Pockets +8 (5). Feats:
Weapon Proficiency: Laser Sword, Improved Initiative.
Possessions: Cloak, laser sword.
Zagmos archaic and specialized training gives him two
levels of rogue and one of fighter. Like any second-level
rogue, he can use the abilities evasion and sneak attack
+1d6.
The Confederate Planets Center for Knowledge
(C.P.C.K.)
While New Savannah is famed for its hospitality, excitement,
and picturesque way of life, it is also the last point of contact for
many explorers before they venture into the unknown. There are
many forests, mountains, and valleys far beyond the frontier of the
inland ocean. Not only does New Savannah serve as the nerve
center for all the farms, ranches, and industries on the plain, but
its also the origin point for many expeditions of discovery.
Several offices offer contracts to brave souls willing to risk
themselves in the wilderness to further the Confederacys knowl-
edge. Whether the expeditions are to make maps of the area,
search for resources, or simply to discover the fate of the last com-
pany that never returned, there is usually an opening for a deter-
mined and adventurous sort.
Despite its rather official-sounding title, the C.P.C.K. is run
by a private citizen by the name of Richard Montague. Montague
is of old Louisiana stock and funds expeditions into the unknown
on behalf of the Confederacy. He takes a keen interest in all the
rumors brought in by other explorers and even the frontier. His
people were the first to begin the task of cataloguing the dinosaurs
that live in the swamplands, and this led to the discovery of sev-
eral species previously unknown to the inhabitants of Cretasus.
Montague is always looking for people to escort his scientists into
the Bayou; characters can always find work here if they are handy
with a gun or know something about dinosaurs. Frequented by
survivalists (some of them deeply disturbing), the C.P.C.K. offices
are also a good place for the characters to hire a scout.
Montague used to lead some of the exploratory trips into the
swamp, so he knows it well. He too can be hired. His familiarity
with the swamps ensures that any party he accompanies has a bet-
ter than even chance of survival. His brother James runs the cen-
ter in Richards absence.
The center has the best maps of the area available to out-
siders; there are some locals out on the frontier who know a little
more than these maps show (like common dinosaur haunts and
trails), but the information at the center should be good enough for
most journeys. Montague will always be interested in hearing any
stories about travel on Cretasus, and he sometimes pays for maps,
so players looking to make money from a routine journey would
do well to proffer plans to the C.P.C.K.
Richard Montague, Offworlder Male Twf3: CR 3;
Medium-size Humanoid (6 ft.); HD 3d8+6; hp 21; Init +0;
Spd 20 ft.; AC 13 (+3 crocodile hide armor see stats on
page 80); Atk +4 melee (1d4+2/crit 19-20, raptor claw dag-
ger), +4 melee (1d6+2, unarmed), or +2 ranged (1d10/crit
x3, Colt .45); AL N; SV Fort +3, Ref +3, Will +2; Str 15, Con
15, Dex 11, Int 10, Wis 13, Cha 9.
Skills: Gather Information +4 (4), Wilderness Lore +4
(2). Feats: Track, Weapon Proficiency Ballistic.
Possessions: Raptor claw dagger, Colt .45 with 20 bul-
lets, crocodile hide armor, cash $2d6. If on expedition,
Montague will be well equipped with all the supplies he
needs.
Typical Survivalist, Offworlder Twf1: CR 1; Medium-
size Humanoid (6 ft.); HD 1d8+1; Init +4 (Improved
Initiative); Spd 20 ft.; AC 13 (+3 hide armor); Atk +1 melee
(1d4+1/crit 19-20, knife) or +1 melee (1d6+1, unarmed); AL
CN; SV Fort +1, Ref +2, Will +0; Str 13, Con 13, Dex 10, Int
10, Wis 11, Cha 9.
Skills: Gather Information +3 (4), Wilderness Lore +2
(0). Feat: Improved Initiative.
Possessions: Knife, hide armor, 1d4+1 days worth of
hardtack, 1-gallon canteen with water, cash $1d4.
Whenever they leave the house, survivalists carry enough
supplies for several days even if theyre only going out for
a short while just in case.
Mount Crowe: New Savannahs
Mining Town
As mentioned earlier, the average citizen in Mount Crowe has
a tougher life than one in New Savannah. With the discovery of
the rich veins of ore in the mountains, the Confederacy called for
volunteers to come and work the mines. Overriding Porters ini-
tial plea for families only, the Confederacy shipped in huge
numbers of workers to exploit the wealth they had discovered.
The character of the town is now like that of any frontier mining
town in the early West: a massively disproportionate ration of men
to women, stacks of drinking holes and gambling dens to relieve
the workers pockets of their hard-earned cash, and enough hous-
es of ill repute to surprise even the most liberal visitor.
While some of the men might be mean and dirty, the law is
just as rough. Primarily under the control of the military (and local
commander Colonel Paul Decker), justice tends to be swift and
final. Decker runs a three strikes and youre out policy for what
he considers lesser offenses like brawling and petty theft. In this
case, out means that the offender is shipped off-planet. Usually,
the presence of his soldiers is enough to quell a fist-fight over
cards or women, with both parties denying anything happened
after the event. For murder and other such crimes, wrongdoers
typically have their possessions confiscated, followed by banish-
ment or imprisonment until they can be shipped off-planet.
Several have blamed Deckers system for the growing num-
ber of bandits that hide in the mountains and the forests, men
forced to go on the run to avoid the law. Some attribute him with
the existence of the criminal colonies in both Plesiosaur Bay and
the Hideout Hills. Whatever ones opinion of Decker, his soldiers
enforce the law in Mount Crowe, and youd better not cross them.
Colonel Paul Decker, Commander of Confederate
Military Forces, Mount Crowe Mining Town: Descended from
South Carolina stock, Colonel Paul Decker has served in the
Confederate military for most of his life. Like his father before
him, he served in the 2nd South Carolina Rifles and soon became
the regiments Colonel. He has fought against all enemies the
Confederacy has ever faced and is noted for his own personal
bravery, not expecting anything more of his men than he himself
would be willing to give.
Decker runs a tight ship, very rarely taking time off from his
duties as lawgiver and peacekeeper in Mount Crowe and the sur-
rounding mining villages. He is now focused on the notorious
Gaines Gang, who have been stealing shipments of processed
materials (typically gold) and rustling livestock from the ranchers
in the outlying district. He believes that they operate from caves
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in the mountainside, but expeditions have yet to uncover any evi- Mining Operations
dence. His men have found the nests of several pteranadons, how-
ever, which usually ensure that the number of men that return with Mount Crowe is the largest of several communities that have
each expedition is substantially less than that which embarked. sprung up around the main centers of industry on the New
He is an impressive figure of a man; 6 4 tall, a champion Savannah plain. Owned by the Confederacy, the outstanding
athlete and a would-be Dino Warrior if the post appealed to him, resources available to new settlers are now professionally exploit-
he has thick dark hair and a beard that would be regarded as ed. The mines are run by dedicated mining firms who believe in
extremely long even by nineteenth-century Confederate com- the cause of the Confederate planets, as are the quarries, smelting
manders. He speaks with the classic southern drawl, always has a and processing plants and all the other industries and processes
polite word for the ladies and spends his spare time fishing on the considered critical to a country at times of war. These companies
banks of the great river for all kinds of water life. are, of course, well paid by the Confederacy for their support.
Colonel Paul Decker, Confederate Male War3/Sol3: Even though the Confederacy technically owns the mines,
CR 6; Medium-size Humanoid (6 ft.); HD 3d8+3d10+18; hp there is some competition for the tenders between firms to actual-
49; Init +6 (+2 Dex, +4 Improved Initiative); Spd 30 ft.; AC ly carry out the work. Less patriotic members of the business com-
17 (+2 Dex, +5 flak jacket); Atk +5 melee (2d8+2/crit 19-20, munity wouldnt worry about carrying out a little sabotage if it
laser sword), +9 ranged (1d10/crit x3, heirloom Colt .45), +8 meant the crippling of a rival firm and a revocation of the contract
ranged (1d12/crit x3, Winchester rifle), or +8 ranged (spe- to be passed on to a company that could carry out the work, i.e.
cial, shotgun); AL LN; SV Fort +8, Ref +4, Will +5; Str 15, theirs. Confederacy officials frown upon such behavior, but it
Con 16, Dex 14, Int 13, Wis 12, Cha 13. does go on.
Skills: Drive +5 (5), Handle Animal +6 (5), Intimidate +9 All kinds of mines can be found dotted around the mountains
(9), Jump +4 (6), Knowledge (strategy & tactics) +6 (6), of the New Savannah plains: iron, lead, sulfur, gold, copper, tin,
Listen +5 (5), Pilot +2 (2), Ride +6 (5), Use Technical silver, and coal, to name the most prominent. Mount Crowe sup-
Equipment +5 (5). Feats: Sense of Vulnerability, Combat ports the huge iron ore mines of Frederick P. Anderson, who
Reflexes, Iron Will, Endurance, Improved Initiative. employs over one thousand men and women to work his highly
Possessions: Knife, lasso, laser sword, heirloom Colt mechanized plant, turning iron ore into steel. Theres usually work
.45 with 1d4+2 cartridges (20 bullets each), Winchester rifle
with 1d4+2 cartridges (20 bullets each), shotgun (20 shells),
cash $4d6. Colonel Decker is always armed with all the
weapons listed above. At night, he sleeps with them!
Rifleman, the 2nd South Carolina Rifles: These are the sta-
tistics for a typical recruit; they are all experienced in the art of
war, and have adapted well to their new policing role. Always on
the lookout for Union infiltrators, most of Deckers Riflemen
expect that the Union would strike the industrial wealth of Mount
Crowe before they would assault New Savannah itself.
Rifleman, the 2nd South Carolina Rifles,
Confederate Sol1: CR 1; Medium-size Humanoid (6 ft.);
HD 1d8; Init +5 (+1 Dex, +4 Improved Initiative); Spd 30 ft.;
AC 16 (+5 flak jacket, +1 Dex); Atk +1 melee (1d4+1/crit 19-
20, knife), +2 ranged (1d10/crit x3, automatic pistol), or +2
ranged (1d12/crit x3, Winchester rifle); AL LN; SV Fort +2,
Ref +1, Will +0; Str 12, Con 11, Dex 12, Int 11, Wis 10, Cha
10.
Skills: Drive +5 (4), Intimidate +4 (4), Knowledge (strat-
egy & tactics) +4 (4), Listen +6 (4), Spot +2 (0), Use
Technical Equipment +4 (4). Feats: Improved Initiative,
Alertness.
Possessions: Knife, automatic pistol with 1d4 cartridges
(20 bullets each), Winchester rifle with 1d4 cartridges (20
bullets each), flak jacket, cash $1d6.

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available for anyone on Cretasus who wants it at the steel mills
and the iron mines, ranging from laborers to highly trained tech-
nicians who ensure that the machines run smoothly. Research
teams are often sent into the mountains to search likely spots and
to take samples; Anderson is always looking for volunteers for
these dangerous assignments. As the first settlers discovered,
there are creatures living in the mountains, and many huge cav-
erns and tunnels already thread through their slopes. The real dan-
ger posed by the dinosaurs and the Gaines Gang ensure that play-
er characters with the right skills (and guns and guts to back them
up) will find work as a research team if they wish to explore the
mountains or are looking to earn some good money.
Entertainment
Bowling, billiards, cinema, and baseball games provide the
more wholesome entertainment within Mount Crowe. Most of the
factories have baseball teams that compete in a league once a
week; there are no professional players, so all games have to take
place on the weekend or during special sporting holidays held
every month. There are sometimes competitions in New Savannah
during holiday season, when the top four teams from the Mount
Crowe league compete with the top four teams in New Savannah
for trophies.
There are many bars and their ilk in Mount Crowe. Several
are sports bars where one can play pool or go bowling, while oth-
ers are less salubrious establishments, many serving as both
watering holes and brothels. There are no laws against drinking or
gambling in Mount Crowe, and while prostitution isnt strictly
legal in Mount Crowe, it isnt strictly illegal either, with the vast
majority of the population (of single men) turning a blind or keen-
ly interested eye to it.
Other popular attractions include the Bronco Trials, where
competitors ride younger triceratops like the bulls of the west: the
rider that stays on his mount the longest is the winner. There are
often scouts from the Dino Warriors or the richer ranchers in the
audience eyeing potential recruits, so Bronco Trials are an excel-
lent opportunity for someone with the right skills to get noticed.
The Frog & Spanner
Typical of the smaller bars in Mount Crowe, the Frog &
Spanner has perhaps the most unusual name. Its proprietor,
William T. Levers, a fifty-two year old former soldier, refuses to
go into detail as to why he saddled the fruits of his pension fund
with such a ridiculous moniker, but hes willing to go into great
detail about pretty much anything else. The bar has ten guest bed-
rooms, usually taken by men who travel with the convoys, with a
generous discount for soldiers and ex-servicemen.
Levers is a somewhat forgetful man; if he could establish a
link between the facts lurking in his fair-haired head, hed quick-
ly realize that he knows too much. He knows many rumors about
the activities of the Gaines Gang, ranging from the solid fact that
they operate from somewhere in the mountains to the rather more
unlikely conjecture that Steve Gaines, the Gangs leader, is actu-
ally a hyper-intelligent velociraptor. Even the drunkest listeners
have disregarded this hypothesis, and Levers has no recollection
of its source.
Levers carries an automatic pistol at all times and is skilled in
its use. He can also handle himself in a pub brawl, even with the
soldiers, because while theyre usually drunk as skunks, Levers is
stone cold sober. This is one publican who never dips into his
stock.
William T. Levers, Confederate Male War1: CR 1/2;
Medium-size Humanoid (6 ft.); HD 1d8; 6 hp; Init +0; Spd 30
ft.; AC 11 (+1 padded smock); Atk +2 melee (1d3+1,
unarmed), or +1 ranged (1d10/crit x3, automatic pistol); AL
LN; SV Fort +2, Ref +0, Will +0; Str 13, Con 10, Dex 10, Int
8, Wis 10, Cha 11.
Skills: Intimidate +2 (2), Listen +2 (0), Profession
(Barkeep) +2 (2), Spot +2 (0). Feats: Alertness, Quick Draw.
Possessions: Automatic pistol with 1 cartridge (20 bul-
lets), padded smock, 3 flasks of various kinds of liquor, cash
$1d4.
Scenario Hooks: The William T. Levers Rumor Mill: Here
are some of the rumors that surface regularly when speaking with
Levers.
The Gaines Gang operate from a cave high up in the moun-
tains. They use the gold they steal to buy weapons from gun-
runners.
The Gang need these weapons as they plan to take Mount
Crowe for themselves and ransom it to the Confederacy.
The Gang has about seventy members in its ranks, most ex-
miners or renegade soldiers; the actual figure Levers gives
varies between thirty and one hundred, as he cant remember
how many are in the gang at all.
There are several abandoned mines in the mountains. Work
ceased at them due to pteranadon attacks, which were pretty
ferocious as if they were defending something sacred.
The mountains are haunted by the ghosts of a failed mining
expedition; late at night, you can hear them crying out to be
rescued.
Chesterton Winterfield, owner of the Virginian (a rival bar),
is a Union spy. He gives the soldiers cheap liquor to get them
drunk and asks them questions when theyre out of their
minds on whisky.
Silvia Jameson, a local madam, is a Union spy, and uses her
girls to elicit secrets from the soldiers.
Matthew Kelly, a local timber-merchant, is a Union spy. He
supplies the army with most of its timber, and knows exactly
what they intend to do with the lumber.
Someone else is a Union spy. This is his favorite rumor, and
hes heard so many names that those he cant associate with
their real story anymore fall under the umbrella suspicion of
Union spy.
An intelligent velociraptor leads the Gaines Gang. It intends
to use the gang to destroy humanity on Cretasus when the
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 moons are in a specific phase.
There is a secret passage between Colonel Deckers person-
al quarters and The Cathouse, a high-class brothel, which
Decker uses often. (This is probably the one rumor that he
doesnt tell that often, as firstly it isnt true, and secondly,
Decker would beat him to a pulp if he discovered the origi-
nator of such slanderous gossip.)
Its up to you to decide which of these rumors have some ele-
ment of truth. Due to the unreliable nature of Levers memory,
many of these rumors are actually parts of different rumors amal-
gamated into one. For example, take the pteranadon attacks and
the abandoned mines rumor. Levers has heard that there are pter-
anadon attacks in the mountains, and also knows that there are
several empty mines there. He also knows that fishermen who use
the great river once found something that interested Crowes sci-
entific team since it resembled artifacts sacred to tribes of primi-
tive humans. All these bits of information slowly merge into the
one story, which may sound plausible enough to get player char-
acters interested, but isnt exactly what happened at all.
Making up your own Levers gossip is fairly simple. Take
three or four rumors you wish the player characters to explore.
Use the start of the first rumor, the middle of the second and the
end of the third, and youve got the gospel truth according to
William T. Levers. Repeat until confused. Your players will be.
Kittys
Owned by Silvia Jameson (who youll remember is a Union
spy, if Levers is correct), Kittys is a dance club, with a large num-
ber of the staff dancers being available for more private sessions
in the many upstairs rooms. This is the only one of her establish-
ments that so openly displays its ulterior purpose; while most of
the brothels tend to hide behind the faade of a simple bar, Kittys
is far more frank about its operations.
Silvia was born and raised in the outer reaches, but left to try
to make it as an actress when she was seventeen. One of the for-
tunate few to find work, she was a minor cult figure in shocker
films, her curvaceous figure proving popular with the genres
male fans. She married a wealthy businessman named Carl Marks,
who owned several clubs where she launched an unsuccessful
singing career. She then turned her hand to business and found
that she had a natural aptitude for getting what she wanted and for
anticipating what others would demand. After Carls sudden death
from a heart attack, she took over his clubs. As the calls for
women to come to Cretasus became louder, she saw an opportu-
nity to start her own little monopoly and a new mini-empire.
Only in her early forties, Silvia is still an extremely attractive
and curvaceous brunette. She regularly turns the heads of the
wealthier and more influential men in Mount Crowe. She is
believed to already have a lover, however, and spurns the atten-
tions of all who try their luck.
Silvia Jameson, Offworlder Female Com1: CR 1/2;
Medium-size Humanoid (6 ft.); HD 1d4; 3 hp; Init +0; Spd 30
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ft.; AC 10; Atk +0 melee (1d3, unarmed); AL CN; SV Fort +0,
Ref +0, Will +1; Str 10, Con 11, Dex 11, Int 10, Wis 13, Cha
15 (17 with men).
Skills: Profession (Entertainer) +4 (4). Feats: Great
Lover.
Possessions: 2 flasks of liquor, cash $2d20.
Scenario Hooks: There are plenty of scenario possibilities
that could involve a place like Kittys. Perhaps one of the Gaines
Gang has decided to take some of the gold hes captured into town
and spend it a little too freely? Perhaps Levers is correct; that
Jameson works for the Union? What if one of the girls is kid-
napped or attracts the unwanted attention of a brutal admirer?
Think of westerns like The Unforgiven and virtually all others
based in a small frontier town; theres always plenty going on at
the cathouse.
Big Als Bronco Rodeo
Als is the place in Mount Crowe to see Bronco Rodeos, and
he has a small team of professional riders that take on all comers
in monthly competitions. Formerly a rancher, Al J. Booth left
for Cretasus as soon as he heard about the herds of triceratops
roaming the plains around New Savannah.
In his youth, Al had been one of the most enduring and skilled
riders on the rodeo circuit, winning enough money and attracting
enough sponsorship to eventually retire and buy his own land.
Booth started a very successful ranch with his wife Sarah and his
three sons, Isaac, Stephen, and Jason. He had mastered even the
craziest steer in his lifetime of riding, so when the opportunity
arose to try his hand at something new, he and his family decided
to make the journey to Cretasus and a new life.
Buying a small amount of land, Al had soon tamed a herd of
triceratops indeed, he was the first man to do so. His three sons
quickly learned to ride the younger creatures, while Al mastered
the art of staying atop one of the large males, which are often eas-
ily angered by the presence of something sitting on their back and
prodding them to move on while all they want to do is graze. The
military took an instant interest in Als technique, and he trained
some of the early Dino Warriors before the military made it a
secret.
Al attracted the attention of other ranchers in the area, who
also saw the advantages of being able to ride the larger triceratops
(namely, that you dont get squashed by the very creatures youre
trying to herd). He soon found himself riding the beasts out on the
range, which quickly became his training school. He could charge
big bucks to train riders, and soon made the decision to host com-
petitions to promote what had once been his sport of choice.
Riders that he had trained flocked to the venue. It soon became a
popular way for ranch hands to spend their day off, competing for
prizes and the chance to join the Dino Warriors.
As warrants the name Big Al, Booth is a giant of a man.
Rumors abound that he actually punched a steer out cold in his
ranching days. Some even believe that given good reason and a
foul temper, some of the smaller dinosaurs would find him a
struggle in a fist-fight. Wearing his hair close-cropped, he boasts
a beard that gives him the look a thousand Harley riders would
love to have.
Big Al, Confederate Male Bro6: CR 6; Medium-size
Humanoid (6 ft.); HD 6d8+21 (includes Toughness feat); 41
hp; Init +3 (Dex); Spd 30 ft. (run 5x); AC 13 (+3 Dex); Atk +7
melee (1d3+4, unarmed), +6 ranged touch (special, lasso),
or +6 ranged (1d10/crit x3, automatic pistol); AL N; SV Fort
+7, Ref +8, Will +2; Str 18, Con 16, Dex 16, Int 9, Wis 10,
Cha 14.
Skills: Animal Empathy +12 (9), Balance +5 (2), Handle
Animal +18 (9), Intuit Direction +3 (3), Knowledge (nature)
+5 (6), Ride +13 (9), Wilderness Lore +5 (5). Feats:
Mounted Combat, Ride-by Attack, Trample, Spirited
Charge, Toughness, Great Fortitude, Endurance, Run.
Possessions: Lasso, automatic pistol with 10 bullets,
cash $1d4.
The Dukes and Butlers
If ever two families should never have met, the Dukes and
Butlers are they. While the majority of settlers on Cretasus come
to bury their past or to seek new horizons, one could be forgiven
for thinking that the Butlers and Dukes had only come to the
plains of New Savannah to continue their generations-old feud.
Both families can trace their lineage back to the prominent
farmers who founded the original city of Savannah, Georgia. As
time passed, the Dukes invested more and more of the familys
money into farming, while the Butlers favored the growth that
new industries offered, and this was the source of the initial quar-
rel that escalated into the now long-running feud.
Both families ran for office during local elections to represent
Chatham County, one advocating the potential growth that indus-
try would bring, the other warning against the unemployment and
low wages of automated factories. As both families had a lot of
money invested in the future direction of Savannah, they had a
great deal to lose if the election went the wrong way. As the con-
test progressed, the sometimes slanderous accusations and mali-
cious gossip propagated by both parties became far more interest-
ing to the general public than their actual policies, and soon the
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debate became nothing more than a slating match. Rumors of the
elder Butlers infidelity with a local saloon girl were countered by
the more interesting revelation that Duke had first met his wife in
a house of vice and that at least one of their sons was not the fruit
of Dukes loins. When Jesse Duke, the patriarch of the farming
family, heard these rumors, he demanded satisfaction from
Bernard Butler and declared that such malicious insults could only
be buried if their originator was likewise laid to rest. Both men
were bound over to keep the peace by the magistrate, but the law
failed to take the fierce family loyalty of both sides into account;
while Bernard and Jesse were stating their cases to the magistrate,
William Duke, the youngest of Jesses sons, challenged Daniel
Butler (Bernards eldest son) to a duel unless he formally apolo-
gized to the Dukes. Such demands agitated Daniel the fact that
they came from the mouth of a mere sixteen-year-old boy served
only to anger him further. He agreed to the duel, and both sons
were seriously wounded. William died of his wounds two days
later.
The race to represent Chatham County was quickly forgotten.
Both families poured their energy into thwarting each others
plans, each making ridiculous bids for land they knew the other
wanted. These financial machinations began to take a heavy toll
on the wealth of both the Butlers and the Dukes, who found them-
selves having to borrow heavily from the banks to maintain their
land war. Other businessmen and landowners exploited the situa-
tion once the pattern of buying land the other desired had become
clear. Simply informing a Butler that the Dukes were after your
land guaranteed one a good price from Butler, irrespective of the
truth to such a claim. As weeks became months, the two families
destroyed each other, until they both had nothing and were forced
back to the humble farming roots from which they had come. It
was almost as if their fortunes had turned full circle, except that
the two rings of life were now inextricably linked by blood.
Whether rich or poor, the Dukes and Butlers wished nothing more
than the complete destruction of the rival family, yet they would
never see this through to the end. There always had to be one sur-
vivor, one to tell future generations of the power and prowess of
the rival bloodline. The seeds of a bitter feud found fertile ground
in the minds of both Butlers and Dukes, and they became destined
to hate one another until both families existed no more.
Both families learned valuable lessons from their downfall:
first, that their demise was the fault of their rival, and second, that
they should keep their intentions closer to their chest. The open
feuding had made them easy prey for their competitors. If they
were to build their empires again, they must resort to more covert
dealings. Both families slowly acquired wealth, contacts, suppli-
ers, and land, sometimes in different states and even in the Far
East and Europe to conceal their improving fortunes from the
other.
As the decades passed, the Dukes and Butlers gradually
regained the power they had both once held. By the time of the
Civil War, each family had invested most of its wealth abroad to
hide it from the others prying eyes. As the war progressed, the
feuding lines accused one another of betraying the cause of the
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South, linking the other with Union industrialists and saboteurs
undermining the Confederate infrastructure. Isaiah Butler was
hanged by a lynch mob only hours after Ethen Duke published
documents proving that the Butlers were involved in businesses
manufacturing weaponry for the Federalist invaders. Anyone who
had checked Dukes source would have seen that these papers
were outdated; the Butlers, staunchly loyal to the Confederacy,
had severed all ties with the North as soon as war seemed
inevitable. While the Butlers cried foul, they too were making
disingenuous claims about the Dukes involvement with the
North. Noting that one of the Duke girls had married a prominent
agriculturist in Pennsylvania, Israel Butler claimed that the Dukes
were passing freely through the Federal blockade to supply enemy
soldiers at Gettysburg with provisions originally intended for
Southern troops. Townspeople reacted badly to this news, burning
down the Dukes family home and killing the youngest Duke in
the fire. Regardless of the realities of war, the Butlers and Dukes
continued their feud, seeing the conflict as nothing more than a
way to damage the reputation of the other.
The year 2136 marked a new era for thousands of
Southerners. The Great Exodus threatened to bring a halt to the
feud. There was no guarantee that the Butlers and Dukes would
end up on the same planet, a fact that upset the elders of each fam-
ily. As the ships carrying them on to their new futures apart left
Earth, each secretly hoped that they would meet again. Fate was
not about to disappoint them.
Despite the fact they had both volunteered to travel through
the same warp gate, their eventual destinations were as far sepa-
rated as could (and perhaps should) have been. Years passed as
they searched for each other through the known galaxy, convinced
that the other had survived, driven by the peculiar determination
engendered only by true loathing. As fresh generations were born,
the feud looked like it would die a natural death, defeated by time
and relegated to painful memory. Then came Cretasus.
Duke Meets Butler: The Cretasus Years
Samuel Butler first heard of Cretasus in 2189 when New
Savannah started to acquire its reputation as the first city of the
Confederacy. Learning of the vast mineral resources allegedly
located in the mountains of the Main Valley, he decided to make
his way to Cretasus in search of a new fortune. He wasnt the only
one whose curiosity had been piqued by Cretasus: Ned Duke,
patriarch of the opposing line, was also travelling to the rich plan-
et. Cretasus sounded like a fanciful agrarian utopia to the farming
leader an unparalleled vista of unsullied land to nurture and tend
for the benefit of mankind. The opposing ideals that had driven
the two families apart over four hundred years ago were about to
reunite them. And this was going to be no garden party.
The initial meeting between the youngest male members of
each family erupted with that blend of hot-headedness and pride
that youth bestows, which only further emphasized the latent
hatred they felt for one another. (See sidebar to right for the full
story.) When the Butlers commercial brachiosaur train set foot on
the Dukes hallowed turf, a new war began. Cretasus was to be
their new battleground.
Several incidents developed out of this initial meeting. The
Dukes had been tending the land and keeping herds since they
arrived on Cretasus, so they probably knew the local fauna better
than most. A particularly ferocious tyrannosaur matriarch had
been creating some trouble for the Dukes, attacking their herds
and trampling their crops. The Dukes had taken some risky meas-
ures to draw the creature away from the main herd, with Ned and
Jake riding their broncos close by the monster in order to distract
it. They had tried to catch the beast on several occasions, but had
failed each time. Finally, theyd taken to isolating the older tricer-
atops, staking them and leaving hunks of meat nearby in order to
attract the attention of the tyrannosaur. The smell brought her
near, and the sick or old triceratops became her next meal. This
method succeeded in keeping the huge predator away from the
main herd. Over time the family noticed that the tyrannosaur
(affectionately dubbed Big Momma by Jake) returned to the
stake sites looking for food on a regular basis. Discovering that
the Butlers ran their brachy train only a few miles from one of the
staking points, the Dukes started staking sick animals closer and
closer to the route that the train used. The tyrannosaur soon
worked out where all the food was to be found.
Big Momma returned to the stake point one evening to find
more than she had expected. The careless train drivers had failed
to post guards, and their laughter and shouting attracted Big
Mommas keenly carnivorous interest. Drunk on cheap whisky
and bloated on beans, the drivers proved to be an interesting vari-
ation to Big Mommas diet. The Dukes found the caravan scat-
tered and the crushed bodies of partly consumed Butler workers
not far from their camp fire.
Getting dinosaurs to do your dirty work is quite a tempting
proposition for many of Cretasus more mischievous inhabitants,
but its not always the best option. Although the Dukes succeed-
ed in destroying the caravan, they had forgotten that eight bra-
chiosaurs wandering about your land without handlers is not an
ideal situation for people who grow crops. The first strike of the
new war hurt both sides: it wasnt long before the brachiosaurs
had caused an incredible amount of damage, for which the Dukes
blamed the Butlers. This came as no surprise; however, when the
Butlers threatened to involve the Sheriff of New Savannah in the
dispute, the Dukes fell strangely silent.
As the year passed, the two families both caught wind of the
developments in the swamps. Both sponsored parties from the
C.P.C.K. to delve into the Bayou. In fact, this became the focal
point for their new feud: who would claim the wealth that both
suspected lay in the marshes? Whether it be minerals or some-
thing as yet unknown, each family was driven by one desire: to
prevent the other from dominating the explorations. Whatever
secrets existed to be discovered, only one line would know them.
In addition to this new arena, both the Dukes and the Butlers
have ventured into business and ranching respectively, figuring
that if their rival can do it well, then they can do it better. It has to
As a warm Sunday afternoon slowly melded into a balmy
night, Jake Duke was riding his young parasaurolophus mount
through the rich foliage sprouting from the ploughed fields of his
fathers farm, on the lookout for marauders. He could see and
hear the distant approach of a brachiosaurus train, carrying
supplies from the mountain towards New Savannah. They didnt
usually travel by night unless there were some emergency, and
judging by the dust cloud thrown up by the huge dinosaurs, they
must be heading this way. On occasion, riders and guards visit-
ed the ranch, needing supplies or food, but always providing
news, materials or money in exchange. Indeed, such was the
rewarding nature of good hospitality that Jakes father had been
talking about building a halfway house for roving supply car-
avans. Deciding that his father would look upon him favorably
if he managed to secure more interested visitors, Jake gently
spurred Yelper in the direction of the train.
The massive dinosaurs soon came into full view, their
triceratops-mounted guards ever vigilant and keenly aware of
their visitor. Jake hollered, his greeting immediately matched by
a raised hand and a wave from atop one of the brachiosaurs.
The huge dinosaur halted, and a tall, dark-haired stranger
descended a rope ladder hurriedly slung over the side of the
howdah mounted upon the massive creatures back. Yelper wrig-
gled awkwardly beneath Jake, as if he could sense danger, but
Jake ignored him; this train bore the mark of the Confederacy,
and runners wouldnt be out this far unless theyd gotten lost.
The dark-haired man walked towards Jake, a large smile
running the rather acne-ridden gauntlet of his face. As the
stranger came closer, Jake realized that he was no more than a
boy; fourteen or fifteen at most. With him came two armed men,
one of whom Jake knew from the rodeo in Mount Crowe. These
were tough customers, not nannies, and though he was present-
ly the youngest of the Dukes, Jake considered himself a veritable
elder compared to the whipper-snapper striding towards him.
Dismounting as good manners and Southern hospitality
demanded, Jake walked forwards, arm outstretched in greeting.
It was grasped weakly but enthusiastically by the boy, who shook
it with the excessive vigor of one unsure of himself. Jake noted
this with surprise; surely anyone who represented a train of this
size would be confident enough to meet a humble farmer?
Additionally, there was something not right about this kid; even
his fingers felt cold and clammy. Jake pulled his hand away, and
the boy did likewise, eyeing Jake with new-found suspicion.
There are those that claim love can last forever, but even
they would be shocked by the irrepressibility of true enmity. If
ever there were another meeting between two strangers on the
great plains of the Main Valley that was to escalate so quickly
into open hostility, it would have to be between the two armies
of the North and South. Though the feud had seemed dead for
over half a century, something in the heads of both boys flicked
a switch from peace to war; memories flooded back that ones so
young should not be able to recall. Jake Duke knew this boy was
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his sworn enemy, and the boy none other than Matthew Butler
realized that he had met an old enemy hed never seen before.
Lost? asked Jake, hands placed firmly on hips, just
above the butt of his pistols.
Are you? responded the child with a phrase only one so
young would think the height of wit.
Youre way off here, kid. This is Duke land. You need to
head back. Those brachies should be about ten miles north if
youre heading for New Savannah.
Dont tell me where I should be, retorted the youth, my
father said there was a good hostelry round here, and that wed
be welcome. I never expected to bump into a bumpkin.
The two guards looked at each other in surprise and alarm.
Bill Yates, the taller and broader of the two men, interrupted.
Look, Matty, your father wants us to get to Savvy A.S.A.P.
to make the Butler drop in time. This guys just tryin to
My father pays you, and for the purposes of this conver-
sation, I am my father. Do as I say and dont butt in, ordered
the boy.
Thats quite an achievement, kid, being your own father.
You from the swamps? I hear anything goes there, quipped
Jake. Youve certainly got the look.
How dare you! My father is Samuel Butler, the richest
industrialist in these parts, and youll respect me, or Ill have
him buy up your miserable farm and send you into the back
country.
Butler, eh? Ive heard of you. My name is Jake Duke, son of
Ned Duke. Now get off my land, before I take my belt to you, kid.
Duke? Wait a minute pondered Matt. Yes, I know who
you are. Your lot spread lies about us back in 1862, saying we
worked with the Yankees.
Only because Butlers murdered Will Duke back in 1798!
Fairs fair! spat Jake.
He was put down, like the sick pig he was. Youd better get
out of my way, Duke, or my menll kill you! Weve got work to
do! yelled the boy, frothing with hatred for someone hed only
met a few minutes ago.
Make me, kid. Make me get out of your way.
Ha! Youre not getting me on a murder charge like you did
with cousin Obidiah back in 1970! We work within the law,
Duke, and youre gonna feel its full weight round your scrawny
neck soon enough! Why, Im gonna
Lets go, Matt. Well do as the man says and head north
cause weve got to make the deadline. You dont want to upset
your pa now, do you? reasoned Yates.
Hmm, breathed Matt, okay. Lets go. Id better tell pa
that theres vermin on this here land.
Yeah, you do that, and Ill whip your sorry behind, kid.
NowGIT!
And so the two companies parted but they were to meet
again. It had taken just two minutes to rekindle the fierce flames
of feud, and now, they were a-burnin bright.
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be noted that the Dukes small business ventures seek only to
undermine those of the Butlers, and tend to run at a loss, which is
currently absorbed by the success of their farms. Likewise the
Butlers ranch is something of a failure, as they are neither inter-
ested nor enthusiastic about herding a bunch of dinosaurs or
growing wheat. However, their triceratops are the cheapest at auc-
tion, and are popular with new arrivals to Cretasus as newcomers
can always find a good head or two to begin their own ranch at
these prices.
For now, and possibly forever, the two families remain at
each others throats, their hands wrapped tightly around one
anothers necks; but not squeezing so hard as to kill their rival.
The Butlers cannot exist without the Dukes, nor vice versa. The
drive and determination radiated by each family comes only from
a desire to best its opponent, and one without the other would
surely lapse into lethargy.
Scenario Hooks
There are almost limitless possibilities for scenarios involv-
ing the feuding families. Not many people on Cretasus are aware
of the age-old dispute or its history, and unwitting adventurers
may find themselves tools of the Dukes or Butlers in the bitter
battle. Sabotage is the most common weapon in the arsenal of
both broods, whether against a Butler business or a Duke farm. If
theres something that could go wrong with any venture, the devi-
ous minds of the pernicious patriarchs will find it and try to turn
the potential problem into a demonstrable disaster for their rival.
Typical plots involve the following:
1. Dukes hire the players to arrest the contraband runners
operating near their ranch. A large caravan carrying stolen steel to
the pirates drop ship passes within a few miles of the main hold-
ing (Neds house in fact), and this is where the caravan will be
heading. There is a reward of $20,000 (Dead or Alive) for the han-
dlers and drivers of the runners (said to be involved with the noto-
rious Gaines Gang from the mountains), and given their ready to
rumble reputation, Ned Duke recommends that they ignore the
Alive bit of the wanted poster.
Naturally, this isnt a gang of runners; another brachy cara-
van is on the move, carrying steel to New Savannah. Since the
tyrannosaur incident, the guards are ever vigilant and will shoot
anyone who refuses to identify themselves, especially anyone rid-
ing dinosaurs. Incidentally, the Dukes can provide the characters
with mounts should they need them. Any player wise enough to
check with any proper authority figure (from New Savannah or
Mount Crowe) will discover that their targets are in fact innocent
drivers who work for the Butlers. The Dukes will deny all knowl-
edge of the characters, and claim that the triceratops mounts were
stolen from the Duke ranch. If the players try the job and die, the
Dukes will claim that the Butlers have killed innocent ranch
hands. This is dirty work.
2. Industry produces a great deal of waste, and some of this
can be horribly poisonous. And what better way to test the toxic-
ity of any residue than on unsuspecting triceratops? Especially
when they are the pride of your most hated rival, Ned Duke. The
Butlers could involve characters in this mess with any number of
lies: one might be that a ruined rancher wants to get revenge on
the evil monopoly that destroyed him and his family by attacking
the mutant creatures being genetically modified by the Duke
farms (nonsense, by the way, but believable). A swift tug on the
heartstrings followed by a sense of righteousness should be
enough to con the characters into carrying out this Butler scheme
to poison the Duke herd with industrial waste.
3. Rustlers have stolen the cattle belonging to a new arrival
and he is desperate for help. Local ranchers resent the new mans
attempts to found a new ranch in the area and they have stolen his
future. Can the players get the cattle back?
Probably, but the cattle actually belong to the Dukes, so the
players would be the real rustlers. Of course, the rancher would be
grateful if the characters could escort the herd to New Savannahs
market and get a fair price, of which they may keep a certain per-
centage. This should fan the fires of greed for those players who
relish the ker-ching of the cash register. However, it will more
than likely find them in jail, claiming that a non-existent rancher
hired them to do the job a likely story!
4. The characters could be approached by either family to
explore the swamps or to investigate the fate of a previous explo-
ration. Unfortunately for the players, neither family is above mur-
dering an entire expedition in cold blood and framing their rival
for the crime, so it is possible that the characters may become tar-
gets for professional killers. Another possibility is that the charac-
ters themselves will discover the murdered explorers and bring
back the planted evidence, which would naturally make them very
unpopular with the perpetrators of the trick.
As you should be able to gather by these examples, the feud
is not a light-hearted family spat; this is a serious battle of nerves
and minds, utilizing innocents to play the fall guy. Providing
someone else does their dirty work, neither family cares how
filthy the job may be if it means that their rival is inconvenienced.
The McQuarry Brothers
Few men have eluded the Rough Riders for as long as the
twins Kane and Abel McQuarry. Both men arrived in Mount
Crowe four years ago to work in Israel Putnams coal mine and
successfully stayed on the right side of the law for about three
months before a drunken brawl turned into a murder. Reluctant to
face justice, both men fled the mining town and hid in the moun-
tains. Meeting up with the Gaines Gang, they got their first taste
of an outlaws life when they held up their former employers pay
wagons en route from the banks of New Savannah. The pay was
good, but there were so few centers of civilization in the Main
Valley that there was never anything to do with your new-found
wealth. Living in caves with the ever-present threat of hostile pter-
anadons seemed to suit the desperadoes under Gaines, but the
McQuarry brothers wanted something a little more luxurious.
Leaving the Gaines Gang to their own devices, the brothers
blazed a trail across the Main Valley, committing random acts of
violence against people clearly unprepared for their visitation.
Passing themselves off as survivors of a wagon train attacked by
T-rexes, the two were warmly welcomed by the good folk of the
Main Valley, who offered food and shelter. Small farms were com-
monly targeted: the householders killed, their food stolen and
their homestead burned after the twins had stayed the night.
Their first mistake came after they had been on the run for
two months. Settling at one of the small towns that dot the land-
scape between New Savannah and the mountains, the two had
gone to celebrate their freedom at the saloon. Tax collectors had
reported the deaths of two families on their route, and during a
discussion over a beer too many a bartender overhead Kane laugh-
ing about the gawkin face of that old farmer as he killed him.
Sending his son to fetch the local sheriff, the bartender plied the
McQuarries with free alcohol to ensure that their wits were absent
when the law arrived.
Even though they were as drunk as skunks, the varmints real-
ized that there was something afoot. They left the saloon just two
minutes before the sheriff arrived. It was time to head for the hills
again, but now the law knew who they were and what theyd
done. Theyd have to be far more careful in the future if they were
to survive.
By the time they reached the area known locally as the
Hideout Hills, the two had lost the posse that had amassed since
the incident at the saloon. The involuntary relocation of a small
dinosaur family gave them a rather dank dwelling place, a small
cave complex similar to many others burrowed beneath the
Hideout Hills. Priority one was to ensure that potential intruders
were discouraged, so they set an elaborate series of traps at the
mouth of the cave, with far deadlier ones in its interior. Providing
you kept to the left and knew when to jump, you were safe, but the
to the uninitiated, it was a death trap.
With their underground base now secure, they planned their
first raid. Given that theyd left the Gaines Gang to escape a cave-
bound life in the first place, it had to be something that would
quickly elevate them up the property ladder. Payroll wagons
seemed an obvious target. They watched the well-ridden tracks
between New Savannah and the expanse of the Main Valley with
great trepidation. The brothers had been part of a large gang on
their last payroll job but now they were but two. Even the small
group of six outriders that accompanied the coach was enough to
make any robbery attempt nearly suicidal. They would have to
find another source of illegal income and find it quick. After the
final piece of dinosaur meat theyd carved from the former inhab-
itants of the cave went rotten, the two realized that if the law did-
nt kill them, then hunger would. They decided to take a big risk:
theyd have to go to New Savannah.
Travelling into the city with a group of cattle hands, the pair
managed to go unnoticed by the guards. Looking for targets, they
noticed the hive of activity around the market and decided that
some of the ranchers would provide an excellent source of
income. The large amounts of money passing between the ranch-
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ers would take time to deposit in the banks, and some of the ranch-
ers made it clear during casual conversation that they intended to
spend some of their earnings first.
Befriending two of the cattle ranchers was an easy task for the
brothers, who could have easily found work as a comic double-act
if theyd ever chosen to live on the right side of the law. Drinks
and a few games of cards soon revealed that the two men worked
for the Pollock ranch, one of the biggest in the Main Valley, and
had traveled for ten days to reach New Savannah with a large
group of broncos. Theyd sold one hundred head of triceratops
and were entrusted with bringing the money to the bank while
their travelling companions (the other ranch hands and bronco
drivers whod helped them get the shipment through) enjoyed
themselves. Boasting that theyd made the journey ten times with-
out incident, the two luckless leaders had decided that it was their
turn to have some fun too. Encouraged by Abel and Kane, the two
went to the casino, hoping to have some fun. Inebriated almost to
the point of unconsciousness, the two were the first victims of the
McQuarries new crime spree. Dumping the bodies in the sewer,
the brothers left for the other side of the city to enjoy themselves.
Daring to stay overnight, they had a royal time and left the fol-
lowing day with provisions to last them three weeks and a small
fortune in cash.
They tried the same trick on three other ranchers before
someone discovered the decomposed bodies of the original vic-
tims. Fortunately for the twins, no one had seen them with the two
ranchers; people knew the two dead men, but couldnt recollect
any of their actions. The brothers had avoided the law so far, and
there was nothing to link them with the killings. However, both
realized that they couldnt really keep the same modus operandi
(although they didnt call it that) or the law would be onto them
straight away. So instead of robbing ranchers when they were in
town, they decided to revert to their killing spree across the plains.
The McQuarry seed must have been defective to make these crim-
inals believe that they could commit such horrible crimes without
attracting attention, and their previous offenses had attracted the
keen interest of Zeke Wylde and his Rough Riders. Following the
bloody trail the terrible twosome had left, Wylde had quickly con-
cluded that theyd headed for the hills. Some of the farmsteads
had been taken over by undercover Riders, who were to lie in wait
and look for signs of the murderers.
As luck would have it, Fate didnt favor the twisted sons of
mayhem: their first port of call resulted in a gun battle that left
Abel less capable than his name would suggest. Nearly losing the
use of his right arm, he fled off into the night covered by his broth-
ers more accurate gunfire. Hotly pursued by the Riders who had
ambushed them, the twins made for the hills again and by some
miracle lost their pursuers. It was as if they knew where the Riders
would look almost as if some outside force was guiding them to
safety. Whether it was their skill, sheer luck or the hand of some
malevolent god, the end result was the same; the McQuarry broth-
ers made it back to their headquarters unnoticed.
All planning was abandoned in the face of persistent good
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luck. Every raid, whether on a farmstead or in New Savannah,
proved to be a resounding success. The McQuarries knew when
trouble was coming and could foresee the path their futures would
take if they followed a particular course of action.
They dont realize it, but the McQuarry brothers are a team
that possesses a special gift. When they are together, they form a
psychic link that gives them the ability to glimpse their futures.
They are unaware of this ability, which only kicks in when they
are thinking about a course of action. While some of us might
imagine the results, they see what would actually happen, and
trust this inner instinct to keep them alive. So far, they have
escaped four attempts to capture them with traps that students of
criminal history would realize have proved successful in similar
circumstances. This gift separates the outlaws from the rest of
their ilk. It will take a clever man to stop their career of evil.
Abel McQuarry, Confederate Male Twf3: CR 3;
Medium-size Humanoid (6 ft.); HD 3d8+9; 27 hp; Init +6 (+2
SA, +4 Improved Initiative); Spd 30 ft.; AC 14 (+2 SA, +2
leather armor); Atk +5 melee (1d6+2, unarmed), or +5
melee (1d4+2/crit 19-20, knife); SA Premonition; AL NE; SV
Fort +4, Ref +7, Will +4; Str 14, Con 16, Dex 11, Int 10, Wis
17, Cha 11.
Skills: Gather Information +7 (4), Hide +4 (4), Listen +5
(0), Spot +5 (0). Feats: Alertness, Lightning Reflexes,
Improved Initiative.
Possessions: Knife, leather armor, liquor flask, cash
$4d10, various stolen goods.
SA Premonition (Su): As long as Abel and Kane are
within 100 feet of each other, they each have an unerring
instinct regarding imminent danger. When exposed to a sit-
uation or decision that might endanger them, both Abel and
Kane may make a Will save against DC 5. If either passes
the check, he feels a pang of instinct that guides him in
avoiding the situation or resolving the decision favorably.
For example, when picking farms to raid, Abel and Kane
always seem to avoid the well-guarded ones; when travers-
ing the mountain trails, they never fall prey to an ambush;
and so on. They may make the Will save to avoid being
caught flat-footed at the start of a combat. As a result of this
ability, they also receive a +2 insight bonus to AC, initiative,
and Reflex saves.
Kane McQuarry, Confederate Male Twf2: CR 2;
Medium-size Humanoid (6 ft.); HD 2d8+6; 20 hp; Init +3 (+1
Dex, +2 SA); Spd 30 ft.; AC 15 (+2 SA, +1 Dex, +2 leather
armor); Atk +3 melee (1d6+1, unarmed), +3 melee
(1d4+1/crit 19-20, knife); SA Premonition (see above); AL
NE; SV Fort +2, Ref +7, Will +4; Str 13, Con 14, Dex 12, Int
10, Wis 18, Cha 10.
Skills: Gather Information +4 (2), Hide +5 (4), Listen +6
(0), Spot +6 (0). Feats: Alertness, Lightning Reflexes.
Possessions: Knife, leather armor, liquor flask, cash
$4d10, various stolen goods.
 Hideout Hills
This is one of the most dangerous places to be if you live a
lawful life, because although to the untrained eye it appears unin-
habited, it is actually teeming with life: low-life, that is. In addi-
tion to the McQuarry brothers, there are other gangs using its dif-
ficult terrain as the perfect hideout. The well-trodden paths sug-
gest that although nothing should live here, a great many things
do, and you wouldnt want to meet any of them on a dark night
or, for that matter, on a clear day. This bracken-cloaked cave-rid-
dled hillscape has become such a haven for rustlers, fraudsters,
killers and other undesirables that it has been dubbed the Hideout
Hills, and boy, theres a lot hiding out here.
Whether the caves are natural or the burrows of some long-
forgotten race of creatures, the end result is the same: myriad
hidey-holes that ensure any pursuit turn into a long game of hide-
and-seek through some incredibly dangerous terrain. Rustlers are
the most common gangs to hide out here; some are well known to
the Rough Riders, and several have been in the Main Valley Jail
on a couple of occasions. In fact the very existence of the Hideout
Hills have increased the likelihood of criminals being deported off
the planet, because once theyre out of prison they head straight
for the hills to continue their life of crime.
Rustlers tend to use the Hideout Hills as a base from which to
strike at the incoming caravans of meat, typically knocking out or
killing the drivers and taking the herd to New Savannah them-
selves. They rotate the salesmen in the gang so that no one gets
too suspicious, because the law regards rustling as one of the most
heinous crimes. The opportunities for people to have their own
ranches are limitless on the vast surface of Cretasus, so the indus-
trious residents of the Main Valley despise thieves all the more.
No one will offer the bandits sanctuary at any price.
You can travel six or seven miles into the hills before seeing
the first signs of habitation. The most common sign is a rotting
corpse, usually a fugitive killed during a gang war between two
groups of rustlers after the same prey. As farmers hang crows on
their fences to deter other birds, the rustlers mark out their territo-
ry with the rotting carcasses of previous trespassers. Decaying
flesh attracts the attention of predators and scavengers alike, mak-
ing any journey into the Hideout Hills dangerous even without the
threat of bandits.
A typical rustler gang consists of between ten and twenty
men, and many of the caves are too small to house all of them in
one place. As a result of this, the rustlers live spread out over sev-
eral caves, some of which are over a mile apart. Gang members
dont live in any one place permanently; they tend to rotate
through the different caves so that all know the nearest hiding
place should an emergency arise. Most gangs also know of a
dummy cave, actually a tunnel that opens somewhere higher in
the hills and is used to shake off pursuers. Several lawmen have
been embarrassed by these networks of passageways; some have
even made the mistake of standing guard outside the tunnel
mouth, reckoning that sooner or later, their quarry will have to
come out. These tunnels are the perfect place for an ambush. Not
even the Rough Riders will venture too far into them, as it would
mean almost certain death.
An average cave can hold up to five rustlers; roll 1D4+1 to
see how many are there if the characters are unlucky enough to
walk in on them by accident. The rustlers always set alarm traps
at the mouth of the cave, so by the time the characters get inside,
their enemies will be expecting them.
Depending upon how long it was since the last raid, rustler
gangs can have quite a lot of money on their person. Those fresh
from a job can have hundreds of dollars in their pockets, but if
pickings have been lean, the characters will just find a few cents.
Typical Rustler, Offworlder Twf1: CR 1; Medium-size
Humanoid (6 ft.); HD 1d8+1; Init +0; Spd 20 ft.; AC 13 (+3
hide armor); Atk +1 melee (1d4+1/crit 19-20, knife), +1
melee (1d6+1, unarmed), or +0 ranged (1d8, musket); AL
CE; SV Fort +1, Ref +2, Will +0; Str 14, Con 13, Dex 10, Int
10, Wis 11, Cha 9.
Skills: Hide +1 (4), Wilderness Lore +2 (0). Feat:
Weapon Proficiency Ballistic.
Possessions: Knife, musket with 2d6-3 bullets, hide
armor, cash 85% chance of $1d4-2, 15% chance of $5d10.
The Great Library of Logos
Logos is an ancient protoceratops city that was destroyed five
hundred years ago. At its height, it was the center of protoceratops
civilization on Cretasus. It housed the legendary great library, a
central repository of knowledge so vast it was said that no proto-
ceratops had ever seen all of it. Its endless tunnels were polished
and ornate, decorated with columns and flourishes more beautiful
than anyone now could imagine. The rest of the city, built with the
library at its center, boasted exquisite architecture constructed at
the zenith of protoceratopsian artistry.
Or so the protoceratops say. Now, Logos is only a story. A
combination of flood and warfare decimated the city. The remains
were lost over time, and completely forgotten for many genera-
tions.
But the arrival of man has renewed interest in Logos. Many
believe the city holds secrets about the origin of the planet.
According to legend, the great library of Logos contained all the
knowledge known to the protoceratops. Their present reputation
for erudition, they say, is but a pale reflection on what they once
knew. If true, Logos could unlock both scientific and commercial
secrets about the planet and its resources. And, of course, it could
return a vital bit of history to the protoceratops.
History
Logos sat atop one of many low plateaus that flanked the
Danjow river south of where New Savannah now is, not far from
where the river ended in the scorching Crystal Desert. The foun-
dations of the city were carved directly into the plateau. Typical
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low-lying protoceratops buildings were built onto those founda-
tions out of adobe. The entire plateau was honeycombed with the
tunnels of the great library, whose main entrance was in the cen-
ter of the city. The ascent to the plateau, a gradually rising path
along one face, was lined with buildings sheltering tunnels that
led into the rock, most of which connected with the library at
some point.
The soil at the base of the plateau was irrigated by the
Danjow and extremely fertile. It provided the protoceratops with
a steady supply of food. The Danjow was (and still is) an unpre-
dictable river, flooding irregularly every few years, and in times
of flood the protoceratops could easily retreat to the top of the
plateau and wait for it to pass.
The small, cramped tunnels of the library were designed with
protoceratops in mind. Most were four to five feet high and about
as wide. Every surface of every tunnel floor, ceiling, and wall
was inscribed with the protoceratops language. All together, the
collected knowledge carved into the librarys tunnels spanned
more than ten thousand years of protoceratops history.
The great library was an architectural marvel. Its tunnels were
arranged according to a protoceratops classification system. In the
forty miles of narrow tunnels on the first level was general intro-
ductory information about every subject in the system. Dozens of
staircases led to the next level, which contained more detailed
information, with each subject area on level two directly below
the area devoted to the same subject on level one. Level three, in
turn, contained more detail, and so on. As new knowledge was
added, new levels were excavated to record it. By the time one
reached the twentieth level, there were moisture droplets visible
on the ceilings, as the tunnels extended even below the basin of
the adjacent river.
On the first few levels, all the horizontal tunnels were con-
nected. But in order to maintain the vertical organizational struc-
ture, new levels were sometimes added to a single subject area
without taking the time to build tunnels connecting all areas on
that level. Thus, the layout of each level became more and more
fragmented as one descended. If one decided to look up the details
of moon moss after researching astronomy on the fortieth level,
for example, one might have to climb to the thirty-sixth floor to
find a passage to the moon moss section, from which to descend
to that part of the fortieth level.
The only map of the library was a guide to the cataloguing
system, which explained where to find information on the first
level. From there, one simply had to descend to learn more.
Researchers rarely descended all the way to the bottom, and even
the few abstruse protoceratops who went that deep never did so
for more than one or two subjects. Thus, though it was said there
were at least one hundred levels, no one had ever plumbed the true
depth of more than a few subjects, much less all of them.
The Zuleps
Not far from Logos, in the Crystal Desert, lived a large tribe
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of barbaric leptoceratops who called themselves the zuleps.
Barbaric relatives of the protoceratops, the leptoceratops inhabit-
ed a miserable part of the world. They survived on tough ground
vegetation and very little water. Even though they were herbi-
vores, they had a savage warrior culture and practiced piercing,
tattoos, and scarification as rites of passage. They could walk on
four legs or two, and their front claws could be used to grasp items
including the simple spears, shields, and knives they designed.
The protoceratops looked down upon the zuleps as uneducat-
ed savages. For thousands of years, the zuleps had roamed the
desert, their tribes too small to merit attention. The protoceratops
ignored them which proved to be a terrible mistake. Two con-
secutive years of good rains ignited a population explosion among
the zuleps, and an ambitious warlord managed to organize the
scattered tribes. The zuleps had for many years coveted the lush
vegetation at the base of Logos, and now they had the strength to
do something about it. The erudite protoceratops of Logos, non-
combative to begin with, were happy to share but the warlike
zuleps had a different attitude. To them, there was room for only
one tribe on the plateau.
The zuleps launched an invasion of Logos. They fought with
barbaric fervor. The hardy protoceratops tried to defend them-
selves, but were routed. All the defenses of Logos had been
designed to defend against large theropods; the pits, gates, and
small-aperture tunnels were of little use against opponents the
same size as the defenders. Logos was soon occupied by chanting
zuleps.
The protoceratops launched several attempts to retake Logos,
but they failed. Unfortunately for the protoceratops, inscribed
stone tunnels are not portable. When they lost the city, they lost
their great library.
The Great Flood
Once the zuleps began feeding in the fertile river valley of the
Danjow, their numbers grew rapidly. Although they initially
ignored Logos itself in favor of the riverside areas, they soon had
to expand upward into the city. They dug trenches from the river
to the librarys lowest depths, which filled high enough to serve as
wells for the plateau. They had flooded the great library.
Logos was once a cosmopolitan city, thousands of years in
the making, where the knowledge of the ages was culled and
recorded. Now, occupied by the zuleps, the library became a well,
offices became stables, observatories became hatcheries, and
studies became gladiatorial rings.
Then the Danjow flooded. Flooding was not unusual, but this
time, the waters rose for weeks. The several years of good rains
seemed to have reached their peak. The zuleps in the river valley
were forced onto the plateau for protection. The protoceratops,
now living in dispersed camps upriver, were forced into the hills.
And the waters continued to rise.
It was a thousand-year flood. After yet another evening of tor-
rential rain, the overcrowded zuleps awoke to find their plateau
city completely surrounded by water. They were stranded.
Before food could begin to be an issue, a massive storm
moved in. The skies darkened far across the horizon, and the deep
thunder could be heard for hours before the clouds descended on
what was left of Logos. The storm arrived just as the sun set, and
the ensuing hours of darkness were terror for the zuleps. The wet
air was thick with lightning, every bolt of which seemed to hit the
plateau. The lightning ignited sporadic fires which expired quick-
ly under the fierce rain, but nonetheless lit again with each new
strike. The zuleps could feel the point-blank thunder in their
hearts.
Around midnight, an even deeper noise rumbled below the
thunder. It grew steadily louder, terrifying the zuleps all the more,
until it revealed itself to be a forty-foot-tall wall of water cascad-
ing down the Danjow.
The wave crested the plateau and washed through Logos,
sweeping the zuleps over the edge. But there was something
worse: the library, which honeycombed the very structure of the
plateau, had been connected to the Danjow. The great wave swept
below the plateau as well as above it. Moments after the crest
washed across Logos, the water pressure inside the tunnels
reached its limits. Rapidly growing fissures radiated forth from stone dentures that protoceratops wear when they use their
the staircases leading down to the library. The ground exploded as beaks to write in stone). But they have not yet found Logos.
geysers erupted from the librarys entrances. Weak earth between The most significant discovery to date is a series of tunnels
the surface and lower levels fractured as a liquid earthquake embedded in the bank of the Danjow, near where it evaporates in
forced the water to the surface. the Crystal Desert. The tunnels, about a mile long over the course
This proved to be the Danjows final flood. In the morning, of all of their twists and turns, are a section of the library which
the golden sunlight rose over a wide, sedate river. Drowned zulep broke loose as a single chunk and was apparently swept downriv-
corpses floated placidly downstream. Water drained slowly from er. The cave made by the tunnels was occupied by various river-
the tops of several low plateaus, all flattened by the flood. Now all dwellers until explorers cleared them out a few years ago.
signs of Logos rested on the river bottom. The entrances to the Most of the wall inscriptions were worn off by the time they
great library were but nondescript lumps of mud atop one the were found, but enough was legible to learn the tunnels were once
many low plateaus that flanked the Danjow. a section of the library devoted to astronomy. Since then, the tun-
nels have been extensively explored and converted into an explor-
The Protoceratops Amnesia ers outpost. Now called Sesquiped, it is the last point before the
desert where one can find some modicum of civilization. A few
The protoceratops were devastated by the loss of Logos. It wizened old protoceratops astronomers and a wild one live there,
was the symbol of their civilization, and not only had it been studying the wall inscriptions, and you can sometimes find an
sacked by barbarians, but now it was completely destroyed by explorer or two passing through.
flood. Even worse was the loss of the great library. For a culture
based on knowledge, losing ten millennia of accumulated schol- Scenario Hooks
arship was crippling. The protoceratops came to refer to this as
their amnesia the enormous vacuum where once there was a The area around the Danjow River provides fertile ground for
shared memory, a memory that had been committed to written adventure. It has been five hundred years since the loss of Logos.
words now long gone. They have since tried to alleviate this sense The protoceratops have rebuilt their civilization. Now they want
of amnesia by creating new libraries, and many protoceratops to recover their great library. Human explorers want to uncover
cities include small libraries. But the species still suffers from a the secrets of Cretasus and its inhabitants. Military researchers
collective sense of lost knowledge and desperately desires to want to understand the worlds mineral and resource distribution.
recover the vast erudition lost with the flood of Logos. And adventurers want to find the forgotten city.
The arrival of humans renewed interest in recovering the lost The Danjow is a very long river, flanked by several levels of
library. Since then, protoceratops explorers have begun scouring terraces and plateaus. No one knows which might house the great
the Danjow where legends say Logos once was. They have found library. Over time, the lay of the land has surely changed, and the
many artifacts along the length of the Danjow, including shards of plateau housing the library may now be at ground level or per-
pottery, statuettes, inscribed tablets, and ancient beak sheaths (the haps the river has migrated away from it.

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 The search for the great library makes for an epic campaign.
The library is a major site, and it should not be found quickly. Its
discovery will be an important event. Knowledge of its location
can be sold to many parties (both protoceratops and human) for a
princely sum. When it is found, explorers of all kinds from pro-
toceratops to zuleps to humans will swarm there, and the knowl-
edge it contains may create just as many mysteries as it unlocks.
The Crystal Desert
The Crystal Desert is an arid region south of the mountains
around New Savannah. It is where Hepsediah Porters ship crash-
landed. Somewhere in the sandy plains, his ship still lies, perhaps
littered with the skeletons of his son Daniel and the rest of his
party who decided to wait by the ship for help. (That is, if they
really did die there...)
The desert begins quite abruptly at an obvious line of
demarcation, the grass browns and dies, plants wither and cease to
grow, and the grounds moisture content drops to nearly zero. The
dirt soon turns into sand, heated to scalding temperatures by the
clear sky above. Soon you see almost no living things, only hot
dunes and rising heat waves. The mighty Danjow River strangely
dissipates and finally evaporates into nothing. This swath of bar-
renness is the Crystal Desert.
The area is so named because of the crystal formations
throughout the desert. Careful examination of the sand reveals
that its grains are much larger than usual and much more obvi-
ously crystalline. There are rough, irregular crystal formations
throughout the desert, often in the lee of a sand dune or growing
from the side of a crumbling rock wall. Sometimes tall quartz-like
crystals project straight up from the sand, with no other terrain
feature in sight.
At the very center of the Crystal Desert is a great crater. This
crater has no name, as the zuleps and protoceratops are the only
civilizations to have seen it, and both regard it with a sacred,
unnamable awe. As one approaches the crater, the sandy ground
becomes more rocky, and soon is a bed of thick, shattered crystals.
The crater is more than 200 feet deep and almost two miles across.
At the very bottom one can see sun-scorched rubble of some kind.
Residents
Few creatures live in the Crystal Desert, but those that do are
tough. The zuleps are the most common inhabitants, and there are
a variety of hardy reptiles and insects. The plant life is mostly cac-
tus, some short, tough trees, a variety of cane, and a few other
hardy shrubs and roots. There are some medium-sized dinosaurs
and a few larger ones (most from families that have lived in the
desert long enough to adapt). You may occasionally encounter
other animals around the fringes of the desert, but non-native
creatures quickly feel the heat and retreat.
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Environmental Dangers
The Crystal Desert is extremely hot. Beginning about half a
mile from its edges, it is considered very hot for purposes of heat
danger. The desert interior, centered on the crater and including
the area within a two mile radius, is considered extreme heat.
There are no strong winds or sand storms in the Crystal
Desert. Except for the occasional hot breeze, the air is still.
Crystal Formations
Hundreds of varieties of crystals can be found in the desert.
In fact, it almost seems as if no two crystals are the same. There
are pink, red, green, blue, yellow, brown, clear, and smoky gray
crystals. Some are spotted, striated, translucent, opaque, or trans-
parent. Some produce musical notes when struck, and some hum
when even the slightest breeze passes them by. Some are soft and
salty-tasting, while others are hard and glassy.
There is no rhyme or reason to the placement of the crystals.
Some patches of the desert are dotted with a crystal growth near-
ly every hundred feet, including some massive structures that are
several stories tall, while other areas are bare sand for miles. The
process by which the crystals form is also mysterious, for their
growth rates vary from a few millimeters to more than a foot each
year. Without pattern, new formations will grow out of barren
sand. But once a crystal point is removed from its formation, it
ceases to grow.
The crystals are valued by machinists for their use in optics,
lasers, and other items of high technology. Many machinists
searching for the perfect material have journeyed to the desert to
test crystal properties.
Here is a list of several of the more useful crystals. They can
be located on successful Spot or Wilderness Lore checks. One
check can be made for every day of travel through the desert.
Glass Blood: This is the name given to a blood-red crystal
that grows in broad, short slabs. It is extremely rare, and also quite
difficult to find due to its low profile. One formation provides 3d6
uses. If ground into a fine powder, mixed with liquid, and ingest-
ed, glass blood fortifies the body. It provides a +1d4 resistance
bonus to Fortitude saves. The bonus lasts for one day. There is a
great danger in ingesting glass blood, however: you are basically
drinking glass shards. If the crystal is not ground properly into an
extremely fine powder, it does 1d4 points of damage and gives no
bonus whatsoever. Locating glass blood requires a Wilderness
Lore check (DC 16), or a Spot check (DC 19). Grinding it prop-
erly requires an Alchemy/Chemistry check (DC 15).
Lantern Crystal: This wide gray crystal appears completely
opaque. In reality, it is very sensitive to light, and while its surface
is solid, its interior is pellucid and finely faceted with an intricate
interior structure. If broken off in sections which are then careful-
ly sawed flat at each end to expose the clear interior, it becomes
an incredible light magnifier. A light shown in one end of the
resulting crystal wand is multiplied tenfold by the brilliant facets
within and emerges from the other end that much brighter. Lantern
crystal is relatively easy to find (about one formation every square
mile), and each formation provides 5d12 crystal wands. Locating
lantern crystal requires a Wilderness Lore check (DC 14), or a
Spot check (DC 16).
Song Crystal: Song crystal is a faint, translucent blue color.
It grows in thin reed-like prisms an inch wide and several feet
long. It can only be found in the southernmost reaches of the
desert. It is extraordinarily sensitive to touch, and produces a faint
whispering noise when wind passes over it. Merely rubbing the
crystal with a finger produces a melodious sound. It is valued by
musicians as well as by many dinosaurs who find the sounds
pleasing. Song crystal can be located with Wilderness Lore check
(DC 16), or a Spot check (DC 18).
Secrets of the Desert
The Crystal Desert is a geographic anomaly for a number of
reasons. Its sudden beginning and obvious perimeter are strange.
The crystals are inexplicable. Its location in the midst of an other-
wise moist region is unusual. And the fact that the Danjow dries
up and disappears as it enters the desert is simply unnatural.
The secret of the desert lies in the crater. Resting beneath the
shards of glass and clumped sand is the battered shell of a crashed
alien spaceship. Its crash landing and the resulting reactor melt-
down long ago changed the deserts very nature. The rubble at the
crater bottom is the only clue to the hull buried beneath. It has
been empty for at least 10,000 years, for even the protoceratops
great library, which contained 10,000 years of accumulated
knowledge, described it as an aging, empty wreck.
Traces of the wrecked ship can be found throughout the
desert. These otherwise unidentified metal scraps originated at the
crash site long ago. They are twisted and sun-baked, with nothing
so intact that its original purpose can be discerned. Many scraps
show signs of twisting or shredding, as the leptoceratops use the
scraps to build weapons and tools.
Staying in the crater is quite perilous. Aside from being
extremely hot, it is also very difficult to navigate. The loose crys-
tal shards are crumbly and practically impossible to get a good
footing on. Moving down the crater and around its bottom counts
as a bad terrain surface (1/2 movement); climbing back up the
crater wall counts as a very bad surface (1/4 movement).
Moreover, characters moving uphill must constantly try to keep
their footing, so they count as being flat-footed at all times.
The ship itself is completely buried and is hard to see from
the crater rim (Spot check at DC 22 to recognize that something is
buried beneath the sand). But if characters descend into the crater
and search the area, they will find numerous hatches, pits, and
pipes leading into the buried craft (Spot check at DC 12 to notice).
The ship is a mile wide and many levels deep. Although it was
damaged in the crash, many of its passageways, cargo holds,
launch bays, and other structures are intact.
The first level of the ship has been stripped bare, thanks to
thousands of years of decay and occupation. But as one descends
further and further into the wreck, one will find ancient technolo-
gy, some of it still working. Rumors of the technological windfall
at the crash site have sent several machinists adventuring, but
none has yet found it. Navigating the desert, discovering the site,
and exploring the crashed ship could be a substantial adventure
for characters.
The ship has been the home of many zulep tribes over the
years; two tribes live in it now. They occupy the first buried level
of the ship, with one tribe being a recent arrival which has begun
contesting the other tribes occupation.
One notable feature of the zulep occupiers is their strange
anatomical characteristics. All young born within the ship have
mutations. Some are slight, such as crooked beaks or missing or
extra fingers, while others are extreme, such as third eyes, feath-
ers, horned frills, or no tails. Such is the peril of living in to the
crater.
(We have intentionally left the interior layout of the ship
unspecified for now. Develop it as you see appropriate, adapting
the ship to fit your campaign. Or await future developments in
other supplements!)
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 The Tecumseh Trail
The Tecumseh Trail is the passage to the west. Gouged out of
the soil by the parallel wagon ruts of a steady stream of pioneers,
it is now the most traveled frontier route on Cretasus. Thousands
of frontiersmen have lived and died along its path, and the graves
that mark its miles remind observers of the pioneers determina-
tion.
The trail leads to several major areas of Cretasus. The verdant
southwestern plains are the most common destination. The Bayou,
a gray swamp that borders the plains to the north, is a less com-
mon goal. The Black Jungle and Lake Hope lie to the west of the
plains, while the Hampshire Mountains stand to the south.
The trail is named for Fort Tecumseh, its original destination.
Fort Tecumseh is now the last bastion of civilization before the
trail enters the back country. Beyond the fort, settlements are
sparse. Garsville, along the banks of Lake Hope, is the only pop-
ulation center large enough to be called a town. Tiny Millers
Crossroads lies where the trail bifurcates at the beginning of the
plains and is an important place for western frontiersmen to sell
their wares to eastern merchants. Gilmore Homestead and Vicente
Pass both serve as backwoods gathering points, but they are hard
to reach. Pioneers with Union sympathies occasionally head for
Fort Lincoln, the Unions largest outpost, which lies below the
plains in the Hampshire Mountains.
The Trail
There is no sign proclaiming the Tecumseh Trail. The trail is
marked only by the evidence of those who came before. Wagon
marks, litter, the corpses of livestock, graves, scenes of battle, dis-
carded belongings, extinguished fires, and trampled camp sites
lead the pioneers in the steps of those who preceded them.
A journey along the Tecumseh Trail is filled with hardship.
Pioneers must contend with hunger, disease, robbery, and
dinosaurs. They must time their departure with the seasons, lest
they freeze on the plains while still mid-journey. They must
choose carefully what to bring, balancing their desires with the
risk of overloading their wagons or overburdening their livestock.
All pioneers must contend with faulty information, that per-
petual gnawing doubt at the back of every travelers mind. Few
are the guides who have taken the Tecumseh Trail both west and
back east again. Travelers receive tips and directions from the set-
tlers or occasional hunters they encounter, as well as the marks of
those before them but there is no way to confirm the route. Was
the best river passage to the north or south? Does this cut-off pro-
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vide a shortcut, like that miner said? After seeing four graves in
five miles, should we have taken the other fork back at the bend?
These questions are important, because the trail diverges in
many places. Just past Fort Tecumseh, a traveler can head north-
west along the inland sea, or cut west through the jungle. Most
choose the former, but the latter is said to shave six days off the
trip. These choices confront pioneers every step of the way.
Two forks in the trail are especially important. The first is at
Millers Crossroads. There, the north fork runs below the Bayou
until it eventually crosses the Fur River into the northwestern
plains. Those plains are the least settled and, if rumors are to be
believed, the most prosperous. But reaching them requires great
stamina and a stomach for danger, as the Bayou is infested with
velociraptors and spinosauruses.
The southern route from Millers Crossroads is the route
more often traveled. It cuts directly across the plains. Most pio-
neers leave the trail in the plains to make their home. The land is
still so vast as to be largely unsettled, but by now a traveler can
expect to find a homesteader within several days journey of
almost any point along this stretch.
The second important fork is where this southern trail veers
toward the Black Jungle. Here, the south branch of the trail heads
into the jungle. Loggers, hunters, trappers, and bachelor farmers
often choose this route. The other fork veers west into Lake Hope
and Garsville. This stretch goes through light forest and is dotted
with larger farms more inviting to less adventurous travelers.
Fort Tecumseh
Fort Tecumseh is the Confederacys western stronghold. It
was founded by General Bowie in 2189, just four years after New
Savannahs founding, as an important link in the Confederacys
plans for the planet. General Bowie is a likable man who is
nonetheless universally feared by his men, for he has never been
in a fight that didnt end with his opponents death. His first
encounter on Cretasus only reinforced this reputation. He was
attending the first wedding in New Savannah. It was a grand affair
to join the children of two of the new societys most prominent
families. After the ceremony, the reception was held on a gor-
geous wooded bluff overlooking the sea. As the bride and groom
cut the cake, three velociraptors burst out of the underbrush. The
guests panicked, but not General Bowie. He grabbed the cake
knife and immediately impaled one of the raptors, killing it with a
single stroke. With a second stroke he sliced the forearm off the
next raptor. At that, they retreated, and General Bowie wiped off
the knife and served the rest of the cake. Most of the guests, how-
ever, had lost their appetite.
When someone was needed to establish a fort to the west,
General Bowie was the natural choice. He had earlier begun
organizing the Army of Solaris, a loose-knit force of independent
units from the dozens (later hundreds) of planets that had repre-
sentatives on Cretasus. The Army of Solaris was a true frontier
army, composed of whoever was willing to fight, and General
Bowie took it west to build a fort.
Bowie established his fort much farther west than anyone
imagined. He eventually built Fort Tecumseh nearly 400 miles
from New Savannah. Although this decision was unpopular at the
time (Whom is General Bowie protecting, the humans or the
dinosaurs? asked many New Savannah citizens), General Bowie
realized that traffic on the frontier would grow. His decision was
proven correct within a decade, as the Tecumseh Trail was trav-
eled more and more. Fort Tecumseh became the first hub of fron-
tier civilization.
Fort Tecumseh is now the home of the Army of Solaris and
several regiments of Dino Warriors. Its total population, both mil-
itary and civilian, is about 10,000 people, give or take however
many pioneers are currently passing through. There are 2,000 sol-
diers. The soldiers and about 500 civilians live in the fort, and the
rest of the population is scattered among the farms and ranches
that line its perimeter.
Layout
The fort is arranged in three concentric squares. The inner-
most square is defined by a high palisade of thick, pointed logs
beside a dry moat sixty feet wide and twenty feet deep. This
square is a quarter-mile wide and houses the officers barracks,
ammunition depot, and artillery. It is the most secure area and the
center of the fighting fort in a war, the population would
retreat to this area.
The middle square is surrounded by a fence made up vari-
ously of split logs, mud bricks, and piled stones. This square is
about a mile wide at most points. Its sprawling interior includes
the soldiers barracks, stables, mess halls, parade grounds, guard
houses, and storage facilities.
The area outside the fence is a mix of military and civilian
domain. The military farms, practice ranges, and livestock herds
are there. Most residential and commercial institutions are there,
too: a dozen saloons, three general stores, a grain dealer, a leather
dealer, a mill, a buying agency, two blacksmiths, a bank, two com-
mercial stables, six hotels, and a theater which everyone knows is
actually a front for a brothel.
Civilians realize the safety inherent in staying close to the
fort, so the lands around it are clustered with ranches and farms.
There are constant encampments of pioneers at the forts edges.
There is no large river near the fort, but several small streams
flow near or through town and into the great sea. Timber is an
expensive commodity, as it must be floated or hauled into town.
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The Dino Warriors
The Dino Warriors are the elite dinosaur cavalry of the
Confederate army. They are the Confederacys newest military
branch and the most visible of its soldiers on Cretasus. Their
mission is threefold: first, to protect Confederate settlements and
trade routes; second, to maintain relations with the dinosaur
tribes and nations; and third, to establish hatcheries and grow
their ranks to the point where they can fight against the Union on
other planets.
The Confederacy knows the Union is testing its ironclads
on Cretasus. Officially there are no hostilities. Unofficially, there
are regular encounters and even casualties as the two sides dis-
pute borders and attempt sabotage. The Confederacy realizes the
power of a trained T-rex and ultimately wants to train cadres of
troops to be deployed on other planets as defenses against Union
armor. Even on Cretasus, the Dino Warriors sometimes plan
covert ops where they attack Union tanks or experimental
ironclads, completely unprovoked, as a test or for a specific mil-
itary purpose. Since most of the damage to the Union in these
raids is in the form of bite marks, its easy to deny responsibili-
ty and blame it on a wild dinosaur (at least in diplomatic and
public relations channels the military on both sides knows
whats going on).
The Dino Warriors also serve as dinosaur diplomats for the
Confederacy. Because of their affinity with animals, they are the
best equipped to communicate with the intelligent dinosaurs. On
a number of occasions, the Dino Warriors have transformed hos-
tile velociraptor tribes into willing allies, through a combination
of gifts, trade, diplomacy, and display of force. Most Dino
Warrior encampments include a combination of domesticated
dinosaurs and wild but friendly dinosaurs acting as liaisons,
advisors, diplomats, or even hired mercenaries (a common role
for silverclaw raptors).
There is no shortage of farmhands, hunters, pioneers, and
other back country dwellers eager to become Dino Warriors. But
becoming a Dino Warrior is not easy. Only bronco riders of high
level, as well as normal civilians and regular soldiers who show
exceptional aptitude with dinosaur handling, are admitted to the
first stage of training.
This first stage consists of one year training and raising
dinosaurs in the hatcheries. During this time, the Dino Warriors
closely observe the candidates interaction with dinosaurs.
Depending on performance and the recommendations of their
superiors, a select few are invited to take the Dino Warriors ini-
tiation tests.
Successfully passing the initiation tests requires more than
mere dinosaur empathy. Physical and strategic ability are very
important. The tests vary by time of year and whats available,
but some common tests include surviving five days in the
wilderness equipped with only a hunting knife, riding a wild
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The soldiers have a lot of time on their hands and have gone to the
trouble to bring in lumber for the fort, but most civilian houses are
made of sod.
Missions
The Fort monitors the Union presence at Fort Lincoln,
defends New Savannah from the great herds on the southwestern
plains, and maintains law and order on the Tecumseh Trail. Its
influence on the trail extends east almost as far as New Savannah,
but settlers heading west leave its protection very quickly.
The fort has lately been involved in an increasingly hostile
war with a nearby velociraptor nation. The Lettoko raptors occu-
py the hill country south of the fort. They oppose human
encroachment, as the humans are gradually chasing away the
Lettokos traditional prey. In the past year, the Lettoko have
become more aggressive, ambushing pioneers along the trail and
occasionally even making forays into the farms and ranches
around the fort.
The fort has responded with increased patrols and raids on
the Lettoko. The Lettoko are made up of at least six tribes, all sit-
uated in fairly close proximity, and are very dangerous opponents.
They exploit the hill terrain masterfully, launching ambushes and
hit-and-run attacks from out of nowhere. So far, five soldiers have
been lost for every raptor killed.
The Military
The life of a soldier in Fort Tecumseh is actually fairly excit-
ing. While at post, he (or she) must endure the usual chores of
post life: mess duty, guard duty, drills, building and repairing
facilities, cleaning, and so on. But if youre going to be at post,
Fort Tecumseh is a great post to be at, as there is a large civilian
population nearby and its always ready to serve the soldiers.
While not at post, soldiers go on patrol. Patrol around Fort
Tecumseh is usually dangerous, which makes it rather exciting.
The missions vary, but there is always trouble brewing some-
where. There are marauding dinosaurs, trail bandits, and dishon-
est traders; green pioneers to tend to; and the gradually escalating
war against the Lettoko raptors. Whether its the great herds of the
plains straying too close for comfort, or a vicious ceratosaurus
stalking the trail, the soldiers of Fort Tecumseh always have
something to worry about.
Sites of Interest
Josies Review is the most happening place in town. It is a
nightclub/theater famous for its singing showgirls, who are
known for hundreds of miles around their songs are the only
entertainment for many back country farmers! Travelers returning
from the back country relax there for a few days before resuming
their trips, as do pioneers passing in the other direction. Miners
and hunters stop by when they are in town, and there is always a
contingent of soldiers on leave from the fort. Many of the local
farmers and ranchers are regulars. Josies is the best place to get
a drink and learn the news from hundreds of miles in any direc-
tion.
The four largest saloons in town are The Spur, Buds Brews,
The Red Raptor, and the Three Horn Saloon. The Spur is a dirty
hole in the wall known for its fistfights and all-night poker games.
Buds Brews is a large, relaxed saloon frequented by local farm-
ers the closest thing Fort Tecumseh has to a family bar (if there
is such a thing). The Red Raptor is known for its mascot, a stuffed
raptor with unusually red skin; the bar attracts a mix of outdoors-
men and soldiers. The Three Horn Saloon is home to the stuffed
head of a colossal bull triceratops, one of the largest ever seen; the
saloon is decorated with other natural artifacts, including a T-rex
skull, a beer keg made of a pachycephalosaurus skull, and tables
with clawed feet from all manner of creatures. The Three Horn
Saloon is a great place to meet dino hunters, safari guides, and
Dino Warriors.
The buying agency occupies a three-story wood-plank build-
ing labeled Buying Agency. For many frontiersmen, it is the
most important building in town. Each of its twelve offices hous-
es a buyer representing one or more merchants back in New
Savannah. The buyers procure raw materials, which they then
ship back to their employers. The buildings occupants vary
depending on who is in town at any given time, but there are usu-
ally two mineral buyers (dealing in everything from aluminum to
gold), two timber buyers, one leather and skins agent, three pro-
duce and crops buyers, one dealer in live dinosaurs, two mundane
livestock dealers, and one exotic goods buyer (specializing in
taxidermied dinosaurs, exotic skins, dinosaur artifacts, and the
like). The buyers deal with farmers, hunters, and miners who
dont want to trek all the way to New Savannah to sell their
goods. The buyers employ their own agents in Millers
Crossroads to deal with prospects even deeper in the back coun-
try, and those agents in turn have their own agents as far west as
Garsville.
The First Bank of Fort Tecumseh is the biggest bank west of
New Savannah. It is one of the very few secure places on the fron-
tier to convert notes to gold, borrow money, and deposit savings.
The bank holds the combined wealth of most of the areas big
farmers and ranchers, as well as the savings of General Bowie
himself. At any given time, the banks vault holds 2d4 x1,000 dol-
lars in cash and valuable metals. The bank is always guarded by
three private guards and 1d4+1 soldiers.
Prominent Locals
General Bowie: General Bowie is the most important man in
town. He still runs the fort and the Army of Solaris. He also acts
as the de facto mayor of the town, since all the important town
positions (sheriff, treasurer, etc.) are filled by military men he
appoints. He is a short, stocky, balding man who always wears
triceratops for a full minute, rounding up an escaped herd, and
fighting a velociraptor in one-on-one combat.
Dino Warrior duties are generally more exciting than those
in the regular army. If a particularly dangerous dinosaur has
been ambushing merchants along a trade route from New
Savannah, its usually the Dino Warriors who get called to fix
the problem. This is why the trails between Fort Tecumseh, New
Savannah, and Fort Apache are fairly safe. Of course, there are
never enough Dino Warriors to chase every carnivore, but they
certainly make the areas they patrol safer than anywhere else on
the planet.
While not on patrol, a Dino Warrior is tending to his ani-
mals. He feeds them, cleans them, and trains them. Breaking and
training newly acquired wild dinosaurs is an ever-present chore.
So is raising young into domesticity.
Some high-level Dino Warriors are promoted out of active
duty. They have diplomatic or political jobs that take an officer
away from the front lines. These are the Dino Warriors youll
find as prominent citizens in New Savannah, the forts, and a few
other large towns. They are revered as heroes. After all, they rep-
resent pretty much everything the Confederacy adores
strength, heroism, military prowess, and rural lifestyle. These
are the men and women who sit on boards, organize charity
balls, court the mayors children, and invest on the side in expe-
ditions to faraway jungles reputed to have valuable sugar cane
brakes.
A Typical Dino Warrior: Dino Warriors usually begin
their careers as soldiers or bronco riders. They are recruited into
the Dino Warriors when they demonstrate unusual aptitude with
handling animals. For more information, see the Dino Warrior
prestige class elsewhere in this volume. Here is the profile of a
typical Dino Warrior private.
Dino Warrior Private, Confederate Bro3/Dnw2: CR
5; Medium-size Humanoid (6 ft.); HD 3d8+2d10; Init +2 (+2
Dex); Spd 30 ft.; AC 17 (+2 Dex, +5 flak jacket); Atk +4
ranged (1d10/crit x3, automatic pistol), +4 ranged touch
(special, lasso), +4 melee (2d8+1/crit x3, laser lance), or
+4 melee (1d6+1, laser prod); AL LN; SV Fort +4, Ref +4,
Will +1; Str 12, Con 11, Dex 13, Int 12, Wis 10, Cha 12.
Skills: Animal Empathy +11 (8), Balance +5 (6),
Handle Animal +16/+14* (8), Intimidate +6 (5), Intuit
Direction +6 (6), Knowledge (nature) +7 (6), Knowledge
(strategy & tactics) +4 (3), Ride +11/+9* (8), Wilderness
Lore +6 (6). Feats: Dinopathy, Dinosaur Presence,
Mounted Combat, Mounted Archery, Point Blank Shot.
* Higher bonus applies when working with mount in
which he specializes.
Possessions: Automatic pistol, lasso, laser lance,
laser prod, flak jacket, handheld communicator, cash
$2d6.
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grey fatigues. He speaks in brief sentences and is very bossy he
forces all situations into a commander-soldier relationship.
General Bowie, Confederate Sol8: CR 8; Medium-
size Humanoid (6 ft.); HD 8d10+16; hp 57; Init +1 (+1 Dex);
Spd 30 ft.; AC 11 (+1 Dex); Atk +9/+4 ranged (2d10, laser
pistol) or +2 melee (1d4+2/crit 19-20, heirloom dagger); AL
LN; SV Fort +8, Ref +3, Will +6; Str 13, Con 14, Dex 12, Int
16, Wis 15, Cha 16.
Skills: Bluff +8 (5), Drive +8 (7), Intimidate +14 (11),
Knowledge (strategy and tactics) +14 (11), Listen +9 (7),
Operate Ironclad +4 (3), Pilot +10 (7), Sense Motive +7 (5),
Use Technical Equipment +14 (11). Feats: Combat
Placement, Combat Tactician, Endurance, Iron Will,
Leadership, Sense of Vulnerability, Weapon Proficiency
High Tech (Laser Pistol).
Possessions: General Bowie carries a holstered laser
pistol and a +1 heirloom dagger. His assistants carry every-
thing else (usually papers and documents). He does not
normally wear armor, as he is rarely near combat. If forced
into battle, however, he has first pick from the forts arsenal.
Honest Eddy: Honest Eddy (otherwise known as Edward
Anderson) owns Honest Eddys Stables. He is a relaxed, congen-
ial back-slapper who is friends with everyone in town. He is well
known for his total honesty, and equally well known for his amaz-
ing salesmanship. His ability to close a sale at a good price, even
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after disclosing an animals faults, is legendary. Rumor has it that
he once sold a lame, half-blind triceratops to a professional bron-
co rider for the same price his competitor was selling perfectly
healthy ones. And the buyer was completely satisfied with the
deal!
Honest Eddy, Confederate Exp1: CR 1; Medium-size
Humanoid (6 ft.); HD 1d4-1; hp 2; Init +0 (+0 Dex); Spd 30
ft.; AC 10; Atk +0 melee (1d3, unarmed); AL N; SV Fort +0,
Ref +0, Will +4; Str 10, Con 8, Dex 10, Int 12, Wis 18, Cha
18.
Skills: Appraise +5 (4), Bluff +8 (4), Diplomacy +8 (4),
Profession (Animal Husbandry, Sales) +5 (4), Ride +4 (4),
Sense Motive +8 (4). Feats: Lucky Cuss.
Possessions: Lucky rabbits foot, cash $3d10
Buckskin Steiner: Buckskin Steiner is one of the best
known wilderness guides at Fort Tecumseh. He spends most of his
time on solitary trips into the hills south of the fort, where he hunts
everything except raptors, as he is one of the few humans to be on
good terms with the Lettoko raptors. Buckskin makes a good
living selling his kills, though he occasionally moonlights as a
guide. He is a wide-shouldered, broad, hairy bear of a man who
wears a fringed dino-leather buckskin jacket and rarely speaks.
When hes in town, he spends his time at the Red Raptor, although
lately he has been spending very little time in town.
Buckskin Steiner, Offworlder Male Wil2: CR 3;
Medium-size Humanoid (6 ft.); HD 2d8+2; hp 15; Init +0;
Spd 30 ft.; AC 13 (+3 studded leather armor); Atk +2 melee
(1d4+1/crit 19-20, raptor claw dagger), or +1 ranged
(1d12/crit x3, Winchester rifle); SA Dinosaur Ally, Motivating
Cause; AL CN; SV Fort +4, Ref +0, Will +4; Str 12, Con 12,
Dex 11, Int 10, Wis 13, Cha 10/8*.
* Base of 10 reduced to 8 when around humans.
Skills: Animal Empathy +5 (5), Animal Peer +3 (2),
Climb +3 (3), Heal +3 (2), Intuit Direction +6 (5), Wilderness
Lore +6 (5). Feats: Weapon Proficiency Ballistic.
Possessions: Raptor claw dagger, Winchester rifle with
40 bullets, studded leather armor, cash $1d6.
SA Dinosaur Ally (Ex): Buckskin is allied with the
Lettoko raptors.
SA Motivating Cause (Ex): Buckskin is spending so
much time in the woods that he is starting to see the world
from the eyes of the Lettoko raptors. He opposes human
incursion into their territory, and receives a +1 bonus
against enemies of the Lettoko.
Scenario Hooks
Most of the citys excitement comes from its status as the
frontiers biggest establishment and the center of law and order
for many miles. Almost every dishonest man on the frontier has a
reason to hate General Bowie or his men. There is always lots of
excitement on the trail, whether its due to dinosaurs, stranded
pioneers, or bandits. Missions against the Lettoko feed a constant
opportunity for adventure, as do the many trade links between the
buying agency and its suppliers.
Here are some rumors that characters might hear while in
Fort Tecumseh. Remember, not all of these have to be true! You
decide which are false leads and which point to real adventure.
1. General Bowies son went on patrol and still isnt back.
2. A trail bandit recently released from the Fort Tecumseh
prison is rounding up a new gang.
3. An ornery old miner must have found a deep vein of gold,
because he comes in from the south hills with at least ten pounds
of gold every few weeks.
4. A wealthy pioneer is offering top dollar to soldiers who
desert and act as his trail guards, but General Bowie says hell
hang any man that deserts.
5. Two Lettoko tribal chieftains are feuding. General Bowie
needs someone to encourage their feud to help divide the Lettoko
nation.
6. Union agents are buying up all the good mounts in an effort
to slow down western migration.
7. Old Smiley Smith, a rancher on the edge of town, is
organizing a posse to go get that ceratosaurus that keeps eating his
broncos.
8. A protoceratops wanderer is offering a fortune to anyone
who will escort him safely to the heart of Lettoko territory.

Long Ridge Hatchery

About ten miles south of Fort Tecumseh is Long Ridge
Hatchery, which the locals refer to as simply the hatchery. The
hatchery is where the Dino Warriors train wild mounts, raise baby
dinosaurs into domesticity, and refine the relatively new combat
strategies for dinosaur warfare. It is the base of operations for
about 60 Dino Warriors and their mounts, as well as support staff
of double that number.
The Dino Warriors most intelligent and most loyal mounts
are allowed to roam free. The rest live in ten large barns arranged
in an open rectangle. At the center of rectangle lie three wide rings
in a row, like the rings of a circus. A spiked palisade three logs
thick, anchored to the ground with heavy chains, surrounds each
ring. Ten feet inside each palisade are a number of large iron
cages. These are where wild-caught dinosaurs are kept until they
are domesticated.
A gate leading into what looks like a mound of earth is the
entrance to the hatchery proper, which is built into a hill. Within
the hill is a maze of tunnels that connect dozens of warm, cozy
rooms in which dinosaur eggs are cared for. The earth mound
helps insulate the eggs, some of which must be kept warm to hatch
properly. Newborn dinosaurs are kept in the hatchery until they
reach a certain size, whereupon they are removed to the barns.
The hatchery is ostensibly a secret, although everyone at Fort
Tecumseh knows about it. The important part is that the Union not
learn about it. The Union is well aware of the Dino Warriors sta-
tioned there, but has no direct knowledge of the hatchery. The
hatcherys underground architecture makes its full extent difficult
to ascertain, an intentional reason for its construction thus.
The hatchery is always buying dinosaur eggs, as well as
young, untrained dinosaurs. Several grizzled ex-hunters now
make a living snatching dino eggs to sell to the Dino Warriors.
The hatchery also offers a bounty for the heads of oviraptors,
since oviraptors directly compete with the hatcherys needs and
several have even been caught skulking around the hatchery
entrance!
Fort Lincoln
Fort Lincoln is the Unions largest settlement on New
Savannah. It is an official outpost of the Federal Union of Planets
and is considered by the Union to be the formal base for its
colonists on Cretasus. But because the Union arrived on Cretasus
after Confederate sympathies had already been well established,
many of its colonization attempts around New Savannah and the
southwestern plains have ended with its government-sponsored
pioneers being run out of town. Now Fort Lincoln serves as a
refuge for Union colonists and a base from which to launch colo-
nization efforts at the northwestern plains, an unsettled region
where even the Confederacy lacks a toehold.

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Federal Marshals
The Federal Police Agency is one of the least centralized
organizations in the Union. Its mission is to police Union
colonies in the outer reaches, where formal governments are
rare and the law is whoever has the biggest stick. The
Agency consists of several dozen federal marshals, each of
whom patrols one or more solar systems. Reporting to the
marshals are federal sheriffs, who, with the aid of three or
four deputies, patrol one or more planets. Due to their distant
assignments, the marshals often go for months or sometimes
years without contact with their superiors, making them near-
ly autonomous.
Typically, there is a sheriff for every 100,000 people and
a marshal for every 1,000,000 people. These populations are
even more impressive when you consider that the usual
Union colony consists of only a few thousand miners and
their families.
Marshals and sheriffs maintain law and order over vast
distances, acting as the law for dozens or even hundreds of
planets. To cope with this nearly impossible task, they are
well equipped, well financed, and extremely well trained.
Unlike the sheriffs of the old west, they are not just some
tough local with a badge. Instead, they are always top-notch
veterans of the army, navy, or civilian police forces who have
decided to pursue a solitary life in the outer territories.
Only the most experienced, highly decorated individuals
are accepted into the Federal Police Agency. There they
undergo a rigorous basic training program where at least 70%
of them wash out. The survivors are trained in the special tac-
tics often required of federal marshals. Then they are sent
into the field to act as sheriffs deputies. The deputies are
given nearly impossible tasks (stop planet-wide rioting, for
example) and basically treated like cannon fodder. If an
applicant survives his three-year deputy period (only 25%
do), he is then eligible to become a sheriff when and if a
position becomes open. From there, he may someday be pro-
moted to a marshal.
The tactics required of marshals and sheriffs are very
different from those of the regular military and police.
Marshals and sheriffs spend much of their time acting as
organizers, motivators, and disciplinarians. They must under-
stand bureaucracy and politics as well as combat. They must
organize police agencies on each of the colonies, see that
they are competent and well supplied, support them in a cri-
sis, and, often as not, keep them in check if they become cor-
rupt or too authoritarian. The marshals worst fear is open
conflict, for their available manpower is never sufficient to
put down a full-fledged rebellion. It is by their ability to lead
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Layout
Fort Lincoln is situated at the top of a hill in the foothills of
the Hampshire Mountains. The inner garrison (the fort proper) is
at the crest of the hill. The rest of the fort stretches down the hill
away from the garrison. Most of the northern face of the hill is
covered in residences and temporary housing for colonists, while
the other faces have military buildings. At the base of the south
slope is a landing pad where the occasional spaceship brings sup-
plies and fresh colonists.
Structurally, Fort Lincoln is far superior to any Confederate
fort on Cretasus. It is constructed of imported high-grade steel,
prefabricated to fit a standard design template that the Union
employs on all of its frontier planets. The fort proper is a quarter
mile square, built of double walls of twenty-foot-tall steel plates.
The prefab walls include watch towers in each corner, two gates,
and three levels of ramparts with hundreds of firing ports. Local
improvements help improve the standard design: the walls are
reinforced by an inner stone wall quarried from local rock and an
outer dry moat.
Population
The forts population is fluid. Only 2,000 soldiers are sta-
tioned there, although they are supported by more heavy armor
and artillery than the entire Confederate force on all of Cretasus.
About 4,000 civilians live around the fort permanently, some of
them relatives of the soldiers. The rest of the population from
zero to as many as 2,000 additional civilians consists of
colonists either leaving for or returning from the back country.
Union freighters deliver a steady stream of colonists, who
spend their first few weeks at Fort Lincoln before setting out.
Because the colonists are government-sponsored, they are well
equipped from the beginning. Unlike Confederate pioneers,
Union colonists often have motorized vehicles to carry them
across the plains. They have ample provisions and new weapons.
And Fort Lincoln sends small detachments of soldiers to accom-
pany them on the first stretch of the journey. When starting out, at
least, Union colonists have a significant lead over the
Confederates.
But the lead is rapidly narrowed by the Union colonists
inexperience with rural living. Most come from the sprawling
Union super-cities and have no idea how to farm, ranch, fish, or
hunt. Thats why Fort Lincoln is often filled with colonists return-
ing from the back country their farms failed or their livestock
died, and now they need more training or more supplies. Because
of this, Union colonists make up a disproportionate number of the
loggers and miners on Cretasus, as both those vocations are easy
to learn and they produce profits fast.
 Missions
The fort has three missions: establish a base of operations for
Union military and civilian forces on Cretasus; protect the iron-
clad research facilities nearby; and impede Confederate settle-
ment of the planet. The forts commander, Colonel Brisbane, has
spent most of his energy on the first two missions since discover-
ing just how much of a head start the Confederacy has.
Visiting
Fort Lincoln is a surprisingly friendly place. Despite hostili-
ties with the Confederacy, the Union commanders at Fort Lincoln
realize the need for good public relations. After all, visitors are a
good source of intelligence and poor relations with outsiders will
only hurt the Unions own colonists.
The fort welcomes visitors in a variety of ways. A lodge at
the base of the hill provides cheap housing for passing hunters.
One of towns saloons is intentionally off limits to Union soldiers,
so that visitors from rebel lands will feel comfortable there. And
a trading post at the edge of the fort offers Union manufactured
goods for sale at prices cheaper than anywhere else on Cretasus.
Despite Fort Lincolns hospitality, it has very few visitors
from the east. It is still a Union fort. Confederate loyalists would-
nt be caught dead there. Most of its visitors are from the plains
and frontiers to the west, where loyalties are less stringent and the
shared labors of frontier living form a stronger bond than loyal-
ties imported from other worlds.
Because of this contact, many products end up for sale in
New Savannah without anyone realizing they are newly manu-
factured Union goods. The circuitous route begins at Fort
Lincoln, where hunters or traders from the west buy weapons or
technology off of Union colonists. They in turn sell the goods at
Garsville or Millers Crossroads, by which route they are sold into
Fort Tecumseh. There, buying agents send them on to New
Savannah for sale in the big city. There are so many links in the
chain that Fort Lincolns largest customer base doesnt even know
they are Union customers.
Sites of Interest
Fort Lincoln has four saloons. The customer bases for The
Limping Lizard, The Evening Drill, and The Off Duty are 90%
soldiers, which discourages visitors and even most local civilians
from stopping by. The fourth, called The Fat Chew Tavern, is off-
limits to soldiers. It is where you will find the civilians, colonists,
and passers-through chewing the fat.
The Post, a store at the very edge of town, is a great source
of supplies for anyone setting out into the frontier. Unlike most
Confederate stores, it is well equipped with high-tech items, and
on occasion will even have motorized vehicles for sale.
The Hampshire mines are located a few miles south of Fort
and motivate civilians that they maintain order.
When not dealing with local police forces, the marshals
and sheriffs hunt down criminals and bandits, fend off warp
pirates, ferret out Confederate sympathizers, and generally
solve problems. Marshals act as roving judges: they settle
disputes, mete out punishments, and confine criminals. For
Union colonists in the outer reaches, the marshals are the law.
Ironclads
Ironclads are the weapon that may tip the galaxys balance
of power. Developed with alien assistance, they are the ultimate
evolution of powered armor. Each of these one-man battle suits
can match a Confederate tank gun-for-gun, yet has the mobility
of an infantryman. Moreover, they are better armed and armored
than anything else in the Confederate or Union military. About
the only thing that can go head-to-head with a fully-armed iron-
clad is an enraged tyrannosaurus rex and, in the eyes of many
militaristic Union pilots, it is only the Confederacys retreat to
Cretasus that has staved off their final victory.
The basic ironclad hull is of Union design, but the propul-
sion, augmentation, gyroscope, and adaptive intelligence sys-
tems require the services of certain alien races to build and
repair. This has produced a curious blend of enigmatic alien
technology and cumbersome Union industrial machinery.
Advanced artificial intelligence targeting systems are sometimes
used on ancient cannons. The ironclads high-tech innards are
protected by thick armored plates welded onto the superstruc-
ture. The Unions alien vendors keep it supplied with powerful
laser and plasma weapons, which are clumsily riveted and sol-
dered onto the hull by the Union.
Ironclads are generally divided into three classes. The
Monitor class ironclads are the lightest, usually no more than
twelve feet tall and used mostly for scouting and reconnaissance.
The Ulysses class ironclads are of medium weight and height.
The Sherman class ironclads are the heaviest: blundering mam-
moths up to twenty feet tall and bristling with weapons.
Within these classes, each ironclad is unique. They are cus-
tom modified by their pilots, who are constantly tinkering with
them. Some ironclads are hermetically sealed; others are open.
Most opt for firepower, but some lighter models are built for
speed. Almost all have been souped up in one way or another.
In game terms, ironclads are treated as creature templates
applied to their pilots. See the ironclad entry in chapter 5 for full
details. Getting experience as an ironclad pilot requires joining
the Union military. Barring that, no character will ever pilot one
unless he steals it or captures it in battle which is enough to
provoke a major Union offensive aimed at getting it back!
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Lincoln. They are an example of Union industrialism at its best
and worst. While most Confederate mines use human and animal
labor to mine the earth stone by stone, the Hampshire Mines use
heavy equipment to raze the ground, dig deep pits, and send up
massive amounts of earth which are sifted above ground. The
miners spend less time swinging picks and more time operating
machinery. Unfortunately, this process utterly destroys the natural
landscape, and the mine operator, Ford Windham, is merciless.
The wasted terrain at the Hampshire mines has incited the wrath
of every intelligent dinosaur in the land, as well as numerous wild
ones, and the mines must deal with regular attempts at sabotage
by human and dinosaur alike.
The officers club, situated in an ornate three-story stone
building just outside the fort proper, is accessible only to Union
officers and very prominent citizens. The interior is decorated
with dark wood paneling, deep leather couches, stuffed dinosaur
heads, blackjack tables, and cigar lounges. Why does an outer
reaches backwater like Cretasus have such a fancy officers club?
Because thats not really what it is. The third floor of the building
is off limits to just about everybody. If you ask around, youll find
that most of the clubs members dont even know who is allowed
up there. In fact, the third floor is the secret meeting place for the
Cretasus contingent of the Cabal (see the Broncosaurus Rex Core
Rulebook, page 89).
Only three locals Colonel Brisbane, Marshal McCauley,
and Ford Windham have keys to the third floor. Their knowl-
edge of the Cabal outside of Cretasus is murky, as their superiors
like to keep things discreet. What they do know is that they will
be well rewarded if they can carve out a foothold in the dinosaur
trade and eventually control it. To this end, they covertly employ
or control (through a variety of middlemen) dinosaur traders and
ranchers throughout the planet, and are always looking to increase
their influence. As they are already unscrupulous men, they also
engage in a number of personal projects that directly profit them-
selves: luring failed colonists to distant areas of the hills to trap
them in oppressive mining operations, illegally selling military-
issue weapons to bandits that prey on the Tecumseh Trail, and so
on.
The ironclad research facility lies a few miles south of the
fort. It is a single large building that looks like an airplane hangar.
It houses several fully operational ironclad suits, as well as high
tech facilities for further developing the technologies that let iron-
clads walk, run, and jump. The researchers live in its spartan liv-
ing quarters, along with a small military detachment that is always
on hand. The Unions ironclad designs are nearing completion,
and their most important task is now testing the suits and training
the pilots a task for which Cretasus is ideal.
Prominent Locals
Marshal McCauley: The best known Union official on
Cretasus is Marshal McCauley, the Federal Marshal for the area of
space that includes Cretasus. Cretasus has become so important to
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the local balance of power that McCauley spends much of his time
on the planet overseeing Sheriff Wilder, the federal sheriff
assigned to Cretasus. Marshal McCauley travels a regular circuit
through the Union colonies. He has no love for Confederate sym-
pathizers, but recognizes that the political balance on Cretasus
makes it impossible for him to punish them for now.
Nonetheless, most Confederate settlers head the other way when
they see him coming. Everyone else does, too.
If anyone ever personified the law, it is Marshal McCauley.
Tall and imposing, he never smiles. He always wears his uniform
and badge, and is never without weapons. He is authoritative,
commanding, and judgmental. If you break his laws, he makes
you pay on the spot. Yet he long ago lost the idealism that led him
here in the first place, and he has been slowly twisting the law to
his benefit ever since.
Federal Marshal McCauley, Union Sol6/Fdm7: CR
11; Medium-size Humanoid (6 ft.); HD 13d10; hp 105; Init +2
(+2 Dex); Spd 30 ft.; AC 21 physical, 19 energy (+2 Dex, +7
reactive armor, +2/+0 kinetic field); Atk +14/+9/+4 ranged
(3d6/crit 19-20/x3, ROGUE rifle), +14/+9/+4 ranged
(1d10/crit x3, automatic pistol), or +7/+2 melee (2d6/crit x3,
screamer knife); SA Raise Posse, Issue Law (see Federal
Marshal description); AL LE; SV Fort +10, Ref +6, Will +7;
Str 12, Con 11, Dex 15, Int 12, Wis 10, Cha 22/20*.
* Base of 18 modified by +4 when dealing with Union
sympathizers or +2 when dealing with anyone else familiar
with federal marshals. All Cha-related skill bonuses are list-
ed below in this Union/others format.
Skills: Bluff +19/+18 (10), Diplomacy +17/+16 (11),
Drive +8 (6), Gather Information +10/+9 (4), Intimidate +15
(11), Knowledge (strategy and tactics) +8 (7), Listen +6 (6),
Pilot +7 (6), Search +11 (10), Sense Motive +10 (10), Spot
+10 (10), Use Technical Equipment +9 (7). Feats: Combat
Tactician, Leadership, Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot,
Quick Draw, Rapid Shot, Sense of Vulnerability.
Possessions: ROGUE rifle with laser sight, automatic
pistol, screamer knife, reactive armor, kinetic field, binocu-
lars, flashlight, compass, scanner, cash $10d10.
Scenario Hooks
Most of Fort Lincolns rumors are spread by the soldiers, who
arent always entirely enthusiastic about being there. While they
are loyal to the Union, they cant help but notice that many of the
colonists are becoming landowners while they toil away on guard
duty. Desertion and low morale are a problem at the fort, and a lot
of the rumors center on the fables of disenchanted soldiers.
Here are some of the rumors characters may hear. Again, you
decide whether they are true or not.
1. If you get guard duty at the mines, its easy to ride out one
night with the trail bandits and never come back.
2. A wild one over the mountain is brokering deals between
an intelligent allosaurus and some of the soldiers. The allosaurus
will eat you if you leave a fresh bronco carcass for him. He
doesnt really eat you, of course; he shows up at the tight time,
picks you up in his mouth like a cat carries its kittens, and carries
you off. Since everybody thinks youre dead then youre free to
go!
3. If you send Colonel Brisbane $500 in gold, hell make sure
the guard duty is light when the next shipment of ROGUE rifles
comes in.
4. Ford Windham is using ornitholestes as forced labor in the
mines.
5. The ironclads are just a cover-up. The real reason were
here is to build cyborg dinosaurs.
6. I heard that Geof Wilkins would pay an arm and a leg for
someone to kidnap him while hes on patrol.
Old Ned the Allosaur
Notorious among locals for his grumpiness and reclusive-
ness, Old Ned is an escapee from an early top-secret Union cyborg
program. He was given low-light vision and a radio implant, and
scientists were planning to give him some drug glands which
would have responded to the radio signals and given him bursts of
super-allosaur strength. However, Ned managed to figure out how
to manipulate his radio, cracking into secure Union codes and
learning their plans: to drug him into a mindless automaton and
turn him loose in Confederate territory. He didnt fancy that, so he
escaped, using his radio to eavesdrop on Union communications
and dodge patrols. He managed to reach an old cave complex and
hide out, and hes evaded the Union for eight years now. He
loathes the Union and uses his knowledge of Union communica-
tions to snoop on any Union expeditions within his domain, doing
his best to foil their plans.
He doesnt trust the Confederacy, either, but he occasionally
alerts them to Union plots. So far they have yet to betray him, and
hes grudgingly coming to think that humans might not be all bad.
Neds implants have gone bad on him over the years. One of
his eyes, which originally gave him the low-light vision, is now
useless, and although he still picks up radio signals in his left ear,
the ear has gone deaf. He refuses to seek medical attention, letting
the wounds fester. Hes having trouble hunting these days, and
eventually hell either starve or just launch a suicide attack on the
Union.
Old Ned the Allosaur: CR 8; Gargantuan Animal (40 ft.
with tail); HD 21d12+126; hp 279; Init +0; Spd 30 ft.; AC 13
(-6 size, +9 natural); Atk +21 melee (3d8+19, bite), +6
melee (1d4, 2 claws); Face/Reach 20 ft. by 20 ft./20 ft; SA
Eavesdrop; AL CG; SV Fort +19, Ref +17, Will +14; Str 33,
Con 22, Dex 10, Int 10, Wis 18, Cha 14.
Skills: Listen +12 (8), Spot +12 (8), Wilderness Lore +5
(1), Knowledge (Union) +4 (4), Ciphers (radio codes) +4 (4),
Hide +4 (20). Feats: Improved Grab, Scent.
SA Eavesdrop: Old Ned can eavesdrop on Union
radio transmissions with a successful Ciphers skill check vs.
the Ciphers skill of the transmitter.
The Southwestern Plains
The gently rolling southwestern plains are the most settled of
Cretasus frontier regions. They are only a few months away from
New Savannah along the well-traveled Tecumseh Trail. The soil is
hard and wild, but with some work it can be turned into good
cropland. The generally flat landscape makes herds easy to con-
trol and farms easy to defend. But given the rapid influx of set-
tlers, it wont be too long before every pioneer will have a neigh-
bor within 70 miles the boundary which Daniel Boone long ago
declared too close for comfort!
The population of the southwestern plains now averages one
person every twenty square miles. Most settlements consist of sin-
gle families with a small farm. A few larger family groups operate
ranches or larger farms. There are also groups of single men who
have banded together to manage a herd of dinosaurs. They often
wander with their herd, driving it into civilized territory once a
year to sell livestock and buy supplies.
The plains are where one can find the most spectacular
panoramas of Cretasus dinosaurs. Herd after herd of triceratops
and brachiosaurus stride across the grasslands, their imposing pro-
files silhouetted on the horizon from miles away. Smaller groups
of stegosaurus and ankylosaurus surround them, with ceratosaurus
and albertosaurus always lurking at the herds edges.
A flattened farm, the house ground to dust and the crops eaten
to the roots, is a common warning to those who would settle the
plains. These are the farmers who couldnt keep away the herds.
The sight is terrifying and prompts many pioneers to carefully
choose where they establish themselves. The smart ones read the
terrain and settle away from the main migration routes. Others use
ditches, barricades and fire to keep the dinosaurs away. Some are
forced to shoot dinosaurs that wander too close, which is of mixed
effectiveness you can scare away a few herbivores with well-
placed shots, but if one bronco is within shooting range, there are
usually more than you can possibly kill following close behind.
The safest settlements are those composed of several families,
who have the manpower and firepower to discourage most herbi-
vores from getting too close. The intelligent carnivores, however,
are another story entirely!
Towns
In the past decade, the population in the southwestern plains
has grown enough to support two small freetowns. One is
Garsville, settled between the prosperous fishing areas along Lake
Hope and the timber-rich forests surrounding it. Garsville is home
to a lumber mill, forty wooden plank homes, two hundred sod or
log homes, a general store, and a tannery, all enclosed in a spiked
palisade built by the pioneers.
The other town is Millers Crossroads, located at the fork in
the Tecumseh Trail. Millers Crossroads is a town of transients. At
any given time, at least 80% of the people in town will only be
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Life on the Frontier
The Importance of Neighbors
While many city-dwellers learn to hate their neighbors for
their noise or unpleasant habits, most frontier families deeply
appreciate of their neighbors. In fact, out on the frontier, the
neighbor is the most important social relationship after family.
People are scarce, so settlers depend on each other heavily.
Many fundamental frontier tasks cannot be completed by a sin-
gle family.
Pioneers are quick to ask for help when they need it and
their neighbors for miles around are quick to respond, out of
good nature, a sense of responsibility, and the knowledge that
someday the help will be reciprocated. Cabin-raisings and barn-
raisings are the most common cause for neighbors to get togeth-
er, though sickness, birth, and drought are also good reasons.
The Association for Mutual Protection
The Association for Mutual Protection is a group of ranch-
ers and farmers near Garsville who have joined together for pro-
tection from the dinosaurs nearby. The forests are still very dan-
gerous, but members of the Association receive some protection.
Anyone can join the Association by paying regular dues.
The dues pay for weapons and supplies but are primarily used as
insurance for members whom the Association fails to protect.
The dues are waived if the member volunteers to fight for the
Association when needed.
The Association mobilizes whenever there is a common
threat. Whether its a carnivore or a stampeding herd, the
Association is there. Runners race through the night alerting
members, who gather at an appointed spot. When enough mem-
bers have shown up, they go out to face the threat. Since the
Association can mobilize nearly 30 members in a half hour, and
almost 100 given several hours notice, it is usually successful at
frightening off predators, steering stampeding herds away, pro-
tecting property from bandits, and dissuading herbivores from
eating fresh crops.
The Association has drawn criticism for one of its lesser-
known policies: it only protects its members, even when a threat
is common to the community at large. Its critics call it an extor-
tionist protection racket. In a decision that still provokes storms
of protest, the Association recently used fires to steer a stam-
peding herd clear of a members ranch right into the ranch of
a neighbor who was not a member of the Association! Members
defend this behavior by pointing out that only enough resources
exist to protect members, and that non-members choose to
exclude themselves. Even if the motives of the Association are
not purely philanthropic, it has done so well at fending off trou-
ble that it has inspired similar organizations elsewhere.
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stopping over as they pass along the trail. Thats fine by Jed
Miller, founder and self-appointed mayor of the town, for thats
how he has become rich: by catering to the needs of the pioneers.
He long ago realized that traffic on the trail would steadily grow,
and Millers Crossroads has evolved from his two-room store-
front home to eight buildings where passersby can trade skins,
leather, teeth and claws, gems, gold, silver, other ores, hard goods,
livestock, timber, dried fish, salted meat, weapons, cotton, rice,
wheat, sugar, tobacco, coffee, and just about anything else a pio-
neer might want to buy or sell.
Millers Crossroads is now the primary link between the dis-
tant frontier and Fort Tecumseh. Pioneers on their way west pick
up supplies, and settled frontiersmen bring their crops and live-
stock to sell. All the major New Savannah merchants have agents
in Millers Crossroads, most via their intermediaries in Fort
Tecumseh. Included among them is Jed Miller himself, who rep-
resents New Savannahs largest dealers in leather, timber, and
dinosaur ivory. Guides who accompany settlers from New
Savannah to the southwestern plains stop by Millers Crossroads
on their return trip, where they can hire on to transport goods back
to the spaceport of New Savannah. Westward traffic on the
Tecumseh Trail outnumbers eastward traffic by more than fifty to
one which tells Jed Miller half his business still stands to grow
by at least fifty times!
Gilmore Homestead is a hamlet in the center of the south-
western plains that is the closest thing to civilization for many
miles around. The Homestead is occupied by the extensive
Gilmore family, which comprises sixteen adults and almost as
many children. Although essentially a family compound, the
Homestead has become a social and commercial hub of sorts.
Once a month, the Gilmores host a dance and market which
attracts pioneers for nearly a hundred miles in every direction.
Vicente Pass is a combative settlement on the south side of a
narrow stretch of the Fur River. Its population, a dozen grizzled
hunters, survives by hunting, fishing, and limited farming. To all
appearances, they picked a terrible place to settle: the dangerous
Bayou is not far to the east, the Fur River itself is home to all sorts
of dangers (both mammalian and saurian), and the fertile north-
western plains (a much safer place to be) are not far away.
However, the residents of Vicente Pass are firm believers in an
incipient Cretasus philosophy similar to Manifest Destiny of old
Earth, and they feel a self-imposed responsibility to help pioneers
reach the still-unspoiled northwestern plains. Passersby can
always expect assistance from the residents of Vicente Pass as
long as it lasts, that is. The raptors of the Bayou do not look kind-
ly on their mission...
The Black Jungle
There are extensive jungles in the southwest of the Main
Valley, but one region stands out. The Black Jungle is the tangled
jungle south of Lake Hope and Garsville. Its canopy stands more
than two hundred feet high. Somehow the trees reached such an
enormous height that even the largest sauropods cannot reach
their top-most limbs. As a result, the ground of the Black Jungle
is covered by perpetual shadow.
Most of the jungles of Cretasus hum with life, but the Black
Jungle is different. Very little vegetation grows in its darkened
glens. Herbivores shun its barren floor. Compared to the rest of
the planet, the Black Jungle is preternaturally silent.
There are three logging camps set up along the northern
fringes of the Black Jungle. Each is home to around two dozen
loggers, though the populations are constantly coming and going.
They are unshaven, smelly, hard-working men who labor for
months without seeing a bath or a woman. When they have a good
stock of lumber, they haul it to Garsville, where it is sold for local
use or exported to homesteaders on the plains.
The loggers are loath to travel too far into the jungle, howev-
er. No dinosaur native will voluntarily enter the area; persuading
brachiosaurs to haul felled trees out of the Black Jungle is nearly
impossible. The loggers tell stories of strange lights and eerie
noises coming from the Jungle; the one expedition sent in to
explore never came back. No one knows whats going on, and no
one wants to venture in to find out.
The Bayou
The Bayou is the name given to the enormous swamp that
runs alongside the southern edge of the Fur River. Only the set-
tlers know it as the Bayou, of course; the many dinosaur species
have their own names for this area. Iguanodontids, hadrosaurs,
compsognathus, pelycosaurs, and their cousins are common in the
Bayou, as are several other marsh dwellers and their predators.
There are millions of primitive amphibians, and no shortage of
monstrous fish lurking in the murky water.
The Bayou blocks access to the Fur River for several hundred
miles, which prevents direct passage from the southwest plains to
the northwest plains. Settlers must travel west until the swamp
ends, at which point they can attempt a crossing of the Fur River.
After crossing, they must then loop back eastward along the
swamps northern edge until they reach the plains.
A direct route through the swamp would shave at least a
month off travel time to the northwest plains. Unfortunately, no
human has found a way to cross the swamp. For hundreds of
miles, it is nothing but muck, water, muddy marsh, and mal-
formed water-dwelling trees, punctuated by the occasional mound
of swamp grass. Most of the swamp is no deeper than six feet, but
changes in depth are sudden and erratic. There are some islands,
but they are unstable and drift over time. Even a large dinosaur
passing through is enough to transform the soft, wet landscape.
Areas that arent solid water are instead solid mud, and cant be
crossed by wagons or other human vehicles.
The terrain is not the only hazard, however. The Bayous
inhabitants arent exactly friendly. One group of settlers tried tra-
versing the swamp by harnessing river skiffs to iguanodons,
which are native to the terrain. But they never emerged from the
other side of the swamp.
Boat travel is a possibility, but there are very few reliable
channels. Those that do exist wind relentlessly, such that it may
take as many as fifty miles of coiling river to advance ten straight
land miles. And there are no humans who know the area well
enough to guide a boat.
Dinosaur Inhabitants
There are plenty of dinosaurs who know the area well, how-
ever. The native dinosaurs know the trails, river channels, and
bedrock formations that provide reliable transportation through
the Bayou. They also know where the quicksand is, where to lay
an ambush, and where the water depth changes suddenly.
Three velociraptor nations inhabit the Bayou. The best known
are the vicious and feared Cree. The Cree never retreat from bat-
tle they prefer to die a warriors death. They have four tribes
which occupy the southeastern tip of the swamp and the adjacent
jungle, hunting regularly in both areas. Their rivals, the Kerosaw,
number three tribes and occupy the northeastern area, where the
Fur River spills into the inland sea. The Kerosaw have been try-
ing to uproot the Cree for generations, as the Cree block Kerosaw
access to the jungle. A third nation is the Inaka, who are loosely
allied with the Kerosaw. The Inaka once occupied the southwest-
ern edge of the swamp, but they recently suffered heavy losses
when the Cree decided to widen their hunting grounds into Inaka
territory, which is more valuable now that supply-laden pioneers
pass so close so often. The scattered remnants of the Inaka are
now living on the opposite side of the Fur River, out of the way of
the marauding Cree.
Iguanodon herds are plentiful in the Bayou, and there are a
seemingly endless number of duckbill herds. Edaphosaurus and
smaller swamp-dwelling amphibians are also common. They are
hunted by crocodilians, as well as by many ornitholestes tribes.
Five tyrannosaurus families are known to inhabit the Bayou.
There are four pairs, and a scarred, aging solitary male who has
been seen on both sides of the Fur River. The nomadic old male
has been nicknamed Old Spike Eye by settlers, for one of his eyes
was long ago gouged out by an iguanodon thumb spike; the skele-
tal remains of the spike still protrude from his eye socket.
The Bayou is also inhabited by the cunning spinosaurus, a
large theropod which hunts exclusively in swampy areas. At least
eight prides are known to live south of the river, and more on the
north side.
A number of carnivorous fish lurk in the swamps waterways.
Some can also be found in the lakes and Fur River, while others
are endemic to the brackish, slow-moving channels of the Bayou.
Flora
The Bayou is important to dinosaurs across the valley for the
medicinal plants that grow within its waters. Many of these plants
grow nowhere else. The more intelligent dinosaurs pass on oral
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knowledge of specific proper- Spot check (DC 5 for both).
ties, while others possess an Frog Gut: This uncommon
instinctive urge to graze the plant sports broad, cupped leaves
swamp when they are ill. that are gray with light green
Velociraptor shamans spots. If ground and mixed with
undertake regular pilgrimages the innards of the common
to the swamp to collect ingre- swamp frog, it immediately
dients, which they sell or trade erupts into a hissing, steaming
to other tribes on their return acid. Desperate characters in
trip. The Cree, Kerosaw, and search of a weapon can mush
Inaka challenge any shamans frog gut leaves into a gutted frog,
they encounter, but a single then throw the resulting chemi-
raptor can usually avoid detec- cal reaction to deal 1d2 points of
tion. The potential rewards damage. The most concentrated
include several healing roots form of the acid requires a mix-
and herbs unavailable any- ture of a dozen frogs and four
where else on the planet, as leaves, which produces enough
well as certain fungi useful in acid to cause 1d6 points of dam-
potions, great quantities of age. Frog gut is uncommon, and
poisonous plants, and even a requires a Wilderness Lore check
few obscure reptilians whose (DC 16) or a Spot check (DC 19)
body parts can be used to mix to locate it.
acids. Sparkle Root: This hallu-
Some of the medicinal cinogenic root causes one to see
plants known to humans sparkling, dancing lights. When
include the following. The DC distilled and ingested, it causes
to locate the plant via visions. It is highly valued by
Wilderness Lore or a Spot velociraptor shamans. It can also
check is also given; the check be sold in the streets of Mount
can be attempted once per day Crowe as a cheap stimulant.
of travel through the swamp. Sparkle root grows underground.
Bubble Berry: Bubble It can be located with a
berries grow on vines that Wilderness Lore check (DC 15),
twine around water-dwelling trees. The berries are translucent or spotted with a Spot check (DC 25).
white in color, resembling little bubbles on the vine. They are
potent pain relievers and also help fight off fevers, flu, and the Human Inhabitants
common cold. Consuming an entire plants worth of bubble
berries will heal a character of 1d3 points of damage over the next Some early settlers had the not-so-bright idea of trying to
12 hours. (It will also leave his stomach quite full!) Bubble berries farm rice at the swamps edges. The incessant iguanodon traffic
can be located with a Wilderness Lore check (DC 12) or Spot and regular velociraptor raids quickly put an end to such thinking.
check (DC 16). The only humans now in the Bayou are adventurers, hunters,
Duckbill Moss: This is a greenish moss that floats in vast pirates, and a few wild ones.
quantities upon the most brackish waters of the swamp. Adventurers can be found in the Bayou because there is
Duckbilled dinosaurs munch it daily. It boosts the gastrointestinal money to be made in harvesting its plants. They can be sold to
system and is helpful against ingested poisons. A character who humans and dinosaurs (both velociraptors and protoceratops
drinks a full pint of the slimy moss receives a +2 bonus to all actively trade in medicinal herbs), or used to heal wounds. In
saves against poison for the next 1d4 days. If any ingested poison addition to those listed above, there are many other useful plants,
is currently in the characters system, he may re-take a save and there is a market for trading previously unknown plants to
against it, though with no bonus. The difficult part is skimming off researchers, physicians, and wild ones.
a full pint (which takes about 15 minutes) while in the presence of Human hunters come to the Bayou because of its dense duck-
the large duckbilled dinosaurs that eat the moss! Duckbill moss is bill population. Duckbilled dinosaurs are easy to kill and provide
extremely common. It can be located with a Wilderness Lore or a lot of meat.

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 The Bay Trail
The Bay Trail traces the inland sea from New Savannah past
Fort Apache all the way north until it reaches Plesiosaur Bay. For
most of its length, it winds between sandy beaches on one side and
dark jungle on the other. While the Tecumseh Trail is the route for
farmers and ranchers, the Bay Trail is the route for fishermen and
loggers and outlaws, for the lawless town of Plesiosaur Bay sits
at the end of the trail.
Unlike other trails carved by the wheels of innumerable wag-
ons, the Bay Trail is hardly visible as a trail. In fact, much of the
trail traffic actually travels by water the fishermen who sail
close to the shore until they find a good place to stop. The land
traffic is usually loggers, small farmers, aspiring fishermen (who
build their boats with wood from the jungle), and outlaws and
explorers.
There are many hamlets along the Bay Trail and even a few
small towns. Most are fishing villages, some of which can be
reached only by sea. They are united by the growing fleet of the
Bay Side Company, an enterprise that ships dried fish, lumber,
skins, and almost anything else thats salable from the small towns
of the Bay Trail to the merchants of New Savannah.
The Inland Sea
The inland sea has had many names, but the only one to ever
stick is the simplest the inland sea. After all, when theres only initely dont get from the big New Savannah merchants.
one sea, why does it need a proper noun? It is a vast freshwater
ocean, home to as many sea creatures as the rest of the Main
Valley is to land animals. Fishing is good, for the schools are large
and seemingly endless. But they are also dangerous. Gigantic sea
monsters swim below the surface. Some are large enough to con-
sume a boat. Even the smaller ones can extend their long necks
onto a deck to pluck off an unwary sailor.
Almost all the traffic on the sea is related to either fishing or
freight. Most of the freight is timber, dried fish, livestock, liquor,
or crops destined for the markets of New Savannah. The boats
were built on Cretasus, and are a mix of styles: some captains built
antique galleons, others Mississippi Queens. The lack of advanced
manufacturing facilities means most are made of wood. There are
a few Confederate military vessels, used to police the trade lanes
and combat the pirates that raid from their bases in Plesiosaur Bay.
The inland sea has been a boon to settlement along the Bay
Trail, as ocean travel is swifter and generally safer than land trav-
el. But it has not helped settle the southwestern plains. Sea travel
can only get one as far as Fort Tecumseh. Shortly thereafter, the
deadly Bayou juts out to meet the sea, and landing becomes dan-
gerous. Moreover, most of the fishing vessels that would ferry
passengers from New Savannah choose to head north or east,
where the fishing is best, and there are not yet enough paying pio-
neers to persuade them to head west.
The Bay Side Company
The Bay Side Company is the oldest organized business on
Cretasus. It was founded to consolidate and wholesale the wares
of the small farmers, fishermen, ranchers, and hunters who settled
along the shores near New Savannah. It is now the most important
trade link between New Savannah and the many small enterprises
along the Bay Trail.
The Bay Side Company buys raw materials (timber, dried
fish, livestock, skins, meat, and some crops) and sells them in
New Savannah. It pays much less than market price in the city,
which is a source of some resentment. But the small farmers, fish-
erman, loggers, hunters, and ranchers who supply it could just as
easily go to New Savannah themselves, and they choose not to.
Moreover, the ships of the Bay Side Company will stop to trade at
any farm, house, or ranch along the shore no matter how small
which is the sort of respectful service the small enterprises def-
Since its founding in 2191, the Bay Side Company is now the
largest commercial organization on Cretasus. It controls almost all
trade along the Bay Trail. The Tecumseh Trail is outside its reach,
as is most of the land traffic to New Savannah, but the Bay Side
Company has made no secret of its ambitions to compete on every
trade route on the planet.
The interesting thing about the Company is that it is not
owned by any one person. Each ship in the fleet has an individual
owner-captain who chooses to sail under the Company banner.
The captains meet once every three months, or more often if nec-
essary, to discuss business. They also contribute dues, managed by
an elected group of captains, which acts as an insurance fund for
pirated ships. The Company has grown immensely under this lais-
sez-faire system because there has always been enough trade to go
around. Of course, sooner or later there will be no more trade
routes to grow into, and some of the captains will have to start
competing on the same routes. But for now, Cretasus is large and
unsettled, and the Bay Side Company can keep growing.
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 Underglen claims to offer, and while this is true at first glance, one cant help
but notice that Price seems reluctant to return to previous stomp-
ing grounds for a second run. Indeed, the few dollars that most
To the east of the Bay Trail, as it heads north beside the inland
customers hand over to Price seem less than fair considering the
sea, is a large, tangled jungle. A number of pioneers have settled
incredible performance he will put on in order to secure a sale,
in its fringes as loggers or farmers, and some hunters have even
whether it be for a cure-all ointment or a battery-powered battery
penetrated its inner perimeter. A few of them have brought back
re-charger.
stories of a protoceratops city they call Underglen.
Price approaches settlements in two stages. The first wave
Underglens exact location is unknown to most humans. No
consists of leaflets distributed by his two sons, who ride ahead of
protoceratops will reveal it. The gradual expansion of human ter-
the show to let everyone know that their father and his marvelous
ritory means that perhaps a half-dozen hunters have accidentally
mobile warehouse are on the way. With the potential customers
blundered upon it. But even they have a difficult time retracing
primed for his arrival, the portly Price finds it easy to attract
their steps, as there are no landmarks in the jungle to indicate
locals. His driven approach seems to captivate his audience, and
where the city lies beneath the underbrush.
trade is always enough to make it worth his while.
Thus, Underglen is known to lie in a natural ravine that runs
Inspired by the actions of one Dr. Henry Meadows, Price is
for several miles through the center of the forest, but the exact
trying to earn enough money to settle down with his own shop
position of the ravine is a mystery. An observer at ground level
while his sons carry on the mobile end of the operation. Not real-
does not know the ravine is there. There is no break in the tree
izing that he adopted the title of Doctor only to copy his idol and
cover the ravine reaches no wider than ten feet, and the trees sur-
not through any accredited process, many ask why he has never
rounding it lean as they reach upward to fight for sunlight. The
started his own medical practice, a question he always answers
rocky bottom of the ravine, one hundred feet below ground level,
with an offering of his own remedy for all ailments, Dr. Prices
can barely be seen from the narrow mouth.
Pick-Me-Up.
The few seemingly natural slopes down the ravines sheer
His wife Mary still lives off-world, waiting for her husband
face soon change into narrow, winding passages that descend
to get a foothold on Cretasus. If he keeps up the good work, his
along its the rocky ledges. Medium-sized creatures can fit on the
lady wife will join him soon. However, both his sons believe that
tiny ledges, but larger creatures cannot. After a long descent, the
Ezekial will never give up the open road.
ravines narrow mouth suddenly widens into a deep bowl. The
Dr. Ezekial Price, Confederate Exp2: CR 1; Medium-
bottom of the ravine is only a wide ledge at the top of a massive
size Humanoid (6 ft.); HD 2d6-2; hp 4; Init +0; Spd 30 ft.; AC
subterranean cave with a city carved into its walls. Rope bridges
10 (no armor); Atk +0 melee (1d3-1, unarmed); AL CN; SV
and natural arches connect the square, stuccoed buildings embed-
Fort +0, Ref +0, Will +4; Str 8, Con 8, Dex 10, Int 11, Wis
ded in all sides of the cave. The underground area is brightly lit by
13, Cha 14.
lanterns and fires, and the few people to have seen it estimate
Skills: Appraise +5 (5), Bluff +11 (5), Gather Information
there must be at least two thousand protoceratops living there.
+7 (5), Listen +6 (5), Perform +7 (5), Sense Motive +6 (5).
Humans who do discover Underglen are treated hospitably, as
Feats: Lucky Cuss, Fast Talker (see new feat on page 78).
protoceratops treat most guests. They are ushered out of the city,
Possessions: Dr. Prices wagon carries every kind of
then given food and drink in a pleasant forest glen. A few proto-
common merchandise. There is a 25% chance he will have
ceratops join them for dinner, have a nice chat, and then bid them
any given uncommon item up to a value of $100, provided
on their way. The protoceratops do not issue warnings or threats,
it is useful enough that he thinks he can sell it, and a slight
but it is clear that they do not want anyone delving into the city.
chance (GMs call, from 0% to 5%) that he will have any
other item of greater value. Dr. Price always has $5d10
Dr. Ezekial P. Price stashed in several places on his person.
Samuel and Andrew, Dr. Prices Sons, Confederate
Ranches, farms, and fishing villages are far from the madding Exp1: CR 1/2; Medium-size Humanoid (6 ft.); HD 1d6; hp 2;
crowds of New Savannah, and it is among these out of the way Init +0; Spd 30 ft.; AC 10 (no armor); Atk +0 melee (1d8,
places that youll find men like Dr. Ezekial P. Price, a fast-talking musket) or +0 melee (1d3, unarmed); AL CN; SV Fort +0,
quick-thinking bright-eyed blubbery ball of a man who plies his Ref +0, Will +3; Str 9, Con 9, Dex 10, Int 11, Wis 12, Cha
trade with unparalleled enthusiasm. After a minute of his flatter- 13.
ing patter, even the hardest rancher might find himself consider- Skills: Appraise +4 (4), Bluff +9 (4), Gather Information
ing the purchase of a lace doily to place atop an as yet unadorned +5 (4), Listen +5 (4), Perform +5 (4), Sense Motive +5 (4).
tabletop. A Fair Price All The Time is what the good Doctor Feats: Lucky Cuss, Fast Talker (see new feat on page 78).

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 Fort Apache the nearby back country, protecting settlers as necessary. They
also battle bandits along the Bay Trail and pirates in the inland
sea, although they now spend a lot less time monitoring Plesiosaur
Fort Apache was the first Confederate fort on Cretasus. It was Bay than they used to. Overall, their mission now is one of mon-
built to guard New Savannahs eastern approach, expand the citys itoring, rather than actively battling the wilderness.
area of influence, and open more land for settlement. In the early
days, the fort was a refuge for ranchers and farmers leaving the
relatively safe areas around New Savannah. Nowadays, most of
Population
the natural predators that once forced the pioneers to seek shelter
behind the forts walls have been driven off or placated. From 500 to 1,000 soldiers will be in the fort, depending on
Unlike Fort Tecumseh, which is hundreds of miles from patrols and other circumstances. There will always be from 100 to
another town, Fort Apache is close to the big city. It doesnt have 300 civilians staying in or near the fort, mostly trappers, pioneers,
to house many civilians; instead, it is surrounded by an estab- and other transients.
lished network of farms and ranches (some quite large) and a few
small towns as well. Sites of Interest
About a mile from the fort are five teepee-like structures that
Layout house the five velociraptors who work with the forts soldiers.
Originally from the White Branch raptor tribe, these raptors decid-
Fort Apache is a simple quarter-mile-wide square of sharp- ed to side with the Confederates when they saw the futility of bat-
ened logs reinforced by tling the humans
thick sod walls. It is sur- advance. The rap-
rounded by a moat sixty tors deal exclusive-
feet wide and twenty ly with two officers
feet deep. The first sol- from the fort who
diers to occupy the fort are good with ani-
found that a moat does- mals and speak the
nt always stop charging raptor language,
dinosaurs they will albeit poorly.
often run right into the Although the rap-
moat (especially when tors arent aggres-
stampeding), and then sively hostile
you have to figure out toward humans,
how to get them out! On they arent exactly
a number of occasions, friendly (even to
the fort ended up with a soldiers in uni-
moat full of writhing, form) and defend
angry triceratops. To themselves if
solve this, they rigged threatened. They
up an irrigation system go on regular
so the bottom of the scouting missions
moat is now mud. and provide a great
Dinosaurs that enter the deal of information
moat are quickly bogged down and easy to kill, and the moat can to the Confederate military about whats happening with local
be flooded and the carcasses floated away on rafts. dinosaur populations.

Missions Prominent Locals

These days, Fort Apache is a base of operations for
Confederate troops operating east of New Savannah and along the
Bay Trail. Wild dinosaurs are only a minor problem in the forts
immediate area, but they are still common as one gets further from
New Savannah. The soldiers spend a lot of time in patrols through
Attacus Barnaby: Not many civilians live at Fort Apache.
There are a few sutlers, but to buy anything but the most basic
supplies, a visitor must know where to go in the surrounding area.
Thus enters Attacus Barnaby. He makes a point of meeting new-
comers before they meet anyone else. Barnaby is one part tourist

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Life on the Frontier
Sports
Life in the wilderness can be interminably boring, especial-
ly if your only neighbors are reptiles. Bored farmers, ranchers,
and hunters have invented a variety of wilderness sports to
amuse themselves. Many are now practiced even in more civi-
lized areas, and some sports are popular enough to have region-
al champions whose periodic competitions are major country
events. Bronco rodeos (a la Big Als) are the most frequently
organized events.
The most common wilderness sports are hunting and fish-
ing, although these are sometimes modified to increase the chal-
lenge. Arrow fishing and knife hunting are particularly popular,
as are challenge hunts, where the hunters try to bring back a
very difficult-to-acquire trophy using only a rope and knife. A
parasaurolophus crest is a common trophy parasaurolophuses
arent carnivores but they are quite large, and getting their crest
with only a rope and a knife isnt easy!
Another popular sport is dino rubbing. Like many reptiles
on Earth, some dinosaurs are susceptible to hypnosis when their
bellies are rubbed. Of course, it takes an awful lot of rubbing to
calm down a stegosaurus. Such large dinosaurs are rarely the tar-
get of a dino rubbing expedition, but gangs of adventurous farm
hands will often try dino rubbing against smaller targets, such as
edaphosaurus, protosuchus, and compsognathus.
Dino Rubbing: To attempt to hypnotize a dinosaur by
belly-rubbing, the attacker must grapple and successfully pin the
dinosaur. Only when the dinosaur is pinned can the rubbing
begin. The attacker himself can rub while still maintaining the
pin if he is larger than the dinosaur. Otherwise, someone else
must do the rubbing. It takes one person to rub a Medium-sized
dinosaur and two for a Large, with the number doubling at each
size increment thereafter.
Once rubbing begins, make a Handle Animal check (using
the lowest modifier among the rubbers) against the dinosaurs
opposed Will save. On the first round of rubbing, when the
dinosaur is still resisting, a 20 penalty applies to the Handle
Animal check. This drops to 15 in the second round as the
dinosaur becomes soothed, then 10 and 5 before the check
becomes unmodified from the fifth round on. After the first suc-
cessful check, the dinosaur lapses into hypnosis.
Once hypnotized, the dinosaur dozes peacefully. As long as
the rubbing continues, the pin can then be abandoned and no
additional check is necessary. If the dinosaur is wounded, jos-
tled, or otherwise disturbed, a new opposed check must be made
and the modifier to the Handle Animal check reverts to 20. If
the check fails, the dinosaur awakens.
If at any point the rubbing stops, the dinosaur automatical-
ly awakens. When more than one rubber is required, consider the
rubbing to have ceased if even one of them breaks contact for a
round.
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guide and one part hustler. He has arrangements with store keepers,
peddlers, trail guides, farmers, and ranchers for miles around.
Whatever a pioneer needs, Barnaby will find it for him, though it
might be from a shop a few miles off the beaten path. Barnaby will
insist that its the best shop around its worth the extra hike but
he will never mention the kickback he gets from the shop keeper.
As far as the pioneer knows, Barnaby is helping him because he
seems like such a nice guy: hes loquacious, energetic, and outgo-
ing. He knows practically everything about the local geography,
wilderness, and social scene. When the pioneers are fully equipped,
of course, he expects a tip fifty cents, two dollars, or even more,
depending on how much they bought and how wealthy they look.
(PCs can expect to be asked for at least $5.) A pioneer who rebuffs
Barnabys assistance will simply have a hard time finding what he
needs among the sprawling lands around the fort. A pioneer who
refuses to tip Barnaby after accepting his aid will find afterward
that most shops mysteriously close when he approaches.
Attacus Barnaby, Confederate Male Com1: CR 1/2;
Medium-size Humanoid (6 ft.); HD d4; hp 4; Init +0; Spd 30
ft.; AC 10; Atk +0 melee (1d3/fists), or +0 ranged (1d8, mus-
ket); AL CN; SV Fort +0, Ref +0, Will +0; Str 10, Con 10,
Dex 10, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 15.
Skills: Gather Information +6/+10* (4), Listen +2 (0),
Spot +2 (0). Feats: Alertness, Bargain Hunter.
* Higher bonus applies when looking for bargains.
Possessions: Musket with 1d6 bullets, flask, handker-
chief, little black book full of scribbled notes about prices
and shop inventories.
Drunk Abner: Another prominent local is Drunk Abner.
Drunk Abner is prominent not because of special ability or social
standing, but because he is always splayed out drunk in a promi-
nent place in the fort. The military police used to arrest him for
public drunkenness, but after more than two years of locking him
up every night, they decided he was a waste of public funds. Now
he is left to drink on the streets, although no one thinks twice
about kicking or dragging him aside if he gets in the way. Drunk
Abner is most lucid in the morning and practically incomprehen-
sible after a day of drinking. He shares his life story with every-
one: he found a gold mine deep in the forest, hauled out one load,
sold it for thousands of dollars, got drunk for six months, and then
couldnt find his way back to the mine so he decided to keep
drinking. Most locals dont believe a word of it, but one fact is
incontrovertible: he has funded three years of hard drinking with-
out ever appearing to work. And he only drinks good whiskey.
Drunk Abner, Confederate Male Com1: CR 1/2;
Medium-size Humanoid (6 ft.); HD d4; hp 1; Init +0; Spd 30
ft.; AC 8 (-2 Dex); Atk -1 melee (1d3-1/fists); AL NG; SV Fort
+0, Ref +0, Will +0; Str 8, Con 9, Dex 7, Int 10, Wis 9, Cha
11.
Skills: Listen +2/+0* (0), Profession (Miner) +4/+2* (4),
Spot +5/+3* (4). Feats: Alertness, Lucky Cuss.
* Higher bonus applies in the morning, when hes rela-
tively sober; lower bonus applies in the evening or when
otherwise inebriated.
 Possessions: Several bottles of whiskey, several pages
of indecipherable notes.
Scenario Hooks
There arent a lot of politics in Fort Apache. The news and
rumors come from passing pioneers and soldiers returning from
patrol. Since patrols cover a wide swath to the north and east,
rumors reach Fort Apache from miles around. Much of it is mun-
dane social gossip. Some might include these:
1. Old man Hodges brachy got sick again. Hes looking for
a new one.
2. A ceratosaurus moved in over near Bransenville. The sher-
iff wants some troops to help kill it before it eats somebody.
3. Young George Erickson is looking for work he wants to
get engaged to Suzy Wilkins, but Mr. Wilkins wont hear of it
until George can afford to buy a good ring.
4. Nobody knows what to do about them ornitholestes down
south. They keep stealing supplies but the fort says getting rid of
them isnt a priority!
Plesiosaur Bay
Plesiosaur Bay is a turbulent town on a turbulent bay at the
northern tip of the inland sea. The town and the bay share the
same name, derived from the schools of plesiosaurs and other
dangerous creatures that swim in the bay. They are attracted by
the bays unusually warm waters, a phenomenon believed to be
caused by underwater hot springs. The warm water, coupled with
the areas periodic tremors, suggests an active volcano some-
where in the area. This natural danger and heated violence are a
perfect metaphor for the town.
Plesiosaur Bay is an outlaws refuge. Six hundred criminals,
malingerers, lay-abouts, and neer-do-wells live there with no
mayor, no sheriff, and no law. Several gangs protecting their indi-
vidual territories constitute the only form of government. Of all
the places on Cretasus, it is the one that most settlers try to avoid.
History
The town originally formed as an outpost for hunters and
trappers, who followed on the heels of unsuccessful fishermen.
(The powerful sea creatures put an end to most fishing nets, as
well as quite a few fishermen.) They were followed in turn by out-
laws escaping the law of New Savannah.
In the early days, fleeing criminals took refuge in the Hideout
Hills. But as the population of the hills grew, living there became
an exercise in survival of the fittest, with the fit usually being
the most homicidal outlaws. The lesser felons started heading
north along the Bay Trail, which is less populated than the
Tecumseh Trail and a better place to lie low.
Through an inexplicable natural process, Plesiosaur Bay
Life on the Frontier
Duels
Settling disputes in New Savannah and other civilized
areas is facilitated by the presence of organized authority. But
what do you do when youre on the trail and there isnt a law-
man for 100 miles in any direction? If youre a low-down
skunk, you ambush your enemy; but if youre remotely hon-
orable (as most pioneers are), you resort to the code of the
duel.
The code of the duel is as old as civilization. As prac-
ticed in the wild west and subsequently on Cretasus, it pro-
vides a structured forum for resolving disputes. Of course,
the results of the duel occasionally perpetuate the dispute if
one side decides to seek revenge, but at the very least, the
system prevents a complete breakdown into ambush, back-
stabbing, and open assault.
Characters may become involved in duels as the instiga-
tor or recipient of a challenge. Its vital that they know how
to proceed. The rules of the duel are universally known on
Cretasus as these:
1. The challenge is always delivered by a third party.
Once the challenge is issued, the two participants are not to
meet until the appointed day.
2. The challenged party chooses the weapon for the duel.
3. The location of the duel is mutually determined
through intermediaries.
4. Each participant appoints a second. The second is
obliged to go through with the duel if the participant cannot
fight on the appointed day (whether due to sickness, travel-
ing difficulty, or any other reason). If a challenged party is
too old or feeble to fight, his second automatically takes his
place.
5. The duel is not necessarily to the death. Sometimes
duels are fought to first blood. If pistols are chosen as
weapons, a common practice is to issue each participant only
two or three bullets. If neither party is killed in the duel, it is
considered a tie and the antagonists may attempt to find a
compromise solution to their dispute.
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evolved into a stopping point for these people, the kind of visitors
who are usually asked to keep moving. At Plesiosaur Bay, these
men of ill repute had a chance to spend their ill-gained dollars,
earn a living as a hunter or trapper, and even join a pirate raid to
exact revenge on the town that had expelled them. The few hon-
est residents soon left, and now Plesiosaur Bay is a roughnecks
retreat.
New Savannah made multiple attempts to break up the young
town, but was unsuccessful. The forces it deployed there were too
far from New Savannah to resupply easily. The journey by land is
long and slow, and the creatures in the bay make sea travel dead-
ly. The only way to break up the town would be to establish a per-
manent garrison at Plesiosaur Bay. This option was seriously con-
sidered until the town evinced its one redeeming quality: liquor.
Despite the character of its inhabitants (or perhaps because of
it), Plesiosaur Bay produces the best alcoholic beverages in all of
Cretasus. A pint of Plesiosaur is a common expression in New
Savannah, and every bartender knows what it means. Some attrib-
ute the distinctive taste to the volcanic waters of the bay. Others
claim there are mysterious secret ingredients dinosaur byprod-
ucts, perhaps even plesiosaur blood. Only the brewers know for
sure.
Nine local breweries ship beer, whiskey, and other beverages
from Plesiosaur Bay to New Savannah and beyond. The burgeon-
ing industry employs many tough men whom polite society once
considered unemployable. New Savannah grudgingly acknowl-
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edges the utility of this outpost, where its unredeemables might
occupy themselves productively, and has let Plesiosaur Bay on a
longer leash. There are still regular clashes between the military
and the brazen pirates who operate out of the area, but the expan-
sion of hard law to the town is no longer a New Savannah priori-
ty.
Even without the liquor industry, Plesiosaur Bay has
reformed many hardened criminals. After all, there are only so
many crimes you can commit against other criminals. Many out-
laws arriving in Plesiosaur Bay are disappointed to find there are
no banks to rob, no meek citizens to burgle, and no mines to plun-
der. One new arrival made the fatal mistake of robbing a saloon
the heavily armed customers didnt appreciate the interruption of
their drinking! Residents are forced to support themselves with an
honest trade. Some become professional gamblers, extortionists,
or pirates, but most end up as hunters, trappers, or laborers in the
breweries.
Visiting
Life in Plesiosaur Bay is not easy. A man there has to stand
up for himself on a regular basis. Knife fights, fist fights, and
gun fights are the preferred methods of settling disputes (general-
ly in that order). Murder doesnt get the locals riled up unless the
murdered party was popular or in debt in which case, the mur-
derer may be forced to repay the debt. The worst offense a man
can commit in Plesiosaur Bay is to cheat at cards. Nobody objects
to shooting a card shark, even in the back. The only reason cheat-
ing isnt more common is that most of the towns residents are
hardened cheats who can spot their own tricks immediately.
Visiting adventurers will find the town to be overwhelmingly
male, lazy, and dishonest. Most residents only work when theyre
hungry, thirsty, or broke. They have no compunctions about bul-
lying someone else to do their work for them; this is the basic
principle on which many of the gangs operate. The towns build-
ings are ramshackle and poorly maintained, with the notable
exceptions of those of the local gang leaders. Unwary characters
are bound to be pick-pocketed, cheated, and perhaps even robbed
or they may be able to carve out a niche for their own gang.
The nine major breweries (and dozens of private stills) are
managed haphazardly. After all, they were founded by career
drinkers as hobby ventures, not formal businesses. Shipments to
New Savannah are erratic, and occasionally bizarre: a vessel may
legally ferry liquor on its way south, then plunder other vessels on
its way back north.
Sites of Interest
Plesiosaur Bay has more saloons per capita than anywhere
else on Cretasus. It ranks in the top 10% in the entire universe.
None of the saloons are particularly distinctive, however.
The best known local beverages are Rex Whiskey (Strong
Enough For A T-Rex), Saurus Spirits (So Natural The Dinosaurs
Drink It), and Plesiosaurus Ale (The Original Plesiosaur Pint).
If the town had tourists, they might visit the breweries responsible
for these legends. But the town doesnt have tourists and the brew-
eries themselves are squalid.
The bay itself is the most interesting wilderness locale. It is
absolutely teeming with life. From shore, you can see the heads of
plesiosaurs and elasmosaurs peeking through the waves; ancient
sharks churn the water around them. Venturing into the waters is
positively dangerous, no matter how large your vessel. Small
boats will be destroyed or overturned immediately. Larger boats
are safer, but their crews must still know the waters well.
Otherwise, they will soon find themselves out of the safe shallows
and in monster territory. Even in the shallows, they have to scan
constantly for the silhouettes of kronosauruses, the tyran-
nosauruses of the sea, which hunt in the shallows despite their
size. Except for the pirates and a few sea hunters (when you fish
for plesiosaurs, youre no longer called a fisherman!), the waters
of the bay are practically deserted by humans.

Prominent Locals

Captain Lefitte: The most powerful pirate gang is led by the

fierce Captain Lefitte. The gang has made many an unlawful dol-
lar at the expense of New Savannah merchants and fisherman.
Captain Lefitte is well known to every lawman on Cretasus, and
various victimized merchants have offered rewards of up to $300
for his head. A self-appointed French aristocrat (hence the name,
which is surely a pseudonym), he lives in an elegant mansion by
the sea. He is tall, lean, and an excellent swordsman and not bad
with a pistol, either. He always dresses in fancy Renaissance out-
fits (like a proper pirate) and speaks with an assumed French
beyond the usual state of affairs that is, there are few gang wars
accent. His gang primarily targets the Bay Side Company ships as
per se. They realize that fighting turf battles over such a ram-
they leave New Savannah to trade on the Bay Trail, for they
shackle town is a waste of energy. There is more than enough land
always carry cash and goods to exchange for the timber, fish, and
to go around and no shortage of innocent vessels to plunder as
livestock they will buy on the trail.
they sail up the Bay Trail.
Captain Lefitte, Confederate War4: CR 3; Medium-
size Humanoid (6 ft.); HD 4d8; hp 19; Init +2 (+2 Dex); Spd
30 ft.; AC 17 (+2 Dex, +4 chain shirt, +1 small steel shield); Scenario Hooks
Atk +6 melee (1d6/crit 18-20, rapier), or +6 ranged (2d10,
laser pistol); AL NE; SV Fort +4, Ref +1, Will +1; Str 11, Con Conversation in Plesiosaur Bay always revolves around one
11, Dex 15, Int 16, Wis 14, Cha 13. of five things: the criminal background of someone in town, espe-
Skills: Climb +7 (7), Handle Animal +8 (7), Intimidate +8 cially a famous townsman or an unknown newcomer; the latest
(7), Jump +7 (7), Swim +7 (7). Feats: Combat Reflexes, raid by Captain Lefitte or another pirate; or the universally
Weapon Finesse (Rapier), Weapon Proficiency (Laser approved subjects of beer, women, and gambling. Considering the
Pistol). concentration of liars, cheats, and men who want to hide their
Possessions: Rapier, laser pistol with 3 energy packs, past, any rumor heard in Plesiosaur Bay has a base 60% chance of
custom-made chain shirt fashioned to look like dinosaur being untrue (although it may be based on or derived from the
scales, ornately engraved small steel shield, ivory cameo truth). Here is a sampling of some of the rumors one may hear:
necklace (worth $60), 3 gold rings (worth $100, $130, and 1. I heard Captain Lefitte ended up here after he killed a sher-
one with a diamond worth $1,200), cash $5d10. iff out in the back country.
There are many other gangs in Plesiosaur Bay, but none quite 2. No, I heard he robbed a wagon train on the Tecumseh Trail.
so well organized as Captain Lefittes. Although violence is part 3. Did you hear that Reds gang took in four iguanodons and
of life in the town, the gangs rarely quarrel violently above and 20 bushels of corn from a raid last week?

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 4. I hear that Jim Butlers gang picked up some real interest-
ing trinkets on their last raid they got some sort of dinosaur arti-
facts from a ship carrying explorers.
5. I could make a better beer than this Plesiosaurus Ale. It
would taste better if they added the plesiosaur blood fresh and hot
rather than letting it cool first.
The Northwestern Plains
The northwestern plains are still terra incognito to the citizens
of New Savannah. They are difficult to reach, whether by land
(where one must trace the Bayou and cross the Fur River) or by
sea (where the northwestern shores of the inland sea are ringed by
thick jungle). Few humans live there, and there are no towns.
Little is known of the plains except for a variety of persistent
rumors that they are the most fertile area in the Main Valley, that
unknown dinosaurs and even some ice age mammals roam there,
that warp pirates have a base there, that a fabulous house stands
unoccupied there. Who knows what fabulous mysteries await the
characters to first chart this unexplored area?
Barrister House
One of Cretasus early settlers was William Barrister, a
haughty Confederate land owner and adventurer. He arrived short-
ly after the construction of New Savannah had begun. While
Hepsediah Porter and his followers carved New Savannah out of
the wilderness, Barrister and his retainers traveled in overlanders
(heavy-duty trucks) on a mission to survey the Main Valley. They
returned one year later with their overlanders overflowing in sil-
ver ingots.
Barrister claimed to have found a silver mine of enormous
depth. The mine was somewhere in the northwestern plains. He
sold his load of silver, and used the money to purchase supplies:
some picks and shovels, but mostly luxury household goods.
Barrister intended to build an enormous mansion next to his silver
mine in the middle of nowhere.
Each year for eight years, Barrister returned to New Savannah
laden in silver, trading it for supplies to carry back to his mansion.
The employees who accompanied him on the New Savannah
excursions told tales of his magnificent wealth, his generous
salaries, and the opulent house he had built next to his silver mine.
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6. Theres a pretty gal from New Savannah looking for a
place to stay around here they say she killed her husband. Shes
welcome to stay with me!
7. Mort got all four aces twice yesterday. That just doesnt
happen. He must be up to something, but I cant figure it out!
Then Barrister was heard from no more.
No one discovered what happened to Barrister. But, then
again, no one has yet surveyed the northwestern plains. To this
day, old-timers in New Savannah talk about the legendary
grandeur of Barrister House. Is it now in ruins? Is it now occupied
by velociraptors? Or did Barrister simply become a recluse? If the
house still stands and stands unoccupied, whoever finds it will
surely find a fortune in silver.
The Warp Pirates
The wilds of Cretasus are the perfect place to hide out, as a
contingent of warp pirates knows well. Warp pirates are spacefar-
ing brigands who use the warp to escape capture. They know the
warp gates inside and out, using the complex network to appear,
raid a vessel, and then disappear to distant space in mere
moments. Warp pirates come from all areas of space, all nations,
and even all species they are motley crews of outlaws whose pri-
mary allegiance is to plunder and outrunning authority.
Since the discovery of Cretasus friendly atmosphere, a band
of warp pirates has begun using Alacion Portal as a regular jump-
ing-off point. They now have a base somewhere in the northwest-
ern plains. They retreat there for a few weeks at a time between
raids, which last for days or weeks.
Confederate authorities in New Savannah know of the warp
pirate base, and Union authorities must know of them as well.
Neither side has done anything because the pirates make a point
of not threatening anyone or anything near their base. They have
never raided a vessel on, near, or around Cretasus or Alacion
Portal. Because Cretasus is so far from the main power centers in
galactic politics, and because the lawmen on Cretasus have far
more pressing matters to concern themselves with, the warp
pirates are safe for now.
 Chapter II: Dinosaurs
Cretasus is full of life, lush and boundless. Almost all of the
valleys that have been surveyed are covered in endless fields of
vegetation and teem with life. One desert valley, with a sparse pop-
ulation, does exist, but in all the others the ecology is bursting at the
seams with energy. It needs to be. Plant-eating dinosaurs require
massive supplies of vegetable life to keep up their active metabo-
lisms. Since hundreds of plant-eaters are necessary to support just
one large carnivore, the presence of countless titanic meat-eating
dreadnoughts like the tyrannosaurs means that the total number of
large creatures on Cretasus beggars the imagination.
The valleys are incredibly noisy. Dinosaurs crash, stamp, and
shuffle throughout the vegetation. The raucous cry of the
pterosaurs echoes through the skies, and booming parasaurolo-
phus yells rebound in the marshy areas. Brachiosaurs trample
trees and crush rocks underfoot, but even their mighty stampings
are sometimes drowned out by the thick ground cover.*
Dinosaurs themselves span every color in the rainbow. Color
variation within a species seems to be the rule: for example, indi-
vidual ankylosaurs are identifiable by particular patterns in their
mosaics of scales. Scholars publish such reports as Sexual
Selection for Color Divergences, while trophy hunters gather
rainbows of heads and awed photographers brave the wilds for a
rare vermilion pachycephalosaur. Jaded locals just refer to the
grits-colored devil lizard what ate my broncos. On a practical
level, this makes it difficult for outsiders to instantly identify
species of dinosaur one must know body shapes, not just colors
although it makes it easy to tell individuals of the same species
apart. An important exception to this general rule is raptor tribes;
all raptors of a single tribe have the same general coloration
scheme, although between tribes color varies widely.
Dinosaur Intelligence
Professor Calhoun Carey of the University of New Houston
is the leading scholar of Cretasus dinosaurs. His critics call him a
near-savage whos gotten a little too close to his subjects.
Nevertheless, his works, Lectures on Dinosaur Life, are best-sell-
ers across the inhabited worlds.
Dinosaurs do not thrive in captivity; even those illegally cap-
tured and released in the wilds on other worlds often fail to dis-
play the unique behavior and intelligence that make Cretasus such
an interesting place. So while dinosaur anatomy is well-under-
* Outside settled areas, characters without at least one rank of
Wilderness Lore have a -2 circumstance penalty to Listen checks.
stood, with the standard textbooks published on Earth, outside
experts are often clueless about the most basic dinosaur behav-
iors and make embarrassing gaffes.
Scholars are a wimpy lot. Many expeditions to the jungles
have just vanished whether devoured, caught in the battles
between Union and Confederacy, or gone native, its impossible to
say. Institutions have grown wary of sending more researchers
into the wilds until the situation becomes calmer. About the only
group still sending out expeditions is Grant University on Luna;
Grants well-organized teams often work with the Union military,
which gives them the protection they need to accomplish their
tasks, and most of their research has military implications. That
means most non-military research is done by amateurs: enthusias-
tic folks without much equipment but with a lot of guts. Or rich
fools with a pet theory, lots of money, and no chance in hell of sur-
viving the wilds of Cretasus without some expert help!
The first important scholarly conclusion about Cretasus
dinosaurs is that theyre not quite the ones that we had on Earth.
The most obvious difference is dinosaur language, no evidence of
which exists in Earths historical record. The other important dif-
ference is intelligence and all that it entails. Protoceratops build
structures, raptors use tools as far as naturalists can determine,
none of this ever happened on Earth.
The dinosaurs on Cretasus represent various Earthly histori-
cal periods, some hundreds of millions of years apart. Dinosaurs
that were common on Earth (well-represented in the fossil record)
also seem to be common on Cretasus (wandering around in great
numbers). One suggestion, first posed by Grant Universitys
William Ackerley, as to how dinosaurs ended up on Cretasus and
Earth is the presence of a dimensional portal somewhere on Earth,
not unlike a warp gate, where occasionally Earth dinosaurs would
migrate and find themselves on Cretasus. However, biologists
point out that the first of such settlers on Cretasus would likely
branch out to fill all the available ecological niches, not unlike the
finches of the Galapagos Islands, so if the dimetrodons had
emerged, we would see giant sauropod dimetrodons, tiny gecko-
sized dimetrodons, and so on. Such an effect has not been demon-
strated, much to the chagrin of collectors, who would love to own
a brachiosaur-sized sail.
Moreover, many of the dinosaur species of Cretasus are phys-
ically different from those of Earth. The best-documented evi-
dence is on protoceratops. Union naturalists have discovered a lot
of Earthly protoceratops remains, primarily in the Gobi desert,
and they were among the best-studied species before the explo-
ration of Cretasus. Nowadays, naturalists have had many chances
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to study the living versions. Scholars agree that that Cretasus pro-
toceratops have a larger cranial cavity, and almost certainly a larg-
er brain, than the Earth variety. They point particularly to the lan-
guage centers of the protoceratops brain, which have been identi-
fied in Cretasus specimens, and whose odd growth has caused
some skull deformations not present in Earth protoceratops.
Naturalists battle over whether this means that Cretasus protocer-
atops should be considered a separate species. However, since in
all other respects Cretasus protoceratops exactly resemble Earth
protoceratops, the larger implication is that an outside force may
have enhanced the intelligence of these dinosaurs!
All known alien races have denied intervention on Cretasus.
Still, there are many rumors of alien ruins in faraway valleys and
alien treasure maps are frequently sold to gullible new arrivals.
Various oral myths of the brachiosaurs mention sky-gods landing
in golden chariots, and some tantalizing pictures of the protocer-
atops knowledge cave at the Hollow Hills seemed to show images
of humanlike creatures in hermetic suits, traveling in a flying
vehicle of some sort. Some claimed these creatures resemble the
alien Scray, but the Hollow Hills complex was destroyed in an
unexplained explosion not long afterwards, and the dinosaurs
have become notably silent on the subject.
Cretasus fossil record has proven difficult to interpret. Digs
around the main forts have established the presence of dinosaur
species for at least 100 million years. However, one hotly-con-
tested finding shows a layer of mammal strata suggesting that for
a period of a million years, the Main Valley was inhabited solely
by mammals, like Mammoth Valley to the west. Calhoun Carey
suggests that all of Cretasus is a giant alien preserve, whose ecol-
ogy is managed (and occasionally altered) and whose inhabitants
are experimental subjects hence the title of his autobiography,
Poacher in the Lizard Park.
Many locals also believe that dinosaurs have telepathic abili-
ties to communicate, divine the weather, and predict fires, floods,
and other natural disasters. While some of this no doubt relates to
the long-range subsonic sounds that dinosaurs can emit, and their
extensive knowledge of Cretasus (reflected in game terms by high
Wilderness Lore ranks), both the Confederacy and the Union are
taking seriously the idea of psychic dinosaurs, especially since
several alien races are known to have developed psychic commu-
nications. Human scientists are particularly interested in studying
the legendary tyrannosaur Tyrant Kings, which are rumored to
possess the power to kill with a single thought! But no one has
located one of these elusive creatures; for now, speculations on the
psychic powers of dinosaurs must remain simply that, specula-
tions.
Dinosaur Languages
All dinosaurs, even the imbecile stegosaurs, can understand
the language of Dinosaur Common, which is conveyed by pos-
tures and movements as well as by sound. Big dinos may not even
notice tiny creatures performing Dinosaur Common. However,
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the primary element to dinosaur speech is sonic, or rather subson-
ic. Like those of elephants, most dino communications are below
the frequencies which the human ear can hear. These sounds can
carry for miles; the bellowing of brachiosaurs sometimes carries
across mountains! All dinosaurs can hear the subsonic noises, but
only the larger ones can actually produce sounds in that range.
This means that big dinos are better at getting their meanings
across than lesser ones. Most of the time, their communications
consist of get out of my way! but this also means that the larg-
er dinosaurs can call the others together more effectively. They
can Thrum more persuasively, as will be described later. Large
dinosaurs serve as the natural leaders for united dinosaur action.
Because of this subsonic component of dinosaur speech,
humans need help to fully communicate with dinosaurs. Devices
called resonators can be attached to the ears, allowing the listener
to hear the subsonic rumblings. These resonators are slightly dis-
tracting and can make it difficult to hear other noises. Similarly,
humans can use so-called shouters to project into the subsonic
range. These devices are necessary to speak some dinosaur lan-
guages properly, and the deeper tone, like a soothing bass, makes
dinosaurs react more favorably to the speaker.
Tool Use
Even before the arrival of humans, dinosaurs were already
using technological devices. Raptors with their tools, herbs, and
chemicals; protoceratops with their written language; and ornit-
holestes with their clubs were the most obvious examples of dino
tech that early explorers encountered.
More subtle uses of technology were also at work.
Protoceratops understand agriculture, fertilizer, and irrigation;
even without hands they dredge furrows and canals to produce
vast fields of low-lying plants, their preferred diet. They use their
knowledge of weather patterns and ecology to control the devel-
opment of a region, including minimizing floods and erosion.
Most of the time their mastery is used only to protect their way of
life, but sometimes theyll take more aggressive action, like
diverting the course of rivers to flood humans who anger them or
deprive them of water so theyre forced to leave.
The big predators know how to preserve food. In colder
areas, they keep frozen prey in their caves for lean times. In
warmer climates, they leave portions of their kills to dry in the
sun. Foolhardy humans will sometimes raid these stashes for food,
but the furious owners will exact revenge if their prizes are taken.
Humans often puzzle over why raptors, with their advanced
technology, havent exterminated the other, larger species, like the
early humans did to the mammoths. Grant University scholars
point to the ecological consciousness of the raptors and their
slow breeding, while Calhoun Corey thinks that raptors did wipe
out all other life in one valley, but the valley was simply re-seed-
ed by aliens. Both Corey and the Grant scholars think that the
prey species would eventually Thrum if they were being extermi-
nated by an expansionistic raptor tribe. The raptors themselves,
when asked, dismiss it as a stupid mammal question.
Neither the Confederacy nor the Union is eager to see raptors
get their hands on modern technology, particularly guns. Their
claws are clumsy when it comes to using triggers, and theyre not
able to rapidly and accurately maneuver long arms. However, they
can aim rifles for ambushes, and they handle low-recoil pistols
pretty well. Special weapons have even been designed for raptors
by unscrupulous machinists. Luckily for humans, in the few cases
where raptors have obtained serious firepower they could use,
they rapidly ran out of ammunition, which taught them to distrust
firearms.
Most dinosaurs are also limited by their lack of an opposable
thumb to grasp objects. Those not so limited, like ornitholestes
and the raptors, often collect manufactured goods, and such items
have become a currency. Knives, for example, are traded for ter-
ritory and prey. In general, the tool-using dinosaurs prefer simple
weapons like knives (which they know how to sharpen them-
selves) to charged tools or weapons with ammunition.
Raptors love to get their claws on binoculars and scramblers,
although they rarely can. Finally, most species of dinosaur are
endlessly amused by holospheres of any sort, and value them far
more highly than people do.
The Dinosaur Singers
Some dinosaurs take it upon themselves to Sing an art form
more sacred than mere music as humans know it. Dinosaurs of all
size and temperaments Sing, except for stegosaurs, who are tone-
deaf. There is one Song in particular that has been passed down
since time immemorial; its meaning is unknown, but the words
hauntingly familiar to any saurian speaker. Both the Confederacy
and the Union have clamped down tight on the Song; it has yet to
be broadcast off-planet, and they censor the press to remove
notice of it. Its considered a military secret.
Besides that one Song, Singers pick up a bewildering variety
of tunes in a variety of languages; Allosaur is considered the most
appropriate tongue for epics, while Raptor is quick and lively.
Few Singers have the vocal range to speak all the tongues, but
each strives to learn as many as he can.
A Singer arriving in the area is a big event; the Singer
announces his presence by screaming about it at the top of his
lungs for the greater part of a day. That evening, dinosaurs gather.
By tradition, a Singing is a safe time, when predators and prey can
gather together to hear the Singer perform. The Singer sings
through the night, beginning with the Song and continuing with
his repertoire. If the Singer performs well, the crowd of dinosaurs
slowly disperses until when the sun rises all are gone. If the Singer
performs badly, the dinosaurs linger, and at sunup the Singer is
messily killed by a few self-appointed critics while all present
watch silently.
Even meat-eating dinosaurs will not harm a successful
Singer. After the Singers performance, the community of
dinosaurs keeps the Singer fed for the next week predators pro-
vide flesh, herbivores allow him to graze unmolested after
which he moves on.
Singing is a Perform skill; Singing the Song is only DC 5
because dinosaurs are always pleased to hear it. Keeping the
crowd of dinos entertained with other songs is not easy; only
someone trained in Perform can do it, and the DC ranges from 10
to 20 if the dinosaurs are particularly surly for some reason! Most
Singers have at least 5 ranks in Perform, or else theyre eaten
before too long.
Humans have been known to accompany Singers along their
routes. This is an easy way to meet many varieties of dinosaur in
a peaceful setting. Younger dinosaurs appreciate instrumental
backup, but the old guard views instruments as an abomination,
destroying the essence of the art form. Still, Jeremiah Fogart and
his electric guitar are well-remembered in dinosaur society. No
human singer has sufficiently mastered the Song to perform on his
own; those who have tried have met a gruesome fate.
However, above and beyond Singing, dinosaurs have a rich
appreciation for human music. Country and western music is the
favorite. Scientists speculate that the twanging of the guitar
reminds the dinos of pterosaur cries; indeed, some modified gui-
tars approximate the range of different pterosaur sounds. The
smarter dinosaurs are often wary of the music, since clever
hunters will sometimes pipe out some old-timey country and
western to lure prey into ambushes. However, an obviously
innocuous traveler can often break the ice with a dino by per-
forming a classic Johnny Cash or Tennessee Ernie Ford song.
Some humans have been known to tour dinosaur lands with a
group of dinosaur accompanists. Pterosaurs imitate guitars pretty
well, compsognathids produce a solid percussive clatter, but the
best backer is a parasaurolophus. A veritable organic music syn-
thesizer, these walking pipe organs are able to replicate just about
any sound and project it at great volume!
Other humans make a lot of money performing among other
humans. Jeremiah Fogart is getting rich right now playing his gui-
tar with the backing of two parasaurolophuses he doesnt need
to worry about a sound system; he just picks a meadow and lets
loose with some lonesome lyrics. His envious competitors suggest
that the dinosaurs should be getting most of his gate receipts and
his royalties. Fogart has publicly challenged his own rivals to try
raising twin parasaurolophuses from eggs in order to train them to
produce the perfect sound at the perfect moment. So far, no one
else has been able to, so theres a steady stream of composers and
musicians to the Fogart household.
The Thunder and the Dark
The Thunder and the Dark is the epic poem of the tyran-
nosaurs. They sing it at mournful times and at the birth of a par-
ticularly promising child when the stars are right. Its been trans-
lated into most of Cretasus dinosaur languages by the protocer-
atops poet vrthu. Hearing the Thunder and the Dark intoned by a
tyrannosaur, all dinos feel a chill.
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 It speaks of the time of the great dying, of the Thunder that
came and roared and the Dark that followed.
Mythopaleontologists consider this to be a record of a massive
meteor impact upon the planet, although humans have found no
sign of such an impact. Grant University scholars use this evi-
dence to prove their dimensional gate concept, arguing that
some tyrannosaurs came through the gate from Earth just after a
great asteroid struck the Yucatan peninsula with a great roar and
created a year-long time of darkness.
It is said that a tyrannosaur will spare any prey dinosaur who
can give a proper rendering of the Thunder and the Dark. Of
course, no dinosaur without a deep set of lungs (and the ability to
project into the subsonic) can speak Tyrannosaur, so its a moot
point for most smaller creatures, and the really big dinos are rarely
preyed on by T-rexes, anyway.
The Thrum
Another aspect of dinosaur culture is the Thrum. The lan-
guage of Dinosaur Common is limited in what it can convey,
although the Song also crosses species boundaries. But the terri-
ble Thrum has a compelling force for all dinosaurs that hear it. It
is a deep warbling noise that can be produced by a dinosaur of size
Large or greater, or any four dinosaurs of Medium size. Small or
Tiny dinos cant Thrum. Marine dinosaurs Thrum underwater,
where other marine creatures can hear them. Only a Singer, a
dinosaur with five or more ranks of Perform, can Thrum effec-
tively.
A Singer begins to Thrum whenever he feels that the natural
order of things has been destroyed. Ordinarily, a Thrum is a
response to deliberate malice, an atrocity of some kind: when a
tribe of raptors begins to kill every dinosaur in their hunting area;
when protoceratops set an entire valley ablaze to avenge the death
of one of their children; when explosives destroy a clutch of
hatchlings; when machine guns are trained on a herd of iguan-
odons; when poison gas settles into protoceratops warrens... A
Thrum represents the moral outrage of a planet, put into song.
Many dinosaur noises carry for miles, but not a Thrum. The
high-pitched primal urgency in a Thrum does not travel far. The
effective distance equals the Thrumming Singers Perform check
multiplied by 50 feet. Dinosaurs able to hear the Thrum need to
make a Will save (against a DC of 10 + singers Perform check)
or immediately break off their activities and carefully approach
the dinosaur who makes the noise. If they too witness something
outside of the natural, they will begin to stamp, bellow, and beat
their paws to the music. Otherwise, they attempt to kill the
Thrumming dinosaur. (Crying wolf is unpopular!) After ten min-
utes of stamping along to the Thrum, the dinosaurs enter a berserk
fury (+4 strength and constitution, -4 intelligence and wisdom)
against the offending creature.
Not all dinosaurs are susceptible to the Thrum. Velociraptors
seem completely immune. Protoceratops are usually unaffected
(in game terms, they receive a +10 bonus to their Will save).
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Humans have been unable to replicate the Thrum. Dinosaurs
recognize a sham Thrum immediately and take violent offense.
Grant University scientists are convinced that certain pheromones
released into the air during a Thrum are the key to controlling this
aspect of saurian behavior, so they periodically send out research
teams armed with a new perfume to spray into the air along with
a Thrum recording. Nowadays, they also include some sort of
speedy transportation for the team in case the natives get restless.
Thrumming dinosaurs once besieged Fort Tecumseh but
failed to break in; after a day of slaughter, the Thrum abruptly
stopped and the dinosaurs melted back into the jungles.
Ordinarily, however, a Thrum continues until all the dinosaurs
who can hear it are dead or the targets have been destroyed, after
which the dinosaur who began to Thrum stops, and slowly the
fury of the Thrum dies down.
The Thrum has proven very inconvenient to both the Union
and the Confederacy as they attempt to tame Cretasus for human
habitation. The Union once tried to clear an area of dinosaurs by
lobbing poison gas in artillery shells. A Thrum and carnage ensued
once the gas cleared. Dinosaurs rarely Thrum when struck by
rifles; they consider ordinary firearms a part of nature, a sporting
part of life like claws or teeth. They dont object to airplanes or
vehicles unless they are attack dinosaurs, who consider these
machines unnatural.
Once New Savannahs spaceport was complete, some early
settlers attempted to destroy dinosaurs from planes. The danger-
ous large beasts show up on ground radar and make admirable tar-
gets for strafing. Unfortunately, this induces a Thrum if a Singer
is present, and pterosaurs inspired by a Thrum will throw them-
selves at planes. A pilot whose vehicle hits an angry swarm of
pterosaurs needs to make a Piloting check, whose difficulty
depends on how many pterosaurs manage to get in his way: for 1-
5 pterosaurs, the DC is 10; for 6-10 pterosaurs, it is DC 15; and
for more than 10 pterosaurs, it is DC 20. If the pilot fails his
check, the plane is damaged: it stalls and the pilot will need to
make a crash landing.
However, the fact that a Thrum can be performed only by
Singers makes things simpler for humans kill the local Singers
(or befriend them) and the job of civilization gets much easier.
The Union often hires assassins to take out Singers who enter
Union territories. Even raptor tribes occasionally kill unwanted
Singers who enter their territory, lest they foil the tribes plans.
Dinopathy and Animal Empathy
Its unclear why some people relate so well to dinosaurs.
Neither the Dinopathy feat nor the Animal Empathy skill is a
product of practice or education; children seem to be born with
them, or sometimes they manifest instantly in the field. Calhoun
Carey is of the opinion that theyre psychic powers, just like a
wild ones Animal Peer ability, reflecting a deep inborn affinity
with dinosaurs. He calls Dinopathy reaching back to the reptile
brain. The folks at Grant University are working hard to quanti-
fy Dinopathy and reduce Dinosaur Common to a language that a
machine can translate and perform. So far, they havent had much least from a safe distance).
luck.
Its important to note a couple things about Dinopathy. First, ankylosaur mud flats.
it doesnt work on offworld reptiles, like Earth alligators and croc-
odiles. Second, it makes characters vulnerable to a Thrum! A char-
acter with Dinopathy must make a Will saving throw (against a
DC equal to the Singers Perform check, with a max DC of 20) or
be drawn into a Thrum, thus becoming hostile towards the target
of the Thrum. At some level, the character has become a dinosaur
(in sensibility, at least), and so is affected by the heartrending cry.
Wild ones are always affected by a Thrum, even if they do not
have Dinopathy.
Characters with Dinopathy, therefore, tend toward good and
neutral alignments. So deep is their connection to the natural order
of Cretasus that they may (uncontrollably) fight to the death any
evil against the ecosystem. Players should choose Dinopathy for
their characters carefully and non-Dinopathic characters should are natural showboats who will perform their dance steps with
mind how they interact with dinosaurs, lest a Dinopathic comrade
become enraged!
Cultural Habits
Thunder Moon
When the moons are right, early in the lunar year, the anky-
losaurs hold their mating ceremony. They gather in the mud pits,
hundreds and hundreds of them. Then they search for mates. Their
mating ritual is long and slow but not stately. First the male and
then the female take mud in their long tongues and smear it all
over the mate, producing spirals, squares, and wavy lines in many
colors of mud. Recently, some ankylosaurs have been seen to imi-
tate writing, though its not clear that they understand the purpose moves when the music starts.
of writing, perhaps viewing it as a more permanent symbol of the
mating ritual.
After daubing one another with mud, the ankylosaurs begin
the Thundering. One by one, they stamp their feet in some pri-
mordial rhythm. (Recordings of Thundering have become popular
dance tracks throughout known space.) Then they lay waste to the
surrounding lands in an orgy of destruction similar to a Thrum,
but not directed at living targets. Starting at moonrise, they ram-
page until the following moonrise, when their mating begins and able human who attempts a
continues for a full 12 hours! Finally, exhausted, they lick the mud
off one another and resume normal life.
During the rampage, they smash anything larger than about 8
feet tall with their mighty tails, or sometimes by simply ramming
into it head-first. They ignore anything that moves, although they
will respond to attacks. In this state, they are berserk, getting a +4
rage bonus to strength and constitution and fighting on until they
enjoy the spectacle (preferably from an airplane or at the very
Cretasus natives have learned not to build their houses near
Dancing with Oviraptors
The oviraptor mating ritual is a long, protracted process
where the male and the female dance around each other for hours
before the female lays her eggs and the male fertilizes them. It
includes both a ritual aspect and an improvisational aspect, as
each dinosaur performs original steps to convince the other of
their worthiness as a partner. At any time, either the male or the
female can break off the courtship if they dont like the others
moves, sometimes even attacking a particularly ungraceful com-
panion.
Human dance club owners have discovered that oviraptors
very little provocation, so they use oviraptors to enhance their
music parlors. In the more sedate clubs, oviraptors are kept in
cages in the middle of the dance floor or around the edges of the
floor. In some of the wilder clubs, the oviraptors are unleashed
into the middle of the dance floor, and the patrons are encouraged
to dance with them! Many humans find it exhilarating to attempt
to imitate the moves of the oviraptor, and others attempt to work
its movements into their own dance moves, an even more chal-
lenging feat.
Untamed oviraptors tend to go wild when confronted with the
flashing lights and the pulsing
music of a modern dance
club. However, they can be
trained (Handle Animal, DC
15) to display their mating
The oviraptors usually
pay no attention to the
humans who dance around
them, even if they mimic its
moves. They are wild creatures, howev-
er, and will bite if they are attacked or
feel threatened. They also are poten-
tially dangerous to the knowledge-
female dance in front of a male
oviraptor or vice versa. That will
immediately get the oviraptors
attention and it will perform a
lengthy duet with the other person.
However, if the human fails to
properly execute the dance steps,
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reach -20 hit points. Ecologists theorize that this rampage helps to the oviraptor will attack in anger.
clear large trees and promotes the growth of smaller trees and Otherwise, the oviraptor dances a
shrubs, the mainstay of ankylos diet. Most ordinary folks just few more minutes before realizing that

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the other dancer is a human not a potential mate and returning Skills: Animal Empathy +7 (7), Animal Peer +6 (4), Heal
to its solitary dance step in peace. Humans who can dance with +9 (7), Hide +6 (7), Intuit Direction +4 (2), Wilderness Lore
the dinos are very popular with the opposite sex. +9 (5). Feats: Alertness, Lightning Reflexes.
Clubs have their patrons sign release forms before entering Possessions: Knife, leather armor, liquor flask, cash
the dance floor with a oviraptor. Treat oviraptors as having $4d10, various stolen goods.
Perform (Dance) of at least 5 ranks (giving a total bonus of +7 SA Dinosaur Ally (Ex): Laila Iron is allied with the Dark
with the oviraptors Dex). In order to attract an oviraptors atten- Heart raptors.
tion on the dance floor, a human needs to make a Perform check SA Motivating Cause (Ex): Having been raised from a
at DC 15. In order to continue the duet without being attacked, the very young age by the Dark Heart raptors, Lailas motiva-
human needs to make another Perform check at DC 20! tions are very similar to theirs. Her motivating cause is the
expansion of her tribal hunting grounds. She receives a +1
Raptor Kidnappings attack bonus against other carnivores who compete with
their territory, as well as humans who would restrict their
hunting area.
Frontier families tell their children: be good, or the raptors
will come and get you in your sleep!
Its not an idle tale. Ornitholestes in the Ring
Raptor tribes have been known to abduct human children. In
fact, its often a badge of honor: if a raptor tribe kills a particular- Ornitholestes are naturally vicious dinosaurs who show little
ly brave and worthy human foe, then the raptor tribe will some- sympathy for their own race. They also have opposable thumbs,
times adopt the warriors child, whether son or daughter. This will show a deftness with manual weapons, and are easily trained.
only happen if the child is small (five years old at most); other- Even more so than most dinosaurs, this makes them perfect for
wise, the raptors will treat the child as a small warrior and kill it. gladiatorial combat!
Its an extension of a custom that raptors usually apply to other Gladiatorial combat is officially banned in both Union and
raptor clans. Confederate space. However, the Free Fleet sponsors numerous
Raptor children grow up to be wild ones. They are taught arenas, and clandestine operations exist wherever the local admin-
English and thereafter speak it with an atrocious lizardy accent
although most people will think that theyre just offworlders. In
most ways, they are considered to be full members of their adop-
tive tribe. They are not expected to take a mate within the tribe,
but they might bond with a raptor widow or another non-breeding
raptor.
Of the four raptor-raised children known to have been recap-
tured by humans, none has ever been successfully reintroduced to
human society. They take any possible opportunity to escape into
the wilds, and kill themselves if confined for too long period.
They howl miserably when kept in confinement and hurl terrible
curses at their jailers. Some of those curses have come true, which
has also kept down the number of attempted captures.
A raptor-raised human, Laila Iron, leads the Dark Heart tribe
of raptors. Her wealthy uncles, meat merchants who have bought
a Union senatorship, have tried to recapture her, but so far she has
eluded them. Her underground autobiography is very popular it
describes her romance with the poet and country singer Elroy
Jones, who took the dinosaur name of Mire Break while with the
Dark Heart tribe, but Irons powerful relatives have prevented any
large-scale printing of Heart of Iron.
Laila Iron, Offworlder Female Wil4: CR 4; Medium-
size Humanoid (6 ft.); HD 4d8+12; hp 29; Init +0; Spd 30 ft.;
AC 13 (+3 Studded Leather); Atk +4 melee (1d6+2, reaper
claw see page 124); SA Dinosaur Ally, Motivating Cause;
AL NE; SV Fort +7, Ref +1, Will +6; Str 15, Con 16, Dex 11,
Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 10/8*.
* Base of 10 reduced to 8 around humans.

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istrators are corrupt and willing to be bribed, which is a lot of
places. Male ornitholestes are often eager to display their fighting
prowess and become the heroes of millions, and give their assis-
tance to smuggling themselves offplanet. Most training is done
offplanet, but its proven difficult to get the creatures to breed
away from Cretasus, and the steep casualties in the arenas means
that theres a desperate demand for more ornitholestes fighters.
For years there have been rumors of a massive breeding operation
on Cretasus raising and training ornitholestes for the ring but
neither the Union nor the Confederacy can spare the manpower to
track the rumor down.
Ornitholestes that fight in the ring are usually covered with a
garish shade of body paint, marking them with their owners col-
ors. Because they are so valuable, they often fight not to the death
(-10 hit points) but merely until one fighter is unconscious (0 hit
points), and the damaged fighter is tended until he recovers. Some
unscrupulous arena owners train their ornitholestes to fake a
killing move on an unconscious opponent. The owner claims the
apparent corpse, nurses it back to health, and gives it a second
career with new paint and a new name!
Ring dinosaurs are trained in a variety of manual weapons
and armor similar to those of the historical gladiators: sword-and-
shield and trident-and-net are the most common weapon combi-
nations. Others are trained in more exotic and amusing weapons
like chainsaws, burning torches, and scythes. Some gladiators
wear full armor while others wear pieces only over their arms or
legs or torsos. Treat Ring Fighters as having at least one level of
Fighter, although they start out proficient with only one specific
manual weapon and one type of armor.
Protoceratops and the Conclave
The protoceratops are the only dinosaurs on Cretasus to
develop a written language. Deep in their caves of knowledge,
they preserve the history of the planet, as well as wondrous stories
and the Songs of the great singers. At first, they were eager to
share their information. But several human-induced accidents
destroyed or closed off protoceratops cave complexes, and a Grant
University team despoiled an ancient protoceratops bone yard.
They are now wary of sharing their wisdom with humans. While
an individual protoceratops will often bond with a group of
humans and share her knowledge with them, the clans have decid-
ed not to allow humans into their caves of knowledge without a
conclave.
Every year, the protoceratops gather for their conclave, where
each member, from the eldest to the youngest, in turn raises its
concerns and requests for the upcoming year. Only the most
important requests, requiring the assent of the entire tribe, ever go
before a conclave. Poetic and musical presentations are viewed
with great favor by the dinosaurs, while naked threats are usually
ignored. Only at a conclave would outsiders be allowed to view
the caves of learning. Human communities who wish the proto-
ceratops to take action on one of their proposals take their place at
the end of the line. Depending on how large the tribe is, this can
take days, and the protoceratops will refuse to listen to those who
do not patiently wait their turn.
Rumors persist that the Union has nerve-gassed a network of
protoceratops caves and is closely guarding the area as its
researchers attempt to decipher the ancient writings. Several of
the Unions archaeological expeditions have indeed found exqui-
site, abandoned protoceratops cities, but they attribute their suc-
cess to superior mapping techniques that reveal past settlement
patterns.
Protoceratops are frequently found in the major human set-
tlements as interpreters and research assistants. Its rare to find a
library without at least one protoceratops shuffling around the
stacks, carrying books carefully in his mouth. While they cant
manipulate things like card catalogs, they do have a phenomenal
memory and can remember the exact location of thousands of
individual items. They prefer the large library of New Savannah
with its childrens wing, as they particularly enjoy small children
and will let kids climb all over them. Most urban protoceratops
cover the sharp surfaces of their beaks with a sheath so that they
do not accidentally maim someone. This effectively renders them
defenseless, but attacking a protoceratops is a cowardly and
unpopular act that will often spur nearby two-fisters to tell you to
pick on something your own size!
Dinosaurs in the Wild
Dinosaurs are smart, but theyre also creatures of instinct. In
general, wild dinosaurs react to people as they would react to
other unfamiliar dinosaurs: predators stalk them if theyre of a
proper size, prey dinosaurs watch them alertly and flee if theyre
approached. However, dinosaurs also talk amongst themselves, so
even the dimmest stegosaur in the Main Valley knows about the
flesh-lumps that have powerful weapons.
Nevertheless, the residents of different valleys do not com-
municate with each other. Even the pterosaurs dont fly from one
valley to another. Only the marine dinosaurs bridge the gaps, and
land dinosaurs dont listen to them. This means that in some
remote valleys, the inhabitants havent heard of people and will
react to them naively. However, its always best to expect a cer-
tain amount of savvy on the part of the dinosaurs.
Herbivore Herds
Its a dangerous world out there. Most herbivorous dinosaurs
travel in herds for safety. The fiercest (like ankylosaurs) and the
smallest (like edaphosaurs) often travel in smaller groups, but
teeming hordes of grass-munching saurs are a common sight on
the great plains of Cretasus.
Its important to note that herds are only useful where
increased eyes bring increased vigilance and where food is rela-
tively plentiful. Thus, herd behavior is rare in forests or mountains
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or deserts, but prevalent in lush grasslands and savanna.
Herds will react initially to a single human or a pair of
humans only by watching carefully. The only exception would be
if theyre carrying swords or wearing raptor-claws; the herd might
mistake them for raptors, and will either attack or flee. Otherwise,
the herd will consider a few humans not dangerous because
theyre too small. A group of humans half as big as the herd or
bigger will be considered a threat, and the herd will shift away
from it.
A herd of dinosaurs is simple (DC 5) to track, and also sim-
ple (DC 5) to spot and hear. Getting surprised by a herd of
dinosaurs is possible, although it will make you the laughingstock
of the valley.
A herd typically posts several adult scouts on its periphery.
This means, essentially, that anyone attempting to sneak up on a
herd makes their opposed Move Silently and Hide checks against
at least two creatures, with one more for every twenty animals in
the herd. If any of these scouts spots or hears the creeper, it will
immediately alert the herd. This rule reflects the general watch-
fulness and wariness of the group.
Herd dinosaurs have two basic strategies: run and circle the
wagons. Most herbivores of size Large or smaller will flee a dan-
gerous predator at their running speed (x3). An entire herd of
dinosaurs fleeing raises enough dust and confusion that the herd
gets a +2 dodge bonus to AC against all attacks. The herd will
constantly shift position as it flees; this means that its almost
impossible to attack the same target twice without cutting a mem-
ber out of the herd. After one target is wounded, it moves back
into the mass, where it has at least one-half cover (+4 AC).
The way to hunt herd animals is to cut an animal out of the
pack. First, you have to close to melee range (possibly incurring
attacks of opportunity) and make a successful Grapple, Bluff, or
Intimidate roll on a dinosaur. (Remember the penalties to Bluff
checks against non-humanoid opponents.) If you succeed, you
drive the dinosaur away from the herd and it loses its herd bonus-
es. If you fail, the dinosaur attacks you and continues on as part of
the herd. In addition, you will be charged by 1d2 other dinosaurs
the round you attempt your attack, whether or not you succeed.
A dinosaur who is stunned, dazed, or entangled also falls out
of the herd. It tries to sprint (run x4) to return to the group if it is
not immediately killed.
Theres a lot that ecologists dont understand about Cretasus
dinosaur herds. Some herds (like triceratops) seem to have set
domains, which they travel across over the course of several
years. The domains of different types of herd dinosaurs often
overlap, but somehow the herds avoid being in the same place at
the same time. Sometimes herd animals attack humans invading
their migration paths, attempting to destroy the settlements, but at
other times they simply alter their movements to avoid the new
developments. Both the Union and the Confederacy are eagerly
seeking techniques to guide dinosaur herds into the oppositions
settlements and forts, but so far, no luck.
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Large Carnivores
Tyrannosaurs and other enormous predators are not always a
great threat to humans. These beasts need a tremendous amount of
food, about the equivalent of a Large creature each day.
Tyrannosaurs gain much of their food just by scavenging. The
powerful stench given off by a rotting brachiosaur travels for
miles, attracting all tyrannosaurs. They get first dibs on any
corpses; nothing is stupid enough to mess with them (except
humans!).
Allosaurs, ceratosaurs, and other big carnivores must rely on
constant hunting. Many types of prey dinosaurs stay near water-
ing holes, taking to deeper water for protection against the
carnosaurs. Other types of prey (like the triceratops) can slaughter
a carnosaur in a fair fight. So most large dinosaurs rely on a charg-
ing ambush to carry out their attacks.
These large dinosaurs will rarely bother with human prey
unless theyre quite hungry. However, the mounts that humans use
often invite attacks from big beasts. Naive dinosaurs will also
consider vehicles to be prey; manys the jeep overturned by a hun-
gry allosaur, whose usual good nature turns to rage as he realizes
his prize is a foul-tasting tooth-breaking machine!
Freetowners and those living in forts are often deathly afraid
of T-rexes, allosaurs, and other monstrous carnivores. Whenever
they spot one approaching their settlement, theyll hire hunters to
deal with it. A family of T-rexes is often enough to convince a
group of settlers to stay away from a particular site. To a large
extent, their fears are unfounded, since small settlements usually
contain few prey creatures of interest to a large predator.
Ranchers are the ones who suffer the depredations of the big
meat-eaters the most. The same characteristics that make
dinosaurs good animals to herd for their meat (large size and
docile nature) make them perfect targets for hungry T-rexes.
Ranchers carefully plot the hunting domains of T-rexes and
allosaurs on their maps as they plan the routes they hope to take
to bring their herds to market. While they hope to avoid conflict,
they usually also instruct their riders to shoot without mercy any
carnosaurs they see.
Conflicts escalate as civilization encroaches on dinosaur ter-
rain. Those giants who live near people are more likely to be hos-
tile towards them than are dinosaurs living in the wilds. Less con-
tact with humans means fewer opportunities to get shot at.
Wild raptors, however, are a different story. Although they
hunt single creatures extensively, they also use their intelligence
to capture herds. Raptors have been known to chase smaller herds
into fire pits or off of cliffs. Wild raptors located away from civi-
lization are likely to view passing humans as food, not as equals.
Unless a treaty is in effect, tribes will eagerly attack groups of
humans who enter their territory.
 Raptors at War Against humans who face them on even terms, without air
support or heavy armor, raptors can be persuaded into a battle of
Raptors are the only dinosaurs sufficiently civilization to be honor both sides approach each other in an open field, with no
declared warlike. Other dinosaurs may go berserk when they ambushes or surprises planned, and fight until one side is utterly
hear the Thrum, or be combative and aggressive (such as the lep- defeated, after which that side admits its loss and returns home.
toceratops), but raptors arent affected by the Thrum; theyre the Such battles need to be negotiated beforehand, and raptors will
only known dinosaurs who completely ignore its effects. Raptors only undertake them against other raptor tribes or against humans
plan their violence carefully. Their intentionality makes them who have proven to be honorable and trustworthy in the past.
much more dangerous. Those who violate a battle of honor will nevermore be trusted by
Raptors with a grievance against another dinosaur tribe or, raptors if word gets out, as various forts have discovered to their
more recently, against humans prepare extensively. They store chagrin.
preserved meat in the wild for provisions, gather knives and
sharpening stones for their claws, and, most importantly, have Wild Ones and Dinosaurs
their shamans create sufficient supplies of deadly chemicals and
healing draughts. Wild ones often exist in the role of solitary hunter and hermit.
Shamans are considered too important to go to war, but they Other meat-eating dinosaurs are wary of the solitary wild ones and
perform the Rites of Separation upon the warband. The Rites of will usually not bother them as long as they respect the dinosaurs
Separation are performed near a body of water under total dark- kills; not much meat on those human bones! However, wild ones
ness. Those raptors about to go to war emerge from an under- who maintain their connections with human society are often mis-
ground area, cast off their tribal insignias, bathe in the water, and trusted and disliked, particularly if they lead hunting parties into
have mystic symbols painted on their chests. They then go out to the wilds or if they serve as guides for military expeditions.
destroy their enemies. Wild ones who join tribes of dinosaurs are treated very dif-
Raptors at war hunt nothing but their enemies; they say noth- ferently. Much as they might like it to be otherwise, wild ones are
ing but to scream victory; they do not sleep, except after a suc- bound by certain limits of human physiology and cannot eat the
cessful battle; they do not flee, except to gather the others of their same food as herbivorous dinosaurs, nor can they live on carrion
warband. Even when at war, they still use cunning guerilla tactics alone, which means theyre most comfortable with fellow omni-
and they will not attack a superior force. Warbands are led by a vores. In addition, they often find it difficult to communicate with
tactician if one is available. very large or very small dinos, so they most commonly join
Raptors are growing more adept at destroying buildings.
Theyve been known to tunnel under forts with their
claws. Some tribes, understanding explosives,
try to mine structures. Other strategies
include infiltrating bases under the
cover of night or in the cargo bay of
large vehicles, or rushing through
open gates when a caravan or large
group of vehicles passes.
Raptors have occasionally
run into armored vehicles and
ironclads. They recognize that
they cannot penetrate such
armor, so they retreat. But they
also recognize that there are
soft, vulnerable humans hiding
inside those hard metal shells,
so they wait until the humans
emerge, striking quickly and
brutally before fading away
into the night. Theyre masters
of lightning raids on camps
and settlements, their preferred
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groups of Medium or Large dinosaurs, often a tightly-knit family
unit.
Wild ones also often find themselves running with raptors.
The authorities, both Union and Confederate, consider raptor
tribes with attendant wild ones a great threat, because of the wild
ones knowledge of human culture and human military tech-
niques. However, most wild ones who adopt dinosaur ways try to
forget their past, expunging their knowledge of corrupt human
society from memory; thus, a wild one living amongst a group of
dinos has a -4 to all Knowledge checks relating to humanity.
Among a group of dinosaurs, wild ones rarely take the role of
leaders, preferring to merely exist with as little thinking as possi-
ble. However, they often serve a role analogous to that of the rap-
tor shaman, creating healing potions and advising the tribe
through a superior knowledge of the natural world.
Other wild ones, like the Dinozonians, live with a group of
humans in the wild, hunting and behaving like a pack of
dinosaurs. Usually renouncing technological devices, but not
human language, these tribes of wild ones bewilder the
Confederate and Union authorities, who arent sure what to make
of them. Ranchers view them as a nuisance to be wiped out, since
they sometimes prey on their herds. Raptor tribes treat them as
other raptors, as do other dinos, calling them soft raptors or
blunt raptors.
Sometimes these tribes pitch camp just outside freetowns in
order to carry out trading. Youths from the freetowns might even
sneak outside to join them once the trading is done. No one ever
goes after such children; they are considered lost to the wild, even
if they return, many years later, silent about their experiences.
Dinosaurs in the Economy
Dinosaur Ranching and Range Wars
The open plains of the central Main Valley are the territory of
the ranch barons: an aristocracy of meat, where hard-bitten men
on enormous, scarred dinosaurs protect fat, succulent herds of
dinosaurs from raptor tribes and rival ranches, then lead them
every year hundreds or even thousands of miles to a slaughter-
house, where they are shipped to a hundred worlds. The ranchers
own vast tracts of land, and their bronco riders often know that
land better than the official maps; arrogant and touchy, the riders
view themselves as the natural rulers of the terrain, beyond mere
governments, an elemental force.
Dinosaur ranching is most feasible in areas that are within
reach of a settlement, or with allied tribes of raptors or wild ones.
With hostile natives, its almost impossible to ranch. Ranching
works best with Medium dinos, like camptosaurs. Most of the
free-range dino meat shipped offplanet is camptosaur meat. Their
big advantages are that they congregate in herds, they obey
authority, theyre even-tempered, theyre small enough to be man-
ageable while being large enough to put a lot of meat on the table
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and they taste great. The biggest problem is that they dont breed
in captivity. So ranchers every year release half their herd into the
wild and capture half to bring to the slaughterhouse. Luckily for
the ranchers, the herd sticks together, so they can locate them eas-
ily next year come slaughterin season. Most camptosaur herds in
the Main Valley are branded, meaning (in theory, at least) they
belong to one particular rancher.
Camptosaurs thumb spikes are cut off before theyre driven
to the slaughterhouse; otherwise, the risk of a stampede or an
attack is too great. Thumb-clipped camptosaurs have no natural
weapons except for their bulk and their tails. In the wild, these
defenseless herds attract lots of predators, which seek out the aged
and infirm camptosaurs and attempt to separate them from the
protection of the mass. Bronco riders ride point, defending against
dangerous predators. Its a hazardous job, especially in hostile ter-
ritory. Often ranchers have to call in airstrikes against threatening
packs of dinos, which can sometimes trigger a Thrum if a Singer
is present. Other times they literally have to rely on the cavalry
dinosaur riders in remote outposts who are called in to deal with
native incursions, Union attacks, or other emergencies. Other
times, ranchers strike deals with the larger local predators, using
protoceratops to speed the negotiations.
Herding iguanodons and pachycephalosaurs is pretty similar
to herding camptosaurs. Both types of dinos are even-tempered
and require protection from outside threats. Stegosaurs are even
easier, since all thats required to bring them in to market is
patience and a good set of laser prods. (Few predators will bother
a healthy adult stegosaur, so the drovers dont even need to worry
about protecting the herd, merely guiding it.) However, the big
money isnt in iguanodonts or stegosaurs, its in horn-head bron-
cos: triceratops and their kin.
Triceratops are an enormous amount of meat on the hoof, and
their meat is highly prized across human space. Connoisseurs
agree that triceratops meat is the most tender and tasty of all
dinosaur meats. It is sold in supermarkets on hundreds of worlds
as Filet Big, Cretasus Own Horn Cuts, Thunder Roasters
and other beloved brand names.
The biggest problem with bringing in triceratops is simply
preventing the herd from stampeding and attacking the drovers!
Triceratops herds follow patterns from year to year, and theyre
extremely resistant to being led out of their way (to a slaughter-
house, say). To do this, the drovers have to establish their author-
ity by thoroughly cowing the larger male triceratops into obeying
their orders! Most bronco riders who herd triceratops have their
own triceratops mounts: hardened veterans of numerous fights for
dominance. They use their mounts to batter some of the larger
males into submission; the rest of the herd quickly obeys.
The other time-honored technique to herd triceratops is to use
mounts that they fear: allosaurs and tyrannosaurs. Preferably, sev-
eral allosaurs and tyrannosaurs at once. A herd of triceratops will
attack a single giant carnivore if it stays too close, so it takes two
or three acting in concert to drive a herd.
Ranchers dont cut off a triceratops horns to render him less
dangerous; it doesnt make business sense. Triceratops who lose
their horns often seem to despair of their life, lie down, and die.
So bronco herders are forced to spend all their waking hours
around powerful, easily-angered dinosaurs who could skewer
them in a heartbeat. Its not a job for the faint-hearted. Bronco
herders display an admirable sangfroid in the face of danger; some
often take a stint in the cavalry after theyre done herding, finding
mounted combat a little more relaxing than the constant stress of
keeping a hundred six-ton dynamos in order. If triceratops are
spooked by something a tribe of raptors, heavy explosives, sev-
eral large meat-eating dinosaurs and their leaders attempt to
guide them in any direction except away from the threat, they will
often try to crush the leaders and flee as quickly as possible. This
means that herders have to keep a constant lookout for danger,
including rival ranchers who might attempt to disrupt the bronco
drive.
Ranchers operate in two different areas: their estates and their
herds grazing areas. First, they clear extensive estates in defensi-
ble areas to live in. This is where the wealthy ranch owner himself
may live, along with his family and a few prized breeding bulls.
order to test new agricultural techniques, and independent farmers
However, to maintain their herds, the ranchers require a vast for-
have staked numerous claims. More importantly, many of the
aging territory, so they let their massive herds roam across thou-
available rivers are being diverted to irrigate croplands. This is
sands of acres of public lands. They dont own the spaces where
already causing strife between ranchers (who need open space)
they feed and water their herds; no one does. Ranchers often spar
and farmers (who need organized, fenced territories). Soldiers are
with one another over prime turf, and theft of herd dinos is also
often called in to restore order between the two warring bands.
common.
Around the freetowns, however, the large ranchers are effectively
Ranchers keep the time-honored technique of branding to dif-
the law, with their own private armies of bronco riders protecting
ferentiate their herds during the fall and winter, as they graze on
their herds and intimidating the local population.
the common lands. Nowadays, its easy to apply a brand: brand-
ing guns painlessly apply the mark to the dinosaurs. But technol- Dinosaur ranching has not been successful on other planets.
ogy has also made it easier to steal branded dinos. Modern med- While individual dinosaurs have been able to survive, herds tend
ical technology means that branding scars, in prior years indelible, to go insane on other worlds, losing their high intelligence, degen-
can be repaired: a DC 20 Heal check with a tech level 5 healing erating into mere beasts, and finally entering a self-destructive
kit allows one to eliminate burn scars. To counteract this, most rampage, smashing everything around them before gnawing each
ranchers maintain two sets of marks: a public brand, known to all other to death. The reasons for this gruesome behavior are
and marked on the dinos hide with a branding gun; and a private unknown. The practical effect has been to drive up the prices for
chemical mixture, secretly added to the dinosaurs food, which dinosaur meat, as more people get to taste it and the supply lags
enters the dinos bones and stays in their system for years. behind demand.
Ranchers keep this chemical cocktail to themselves, and reveal it Regulation of ranches varies between Union and Confederate
only to the authorities, when they think someones rustled their lands. The Union attempts to regulate its ranchers closely, with
broncos and changed their brands. A blood test then reveals the licenses, regular veterinary visits, and supervision by the Union
inner brand of the contested dinos. military machine. The Confederates allow their ranchers to appeal
Unfortunately for legitimate ranchers, most slaughterhouses to nearby Confederate outposts in time of danger, and they also
dont check whether all dinos in a herd have the same brand; they allow meatpackers to operate within their forts, but they make no
just buy the dinos at a fixed amount per head and process them other attempts to control or regulate ranchers. As a result, thou-
quickly. They certainly wont perform a blood test on their meat. sands of ranches have popped up on Confederate-controlled areas,
This means that bold thieves often prosper. There are few police many of them vanishing quickly as a result of hostile dinosaur
in the wilds, and freeholders are usually too intimidated by the activity or attacks from other ranchers. Union ranches also suffer
ranchers to interfere in a range war. Occasionally, the military will such attacks, but they dont take the hint; their owners are busi-
intervene if things get particularly messy, but for the most part nessmen with political connections who grow fat and soft while
such low-intensity warfare is quietly encouraged by the depending on Union military assistance to save their herds.
Confederacy as a way to develop skilled cavalry! Meanwhile Confederate ranchers are the cutting edge of the
The fertile territory near the forts and freetowns is quickly Confederate war machine, often able to repel attacks on their own,
being fenced off for agriculture, to the chagrin of ranchers. The providing an ever-increasing number of recruits for the Dino
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 Dinosaur Labor
Cretasus couldnt survive without the workhorse sauropods
brachiosaurs, apatosaurs, vulcanodons, and diplodocus that lift
and carry enormous weights all around the planet. While Cretasus
is rich in oil and metals, it doesnt have the facilities to refine
enormous amounts of oil and it doesnt have factories to create
highly complex machines. (Every time one faction sets up a fac-
tory to create machine parts, the other side works hard to sabotage
it.) In addition, the moist climate of the Main Valley plays hell on
the internal combustion engine, still humanitys primary mode of
propulsion.
The results of these interconnected processes are visible
every day to Cretasus dwellers. Jungle paths are dotted with rust-
ing-out hulks of enormous trucks and cranes brought in from off-
world. From time to time, a fort launches a reclamation campaign
to recover the metals and parts from those vehicles, using bra-
chiosaurs to haul the wreckage back to civilization. The irony of
a beast of burden lifting and carrying a precise machine, the prod-
uct of five hundred years of technological refinement, has not
been lost on machinists. Both the Union and Confederacy have
come to realize that its silly to build an industrial base when all
you really need to do is feed the natives.
Brachiosaurs and their smaller cousins are the most valuable
dinosaurs anyone can own. They require an enormous capital
investment, which is the only start of extensive operating costs
fueled by their gargantuan appetites. Brachiosaur families strip
entire hillsides and small forests of their vegetation in order to sur-
vive. Diplodocus pods will clear an entire lake of seaweed over
the course of a couple weeks. Most freetowns designate a large
portion of their land to be Giants Grazing Zones, preserves for
their enormous laborers. These dinosaurs are unable to digest
most grains, and they derive no more nutritional value from tree
bark than from protein shakes: its quantity, not quality, that
counts with these enormous creatures.
The Confederates use brachiosaurs as construction aids, to
haul goods between towns, and to dredge new irrigation canals.
Typically brachies belong to the freetown or the government,
since their feeding is a public expense. However, almost every
large farm owns its own workosaur, as do many itinerant
traders. These folks are eager to protect their investments, so bra-
chiosaurs are among the most pampered creatures in known
space. More veterinarians on Cretasus specialize in treating bra-
chiosaurs than any other species, and freetowns will spend exor-
bitant amounts of money preparing gigantic medications when
their enormous laborers fall ill. Killing a farmers brachiosaur is
the simplest way to ruin her farm, and in the backcountry such an
act is considered almost as despicable as murdering the farmer in
her sleep.
Union forces use brachies heavily around mining areas, both
to clear rubble away from the mines and to build roads into moun-
tainous areas. Sustaining a brachiosaur in such a barren area
requires a supply chain focused entirely on importing food for the
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brachiosaur. Big believers in the power of vehicles, the Union
doesnt use the dinosaurs much to transport valuable goods,
although they assign one or two to every loyal Union freetown.
Its traditional for farmers to purchase a brachiosaur hatchling
whenever a child is born into their family. The farmer then lets the
child and the brachiosaur grow together until both are ready to
strike off on their own. A brachiosaur is ready to begin working
full-time on a farm at about age 25 (even though its not fully
mature) and thats about the age when most farmers want to see
their kids settled with farms of their own.
Another common sight on the roads is the brachy-peddler. A
brachiosaur holds an awful lot of cargo, and its not going to be
attacked by anything smaller than a family of T-rexes or a tribe of
raptors, so an enterprising individual will simply purchase hun-
dreds of tons of varied goods at New Savannah and strike out into
the wilderness to do some trading.
When a brachy-peddler arrives at a new town, it usually takes
her two whole days to unpack her goods for trading, although she
might allow quick peeks to some of the
towns children. Her appearance is a fes-
tive event in town, marked by celebra-
tions and corn liquor, since most locals
dont get much chance to trade their
goods. Oftentimes the brachy-peddler
has new offworld fabrics, spices, or
technology things which would never
show up in the freetowns general store
so the peddler usually ends up with
most of the freetowns liquid capital.
Brachy-peddlers travel from
freetown to freetown,
spending a week or
more in each town,
buying anything
thats not nailed down for future trades, picking up gossip, and
remembering whats popular in each town. Peddlers usually take
a year or two to complete their circuit of small freeholds. After
they return to New Savannah, they bank their profits and buy a
new set of goods for another run through the towns.
Mugging a brachy-peddler is a bad idea, even when the
dinosaur isnt around. Most brachies have spent decades forming
friendships with their riders, and they can get a mite ornery when
their masters fail to appear. Freetowns have been nearly flattened
just because a peddler was sleeping off a hangover.
Cooking Dinosaurs
People on Cretasus eat dinosaur meat and dinosaur eggs all
the time. Dino meat is a delicacy offplanet. Its legal to ship meat,
and its a major export: folks all over the universe enjoy a good
hunk of iguanodont.
Munchasaurus is the premier offworld restaurant specializing
in dinosaur meat. Their Brontoburgers, BrachLTs, and
Igunanochomps (little bite-sized nuggets for the kiddies) are pop-
ular quick eats in every human city. Munchasaurus has seen mete-
oric growth in the last five years. Contrary to popular opinion,
they do use 100% dinosaur meat in their meals, which means a lot
of shipping.
Munchasaurus is the primary exporter from Cretasus.
Munchasaurus transports, featuring their distinctive logo (a dinner
table with a tyrannosaurus bite taken out of it), are a common
sight at New Savannah and Fort Lincoln, loading up flash-frozen
dinosaur corpses for the long haul back to dinner tables on hun-
dreds of worlds. Munchasaurus contracts with both the Union and
the Confederacy to get its meat products, but its success has also
interested the Cabal, which is working to take control of the cor-
poration for its own nefarious purposes.
Munchasaurus often hires groups of bronco riders to herd
wild dinos into a slaughterhouse area; it charges a figurative arm
and leg for the resulting Guaranteed: Wild! chops.
Other restaurants are pickier about their meat. Gourmet
restaurants want wild dinosaurs, since the meat is gamier and their
knowledgeable customers can tell the difference. In addition, they
seek dinosaurs that were unafraid when they were killed the
presence of certain fear-related hormones in the body at the time
of death subtly alters the taste. A dino which is killed while asleep,
or while flatfooted, is considered pristine for their purposes, and
theyll pay top dollar, up to five times the market price, for a pris-
tine corpse of the desired species. They dont mind messy kills,
but they do insist on a swift death. Agents for these restaurants
often hang around spaceports looking for a group willing to hunt
down a dinosaur according to their specifications, but they find
few takers its very difficult to kill a ceratosaur in one shot, no
matter what weapon youre using, and most dinosaurs are notori-
ously light sleepers.
Dinosaur meat has a distinctive, exciting flavor but is often
tough. It is best simmered or boiled for a long period of time in
order to soften the meat. Its strong taste can put off many diners,
so non-Cretasus natives add a lot of spices. Munchasaurus, for
example, uses garlic and basil in most of their products.
Confederates who preserve their Louisiana Cajun heritage have
brought Cajun cuisine to Cretasus, dusting off their great-great-
great-great-grandpappys alligator recipes for use with the new
meat. It works great, and dino gumbo can be found acookin all
over Confederate-held territory.
Among the Union settlements , the preferred cooking style is
slow-roasting on a spit over a fire pit. True dino warriors just chop
up their kill, give it a quick burst with a flamer to sear it, and chow
down. Raw dino is stomach-churning; characters need to make a
Fortitude save (DC 10) to keep it down. Dried dinosaur meat, or
lizard jerky, is best kept for emergencies.
All sides agree on one thing mincing a dinosaur is like eat-
ing quiche. Real men just dont do it.
Dinosaur Smuggling
To humans, dinosaurs are among the most valuable living
things, anywhere. Cloning technology is highly regulated by the
Union government; the technology necessary to clone and breed
dinos is exorbitantly expensive, rarely found in public hands. Its
cheaper to send raiding ships to swoop down on Cretasus and
escape quickly with a hold full of dinosaurs, trying to establish a
breeding colony in a hidden locale. Passenger liners which tour
Cretasus sometimes leave with more passengers than when they
began.
Both the Union and the Confederacy object to third parties
attempting to smuggle dinos offplanet: the Union because it
believes that dinosaurs in private hands are dangerous, and the
Confederates because selling dinosaurs is a lucrative source of
funds for the government, and theyre not about to give that up to
some damn Yankee traders! Taking live dinosaurs offplanet is ille-
gal, punishable by life imprisonment by the Confederacy and the
annihilation chamber by the Union. So far, all the offplanet breed-
ing projects have either been dismal failures or have been located
by the authorities, but the smugglers keep trying.
The most valuable dinosaurs are the meat-eaters, who are
brought into fighting pits and gladiatorial arenas all over known
space. As described above, ornitholestes are valued for their man-
like stance, martial tendencies, quickness in learning to use
weapons, and willingness to battle one another to the death. T-
rexes also command top dollar and deep respect for their leg-
endary size; brutal arena masters pit them against elephants, rhi-
nos, lions and tigers.
Small, brightly-colored dinos are prized as pets. Theres little
demand for the big herbivores, and the costs of transporting them
are astronomical, so compsognathus and other smaller dinosaurs
also make valuable quarry.
Simply landing on Cretasus and grabbing all the dinos near-
by is a viable strategy, although it means the raiders will only get
whatever dinos are in the area, not necessarily the smallest and
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most valuable. Instead, most smugglers operate with the help of
planetside accomplices. These accomplices catch an assortment of
small dinosaurs, then hide in a cave or isolated area to await a ren-
dezvous with their ship, which lands, loads, and runs. Authorities
have broken up several such smuggling rings based in the Hideout
Hills.
Smugglers use expensive alien technology that can cloak a
ship from most human sensors, and smugglers rely on this shim-
mer field to mask their presence. However, the shimmer field fre-
quently causes fluctuations with ships engines, which means con-
stant repairs and an uncertain approach time. Many a smuggling
team has to wait for weeks as their ship limps toward Cretasus
from the warp gate after an unexpected engine sputter! The shim-
mer field also does not completely eliminate a radar image, nor
does it prevent visual sightings, and so the Union or the
Confederacy may dispatch a patrol to investigate a possible sight-
ing. Some smugglers will just brazen it out, sweeping through the
Alacion Portal with a false flight plan and having their illegal
cargo secretly brought to the spaceport.
Well-established smuggling networks exist in all the major
settlements. New Savannah has its share of corruption and theft.
While the smugglers do bring wealth into these cities, they also
commit crimes from assassination to sabotage as they try to pro-
tect their lucrative profession. Despite all this, the smugglers are
folk heroes with the population, especially among some of the
backwoods freetowners, and their deeds are common gossip. In
the forts and in New Savannah, they are quite unpopular, but
every smuggler has a friendly hometown where he can lie low and
relax after a tough days work, which makes them very hard to
track down.
The most feared smugglers are the Red Claws, who use rap-
tor-claw weapons as their assassination tools. The Red Claws are
currently trying to eliminate the richer and older Dons, a group
based on the legendary Earth mafia, whose secret leaders take
pseudonyms like Don Iguana and Don Tracho. These battles to make the trip.
occasionally spill into the streets, and the authorities are desperate
to crack down on both groups. The Red Claws are known to run
guns to raptors. The Dons view this as a betrayal of the human
race, and are quick to point out the moral failings of their rivals,
even as they work hard to assassinate every Red Claw man they
can find.
Its common knowledge that any piece of mail addressed to
Red and sent through the postal service will eventually find its
way to the Red Claws, while the Dons operate Cretasus only win-
ery.
Dinosaur Hunting
Dinosaur hunting is a big deal on Cretasus. The rich from
hundreds of worlds dream of testing their mettle against a tyran-
nosaur. Farmers make reprisal raids against raptor tribes.
Confederate and Union troops try to capture entire herds of riding
dinosaurs for cavalry mounts. Trophy hunting, since it doesnt
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involve shipping live dinos offworld, is allowed, indeed encour-
aged by the Confederates as a test of strength and honor.
Expeditions into the deep jungle do not rely on powered vehi-
cles, which are likely to break down or draw unwelcome attention.
Instead, hunters use dinosaur mounts both to travel and to carry
the kills. Dinosaur mounts are expensive and hunting is very dan-
gerous, so most hunters build money and skill either working on
ranches or with the military forces of one or the other government.
Others prove themselves by arriving in town with a ceratosaur
carcass.
Hunters face many threats: first, theres the prey itself, diffi-
cult to kill even with modern, high-powered weaponry. Its a mark
of pride among true hunters not to use alien weaponry to take
down their kills, which makes it even more challenging. Next,
theres the necessity of avoiding the competition: raptor tribes and
other carnivores, who are an unwelcome sight for any hunting
group thats planning to go after big herbivores. Some expeditions
outfit themselves to take on raptors or T-rex, but its an entirely
different set of weaponry thats appropriate, and those hoping to
bag raptor also make sure to have a very fast escape route planned,
in case the whole tribe makes an appearance.
Professional hunters often use triceratops or allosaur mounts
for solo expeditions. These combat-ready mounts can carry enor-
mous amounts of trophies and meat. Alternatively, hunters may
make deals with a raptor tribe, travelling on foot or on a lighter
mount, giving the meat to the tribe and bringing home only valu-
able portions of the skeleton.
However, most hunters make their money leading wealthy
offplanet tourists into the jungles. Although exporting live
dinosaurs is illegal, bringing dead dinos offplanet is perfectly fine.
Dino hunters usually come bearing high-powered weapons and
high-powered egos, eager to bring home a trophy for the corporate
boardroom or the manor house. Taking a dino-hunting trip to
Cretasus is an expensive proposition, so only the rich can afford
A typical hunting package has the tourists starting out from
one of the major forts, where they are met by a native hunter/guide
who checks their gear, makes necessary purchases in town, then
leads them to a stable to pick up their mounts. Part of the whole
experience is riding a dinosaur, so the tourists spend a few days
getting used to their mounts typically camptosaurs, since theyre
docile and easily led, although the native hunter will point to their
thumb spikes as a sign of their dangerous nature. Guides also
check that the tourists have at least a minimum degree of compe-
tence with the basic dino-hunting weapons. Once the guide is sure
that they wont embarrass themselves, they head into the jungles.
Most hunting parties hire a raptor guide or a wild one to
advise the group leader, tell the group where the dinos lairs are,
and keep them apprised of raptor and T-rex movements. Well-
equipped but foolish hunting parties launch reconnaissance
probes to lead the way, but these drones dont last long;
pterosaurs, the climate, the Union, and the Confederates all work
together to take them down.
Dinosaur hunters typically want unblemished souvenirs of
their accomplishments, trophies which often include the three Hs:
heads, hides, horns. Screamer rifles are the ideal tools for taking
down dinosaurs and leaving the trophy parts untouched, but most
hunters and hunt aficionados consider them a cowards weapon
because of their area effect. Besides the screamers, the following
weapons do no damage to a dinos corpse: amp bomb, laser pis-
tol, laser rifle, and monofilament blade. The wealthy often come
bearing masterwork laser rifles, considered the gun of choice for
the sportsman. Responding to customer demand, Winchester
Pyrotechnics has released a special laser rifle with an inertia-
dampening mount, meant to be fired from the back of a moving
dino, which is what most Cretasus hunters now carry.
Other weapons are classified as messy, very messy, or expedition and pay dinosaurs very well in order to produce a false
unsuitable for dinosaur hunting. Messy weapons have a 1%
chance per point of damage inflicted of ruining the pelt, and prey
killed with messy weapons has a 10% chance of having its head
or horns damaged. A good shot will preserve the value of a pelt:
prey killed with a critical hit always has its valuable parts undam-
aged. Very messy weapons have a 3% chance per point of damage
inflicted of ruining the pelt, and prey killed with a very messy
weapon has a 40% chance of having its head or horns damaged.
Prey killed with a critical hit from a very messy weapon still has
a 20% chance of having its valuable parts ruined. Unsuitable
weapons always render the pelt unusable, and have an 80%
chance of ruining the head or the horns, even with a critical hit.
Messy weapons: All manual and melee weapons except
monofilament blade, Colt .45, Absentee Voter, Automatic Pistol,
Musket, ROGUE rifle, Whisper Gun, Shotgun, Winchester Rifle,
Laser Lance, Laser Sword
Very Messy Weapons: Monofilament Blade, Bronto Gun,
Heavy Machine Gun, Frag Grenade, Pulse Rifle, Wide Beam
Laser
Unsuitable Weapons: Flamer, Howzer, Piledriver, Cryon Ray,
Plasma Sling, Plasma Bomb, Chimera Fiend, Annihilator, Dust
Gun
Dinosaur Tourism
Dinosaurs are the most exciting thing on dozens of worlds.
Researchers and rich folks alike are eager to see them in person!
The tight military control that both sides put on Cretasus means
that only the rich have a realistic chance of coming to Cretasus
just to see dinosaurs. However, every grunt in the Union army and
every Confederate colonel dreams of being reassigned to
Cretasus, to see the dinosaurs. Frequent expeditions leave the
bases with rather questionable objectives really, theyre just to
see the saurs.
Expeditions into the wilds are dangerous, of course, even if
youre planning to watch and not hunt. One of the few companies
that has managed to establish a reputation as a safe and reliable
service is Blue Pygmy Expeditions. Blue Pygmies are offworlders
from a particularly hostile planet where some of the insects get as
big as the dinos on Cretasus. Fifty years ago, the Blue Pygmy
president-for-life had a brainstorm, and his worlds economy
shifted almost entirely from subsistence farming to tourism. He
retrained his army to lead the curious and the wealthy through
their terrain. Now, theyve branched out into Cretasus, where they
give their clients the full Cretasus experience: touring forts and
breeding pens, and moving through protoceratops caves, raptor
villages, and triceratops herds.
Blue Pygmy routes often seem very dangerous to travelers,
but it is all an illusion. The Blue Pygmies present themselves as
super-tough super-strong battle dynamos, ready to take on any
dinosaur that dares challenge them. The truth is that theyre
extremely shrewd businessmen who plan every second of every
sense of danger. Blue Pygmies somehow drive off the ravening T-
rex just before it reaches the lumbering brachiosaur carrying the
supplies; they always persuade the raptor tribe to reject its xeno-
phobic warrior-chief and free its human captives; they head off the
herd of triceratops at the last minute with a loud explosion. Never
a dull moment, but never a truly dangerous one either.
Most Blue Pygmies are Two-Fisters, and some are full-blown
Bronco Riders, but they realize they arent totally well-adapted to
Cretasus yet. For security, the Blue Pygmies hire mercenaries to
travel with large groups, concealing them as fellow tourists. They
also use outside help to scout new routes and begin negotiations
with fierce-looking but greedy dinosaurs. There are persistent
rumors that the Blue Pygmies are connected with the Dons smug-
gling operations.
Dinosaur Picture Shows
Communications satellites do not last long in Cretasus orbit;
one side or the other shoots them down as soon as they reveal
themselves by transmitting. So television is broadcast at the
ground level by powerful transmitters. Places outside of the Main
Valley lack reception. Television sets themselves are rare, even in
New Savannah and the few settlements that have electricity. That
hasnt stopped dinosaur television and dinosaur movies from
becoming an important part of popular culture.
The most popular television show in the world is White
Branch Raptors Hour. The White Branch Raptors got their
broadcasting equipment after they ate a particularly annoying
paleoanthropologist who had some surprisingly good gear for a
researcher. Their shaman learned how to use it after a lot of trial
and error, eventually making contact with human television com-
panies though a protoceratops intermediary. The humans were
blown away by the sheer stark power of what they saw, and the
Hour was born.
The Hour usually involves a hunt, a meal scene, some philo-
sophical expostulation (in Raptor, untranslated), and possibly an
attack on a rival group that has entered White Branch lands. The
raptors bring their raw footage to a heavily-guarded freetown stu-
dio where it is carefully but lightly edited (the White Branch
group has eaten producers who made unwanted changes to their
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show). The show is broadcast around Cretasus, generally picking
up 60% or more of the available audience.
The White Branch clan is large and prosperous beyond the
dreams of most raptors. Its success has led to recent intertribal
friction over what to do with its newfound wealth, which makes
even better television as its members challenge each other to
fights to prove the worth of their arguments!
So far no one has managed to replicate the success of the
White Branchers. One well-funded attempt to copy this show, the
Thunder Hills Raptors Hour, led to the extermination of the
Thunder Hills Raptors by forces unknown. The smoking crater of
the recording studio has helped to discourage others from bring-
ing copycat shows to air.
Sometimes raptors will adopt the mannerisms of the White
Branch group in order to interact well with people. Some raptors
go so far as to impersonate the White Branch crew, hoping for
gifts from star-struck humans. Most people cant tell raptors apart,
so they frequently fall for these shams.
Even outside the White Branch Raptors Hour, dinosaurs are
the most popular subject of entertainment in the galaxy. Directors
and creative artists are eager to record dinosaurs and use them in
their shows. Holographic techniques can perfectly replicate reali-
ty, but some snobs claim to be able to tell the difference. A study
of dinosaur life also leads to better, more realistic action. This
means that entertainers are occasionally found wandering the
wilds of Cretasus, negotiating with protoceratops or wild ones to
get the perfect image for their work.
The tools of the modern entertainment industry are microsen-
sors. These fist-sized devices, developed from alien technology,
are liberally deployed around an area and provide 360 degree cov-
erage of that area, picking up several different kinds of input and
storing them. In addition, conscientious entertainers will use
handheld scopes with inertial dampers to capture the perfect
image.
Dinosaurs as Weapons
Both sides are eager to use dinosaurs as weapons in their mil-
itary campaigns. Developing an industrial base on a newly con-
quered world is extremely difficult; raising and training a bunch
of triceratops is a lot easier and cheaper than importing ironclads
and trained pilots. Both sides view dinosaurs as a means to devel-
oping superb and inexpensive colonial troops.
Cavalry Mounts
The simplest and most obvious military use for dinosaurs is
in the cavalry. Its important to note that technology in
Broncosaurus Rex has taken a different track than modern tech-
nology has. Our Earth has supertanks that would run roughshod
over triceratops cavalry. Its true that Confederate dinosaur caval-
ry would have little chance attacking New York or any other
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Union cities on Earth. However, powered vehicles are not in com-
mon use on Cretasus, or most other colony worlds, because they
tend to break down, because its difficult to repair them on a pre-
industrial world, and because theyre not designed for local
weather, atmospheric, and gravity conditions. It takes time for a
local economy to gear up to produce its own vehicles, and it takes
time for technicians to discover which modifications are most
appropriate for a particular vehicle for a particular planet.
Dinosaurs, however, reproduce themselves, are hardy and adapt-
able, and mend quickly, so theyre ideal bioweapons.
Triceratops: Much current cavalry research is on the horned
dinosaurs (ceratopsians). They travel in large herds, so theyre
used to close contact with one another. As plant-eaters, they can
live off the land, and their upkeep is much less expensive than
meat-eaters. They are easy to breed and relatively easy to train
when a hatchling. Furthermore, their thundering charge is terrify-
ing.
In combat, their bony frills protect their riders as they charge.
A rider on a charging triceratops gains one-half cover (+4 AC).
Laser lances are the preferred weapon of the triceratops rider,
because the mounts instinctual attack mode also sets up the rider
for a similar attack.
Iguanodon: A lot of research has also gone into training
iguanodons. Iguanodon mounts have become less popular as the
market for their sumptuous meat has grown. Even so, many bron-
co riders who have tamed their iguanodons swear by their useful-
ness as mounts and refuse to eat them. While not nearly as effec-
tive as the triceratops in combat, theyre faster, lighter, and able to
assume a more agile two-footed stance to navigate tricky terrain.
They have many of the same advantages of triceratops:
theyre herd beasts, able to accept human authority; theyre plant
eaters, so theyre less of a logistical burden. Their great handicap
right now is their unwillingness to breed in captivity. Scientists
are scratching their heads in confusion over how to get these crea-
tures into mass production the group that figures out the mys-
teries of iguanodon breeding will be richly rewarded.
Allosaurs: If you have to have a carnivorous mount,
allosaurs are clearly the way to go, with their affability and eager-
ness to please. Wild allosaurs dont really serve as mounts; they
agree to take a position as a mount. Theyre not sophisticated
enough to want a salary, but they do expect frequent gifts, and will
just walk away from a rude rider (theyre too polite to eat their rid-
ers... usually!). Allosaurs raised from the egg to be mounts are
more docile and respectful than their wild cousins.
Allosaurs are not used to traveling in large groups and are
uncomfortable in formations. They are ideal for lone scouts, but
not so useful for a mass charge. They spook most animals and
even most dinosaurs smaller than a triceratops.
Allosaurs are extremely expensive to maintain, another draw-
back. They cant forage for themselves as they travel, as the her-
bivores can. After two days of travel, they need to spend one day
hunting in order to maintain their fighting trim, or be provided
with a Large carcass every three days.
Besides their obvious combat prowess, the other advantage to
keeping an allosaur mount is that it is a knowledgeable and wise
companion, willing to chat and provide companionship for lonely
days. Allosaur riders have very high morale and are tightly bound
to their mounts, and the camaraderie means that both rider and
mount are willing to fight to protect one another, something miss-
ing with other types of dinosaurs.
The Union views the high intelligence of the allosaur as a
potential drawback, fearing a revolt of its vehicles. Union sci-
entists have developed an operation to limit allosaur intelligence,
which is often performed on allosaurs bred in captivity. This oper-
ation results in a stunted, withered allosaur, two-thirds normal
size, with an Int of 6. These beasts are noticeably easier to train
than standard allosaurs (DC 20 as a youth), while still retaining
their good nature. So far Union scientists have been able to pass
off these creatures as a heretofore unknown species, but if the
allosaurs ever learn the truth about their lobotomized brethren,
they will be out for blood.

Armored Dinosaurs
Even during the early years of the Civil War, it was clear that
horses were on their way out as cavalry mounts, mostly due to
their vulnerability to modern weaponry. Dinosaurs are more
robust than horses, but sometimes they also need help.
The ideal dinosaur armor would be light, rugged, and would
not affect mobility. Dinosaur mounts usually need to be able to
pack their armor, since they spend a lot of time traveling across
country, and they cant wear armor for extended periods without
an agony of chafing. For most circumstances, flak armor is good
it doesnt weigh much and its only moderately expensive (espe-
cially compared to the cost of the dinosaur). Flak armor does
require advanced technology to create, however, so its not logis-
tically appropriate for colonial worlds; even on Cretasus its hard
to get outside of the major forts. Most bronco riders use hide
armor, because dinosaur hides are easy to get and prepare. It does
slow down the dinos, but its perfect for an emerging colony since
its grown, not manufactured.
Of course, the well-equipped warrior surrounds her dino and
herself with an absorption field. Any field big enough to surround
a dino is also capable of surrounding its rider. Again, this is an
expensive option, but with a flak vest and absorption field, the
front AC of a triceratops rises to 25 against bullets, comparing
very favorably with that of an armored vehicle.
Cyborged Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs are not just animals. They are much smarter than
the average creature and can learn to utilize high technology.
Dinosaurs that can be used as mounts are unable to properly uti-
lize machines, since they lack an opposable thumb. So machinists
have been working to implant various devices into their dinosaurs
to strengthen them. Most devices enhance the senses: low-light
vision, enhanced hearing (+2 to listen rolls), and implanted radio
receivers are common enhancements (costing a mere $500 at a lab
with an experienced machinist).
However, some experiments consist of enhancing the natural
powers of the dinosaur. Besides the silverclaw raptors, one exper-
iment removed the horns of a triceratops and replaced them with
laser lances (increasing gore damage to 4d8+7, doubled on a
charge!), which unfortunately requires the dinosaur to be calmed
and have the laser power packs recharged daily. Triceratops have
also had armor plates surgically implanted (extra +4 natural armor
bonus), although that cuts their speed to 20 feet.
Scientists have also implanted poison glands into various
dinos. The glands can be added to either the bite or the claw attack
of a dinosaur; a gland stores enough poison for 10 attacks, and
many varieties of poisons exist, including knockout (DC 15, 1
Con/unconsciousness), red agony (DC 18, 1d2 Dex/1d6 Dex), and
screaming skull (DC 12, 1d6 Int/1d6 Int). If the poison gland bear-
er suffers any damage, theres a 5% chance of the gland rupturing,
with subsequent spillage of poison into the bearers system, with
a penalty to the Fort save of -1 per remaining dose.
In at least one case, the stress of these secret experiments
caused a machinist to crack. After slipping out of a top secret
research base, Canada Louie Wilhelm became legendary for his
attempts to transplant human brains into ceratosaur bodies. When
Union troops finally tracked him down, they found his base com-
pletely abandoned but surprisingly well-stocked. A few cryptic
notes claimed success in the experiments. They also found the
headless corpses of several wealthy elderly men. Union spies still
keep a watchful eye for Canada Louie, who knows far too many
secrets, although they scoff at his extravagant claims in public.
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 Flying and Aquatic Dinosaurs
Most strategists, quartermasters, and meatpackers view
aquatic dinosaurs as less useful than the land creatures, but
weapons masters are still trying to domesticate them and develop
their capabilities for combat. Most training is similar to that of
dolphins in the old Union Navy: plesiosaurs are used as
minesweepers and to carry high explosives on suicide missions. In
addition, unleashing a few elasmosaurs into swimming areas is a
terror tactic not beyond the Cabal.
Flying dinosaurs are an entirely different kettle of fish.
Pteranodons can carry 200 pounds enough for a slender rider
and his gear. Saboteurs, snipers, and spies favor pteranodon
mounts for their silence, their speed, and their ability to go where
land creatures cannot. Pteranodons spend much of their time glid-
ing, making them very quiet fliers, and they are difficult to pick
out in the night sky. They dont show up particularly well on radar
screens since theyre not made of reflective metal. Theyre perfect
for infiltrating men into faraway places. They have a high metab-
olism rate for dinos it takes 30 pounds of fish to feed a pterosaur
for one day. But they can go several days without food in a pinch,
and the seas are swarming with fish, so its easy to maintain their
ravenous appetites.
Both sides are engaged in crash breeding programs to create
more tractable and easygoing pteranodon mounts, as well as
slightly larger and heavier creatures that can carry more weight.
Theyre also looking for slim or short folks to serve as an elite
pteranodon corps! The Blue Pygmies have already politely turned
down a request by the Confederacy to serve as their elite flying
corps, and the Union is actively recruiting the petite inhabitants of
several distant offworld locations. Especially on Cretasus, where
powered air vehicles are constantly swarmed by the native
pterosaurs, an air force composed of pteranodon riders is very
attractive to the military commanders.
Pterosaurs are the most reliable communications medium on
Cretasus. Since electronic communicators are limited to line-of-
sight range and can be jammed with a scrambler, important or
secret messages are usually consigned to couriers on pteranadons.
They keep irregular schedules and are often difficult to distinguish
from routine training flights, which makes it difficult to target the
couriers and intercept the documents. However, it does mean that
sometimes a dead man, a dead lizard, and some extremely valu-
able information comes falling from the sky into the middle of
nowhere victims of a lightning storm, another pterosaur, or a
lucky shot from enemy troops. Locating and retrieving those doc-
uments from the middle of the Cretasus wilderness can be quite a
challenge.
Some of the freetowns have established an airborne express
to deliver letters pteranodon riders who carry mail and small
packages between isolated settlements. These riders paint their
pteranadons white, declaring themselves neutrals in the struggles
between the Union and the Confederacy, and theyre usually wel-
come at any settlement or fort. Spies from both sides often pose as
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airborne express men to gather information; it gives them the per-
fect cover and a legitimate reason to be flying a pterosaur across
the countryside.
Union vs. Confederate Strategies For
Dinosaurs
The Union has little respect for dinosaur life. Merely clever
animals, theyre tools to be used in order to crush resistance and
destroy the enemy. Raptors, allosaurs, and other intelligent
dinosaurs are to be treated just like other less-developed aliens: as
means to an end, as drones and cannon fodder. Union courts have
ruled that dinosaurs are chattel with no rights: they cant own
property, cant testify in court, cant even travel in Union-con-
trolled territories without government permission. (This last rule
is rather hard to enforce, however.)
The Union pours money and time into research on the mili-
tary uses of dinosaurs. The Union is extremely interested in devel-
oping the Thrum to send hordes of berserk dinos against its foes.
It also seeks to induce triceratops rampages and breed savage rap-
tors to unleash upon foes. The Union views dinosaurs as the per-
fect bio-weapons, a sort of giant plague ready to be unleashed
upon its opponents.
Time and time again, Union expeditions into the wilderness
are ambushed and destroyed because they underestimate the clev-
erness and abilities of the Cretasus dinosaurs. While natives of
Cretasus know the dinosaurs better, Union tactical and strategic
doctrine is set by generals and senators on Earth, whose policies
in turn come from the Cabal, which has its own motives for keep-
ing the Union from forming closer ties with the intelligent
dinosaurs.
Still, the Union does possess a powerful machine base and
frequently sends out devastating expeditions to punish a dinosaur
ambush. The dinosaurs often retaliate, and the cycle of violence
escalates until one side or the other concedes after too many casu-
alties usually the dinosaurs.
The Confederates view dinosaurs as allies, not tools.
Confederates sign and respect treaties with raptor tribes. They
value and treasure their relationships with lesser dinosaurs, even
as they attempt to understand the sentience of the brighter species.
The Confederacy has a deep respect for the capabilities and pow-
ers of the dinosaurs; even when they find themselves fighting a
particular group of dinos, theyre always careful to treat their
opponents with caution. Of course, the greed intrinsic in individ-
ual humans is still a limiting factor on the attitude of any particu-
lar Confederate citizen.
Confederate research into dinosaurs has focused primarily on
their abilities when combined with people, such as in a cavalry
role. Theyre less interested in using dinosaurs as terror weapons
or bio-tools, and more interested in developing teamwork between
men and dinosaurs. Dino Warriors are their ultimate goal, a fusion
of man and dinosaur into a skilled and deadly juggernaut.
 Dinosaur Combat Rules
Fighting with Dinosaurs
Fighting with dinosaurs requires a quick review of the rules
for combat with large creatures.
The rules about facing can make it complicated to determine
exactly how many creatures can attack a large creature at once.
The rules allow many, many creatures to attack dinosaurs at once.
For example, fourteen humans (5 ft. x 5 ft.) can attack one
stegosaurus (5 ft. by 20 ft.): one at each end, four along each side,
and four on the corners. To make things simple when dealing with
large creatures, remember that the rule of thumb is that eight crea-
tures that have the same face (if square) can attack one another. So
up to eight 10 ft. x 10 ft. dinosaurs (e.g., ceratosaurs) can attack
one 10 ft. x 10 ft. camptosaurus.
The more interesting rule, and one that will frequently arise
when humans attack dinosaurs, is reach. A defender with longer
reach than its attacker gets an attack of opportunity when the
attacker moves within its threat zone. This includes most charac-
ters attacking dinosaurs. Most dinosaurs have at least a 10 ft.
reach, and some have more; the tyrannosaur, for instance, has a 15
ft. reach. This also means that a tyrannosaur, with its 15 ft. reach,
gets an attack of opportunity on a charging triceratops with a 10
ft. reach.
Characters 5 ft. from a creature with 10 ft. reach, or 10 ft.
from a creature with 15 ft. reach, are also unable to retreat
without provoking an attack of opportunity. You get it
coming and going.
Unarmed Combat with Dinosaurs
Individual characters engaged in unarmed combat with dinos
are at a huge disadvantage. Nevertheless, two-fisters will some-
times try it, especially when drunk, so here are some guidelines.
Dinosaurs cannot be disarmed. Two-footed dinosaurs can be
bull rushed; it is impractical to attempt this with a four-footed
dinosaur and merely extremely unwise for a tyrannosaur.
Characters can grab opponents which are very large, but they
cant hold anything two or more size classes larger than they are.
Even if you grapple a smaller dinosaur, unless you pin him hell
still be able to cut you up with his natural weapons. This rule
doesnt allow for certain crazy cinematic actions, like a horde of
small dinos pulling down a tank, or for the running of the tricer-
atops. Those sorts of swarming tactics are totally in keeping with
our conception of the game, so heres a rules change: if there are
eight or more creatures colluding in a grapple, one of them may
make a grapple attack on a creature three sizes larger. If sixty-four
collude, then one of them may make a grapple attack on a creature
four sizes larger.
Allosaurs and ceratosaurs are quite fond of grappling, not
really to hurt their opponents, but to keep them in one place so
they can kill them easier! Tyrannosaur forelimbs are too tiny for
an effective grapple.
Overrun attacks dont work on dinosaurs if theyre more than
one size class larger than the character attempting it. Neither does
the trip action. Most dinosaurs will overrun PCs blocking a
path to food or if they feel trapped. Many of the larger
herbivores trample instead of overrunning; read the
description of the dinosaur to find out if its capa-
ble of trampling its opponents.
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 Chapter III: Player Reference
Character Classes
Prestige Class: Dino Warrior
Dino Warriors are the Confederacys elite dinosaur cavalry.
PCs who become Dino Warriors put themselves in the service of
the Confederate military. They receive specialized training in rais-
ing and training dinosaurs, access to the Dino Warrior domesti-
cated dinosaur herds, and the admiration of virtually all the set-
tlers on Cretasus. But they are limited by their military role.
Characters become Dino Warriors for many reasons. Bronco
riders find that the rigorous training and experience in the hatch-
eries develops their animal handling skills beyond the limits of
life on the ranch. Soldiers become Dino Warriors because they can
apply their disciplined strategy and tactics to a kind of cavalry
warfare that is unique in the galaxy. Some two-fisters become
Dino Warriors because their adventurous, rough-and-tumble fron-
tier life is appealing. Machinists and spies rarely become Dino
Warriors, and wild ones cannot multiclass.
Not all of the Confederacys dinosaur-mounted soldiers are
members of the Dino Warriors prestige class. Multi-classed bron-
co riders/soldiers have a place in the Dino Warriors chain of com-
mand usually quite low. These are simply the riders a term But being part of the Confederate military places some fairly
the Dino Warriors use to describe soldiers who can ride dinosaurs
but arent skilled enough to train or raise them.
Hit Die: d10.
Requirements
To qualify to become a Dino Warrior, a character must fulfill
the following criteria.
Place of Origin: Confederate or Offworlder.
Loyalty: Loyal to the Confederacy.
Animal Empathy: 8 ranks (bonuses from Dinopathy feat
count as ranks).
Handle Animal: 8 ranks (bonuses from Dinosaur Presence
feat and a bronco riders levels count as ranks).
Ride: 6 ranks.
Feats: Mounted Combat, Dinopathy.
Special: After applying for membership, a character must
spend a year working in the hatcheries. The first three months are
pure drudgery shoveling triceratops dung, hauling dinosaur
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feed, turning eggs under heat lamps at precise intervals, and so on.
The next six months are more interesting: training wild dinosaurs,
tending to injured animals, catching wild dinosaurs intact, and
raising the young from the hatchery. The final three months are a
taste of Dino Warrior life: accompanying patrols and basically liv-
ing like a full-fledged Dino Warrior.
At the end of the year, the characters performance is evalu-
ated. The training period should be role-played although the first
few months are pretty bland, the last portion involves some real
adventure. If you as the GM want to speed past the bland parts,
award some experience (500 XP is appropriate) to the Dino
Warrior-in-training for nine months of service. The course of the
training will test all of the requirements for being a Dino Warrior
(loyalty, Animal Empathy, Handle Animal, Ride and mounted
combat ability). In general, unless the character failed his checks
repeatedly or did something very stupid, he will proceed on to the
initiation rites.
The initiation rites are a number of solo tasks similar to those
described on pages 36-37. There should be at least three encoun-
ters of CR 4 or higher. If the character survives, he is inducted into
the Dino Warriors.
Adventures: The thing to remember about Dino Warriors is
that they are part of the Confederate military. Their adventuring is
limited by the call of duty. A GM can arrange his campaign to suit
this fact, since there is no shortage of missions for Dino Warriors.
stringent obligations on a characters behavior consorting with
Union sympathizers is obviously no longer acceptable!
One benefit of military service is a wage: Dino Warriors are
paid $10 a month per character level, and all of their room, board,
and equipment is paid for. But even though theyre the cream of
the crop, the Confederacy itself is quite poor and not always able
to provide the best weapons. The Dino Warriors are supposed to
give up loot captured on duty for military disposal. But nobody
minds if they take a little weaponry or ammunition for them-
selves...
Class Skills
The Dino Warriors class skills (and the key abilities for each
skill) are Animal Empathy (Cha), Balance (Dex), Climb (Str),
Handle Animal (Cha), Intimidate (Cha), Intuit Direction (Wis),
Jump (Str), Knowledge (nature, strategy and tactics, Int), Ride
(Dex), Use Rope (Dex), Wilderness Lore (Wis).
Skill Points at Each Level: 6 + Int modifier.
Class Features
All of the following are class features of the
Dino Warrior.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: A Dino
Warrior is proficient with weapons suited to fighting
with dinosaurs. This includes the lasso, bronto gun,
laser lance, and laser prod, as well as one-handed
weapons that can be used while riding: Colt .45,
automatic pistol, laser sword, and laser pistol. They
are also proficient with all ballistic weapons, all
swords, daggers, knives, and lances, and light and
medium armor.
Special Weapons and Equipment: The Dino
Warriors have the facilities and knowledge to pro-
duce weapons and equipment for dinosaurs not
available anywhere else. Injection harnesses
(Broncosaurus Rex Core Rulebook, page 58) are one
such item. Others include resonators, shouters, and
thud sensors. Furthermore, Dino Warriors often sur-
gically modify their mounts. Silverclaw raptors
came about in this way. One common modification
is coating teeth with steel sheaths, which adds to the
creatures bite damage (+1d4 for large, +1d6 for his own rank in the skill. (If you wont listen to me, listen to
huge). The availability of these and other such improvements HIM!)
depends on the militarys needs at the time, as well as seniority Visual Speech: At sixth level, the rider and mount can com-
within the Dino Warriors, as adjudicated by the GM. municate silently through subtle motions. As long as they can see
Specialized Training: Dino Warriors train extensively with a each other, they can communicate just as well as if they were
single kind of mount for example, tyrannosaurus, allosaurus, or speaking.
triceratops. The character can pick which mount is his specialty. One Claw: At eighth level, the rider and mount are so per-
When working with that kind of mount, the character receives a fectly attuned that no communication is needed. The mount sens-
competency bonus equal to his Dino Warrior class level to all Ride es the slightest twitch from his rider and always knows the right
and Handle Animal checks. This stacks with bonuses for being a thing to do. The rider automatically passes all Ride checks related
bronco rider. to riding this mount, as long as the rider and mount are lucid and
Dinospeak: At second level, the character has spent so much not influenced by anything that would break their bond (mind-
time with his specialized breed that he picks up its language. altering substances, insanity, loss of touch sensation, and other
One Mind: Once he is intimately familiar with one breed, a such things will interfere with this ability). When making a Ride
Dino Warrior raises a specimen from birth to become his mount. check for purpose of the Mounted Combat feat, the Dino Warrior
This forges a powerful parent-child bond between the rider and gets a bonus equal to half his mounts CR (rounded down).
mount. Only one such bond can
exist at a time. When fighting
with the mount that he raised, a Table 3-1: The Dino Warrior
Dino Warrior has the following Base Fort Ref Will Special
abilities: Level Attack Bonus Save Save Save
Intimidate: At third level, 1 +1 +2 +0 +0 Specialized Training
the character is proficient 2 +2 +3 +0 +0 Dinospeak
enough to use his mount to 3 +3 +3 +1 +1 One Mind Intimidate
intimidate both other humans 4 +4 +4 +1 +1 Herd Tactics -1
and dinosaurs, although this 5 +5 +4 +1 +1
ability is limited by his class 6 +6/+1 +5 +2 +2 One Mind Visual Speech
level. Any time the character 7 +7/+2 +5 +2 +2 Herd Tactics -2
makes an Intimidate check 8 +8/+3 +6 +2 +2 One Mind One Claw
while riding his mount, he adds 9 +9/+4 +6 +3 +3
the smaller of his Dino Warrior 10 +10/+5 +7 +3 +3 Herd Tactics -3
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 Herd Tactics: Beginning at fourth level, the character is able
to control herds with amazing precision. Creatures he herds count
as being one size smaller for purposes of determining how many
he can control at once (see Broncosaurus Rex Core Rulebook,
page 37), with +10 creatures herded for each negative size differ-
ence (e.g., a human herding small creatures). At seventh level,
creatures count as being two sizes smaller, and at tenth level, they
count as being three sizes smaller.
Prestige Class: Federal Marshal
The federal marshals are the Unions intergalactic frontier
police. They maintain law and order in the Unions distant
colonies. Union citizens from the major metropolises will never
meet a marshal, but those who live in the outer reaches learn to
fear them. Yet even those who fear them are thankful for their
presence they may be terrifying, but at least theyre terrifying in
the name of the law.
Only Union sympathizers can become federal marshals.
Union soldiers covet the post for the autonomy and adventure it
provides. Even most regular citizens would love to be a marshal,
if only they had the ability.
Hit Die: d10.
Requirements
To qualify to become a federal marshal,
a character must fulfill the following criteria.
Place of Origin: Union.
Loyalty: Loyal to the Union.
Alignment: Lawful good, lawful neu-
tral, lawful evil, neutral good, or chaotic
good.
Diplomacy: 4 ranks.
Gather Information: 4 ranks.
Intimidate: 4 ranks.
Knowledge (Strategy & Tactics): 4
ranks
Feats: Combat Tactician, Leadership.
Special: After applying for member-
ship, a character must spend six months
training. Training sessions happen only once
a year. At that time, all prospective recruits
are sent to the nearest Marshal Academy.
The training is absolutely brutal. The first
phase involves tests of strength, stamina,
coordination, reflexes, and leadership. It
requires combat expertise, familiarity with a
wide variety of weapons, and the ability to
quickly organize combat units of ordinary
people. Most candidates wash out by this
point. Even those candidates who get
through must then survive in a variety of
extreme environments, where most of the
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rest either wash out or die. Those who survive must then endure
the earlier tests again for the balance of the six months.
You can resolve this training in two ways. You can role play it,
or resolve it quickly with a series of checks. Either way you have to
make the checks, but if you role play it, it can make a good extend-
ed single-player adventure. The training is filled with ordeals and
trials suitable to the occasion. In order to pass, the character must
make six separate saves, one for each month of training. They are:
Month 1: Ref (DC 5)
Month 2: Will (DC 6)
Month 3: Fort (DC 7)
Month 4: Ref (DC 8)
Month 5: Will (DC 10)
Month 6: Fort (DC 12)
If the character passes the saves, he emerges from the train-
ing sessions alive and successful, though in need of quite a bit of
rest! If he fails the saves, he fails the training. Characters who fail
may apply for membership again in the following year. Either
way, the training is worth 100 XP for every month endured.
Adventures: Remember that federal marshals are in the serv-
ice of the Union. They are highly autonomous, but still must ful-
fill their duties. The benefit is that a marshal has access to
advanced equipment and a great deal of
Union support. They receive a monthly
salary of $20 per level, and the Union pays
for all of their on-duty expenses (travel,
housing, food, repairs, etc.).
Class Skills
The federal marshals class skills (and
the key abilities for each skill) are Balance
(Dex), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Diplomacy
(Cha), Drive (Dex), Gather Information
(Cha), Hide (Dex), Intimidate (Cha), Intuit
Direction (Wis), Jump (Str), Knowledge
(strategy & tactics, technology) (Int), Listen
(Wis), Operate Ironclad (Dex), Pilot (Dex),
Search (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Spot
(Wis), and Use Technical Equipment (Int).
Skill Points at Each Level: 6 + Int
modifier.
Class Features
All of the following are class features
of the Federal Marshal.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: A
federal marshal is proficient with all manual
and ballistic weapons, as well as all kinds of
armor.
Special Weapons and Equipment:
Federal marshals are provided with the best
equipment the Union has to offer. At each
new character level (including first), a federal marshal may requi- patrol. He is now in charge of enforcing the law in that territory.
sition equipment from the Union. The value of the equipment at A sheriff who displays his badge receives a +3 circumstance
each level is shown on the accompanying table. The equipment bonus to Charisma when dealing with Union citizens and sympa-
must have a tech level equal to or less than the characters total thizers. Even when dealing with humans not sympathetic to the
character level. (The character must be able to use the tech level Union, he receives a +1 bonus to Charisma when displaying his
as well, of course; this rule reflects that the Union parcels out the badge everybody knows how tough sheriffs are supposed to be!
best high-tech equipment to the higher-level marshals, and the Issue Law: At sixth level, a marshal can issue law. He can
lower-level ones have to take what they can get.) Requisitioned declare on the spot that something is or is not legal, and the locals
equipment takes 1d4 months to arrive. will obey his edict or so he expects. In order to issue law, the
Deputy: A first level federal marshal is a called a deputy. He marshal simply makes a pronouncement in an appropriate cir-
wears a small silver deputys star. Deputies work closely with cumstance during a trial, after a riot, or whenever the full force
sheriffs, although they are occasionally sent out to take care of of his law will be felt. If necessary, he may have to call a special
things on their own. A deputy who displays his star receives a +2 town meeting to issue his law. All those who hear his law first
circumstance bonus to Charisma when dealing with Union citi- hand will obey it if the marshal passes a Diplomacy check. Add
zens or sympathizers. the marshals class level as a bonus to the roll. The DC is 10 if the
Raise Posse: At second level, a marshal can raise a posse. law doesnt require behavioral change for most people (i.e., a law
Marshals raise posses to assist them in hunting down criminals, against public drunkenness), 14 if it requires minor behavioral
enforcing laws, and keeping people safe. Posses cant be raised change (i.e., a law against drinking on Sundays), and 18 if it
during calm times they
are spontaneous organiza-
tions that only form to Table 3-2: The Federal Marshal
address a pressing issue. Base Fort Ref Will Special Req. Equipment
In order to raise a posse, Level Attack Bonus Save Save Save
the marshal must address 1 +1 +2 +0 +2 Deputy $100
a crowd. He makes a 2 +2 +3 +0 +3 Raise Posse $200
speech to motivate the cit- 3 +3 +3 +1 +3 $500
izens to help him enforce 4 +4 +4 +1 +4 Sheriff $1,000
the law. He isnt just ask- 5 +5 +4 +1 +4 Issue Law $2,000
ing them to follow him; 6 +6/+1 +5 +2 +5 $3,000
hes asking them to take 7 +7/+2 +5 +2 +5 Marshal $5,000
the law into their hands 8 +8/+3 +6 +2 +6 $7,000
and possibly risk their 9 +9/+4 +6 +3 +6 $9,000
own injury or death. The 10 +10/+5 +7 +3 +7 $12,000
trick is swaying the crowd
as a whole; no one citizen
will risk his life alone, but if enough of them believe that the rest requires major behavioral change (i.e., a prohibition on drinking).
of them will go along with it, then they will form a posse. As with a posse, a +2 or 2 modifier applies if the community is
Make a Diplomacy skill check to determine if the speech is lawful or chaotic. Failure means his law is ignored. If the marshal
successful. Add the marshals class level as a bonus to the check. persuades at least 60% of a colony first hand, the rest will auto-
The DC is 10 if the task is fairly safe (chasing down unarmed matically obey. If less than 60% hear his initial proclamation, then
criminals), DC 14 if it is somewhat dangerous (raiding a gangs he must make a second Diplomacy check a day after the first,
well-defended hideout), and DC 18 if it is positively life-threaten- against the same DC, to determine if his message is successfully
ing (defending the town against a rampaging T-rex). The crowds carried through the community. PCs subjected to a marshals suc-
alignment modifies the DC: if the crowd is lawful, reduce the DC cessful law may make a Will save to resist (using the marshals
by 2; if the crowd is chaotic, increase the DC by 2. If the check Diplomacy roll as the DC).
succeeds, the crowd rallies, grabs their weapons, and marches out Marshal: At seventh level, a sheriff is promoted to a marshal.
behind the marshal. He is assigned a navy blue uniform with a gold marshals badge,
A posse only lasts as long as its members are motivated. In and put in charge of ten or more sheriffs. A marshal in his uniform
general, a posse will last for 1d4 hours per level of the marshal. and displaying his badge receives a +4 circumstance bonus to
After that, members start to desert and the posse unravels. Charisma when dealing with Union citizens and sympathizers,
Sheriff: At fourth level, a deputy is promoted to a sheriff. He and a +2 circumstance bonus when dealing with anyone else who
is assigned a gold sheriffs badge and a territory that is his to is familiar with federal marshals.

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 Machinists
Machinists have the ability to create custom weapons, armor,
and equipment. Although most of their creations are inoperable
outside their tender care, powerful machinists can create items
with permanent bonuses. Many of the universes most powerful
weapons were custom built by such machinists. This requires a
special feat and significant expenditure in both money and XP.
The feat Permanent Enhancement is required for these per-
manent creations. See the description for Permanent Enhancement
in the New Feats section.
Skill Evolution
The pioneers who travel to Cretasus frontiers are jacks of all
trades. They know the basics of farming, hunting, fishing, mining
and logging. When they find a place to settle, they learn a trade
appropriate to the terrain. If a pioneer becomes a farmer, for
example, he gradually learns more and more about farming. In the
process, he may his skills in logging and fishing, or simply let
them atrophy through lack of use.
The ability to learn new skills at the expense of others, with-
out advancing in character level, is called skill evolution. This
new rule explains NPC career changes in a way that the exist-
ing rules cannot. It allows a pioneer to begin a journey with the
skills Profession (Farming) +2, Profession (Fishing) +2,
Profession (Mining) +2, and Profession (Logging) +2, and end up
as a farmer several years later with the skill Profession (Farming)
+8.
Skill evolution allows a character to transfer skill points
between different skills over time. The newly learned skill must
be accessible, both in terms of class and place of origin availabil-
ity (e.g., only Union characters can learn Operate Ironclad) and
game world situation (e.g., a Union character in the middle of the
desert with no military experience cannot teach himself Operate
Ironclad). Given those restrictions, the skill point transfer takes
place with these restrictions:
1. Ranks in the new skill cost the same skill points as they
would normally, depending upon whether it is a class or cross-
class skill.
2. The time required to learn a new skill is three to twelve
months per skill point. The GM decides depending upon the com-
plexity of the skill. As a rule of thumb, you can assume six
months. For example, assume the pioneer in the above example
wants to trade Profession (Fishing) +2 and Profession (Mining)
+2 for four ranks in Profession (Farming). This will take roughly
two years.
3. During each period of transition, the character may not use
the skill point which is presumably atrophying from lack of use.
If the character is losing a rank in an existing skill, he must use it
at the lower rank. During this transition period, the character
effectively has fewer skills than he did before he cant use the
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old one, but he hasnt advanced in the new one yet. His skill point
is in limbo.
4. At the end of transition period, the character has learned the
new skill. He may now apply his skill point to the new skill.
This rule is meant to explain real-life changes in skill sets that
result from practice, active learning, and career changes. PCs
should not be allowed to change skills every six months unless
there is a very good game world reason!
New Feats
BARGAIN HUNTER (General)
Bargain hunting is not just the ability to recall prices. It also
encompasses a talent for remembering inventory levels, under-
standing distribution systems, and knowing wholesalers who will
cut under-the-table deals with end users in other words, every-
thing necessary to get goods for cheap.
Prerequisites: Wis 13+.
Benefits: The bargain hunter can use his Gather Information
skill to find the cheapest source of an item. He receives a +4 bonus
to all such checks. In general, the DC for finding a cheap item is
determined by the items tech level and the size of the local pop-
ulation. Multiply the tech level by 4 to find the DC; if searching
in New Savannah, the DC is reduced by 4 to account for the
greater availability of goods. If the bargain hunter fails to find a
cheap item, he must buy it at face value. If he succeeds, he finds
it for cheaper than usual. Exactly how cheap is determined by
rolling 1d4 for every point by which he exceeded his Gather
Information check; the result is the percent discount off the nor-
mal price.
For example, Attacus Barnaby is searching for a ROGUE
rifle (tech level 5) around Fort Apache. The DC is 20 (5 times 4).
His Gather Information skill has a +10 modifier. He rolls a 13,
which with his +10 bonus yields a result of 23. He exceeds the DC
by 3, so he finds the ROGUE rifle for 3d4% cheaper than usual.
The source of a cheap item may not be the same from one
visit to another inventory and suppliers do change, after all, and
prices that were cheap when business was good may go up when
business gets bad. Your GM will let you know whether you have
to find a new supplier.
Special: This feat can also be used in reverse, to find buyers
who will pay more for a good.
FAST TALKER (General)
Dr. Ezekial Price isnt the only fast talker on Cretasus; any char-
acter may take this feat. A fast talker can connive, convince, and
confuse his interlocutors, provided he closes the deal before they
get a chance to think.
Prerequisites: Cha 13+.
Benefits: You receive a +4 bonus to Bluff skill checks. The
bonus to Bluff applies only in conversational settings you can-
not use it to help feint in combat.
PERMANENT ENHANCEMENT (General)
With Permanent Enhancement, a machinist may make the bonus-
es on his custom weapons permanent, as well as create devices
that operate outside his maintenance.
Prerequisites: Permanent Enhancement is only available to
Machinists of 5th level or higher.
Benefits: Permanent Enhancement allows a machinist to per-
manently modify his weapons. Modifying a weapon for perma-
nent usage has significant costs associated with it, as follows. A
permanently customized weapon has a base dollar cost of $100
per tech level of the weapon, plus the weapons bonus squared
times $1,000. For example, a weapon of tech level 2 with a +1
bonus would cost $200 plus $1,000, while a similar weapon with
a +2 bonus would cost $200 plus $4,000. This is the cost of the
materials and specialized technology required for the bonus. In
addition, the character must expend XP at one eighth of the dollar
expense. Thus a +2 weapon would also require 500 XP. The time
required to modify the weapon is roughly one month per bonus
point.
The permanently modified weapons tech level is increased.
For each bonus past +1, a +1 applies to the tech level.
For example, +2 Colt .45, which is normally tech level 3,
would be tech level 4. A machinist may attempt to simplify the
technology. Each point of reduced tech level has a bonus equiva-
lent of +2 (per the tables on pages 22-23 of the Broncosaurus Rex
Core Rulebook).
Once a character has made a weapons bonuses permanent, it
no longer counts toward the maximum customization bonus his
level allows.
There may be other secondary effects of the permanent
bonus. The weapon may require a new power source or may be
much heavier due to additional parts. These are at the discretion
of GM.
New Equipment
New Weapons
Table 3-3 shows the stats for the new weapons discussed else-
where in this book.
Hollow-point Ammo: This special kind of ammunition is
extremely deadly. Any cartridge or clip for a pistol or rifle can be
hollow-point ammo at ten times the normal cost. Hollow-point
ammunition causes an extra d6 damage (e.g., a Colt .45 with hol-
low-point ammo would cause 1d10+1d6 damage). However, hol-
low-point rounds crush easily, and suffer a 2 circumstance penal-
ty to hit against any sort of medium or heavy armor. Animal hides
of +3 or better armor count as medium armor. Hollow-point
ammo is only manufactured in areas with advanced facilities, and
is available in very limited quantities on Cretasus.
Laser Sniper Rifle: This Winchester Pyrotechnics device,
with a telescopic sight and an inertial tripod as standard equip-
ment, is designed to be fired from the back of a dinosaur. It gives
a +2 circumstance bonus to all attack rolls. Firing this gun is a
full-round action, and it requires the shooters full concentration,
meaning that the shooter gets no Dex bonus to armor class for that
round. The Sniper Rifle gets no penalty due to a mounts move-
ment. It projects a tiny but extremely intense laser beam and is
particularly deadly when hitting a vital area.
Reactive Truncheon: The preferred weapon of federal mar-
shals and sheriffs is the reactive truncheon. This high-tech baton
is coated in a material very similar to reactive armor. The reactive
truncheon bounces in response to impact. This magnifies the force
of the blow almost tenfold. Even a slight jab from a reactive trun-
cheon can knock a man out; a full-force swing can decapitate. The
wide range of force possible with a reactive truncheon makes
them useful for everything from crowd control to battlefield com-
bat.
A reactive truncheon has three settings: subdual (causes 2d4
subdual damage), riot (causes 1d4 regular damage plus 1d4 subd-
ual damage), and military (causes 1d8 regular damage).
Reactive truncheons are not considered energy weapons.
Dinosaur Hide Armor
Table 3-4 (on the next page) summarizes the armor values of
various dinosaur hides. The table here is scaled for human-sized
armor; youll need to multiply by the values on page 54 of the
Broncosaurus Rex Core Rulebook to get the proper weight and
cost for mounts.

Table 3-3: New Weapons

Size Weapon Cost Dam Crit Range Targeting Weight Tech Type
Increment Range Level
BALLISTIC WEPAPONS - AMMUNITION
Tiny Hollow-point Ammo x10 +1d6 - - - x1 5 -

HIGH TECH WEAPONS MELEE

Medium Reactive Truncheon 30 Special x2 - - 3 lb. 6 Bludgeoning

HIGH TECH WEAPONS - RANGED

Large Laser Sniper Rifle 500 3d8 19-20/x3 500 250 10 lb. 8 Special

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 Table 3-4: Dinosaur Hide Armor
Armor Cost Armor Max Dex Armor Speed Tech Wt.
Bonus Bonus Check (30 ft.) Level
Penalty
Medium Armor
Albertosaur or allosaur 600 +4 +3 -2 20 ft. 1 20 lb.
Ceratosaur 600 +4 +4 -3 20 ft. 1 30 lb.
Croc 150 +3 +5 -2 20 ft. 1 15 lb.
Tyrannosaur 2,500 +5 +4 -2 20 ft. 1 30 lb.

Heavy Armor
Stegosaur 600 +5 +2 -4 20 ft.* 1 100 lb.**
Ankylosaur 900 +7 +0 -7 20 ft.* 1 300 lb.**

* When running in heavy armor, you only move triple your speed, not quadruple.
** These armors are generally used only for mounts.

New Equipment and Devices Innuendo roll to communicate with dinosaurs or humans equipped
with a Resonator. Provided there is a common language, the lis-
tener can make an untrained Innuendo check to understand the
Table 3-5: Equipment and Devices character. A Shouter can also be used as a simple megaphone,
doubling the volume of a characters voice. For now, shouters are
Name Cost Weight Tech Level individually built and are not common equipment; they should be
Egg Warmer 25 30 4 considered devices.
Microsensor 75 1 7 Thud Sensor: Thud sensors track terrestrial dinosaurs by
Resonator 50 1 4 monitoring vibrations. A good thud sensor can detect a Huge
Shouter 100 5 4 dinosaur at 400 yards, a Gargantuan dinosaur at 800 yards, and a
Thud sensor 25 4 4 Colossal dinosaur at 1600 yards. It only works if the creature is
Tyro Musk (1 use) 250 1 1 moving. On soft ground, the range is cut in half. A thud sensor
requires a Use Technical Equipment check (DC 10).
Egg Warmer: This is a padded cubical incubator, two feet to Tyro Musk: This is an extremely foul-smelling secretion that
a side, whose flexible interior walls can be shaped around any a tyrannosaur uses to mark its territory. Small amounts can be
dinosaur egg in order to keep it warm and stable. An Egg Warmer recovered by scraping a T-rexs markings (which requires entering
can also be used to keep a hatchling dinosaur warm and secure. its territory!), or larger quantities can be procured by carving the
Microsensor: These miniature recording devices record and appropriate glands out of a T-rex. Both methods are quite danger-
store three-dimensional images. Hand-sized, they record for twen- ous, so tyro musk is very expensive. The price is steep, but it is
ty-four hours on a microcrystal. They use special miniature ener- worth it. Dinosaurs will instinctively avoid a character covered
gy packs which hold ten charges, and drain one charge per day of with tyro musk. In order to attack a character who has not already
use; these energy packs cost $20 each. attacked, a dinosaur must make a Will save, with a DC of 25
Resonator: This earpiece allows a character to hear the sub- minus 1 per hour passed since the musk was applied. (For exam-
sonic noises that dinosaurs make. A resonator gives a +4 enhance- ple, if the character applied the musk three hours ago, the DC
ment bonus to Listen rolls against Large or bigger dinosaurs. would be 22.). If the save is failed but the character initiates an
Wearing a resonator gives a -1 enhancement penalty to all other attack, the dinosaur is allowed to make a second save, this time at
Listen checks. For now, resonators are individually built and are DC 15 minus 1 per hour passed since the musk was applied. If the
not common equipment; they should be considered devices. second save is passed, the dinosaur can attack; if failed, the
Shouter: This handheld megaphone converts certain human dinosaur will attempt to flee even after seeing that the character is
sounds to subsonic noises. It gives a character a +2 enhancement not a tyrannosaur. (It is an instinctive response, remember.) Tyro
bonus to Diplomacy rolls with dinosaurs. It also allows a charac- musk will keep prey as well as predators away, and can be detect-
ter to communicate only at the subsonic level, so that other ed at a range of 200 yards minus 10 yards per hour of wear. When
humans cant hear whats being said. To do this, make an the range is reduced to 0, it has worn off.

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 Chapter IV: Gamemaster Reference

Generating Settlements ment, as most occupations require the presence of certain natural
resources. For example, you cant have a community of loggers
without a forest nearby! Table 4-2 lets you generate the primary
This section lets you quickly generate profiles of settlements industry randomly based on environment. A roll of 01-05 means
in the Main Valley. You can use this for random generation, or as the town has a more complex economy with two or more primary
guidelines for distributing settlements within an area of your own industries.
design. The trading post requires a little explanation. These are the
You should use the standard town design tables for determin- settlements that crop up alongside well-traveled trails, between
ing alignment and other characteristics not specific to Cretasus, major cities, or halfway between a commoditys demand and its
then use the tables below for aspects unique to Cretasus. supply. They serve as a point of exchange for buyers and sellers.
A good example is Millers Crossroads, which provides pioneers
with a final dose of civilized merchandise before they head into
General Guidelines the frontier, and also gives frontiersmen a place to sell their raw
goods to New Savannah merchants.
Cretasus is a sparsely settled world. While the area around The Other result applies to settlements that support them-
New Savannah is home to many settlements, the faraway frontiers selves in unusual ways. In frontier areas still heavily populated by
are virtually uninhabited. Most settlements on Cretasus are thus dinosaurs, this could indicate a town of wilderness guides who
quite small. cater to wealthy safari hunters. In areas near swampy trails, it
Table 4-1 lets you randomly determine the size of a settle- could be a town of strong men who act as porters. A river commu-
ment based on its location: N.S. (around New Savannah), Fron. nity could make its living ferrying travelers from shore to shore.
(in the settled frontier areas, such as along the Tecumseh Trail or Make up a result that suits the terrain and your own campaign.
Bay Trail), and Wild (in the wild, unsettled frontiers far from the Support businesses (sawmills, grain silos, etc.) and other
trails). local establishments (stores, saloons, blacksmiths, banks, etc.)
appear as a settlement
grows. These support
Table 4-1: Random Settlement Generation businesses depend
more on the settle-
d% by Location Size Population Tech Wealth NPC ments size than its
N.S. Fron. Wild Level Limit Mod. primary industry, as
01-10 Individual 1 2 $5 -1 indicated on table 4-
01-20 11-50 Family/Gang 2-7 3 $10 -3 3.
01-20 21-40 51-90 Neighbors 8-20 3 $30 -2 Stores: Between
21-40 41-70 91-100 Hamlet 21-60 4 $100 -1 50% and 100% will
41-60 71-80 Village 61-300 4 $500 0 be general stores,
61-80 81-95 Small town 301-1,000 4 $1,000 +1 with the rest special-
81-95 96-99 Large town 1,001-5,000 5 $10,000 +2 ized in a specific kind
96-100 100 Small city 5,001+ 5+ $20,000+ +3 of merchandise
clothing, leather
goods, feed and seed,
hardware/tools, etc.
Economy Support: These are the businesses that directly support the
settlements primary industry, such as sawmills and lumberyards
Most Cretasus settlements are centered around one (or some- for logging-based communities.
times two) primary industry farming, logging, fishing, and so Smiths: Depending on the towns tech level, this could be a
on. The primary industry depends on the neighboring environ- blacksmith or low-level machinist.

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 first post to be put to the vote is always
Table 4-2: Primary Industry mayor (sometimes as part of a town
council), followed by sheriffs and
d% based on environment Primary Industry judges. Large or complex governments
Plains Forest Swamp River Hills are rare.
01-05 01-05 01-05 01-05 01-05 Roll again twice In a few settlements, particularly
06-30 06-15 06-20 06-15 06-15 Farming foodstuffs those in the wildest frontiers, the power
31-45 16-30 21-30 16-25 16-20 Farming cash crops center may not be a rightful one. There
46-75 31-35 31-40 26-35 21-30 Livestock/ranching are some towns run by bandits, rustlers,
76-95 36-45 41-65 36-45 31-40 Hunting/trapping or even dinosaurs.
46-95 Logging The alignment of power centers
66-95 46-95 Fishing can be determined using the table given
41-85 Mining in the core d20 rules.
96-97 96-97 96-97 96-97 86-97 Oil drilling Wild one: A local wild one is
98-99 98-99 98-99 98-99 98-99 Trading Post obeyed because the townspeople either
100 100 100 100 100 Other revere or fear his connections to nearby
dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs: A group of intelligent
dinosaurs has taken over town affairs
Table 4-3: Number of Local Establishments by Town Size with or without the humans consent.
The townspeople may be forced to pay
Town Size: Neighbors Hamlet Village Town City tribute in the form of food or technolo-
Saloons 0-1 1d2 1d4 3d4 4d6 gy, or help the dinosaurs build their own
Stores 0-1 0-1 1d2 2d4 3d6 cave system. The townspeople cant
Support 0 0-1 1d2 2d4 3d6 seek help because the dinosaurs eat any-
Stables 0 0-1 1d2 2d4 2d6 one caught leaving the town limits.
Smiths 0 0-1 0-1 1d4 2d4 Alternatively, the townspeople may
Specialists 0 0 0-1 2d6 3d6 have sought out an alliance with the
Professionals 0 0 0-1 1d4 2d4 dinosaurs, for protection or survival or
Banks 0 0 0 0-1 1d4 out of some bizarre appreciation.
None: The town is either so small,
so new, or so friendly that it genuinely
Specialists: Specialized tradesmen who operate their own
shops, such as silversmiths, cobblers, carpenters, bridle makers,
locksmiths, wheelwrights, and stonemasons. Table 4-4: Power Centers
Professionals: Primarily lawyers and doctors, this category
could also include accountants, notary publics, and others
d% by Population Power Center(s)
white-collar professions.
1-20 21-300 301+
01 01 Wild one
Power Centers 02-05 02 Dinosaurs
06-55 03-12 None
In the wilds of Cretasus, lawlessness is a more common 56-80 13-27 01-05 Local hero
problem than despotism. Most small settlements have no for- 81-95 28-52 06-15 Town founder
mal government. Disputes are settled by the parties involved, 96-100 53-57 16-17 Maverick
often with fists or guns. If things get out of hand, the rest of the 58-62 18-20 Wealthy rancher,
community may break up the fight or even take sides. Where farmer, or merchant
there is a leader, it is a well-respected local hero, the towns 63-72 21-30 Sheriff
founder, or simply the bravest soul in town. 73-82 31-60 Mayor
Only in larger settlements with some semblance of a town 83-92 61-85 Town council
center do formal governments exist. In the free lands of the 93-96 86-92 Guild
frontiers, these are invariably democracies, although unless 97-98 93-94 Outlaw gang
there is an unusually wide pool of prospective leaders, the same 99 95-96 Military post
candidates (usually the town founders) win every election. The 100 97-100 Roll again twice

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has no power center. People get along as equals. If anything gets
out of hand, the community rises up and makes sure affairs are Table 4-5: Settlement Loyalty
settled.
Local hero: This is a well-liked citizen whose advice is heed- d% by Location Loyalty
ed by the townspeople. He isnt necessarily a warrior (although he N.S. Fron. Wild
could be), but he is charismatic enough to arbitrate disputes. In 01-65 01-40 01-25 Confederate
very small settlements, he could simply be the family patriarch (or 66-85 41-70 26-96 Freetown (no loyalty)
matriarch). 86-99 71-99 97-98 Union
Town founder: He may be respected for leading the towns- 100 100 99-100 Other
people to their new home or he may be considered a tyrant.
Regardless, he owns most of the local land and has the strongest
connections, so hes in charge. Population Composition
Maverick: A loner who settles things whether people like it or
not. He may be a natural lawman, instilled with a strong sense of
Most of the towns population works in the primary industry
personal ethics, or he could be a troublemaker who likes getting
or its supporting businesses. But there are still a few NPCs of a
into a fight. Either way, he shows up whenever theres trouble and
higher level than average. Apply the NPC modifier from table 4-
he always settles it.
1 to the results on table 4-6 to determine the highest-level locals
Wealthy rancher, farmer, or merchant: Whether or not there is
in each class. The NPC modifier for a community of a single indi-
an official government in place, the richest man in town maintains
vidual is only -1 because individuals brave enough to venture out
power through a combination of bribes, connections, reputation,
on their own are often of high levels.
and threats.
A result of 0 or lower means no characters of that type are in
Sheriff: Even though theres a mayor, everybody knows the
the community.
sheriff really runs things. He may be elected by the people or
appointed by the mayor.
Mayor: The town has organized democratic voting in order to Table 4-6: Highest Level NPCs
elect a mayor. In most frontier towns, election day is either a day
of revelry or a day to stay indoors with your shotgun at the ready. PC Classes Character Level
Town council: A council of several people, each representing Bronco rider 1d6 + NPC modifier *
a different part of town. One of the elected council members may Machinist 1d2 + NPC modifier
be the nominal mayor for all or part of his term. Soldier 1d3 + NPC modifier **
Guild: This could be a merchants association, group of ranch- Spy 1d3 + NPC modifier
ers, or bankers club. Regardless of the towns official structure, Two-fister 1d6 + NPC modifier
the guild keeps the wheels greased to make things easy for its Wild one *** 1d4 - NPC modifier
members.
Outlaw gang: A gang of bank robbers, dino rustlers, smug- NPC Classes Character Level
glers, or claim jumpers controls the town. They may do it through Commoner 3d4 + NPC modifier
fear or they may be so generous with their spoils that the town Expert 2d4 + NPC modifier
loves them. Warrior 1d4 + NPC modifier
Military post: A Confederate or Union military post keeps
things under control. The post may be secret, so the townspeople * If a bronco rider of level 6 or above is present, there
believe that another government runs things. is a 5% chance that he is a Dino Warrior.
** If a soldier of level 7 or above is present, there is a
Loyalties 5% chance that he is a federal marshal.

Table 4-5 lets you determine a settlements loyalties. If you
want to make things interesting, roll twice: once for the power
center, and once for the townspeople themselves. This can gener-
ate towns ready to rise up in rebellion at the slightest provocation.
The other result indicates loyalty to the Free Fleet, a
dinosaur tribe, aliens, a religious cult, or some nascent local gov-
ernment. Make up a result that fits your campaign.
*** This includes wild ones in the general area, since
they probably wont be living in town. Note that the NPC
modifier is subtracted from the roll, not added as with
other classes, so you get higher-level wild ones around
smaller settlements, further away from civilization.
The vast majority of settlements are entirely human. But not
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settlement. Dinosaurs and aliens that live in a settlement are
assumed to be friendly (or at least non-hostile). They live on the
edge of town, or, occasionally, in a barn or shed or other space
provided by an ally or employer. (Note that this table has no bear-
ing on dinosaurs that kept as mounts or for other uses. It only indi-
cates how many intelligent dinosaurs live locally and interact with
resident humans as equals.)
How to read table 4-7: The table shows the percent chance
that a particular dinosaur will be present in a settlement according
to the settlements location (using the abbreviations from table 4-
1 for N.A., Fron., and Wild). If the dinosaur is present, it will
make up a percentage of the town population equal to the d% roll.
For example, in towns in the New Savannah area, there is a 15%
chance that protoceratops will be present. If you roll 08, indicat-
ing that some protoceratops are present, they will compose 8% of
the local population.
If aliens are present, determine the type on your own (Scray
or something else of your own design).
As can be seen from the table, protoceratops that do live with
humans prefer the more civilized areas near New Savannah. The
other dinosaur species, however, become common only as the
human population becomes more sparse.
Table 4-7: d% Chance and Population of
Dinosaurs and Aliens
N.S. Fron. Wild
Protoceratops 15% 10% 5%
Velociraptor 2% 4% 8%
Ornitholestes 1% 3% 6%
Aliens 10% 3% 1%
Typical NPCs
Here are some stats for typical NPCs from the frontier. No
place of origin is listed except when it is relevant, as most NPCs
can be Confederate, Union, or offworlders if born on Cretasus.
Certain information is omitted from the profiles: all these
NPCs are Medium-size Humanoids (6 ft.), and unless noted oth-
erwise, all ability scores are average (10).
A Note on NPC Abbreviations
The skill bonuses and combat statistics for all NPC profiles in
this volume include modifiers for ability scores, armor check
penalties, racial characteristics, and special abilities. The skill
rank is indicated in parenthesis after the skill bonus for exam-
ple, Handle Animal +6 (4) means the NPC has four ranks in
Handle Animal, with the other +2 coming from another source
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(such as an ability score or class ability). Please note that modi-
fiers due to skill synergies are not incorporated into the bonus.
Remember that Confederate characters receive an extra feat
at first level, which is why some low-level NPCs have two feats.
However, this feat is only given to named NPCs; the typical NPC
profiles (everyday people) do not receive the free feat. The free
heirloom weapon for Confederate characters only applies to play-
er characters and notable NPCs not every low-level Confederate
citizen carries around an heirloom!
One final note about NPCs: The commoner of Cretasus has a
different skill set than the commoner of other worlds. We have
occasionally assumed that certain skills are class skills for com-
moners.
The following class abbreviations are used in NPC profiles:
Bro: Bronco Rider
Com: Commoner
Dnw: Dino Warrior
Fdm: Federal Marshal
Mac: Machinist
Sol: Soldier
Spy: Spy (I guess that one is obvious)
Twf: Two-fister
Wil: Wild One
Typical NPC Stats
Bank Manager, Exp1: CR 1/2; HD 1d6; Init +0; Spd. 30
ft.; AC 15 (+5 flak jacket); Atk +0 ranged (1d10/crit x3, auto-
matic pistol) or +0 melee (1d3, unarmed); AL LE; SV Fort
+0, Ref +0, Will +2; Int 12.
Skills: Appraise +5 (4), Bluff +4 (4), Diplomacy +4 (4),
Knowledge (Mathematics) +5 (4), Profession (Finance) +4
(4), Sense Motive +4 (4), Spot +4 (4). Feat: Iron Will.
Possessions: Pen, pencil, calculator, 1d4 leather-bound
ledgers, automatic pistol and 1d6 bullets, flak jacket, well-
tailored suit (which conceals the pistol and flak jacket),
leather satchel containing $2d20 x10, personal cash $3d20.
In public, the bank manager is always accompanied by
a bodyguard with the profile of a sheriffs deputy.
Bartender, Com1: CR 1/2; HD 1d4; Init +0; Spd 30 ft.;
AC 10; Atk +0 melee (1d3, unarmed); AL LG; SV Fort +0,
Ref +0, Will +1; Cha 12, Wis 12.
Skills: Bluff +3 (2), Gather Information +3 (2), Listen +3
(0), Profession (Bartender) +3 (2), Sense Motive +3 (2),
Spot +3 (0). Feat: Alertness.
Possessions: 1d4 flasks of liquor, hunk of cheese,
bread, cash $1d6-1.
Blacksmith, Exp1: CR 1/2; HD 1d6; Init +0; Spd 30 ft.;
AC 11 (+1 leather apron); Atk +1 melee (1d4+1, knife); AL
N; SV Fort +2, Ref +0, Wil +2; Str 12.
Skills: Appraise +4 (4), Chemistry/Alchemy +4 (4),
Climb +5 (4), Concentration +4 (4), Craft (Blacksmithing) +4
(4), Listen +2 (2), Spot +2 (2). Feat: Great Fortitude.
Possessions: Knife, hammer, tongs, leather apron, 2d4
metal ingots, cash $1d6.
There is a 35% chance that a blacksmith who achieves
2nd level will decide to multi-class as a machinist. See
Machinist NPC details for more information.
Claim Jumper, Com1: CR 1/2; HD 1d4; Init +0; Spd 30
ft.; AC 10; Atk +0 (1d10/crit x3, Colt .45); AL CE; SV Fort +0,
Ref +0, Wil +0.
Skills: Forgery +2 (2), Profession (Miner) +2 (2), Spot
+2 (2), Wilderness Lore +2 (2). Feat: Track.
Possessions: Knife, Colt .45 with 2d4 bullets, shovel,
pick, chalk, bucket, blanket, bedroll, 1d4 empty sacks, 2d6
days of hardtack.
Dino Rustler, Bro1: CR 1; HD 1d8; Init +0; Spd 30 ft.;
AC 11 (+1 padded armor); Atk +0 ranged (1d10/crit x3, Colt
.45), +0 ranged (1d12/crit x3, Winchester rifle), +0 ranged
(special, lasso), or +1 melee (1d4+1, knife); AL CN; SV Fort
+0, Ref +2, Wil +0; Str 12, Cha 12.
Skills: Animal Empathy +5 (4), Balance +2 (2), Handle
Animal +8 (4), Intimidate +3 (2), Intuit Direction +2 (2), Ride
+4 (4), Wilderness Lore +4 (4). Feats: Mounted Combat,
Dinosaur Presence.
Possessions: Knife, lasso, Colt .45 and 3d10 bullets,
Winchester rifle with 3d10 bullets, padded armor, bit and bri-
dle, saddlebags, backpack, bedroll, blanket, clay jug, 3d20
pounds of animal feed, 4d6 days worth of hardtack, cash
$1d10.
Mount: Depends on region, employer, and character
level; to randomize, roll d%: 01-25 parasaurolophus, 26-50
camptosaurus, 51-65 iguanodon, 66-75 pachy-
cephalosaurus, 76-85 triceratops, 86-90 pteranodon. 91-97
allosaurus, 98-100 T-rex.
Doctor/Veterinarian, Exp1: CR 1/2; HD 1d6; Init +0;
Spd 30 ft.; AC 10; Atk +0 melee (1d4, knife); AL LG; SV Fort
+0, Ref +0, Wil +2; Int 12.
Skills: Chemistry +3 (2), Concentration +4 (4), Handle
Animal +4 (4), Heal +4 (4), Knowledge (medicine/healing)
+5 (4), Profession (Doctor) +4 (4), Ride +3 (3), Spot +2 (2),
Wilderness Lore (1). Feat: Endurance.
Possessions: Knife, medical kit, blanket, sack, 30 rope,
flask of liquor.
Farmer, Com1: CR 1/2; HD 1d4; Init +0; Spd 30 ft.; AC
10; Atk +0 melee (1d3, shovel); AL LN; SV Fort +0, Ref +0,
Wil +1; Wis 12.
Skills: Craft (Carpentry or Leatherworking) (1), Handle
Animal +3 (3), Profession (Farming) +5 (4). Feat:
Endurance.
Possessions: Spade, hoe, shovel, bucket, 1d4 small
pouches filled with seeds (d%: 01-75 worth $1d4, 76-95
worth $2d6, 96-100 rare local plants worth $2d20 in New
Savannah), cash $1d4-2.
Fisherman, Com1: CR 1/2; HD 1d4; Init +0; Spd 30 ft.;
AC 10; Atk +0 melee (1d4, knife); AL N; SV Fort +0, Ref +2,
Wil +1; Wis 12.
Skills: Profession (Fishing) +4 (3), Spot +2 (2), Swim +2
(2), Use Rope (1). Feat: Lightning Reflexes.
Possessions: Knife, fishing net, 2d6 fish hooks, 100 ft.
fishing line, 20 ft. rope, 10 ft. pole, sack of bait, bucket, 2d4
fish, cash $1d6-2.
Hunter/Trapper, War1: CR 1/2; HD 1d8+1; Init +0; Spd
20 ft.; AC 13 (+3 hide armor); Atk. +2 melee (1d4+1, knife),
+1 ranged (1d10/crit x3, Colt .45), or +1 ranged (1d12/crit
x3, Winchester rifle); AL CN; SV Fort +3, Ref +0, Wil +0; Str
12, Con 12.
Skills: Climb -1 (1), Handle Animal (1), Intuit Direction
+2 (2), Ride (1), Swim +2 (1), Wilderness Lore +2 (2). Feat:
Track.
Possessions: Knife, Colt .45 and 2d20 bullets,
Winchester rifle and 1d20 bullets, hide armor, 20 ft. rope,
canteen, bedroll, 1d4 leather sacks each filled with 5
pounds of salted meat, 1d4 uncured animal skins, 1d4-2
unbutchered recent kills, cash $2d6.
Land Speculator, Exp1: CR 1/2; HD 1d4; Init +0; Spd
30 ft.; AC 10; Atk +0 melee (1d4, knife); AL CN; SV Fort +0,
Ref +0, Wil +5; Wis 13.
Skills: Appraise +4 (4), Bluff +6 (4), Diplomacy +6 (4),
Disguise +4 (4), Forgery +4 (4), Gather Information +6 (4),
Perform +2 (0), Sense Motive +2 (0). Feat: Turncoat (see
Broncosaurus Rex Core Rulebook, page 43).
Possessions: Knife, pen, paper, land deeds, official-
looking seal, cash $6d10 in small bills suitable for bribes.
Logger, Com1: CR 1/2; HD 1d4; Init +0; Spd 30 ft.; AC
10; Atk +1 melee (1d6+1/crit x3, handaxe); AL N; SV Fort
+0, Ref +0, Wil +0; Str 12.
Skills: Climb +3 (2), Handle Animal (1), Jump +2 (1),
Profession (Logging) +2 (2), Use Rope +2 (2). Feat:
Endurance.
Possessions: Handaxe, 100 ft. rope, 20 ft. chain, saw,
cash $1d6-2.
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Machinist, Mac1: CR 1; HD 1d4; Init +0; Spd 30 ft.; AC
10; Atk. +2 ranged (1d10/crit x3, custom +2 automatic pis-
tol), or possibly another ranged weapon (see below); AL N;
SV Fort +0, Ref +1, Wil +2; Int 13.
Skills: Chemistry +3 (2), Craft (Blacksmith) +4 (3), Craft
(Gunsmith) +4 (3), Disable Device +7 (4), Drive +2 (2),
Knowledge (Science) +4 (3), Knowledge (Technology) +6
(3), Repair Device +7 (4), Use Technical Equipment +7 (4).
Feat: Gearhead.
Possessions: Custom +2 automatic pistol with 1d4 20-
bullet cartridges, binoculars, handheld communicator, com-
pass, engineering tools, flashlight, scanner, cash $2d10,
25% chance of an exotic weapon (d%: 01-15 screamer
knife, 16-30 laser sword, 31-50 flamer, 51-80 whisper gun,
81-95 laser pistol, 96-100 amp bomb).
Mayor, Exp2: CR 1; HD 2d6; Init +0; Spd 30 ft.; AC 10;
Atk. +1 melee (1d4, knife); AL LN; SV Fort +0, Ref +0, Wil
+6; Cha 14, Int 12, Wis 12.
Skills: Appraise +6 (5), Bluff +7 (5), Diplomacy +7 (5),
Gather Information +7 (5), Intimidate +7 (5), Sense Motive
+6 (5), Spot +6 (5). Feat: Iron Will.
Possessions: Knife, pen, paper, seal of office, 1d4 local
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maps, book of tax records, 1d4 flasks of liquor, well tailored
suit, cash $3d20.
Miner/Prospector, Com1: CR 1/2; HD 1d4; Init +0; Spd
30 ft.; AC 10; Atk +0 melee (1d4, hammer) or +0 melee
(1d4, pick); AL CN; SV Fort +0, Ref +0, Wil +0.
Skills: Profession (Mining) +3 (3), Listen +2 (0), Spot +7
(5). Feat: Alertness.
Possessions: Hammer, pick, shovel, spade, hooded
lantern (50% chance of having a flashlight as well), sieve,
tin pan, chalk, flask, 4d6 days of hardtack, bedroll, blanket,
backpack, 1d6-2 quarter-pound ingots (d%: 01-80 worth
$2d6 each, 81-98 worth $4d6 each, 99-100 worth $2d10
x10 each), cash $2d6, 25% chance of a treasure map (d%:
01-25 fake, 26-50 real but leads to a mine long ago stripped
bare, 51-80 real but the mine is nonvaluable metals, 81-100
real and the mine is valuable).
Outlaw/Bandit/Bank Robber, War1: CR 1/2; HD 1d8;
Init +0; Spd 30 ft.; AC 12 (+2 leather armor); Atk +1 ranged
(1d10/crit x3, Colt .45), +1 ranged (1d12/crit x3, Winchester
rifle), or +1 melee (1d4, knife); AL CE; SV Fort +2, Ref +0,
Wil +0.
Skills: Climb (1), Intimidate +3 (3), Jump (1), Ride +3
(3). Feat: Run.
Possessions: Knife, Colt .45 and 2d10 bullets,
Winchester rifle and 2d10 bullets, leather armor, bedroll,
blanket, 2d4 sacks, 3d6 days worth of hardtack, cash
$1d10-2, 25% chance of stolen loot worth $2d10 x10.
Peddler/Trader, Com1: CR 1/2; HD 1d4; Init +0; Spd
30 ft.; AC 10; Atk +0 melee (1d4, knife); AL N; SV Fort +0,
Ref +0, Wil +0; Cha 12.
Skills: Appraise +4 (4), Bluff +7 (2), Gather Information
+3 (2). Feat: Fast Talker.
Possessions: Knife, cart, cash $2d10, 25% chance of a
common mount.
Goods for trade: d8-2 of any common item, 1d4 com-
mon weapons (tech level 3 or lower), 1d6-2 uncommon
weapons (tech level 4), as well as seeds, clothes, ore, and
other items picked up along his route.
Pioneer, Com1: CR 1/2; HD 1d4; Init +0; Spd 30 ft.; AC
10; Atk +0 melee (1d4, knife), or 25% chance of +0 ranged
(1d10/crit x3, Colt .45); AL LN; SV Fort +0, Ref +0, Wil +0.
Skills: Handle Animal +2 (2), Profession (any 2 of
Farming, Fishing, Mining, Logging) (each +2), Wilderness
Lore +2 (2). Feat: Endurance.
Possessions: Knife, 25% chance of Colt .45 with 1d10
bullets, shovel, hammer, pick, bucket, 20 rope, canteen,
bedroll, blanket, d4 sacks, 6d6 days worth of hardtack,
hooded lantern, 10 ft. pole, fishing net, 1d4 fishing hooks,
1d4 small pouches filled with seeds (d%: 01-75 worth $1d4,
76-95 worth $2d6, 96-100 rare local plants worth $2d20 in
New Savannah), cash $1d4-2.
In addition to the equipment listed, a typical pioneers
load could include a full wagons worth of equipment. Some
of the more common items might be feather beds, ground
cloths, pillows, a tent, poles, stakes, a hatchet, bullet molds,
lead, a keg of gunpowder, flour, bacon, coffee, baking soda,
corn meal, dried beans, dried beef, dried fruit, molasses,
vinegar, pepper, eggs, salt, sugar, rice, tea, a kettle, a skil-
let, a coffee grinder, a teapot, a butcher knife, a ladle, tin
plates and silverware, a water keg, matches, a hoe, a plow,
a spade, a whetstone, an extra axle and bolts, chains,
trousers, boots, hats, bonnets, shirts, coats, bandages,
campstool, chamber pot, washbowl, candles, candle molds,
scissors, needle and thread, and perhaps even some of the
trappings of home: books, family albums, china, silverware,
and furniture.
Ranch Hand, Bro1: CR 1; HD 1d8; Init +0; Spd 30 ft.;
AC 11 (+1 padded armor); Atk +0 ranged (1d10/crit x3, Colt
.45), +0 ranged (special, lasso), or +1 melee (1d4+1, knife);
AL N; SV Fort +0, Ref +2, Wil +0; Str 12, Cha 12.
Skills: Animal Empathy +5 (4), Balance +2 (2), Craft
(Leatherworking) +2 (2), Handle Animal +7 (4), Intuit
Direction +4 (4), Ride +4 (4), Wilderness Lore +4 (4). Feat:
Mounted Combat, Dinosaur Presence.
Possessions: Knife, lasso, Colt .45 and 2d20 bullets,
padded armor, bit and bridle, saddlebags, backpack,
bedroll, blanket, clay jug, 3d10 pounds of animal feed, 2d4
days of hardtack, cash $d10.
Mount: Depends on region, employer, and character
level, but in general (d%): 01-25 parasaurolophus, 26-50
camptosaurus, 51-65 iguanodon, 66-75 pachy-
cephalosaurus, 76-85 triceratops, 86-90 pteranodon, 91-97
allosaurus, 98-100 T-rex.
Sheriff, War2: CR 1; HD 2d8+5; Init +1 (Dex); Spd 30
ft.; AC 16 (+1 Dex, +5 flak jacket); Atk +3 ranged (1d10/crit
x3, automatic pistol), +3 ranged (1d12/crit x3, Winchester
rifle), +3 ranged (special, shotgun), +3 ranged (special,
bronto gun), or +3 melee (1d4+1, knife); AL LG; SV Fort +4,
Ref +1, Wil +0; Str 12, Dex 12, Con 12.
Skills: Climb +1 (2), Intimidate +6 (5), Jump +1 (2), Ride
+4 (3). Feat: Toughness.
Possessions: Automatic pistol with 1d4+1 20-bullet car-
tridges, Winchester rifle with 1d4 30-bullet cartridges, shot-
gun with 3d10 shells, bronto gun with 2d4 shells, knife, flak
jacket, binoculars, flashlight, medical kit, manacles, cash
$5d6.
Sheriffs Deputy, War1: CR 1/2; HD 1d8+3; Init +0;
Spd 30 ft.; AC 12 (+2 studded leather armor); Atk +1 ranged
(1d10/crit x3, Colt .45), +1 ranged (1d12/crit x3, Winchester
rifle), or +2 melee (1d4+1, knife); AL LG; SV Fort +2, Ref +0,
Wil +0; Str 12.
Skills: Climb +1 (1), Intimidate +4 (4), Jump +2 (2), Ride
(1). Feat: Toughness.
Possessions: Knife, Colt .45 with 4d10 bullets,
Winchester rifle with 3d10 bullets, studded leather armor,
flashlight, manacles, cash $2d6.
Shopkeeper, Com1: CR 1/2; HD 1d4; Init +0; Spd 30
ft.; AC 10; Atk +0 ranged (1d10/crit x3, Colt .45); AL LN; SV
Fort +0, Ref +0, Wil +0.
Skills: Appraise +4 (4), Listen +2 (0), Profession
(Merchant) +4 (4), Spot +2 (0). Feat: Alertness.
Possessions: Colt .45 with 1d6 bullets, pen, paper,
ledger, coin purse, cash $2d10 mostly in small coins.
Soldier, Confederate Sol1: CR 1; HD 1d10+1; Init +0;
Spd 30 ft.; AC 15 (+5 flak jacket); Atk +1 ranged (1d10/crit
x3, automatic pistol), +1 ranged (1d12/crit x3, Winchester
rifle), or +0 melee (1d4, knife); AL LN; SV Fort +3, Ref +0,
Wil +0; Con 12.
Skills: Climb +0 (2), Intimidate +4 (4), Jump +0 (2),
Knowledge (strategy and tactics) +4 (4), Listen +2 (2), Use
Technical Equipment +2 (2). Feat: Point Blank Shot.
Possessions: Knife, automatic pistol with 3d6 20-bullet
cartridges, Winchester rifle with 3d6 20-bullet cartridges,
flashlight, binoculars, compass, flak jacket.
Soldier, Union Sol1: CR 1; HD 1d10+1; Init +0; Spd 20
ft.; AC 16 (+6 riot gear); Atk +1 ranged (1d10/crit x3, auto-
matic pistol), +1 ranged (1d12/crit x3, Marionette), or +0
melee (1d4, knife); AL LN; SV Fort +3, Ref +0, Wil +0; Con
12.
Skills: Drive +2 (2), Intimidate +4 (4), Jump -2 (2),
Knowledge (strategy and tactics) +4 (4), Listen +2 (2), Use
Technical Equipment +2 (2). Feat: Point Blank Shot.
Possessions: Knife, automatic pistol with 3d6 20-bullet
cartridges, Marionette (a.k.a. Absentee Voter) with 3d6 20-
bullet cartridges, flashlight, binoculars, compass, riot gear.
Wealthy Merchant, Exp2: CR 1; HD 2d6; Init +0; Spd
30 ft.; AC 10; Atk +1 melee (1d4, knife); AL N; SV Fort +0,
Ref +0, Wil +3; Cha 12, Int 12.
Skills: Appraise +6 (5), Bluff +6 (5), Diplomacy +6 (5),
Gather Information +6 (5), Listen +5 (3), Profession
(Merchant) +6 (5), Ride +2 (2), Sense Motive +6 (5), Spot
+2 (0). Feat: Alertness.
Possessions: Knife, pen, paper, ledger, 1d4 odd trin-
kets, coin purse, cash $10d10.
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Getting Around Cretasus
Not everybody on Cretasus has a pet triceratops to cart them
around town. Although livestock provide the most common
means of locomotion, there are still quite a few motorized vehi-
cles in service. The Confederacy is constructing a railroad
between New Savannah and Mount Crowe. Air transport, though
rare for civilians, is not unheard of, and there are even a few
spaceships that have been adapted for atmospheric transport.
This section gives a brief overview of common modes of
transportation on Cretasus. It also provides basic rules for incor-
porating vehicles into your campaign.
Common Mounts
As you might expect, most people on Cretasus travel by
dinosaur. Within the confines of New Savannah and other civi-
lized towns, you usually see only smaller dinosaurs; larger ones
are common only on the outskirts of towns, or in frontier and
wilderness areas. Several species of smaller herbivores can be
easily trained and safely handled by most civilians. These are used
as individual mounts, or as beasts of burden to haul carts, wagons,
and stagecoaches. Monoclonius, styracosaurus, and bactrosaurus
are sold by most stables and are used virtually everywhere.
Larger herbivores carry larger loads or haul heavier wagons.
Miners use convoys of edmontosaurus, triceratops, vulcanodon,
or even brachiosaurus to transport large loads of ore, as do many
farmers moving huge quantities of grain. Convoys of such huge
creatures snake their way toward and from New Savannah in
every direction.
Theropods and other large carnivores are rarely used except
by adventurers, soldiers, wilderness hunters, and hired hands who
protect ranches and trade caravans. Most regular citizens are
understandably nervous around an allosaurus or T-rex, even if the
rider claims its domesticated. Furthermore, theropods make her-
bivorous mounts nervous, and at close quarters can even cause
them to panic. As a result, large carnivores (and even most small-
er ones) are banned from the city center of New Savannah and
many of the towns around it, although frontier areas are more tol-
erant.
Another regular sight is imported horses. Horses have been
carried by the Confederacy to every planet it has visited; some tra-
ditionalist ranchers on Cretasus still raise them. It is easy to
acquire a horse in New Savannah, though they become scarce
very quickly as one enters the frontier. The problem with horses
on Cretasus is that they spook easily around dinosaurs. This is an
instinctive response, and even those born on the planet are subject
to spooking.
Pteranadons and other pterosaurs are not in common use.
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They are difficult to ride and they cant carry much weight only
a single human with very little baggage. Most domesticated pter-
anadons are used by Dino Warrior scouts, by the few private mes-
senger services, or by wild ones who travel light. The enormous
quetzalcoatlus, a pterosaur almost twice the size of pteranodon, is
considered by dino handlers to be a likely target for practical use,
though no specimen has ever been domesticated. Quetzalcoatlus
roost only at very high altitudes and have so far escaped human
captivity.
Recent explorations of the Fur River have revealed its west-
ern passage to Mammoth Valley. Prehistoric mammals are often
found in the Main Valley around the mouth and western edges of
the river. Some reckless animal handlers have taken to training
mammoths, mastodons, prehistoric horses, and other mammals
captured there. Such mounts are extremely rare, but are seen more
often as more travelers reach (and return from) the Fur River.
Spooking: Any herbivore within 100 ft. of carnivores of
equal or higher challenge rating becomes nervous. All Ride or
Handle Animal checks have a penalty equal to the difference
between challenge ratings. (This reflects that the animal is more
wary of more dangerous creatures.) Within 25 ft., the herbivore
may actually panic. The rider or handler must make a Handle
Animal check (DC 14) or the herbivore will buck (requiring a
Ride check (DC 5) to stay in saddle) and try to run away.
Horses are particularly afraid of dinosaurs. The penalties
above apply for horses within 100 ft. or 25 ft. of any dinosaur. If
the dinosaur is a carnivore, an additional -2 penalty applies to
Ride and Handle Animal checks.
Getting Around
Many stagecoach services operate between New Savannah
and the neighboring towns. Direct transportation usually costs
$0.03 to $0.50 per mile, depending on traffic, road conditions, and
danger. For that price, you get your own seat inside the coach, and
storage space for a backpack or two. Skinflints can hitch rides
with non-commercial wagons for half or even a quarter of that
price but you may end up sitting on a sack of ore or a pile of
grain, or even in a hammock slung under a dinos belly. None of
these is comfortable, and the last option is rather smelly.
Outside New Savannah, transportation is less regular. Travel
along the trails is possible by hitching a ride with a wagon train.
However, many pioneers dont actually ride in their wagons. They
walk alongside to conserve their mounts energy. (Even a perfect-
ly healthy mount can tire itself to the point of injury or even death
on such a long journey. Moreover, heavier loads increase the risk
of injury.) Hitching a ride in that case may only mean walking
with the pioneers. The pioneers may charge a fee and will cer-
tainly require the characters to contribute to chores and common
expenses. Well-armed characters may be able to negotiate their
protection services as the fee for accompanying the caravan.
 Transportation Speed as mounts because of their bird-boned structure a lightweight
skeleton that cant support much weight. The dryosaurus of the
Table 4-8 summarizes tactical and overland speeds for northwestern plains will prove to be a very popular mount if it can
dinosaur mounts. The overland speeds are for one hour periods, be successfully raised in New Savannah but so far it is a rarity
and are divided into mount speed and load speed. Mount speed is seen only in the hands of returning explorers.
the animals speed carrying nothing or only a single human as a
mount. (The pteranodon is an exception to this; it slows to load Vehicle Rules
speed when carrying a human.) Load speed is the animals speed
while pulling more weight, whether carried on its back or towed Like all other technologies on Cretasus, the vehicles in use
in a wagon. (This is simplified but serves as an easy reference
range from ancient to ultra-tech. However, their use is dwindling.
feel free to adapt the more complicated encumbrance rules if you
Because there are no vehicle manufacturing facilities on Cretasus,
wish.) they cannot be replaced except through importation from offplan-
As you can see, dinosaur mounts move slowly. A heavy horseet. Maintaining and fuelling a vehicle costs a lot more than a
can outpace most dinosaurs, and a light horse can beat most of the
domesticated dinosaur that can be grazed on the plains for free.
rest. Dinosaur mounts are generally large, heavy-boned creatures.
Nonetheless, some vehicles are still in use. Union colonists use
They support a lot of weight, but move slowly. There are several
them on a regular basis, as well as many plains travelers. They are
species of so-called ostrich dinosaurs (such as coelophysis and
something of a status symbol in New Savannah, and are still quite
elaphrosaurus) which are very swift runners but which are useless useful in and around the city.
This section gives descriptions of several common
Table 4-8: Movement Speed for Dinosaur Mounts vehicle types, as well as an overview of basic vehicle
rules. We wont even attempt to go into detail on air or
Mount Tactical Mount Load space vehicles they would fill a whole book. The pur-
Speed Speed Speed pose of the rules herein is to give you simple guidelines
Albertosaurus 30 ft. 3 miles 2 miles for dealing with the typical overland adventure. Future
Allosaurus 40 ft. 4 miles 2 1/2 miles supplements will delve into greater detail.
Bactrosaurus 30 ft. 3 miles 2 miles The skills Drive and Pilot (as presented in the
Brachiosaurus 80 ft. 8 miles 5 1/2 miles Broncosaurus Rex Core Rulebook, pages 36 and 38-39)
Camptosaurus 30 ft. 3 miles 2 miles cover most driving situations. In most respects, the
Ceratosaurus 30 ft. 3 miles 2 miles * existing d20 rules cover most tanks, cars, and walkers
Dryosaurus 70 ft. 7 miles 4 1/2 miles just as well as they do wagons. There are only two areas
Edmontosaurus 50 ft. 5 miles 3 1/2 miles where vehicle rules need special attention: movement
Iguanodon 40 ft. 4 miles 2 1/2 miles and maneuverability, and resolving damage.
Monoclonius 30 ft. 3 miles 2 miles
Pachycephalosaurus 40 ft. 4 miles 2 1/2 miles Movement and Maneuverability
Parasaurolophus 40 ft. 4 miles 2 1/2 miles
Pteranodon 50 ft. (fly) N/A** 3 1/2 miles A vehicles movement is governed by acceleration
Quetzalcoatlus 80 ft. (fly) 8 miles 5 1/2 miles and handling ability.
Stegosaurus 30 ft. 3 miles *** 2 miles The speed listed for a vehicle is its maximum speed
Styracosaurus 20 ft. 2 miles 1 1/2 miles on a road. This speed is slowed by difficult terrain. In
Therizinosaurus 20 ft. 2 miles 1 1/2 miles addition, getting to max speed requires acceleration.
Triceratops 30 ft. 3 miles 2 miles Acceleration takes place at the rate per round indicated
Tyrannosaurus rex 40 ft. 4 miles 2 1/2 miles * in the vehicle description. Deceleration is generally
Vulcanodon 30 ft. 3 miles 2 miles three times as fast as acceleration. A vehicle carrying
50% or more of its payload accelerates and decelerates
* Only when carrying a load on its back even the best-trained at half the normal rate.
ceratosaurus or T-rex would refuse to pull a wagon.
** A pteranodon can only carry 200 pounds. With such a low Turns
capacity, it slows to load speed when carrying even a single
human. Turning is a tad more complex. Each vehicle has a
specified turn limit statistic. For every 50 ft. of speed,
*** A stegosaurus cannot be ridden, of course its plates leave the vehicles sharpest turning angle per round is equal to
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15. A turn can be made at any point in the rounds movement. Collisions
For example, imagine a lumbering truck with a turn limit of
15. At a speed of 100 ft., this vehicles maximum turn per round A vehicle that cannot decelerate or turn in time may collide
is 60 (90 base turning angle, minus 30 twice the turn limit of with something. Collision damage is similar to falling damage in
15). At 150 ft., this drops to 45 (50 ft. faster = 15 less), and at that distance moved determines the amount of damage. However,
200 ft. it drops to 30. the two big distinctions are the mass of the colliding objects, and
A character attempting a tighter turn than is normally possi- the speed of the collision.
ble must make a Drive or Pilot check (DC 13). The DC increases Damage is inflicted based on the size and speed of the objects
by 2 per increment of turn limit i.e., if a 60 turn is safe and theinvolved, as referenced on table 4-10. Collisions of less than 15
vehicle has a turn limit of 10, the DC would be 13 for 70; 15 for mph (tactical speed of 150 ft. or less) do not cause damage it is
80; and 17 for 90. Failure indicates the vehicle goes out of con- assumed a fender prevents serious injury; at worse, a human hit by
trol. a vehicle at that speed gets a bad bruise. Additionally, this rule
prevents normal humans from inflicting collision damage merely
Shooting While Driving by running into one another!
In a collision with an immobile object (such as a jeep hitting
Attempting to shoot or attack while driving whether with a a wall), determine damage on table 4-10 based on the size of the
hand-held weapon or a built-in weapon requires a Drive check. moving object. For example, if the jeep (a Large object) were
The DC is 5 (drive with one hand) if the shooting is not during moving 500 ft. or 50 mph, it would take 6d6 points of damage.
full-fledged combat (e.g., taking a pot shot at a passing pterosaur), In a collision between two mobile objects (such as a jeep run-
but DC 14 if the shooting is in active battle (e.g., a T-rex is lung- ning over a human), each object takes damage according to the
ing for the car or a tank is firing at you). Failure means loss of other objects size. Use the speed of the fastest-moving object. For
control. Driving while being shot at or otherwise involved in com- example, if the jeep were moving 50 mph and the human were sta-
bat requires a Drive check against DC 9 (as described in the tionary, the human would take 6d6 points of damage, and the jeep
Broncosaurus Rex Core Rulebook, page 36). Otherwise, the pilot would take 4d6.
loses control. Note that a jeep running into a canyon wall takes less damage
than if it runs into a stationary T-rex (size Huge). The rationale
Shooting At Vehicles behind this is that the T-rex would be moving, and all that mass
would wallop the jeep as a force vector opposite its own trajecto-
Some vehicles move very fast. Fast objects are hard to hit. ry. A wall, on the other hand, just absorbs the blow. In reality, the
The following attack penalties apply to any fast-moving object: damage should take into account the angle of impact, but that is
beyond the scope of these rules, which are intended to provide
only a simple, fast game mechanic.
If a vehicle is destroyed in the colli-
sion, excess damage is applied evenly to
Condition Penalty
each occupant (e.g., if a vehicle has 12 hit
Defender moved greater than 250 ft. in previous round (25 mph) -1
points and takes 32 hp of damage, each
Defender moved greater than 500 ft. in previous round (50 mph) -2
occupant takes 20 hp of damage).
Defender moved greater than 1,000 ft. in previous round (100 mph) -4
Furthermore, even if the vehicle is not
destroyed, the occupants may take damage
from the jostle of the crash itself. Roll d%; on a result of 35 or
Going Out of Control less, apply that percentage of the vehicle damage to each occupant
(e.g., if the crash causes 120 damage, a d% roll of 32 means each
An out of control vehicle moves in a random direction each occupant takes 0.32 x 120 = 38 hp damage, whereas a d% roll of
round. Roll 1d8 on table 4-9 to determine the direction. 67 indicates the occupants take no damage).
The angle of an out of control turn is always less
than the vehicles maximum turn angle. It is equal to the Table 4-9: Out of Control Vehicles (d8)
vehicles current maximum turn radius (based on its
speed and turn limit) minus d4 times its turn limit, with
Roll Result
a minimum turn of 15. For example, if a vehicles cur-
1-2 Turns left
rent max turn radius is 70, and its turn radius is 10, a
3 Goes straight ahead and accelerates (if possible)
roll of 3 on 1d4 would indicate the vehicle turned 70
4-5 Goes straight ahead at current speed
(10 x 3) = 40.
6 Goes straight ahead and decelerates maximum amount
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Table 4-10: Collisions pants take damage, with the exception of crit-
ical hits, collisions, and a few kinds of
Speed Damage by Objects Size weapons. Even when the vehicle is reduced to
Tactical Overland Small Medium Large Huge 0 hp, it still provides some protection, as
160-200 ft. 16-20 mph 1d6 1d6 2d6 2d6 detailed below. Of course, a passenger or
201-300 ft. 21-30 mph 1d6 2d6 2d6 4d6 driver who can be seen through the closed
301-400 ft. 31-40 mph 2d6 2d6 4d6 6d6 vehicle (via a windshield, view slit, etc.) can
401-500 ft. 41-50 mph 2d6 4d6 6d6 8d6 be targeted with the normal cover rules.
501-600 ft. 51-60 mph 4d6 6d6 8d6 12d6 Certain weapons (such as psychic and
601-700 ft. 61-70 mph 6d6 8d6 12d6 16d6 genetic weapons) can penetrate a closed vehi-
701-800 ft. 71-80 mph 8d6 12d6 16d6 24d6 cles hull and injure the occupants while the
801-900 ft. 81-90 mph 12d6 16d6 24d6 32d6 vehicle has full hp. These are an exception to
901-1000 ft. 91-100 mph 16d6 24d6 32d6 48d6 the usual rules.
Finally, note that vehicles are similar to
constructs under the core d20 rules. Although
Running Over Enemies (or Friends!) they do suffer critical hits, they do not suffer damage from poison
and certain other sources. Use common sense to evaluate this.
Running over an enemy is a great way to kill them. These
sorts of collisions are resolved with a Drive check versus an Critical Hits
opposed Reflex save.
First, the driver must make a melee touch attack against the
Unlike normal objects, vehicles are susceptible to critical
victim, using his Drive skill bonus as the base attack bonus. The
hits. Vehicles have critical components as well as weak spots
higher the roll, the more accurate his driving. Faster vehicles are
where damage may pass through to the occupants.
harder to dodge, but theyre also much harder to aim accurately,
It is possible for a vehicle to stop running while still at a sig-
so there are no modifiers for speed.
nificant number of hit points. A single lucky hit might puncture a
If the attack hits, the drivers roll with all bonuses applied is
tire or cause a fuel leak. When a vehicle is reduced to 50% of its
the DC for the victims Reflex save. If successful, the victim
starting hit points, the driver must make a Drive check against DC
jumps out of the way at the last minute and takes no damage. If
8. If the check fails, the vehicle automatically takes a critical hit.
unsuccessful, the target takes full collision damage.
At 25% of its starting hit points, the driver must make another
check against DC 12. This represents chance damage to tires,
Damage engines, and other components. A good driver can maneuver his
vehicle so the vulnerable parts face away from enemies.
A vehicle has hit points, armor class, and hardness, like any When a weapon causes a critical hit, determine damage with
other object. the usual multipliers for a crit. Half applies to the vehicle and the
Unlike other objects, however, vehicles can be disabled long other half is applied to a single randomly determined occupant. In
before they are destroyed. The conventional rules for damaging addition, roll d% on table 4-11, the Vehicle Critical Hits Table.
objects do not consider complex mechanical systems that can be Attackers can target specific areas of a vehicle, if the targets
disabled by puncturing one tiny hose. In game terms, a single are visible. Tires are the most common specific target. Raise the
point of well-placed damage can immobilize a truck! targets AC based on its size for example, a tire is Tiny, which is
Thus, vehicle hit points represent not the amount of damage a +2 AC bonus. Remember to remove penalties for the vehicles
necessary to physically destroy the vehicle, but the amount of overall size i.e., a Huge truck has a 2 size penalty to AC, so its
damage necessary to disable its functional systems and prevent it tires would net out +4 above the trucks body AC. A normal tire
from operating. It is important to note that a vehicle at zero hit has 10 hit points; the number of tires that must be destroyed
points is not necessarily destroyed. It still provides cover for occu- depends on the vehicle, but destroying enough (such as 1 for a
pants, and can still be repaired. It just cannot move or otherwise motorcycle, or 5 for a 3-axled, 10-tired truck) can cause locomo-
act as a vehicle. tion system damage or even destruction.
Vehicles are divided into two classes: open or closed. A
closed vehicle provides protection to its occupants. Open vehicles Destruction
provide no protection, and the driver and passengers may be indi-
vidually targeted. Note that a vehicle may be open for the driver When a vehicles hit points are reduced to 0, it ceases to func-
and closed for passengers, or the reverse, depending on the tion. It cannot accelerate, its weapons are damaged and unusable,
design. and it will decelerate at its maximum rate until stopped. It cannot
A closed vehicles hit points are depleted before any occu- be steered and is out of control until it stops (use table 4-9 but do

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Table 4-11: Vehicle Critical Hits Table (d%)
Roll Result
01-15 Locomotion system (tires, wheels, jets, etc.)
destroyed: max speed reduced to 0; deceler-
ate at max rate until stopped; Drive check
against DC 12 or lose control
16-25 Locomotion system damaged: acceleration
and max speed are halved; Drive check
against DC 8 or lose control
26-35 Engine damage: engine cuts off; vehicle
decelerates at max rate; Drive check against
DC 12 to restart engine
36-50 Fuel leak: lose 1/4 gallon of fuel each round
until repaired
51-75 Steering damage: turn limit doubled; DC to
drive with one hand increased by +5
76-90 Brake damage: deceleration reduced to same
rate as acceleration
91-100 Acceleration damage: acceleration rate halved
not allow for acceleration). It is now an inert hulk.
But even an inert hulk might still have quite a bit of sub-
stance. All damage down to 20 hit points is split evenly between
a randomly determined occupant and the vehicle. (If the occu-
pants disembark, the vehicle itself absorbs full damage.)
Occupants in a vehicle that has 0 to 20 hit points can disembark
safely as a full round action.
A vehicle that reaches 21 hit points is a mangled mess that
provides no cover to occupants. Anyone still in it is automatically
helpless. They can escape only if someone with a blowtorch or
saw cuts them out (which takes 1d6+6 rounds), or by passing an
Escape Artist check (DC 18). (The character may repeat this
check each round.)
If a vehicle reaches 40 hit points, it is liable to explode. Each
time thereafter that it suffers damage, roll d% and deduct its hit
points from the roll. On a result of 0 or less it blows. Anyone still
inside automatically takes 12d6 points of damage (no save). All
other creatures within 30 ft. take 6d6 points of damage, with
Reflex saves (DC 16) for half damage.
Damage may be repaired with the Repair Device skill. Loss
of up to 20% of system hp counts as minor repairs; loss of up to
60% counts as substantial; and loss of more than 60% counts as
heavy damage. In addition to fixing the systems damage as
explained in the Repair Device skill, it takes additional time and
money to restore the vehicle to full hit points. It costs $1d6 and
takes 1d6 minutes per hit point repaired. Note that hit points can
be restored only if the systemic damage is repaired with the
Repair Device skill.
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Fuel
One final consideration for vehicles is fuel. The vehicle
descriptions indicate how many gallons of petrol each vehicles
tank holds, and how far they can go on that load. Most wilderness
travelers carry along a lot of additional fuel. But petrol is expen-
sive it goes for $3 to $5 a gallon in New Savannah and for as
much as ten times that in the back country. And petrol purchased
in the back country could have who-knows-what mixed in
which could cause the vehicle to sub-perform or even break
down...
Typical Vehicles
On the following page are profiles of eight typical vehicles.
They have damage reduction values based on their armor and the
exposure of their technical innards.
Motorcycle: A motorcycle has two wheels. Destroying one is
enough to destroy the locomotion system. Some motorcycles have
sidecars to hold larger weapons or a passenger.
Jeep: A jeep has four wheels and is designed for 4x4 wilder-
ness transportation. Characters driving jeeps need only check
against DC 9 (not 11 as normal) to drive in the wilderness.
Halftrack: A halftrack has two wheels on its front and two
tracks on its rear. It is designed for moving over difficult terrain.
A halftrack can move on roads and trails in jungle, swamp, hills,
and mountains as if they were highways.
Overlander: An overlander is a heavy truck. It has a large
hood, a rumbling engine, and a ribbed canvas cover for the cargo
bed behind the cab.
Recon Walker: A recon walker is a basic walking vehicle.
The cab stands on two legs about 10 feet from the ground but
crouches for the driver to enter and exit. It moves slowly but is
excellent at traversing difficult terrain.
Light Tank: This is a typical light tank. Each of its passen-
gers acts as a gunner for one weapon.
Hover Car: Hover cars are uncommon on Cretasus, but the
military and some well-to-do citizens do have them. They require
the Pilot skill rather than the Drive skill.
Prop Plane: This is the typical small open-topped propeller
plane used by ranchers to patrol their territories. They have an
unfortunate tendency to attract the attention of pteranadons.
Buying a Mount
On page 94 is a list of prices for vehicles and trained mounts.
The prices listed are New Savannah prices. Some dinosaurs are
cheaper in their native terrain (as there is no need to pay transport
costs to New Savannah), while most manufactured goods are
much cheaper in New Savannah than anywhere else. Therefore,
the multiplier column indicates how much more or less expensive
each item is outside of New Savannah. For example, x2 indi-
 Typical Vehicle Statistics

Motorcycle Jeep Halftrack Overlander

Type: Open wheeled Open wheeled Closed tracked Closed wheeled
Size: Medium Large Large Large
Tech Level: 3 3 4 3
Driver(s): 1 1 1 1
Passengers: 0 or 1 3 7 15
Payload: 450 lbs. 1,000 lbs. 4,000 lbs. 6,000 lbs.
Damage Reduction: 0 5 10 5
Hp: 8 48 72 64
Speed (Max): 500 400 300 400
Acceleration: 250 90 60 60
Turn Limit: 5 10 10 15
AC: 13 (+3 natural) 13 (-1 size, 15 (-1 size, 13 (-1 size,
+4 natural) +6 natural) +4 natural)
Weapons: 1 medium 1 medium 1 large, 1 medium 1 large, 1 medium
Face: 5 by 5 10 by 10 10 by 15 10 by 15
Fuel Load: 5 gallons 10 gallons 20 gallons 30 gallons
Miles/gallon: 50 40 20 15
Range: 250 miles 400 miles 400 miles 450 miles

Recon Walker Light Tank Hover Car Prop Plane

Type: Closed walker Closed tracked Open atmospheric Open atmospheric
Size: Large Huge Large Large
Tech Level: 5 4 6 4
Driver(s): 1 1 1 1
Passengers: 0 3 3 1
Payload: 400 lbs. 5,000 lbs. 1,000 lbs. 800 lbs.
Damage Reduction: 5 20 5 5
Hp: 36 156 48 36
Speed (Max): 120 400 800 1600
Acceleration: 60 50 120 80
Turn Limit: 5 10 5 10
AC: 13 (-1 size, 16 (-2 size, 11 (-1 size, 10 (-1 size,
+4 natural) +8 natural) +2 natural) +1 natural)
Weapons: 1 medium 1 huge, 1 large 1 medium 1 medium
Face: 5 by 5 15 by 15 5 by 10 10 by 10
Fuel Load: 8 gallons 50 gallons 10 gallons 15 gallons
Miles/gallon: 30 10 10 20
Range: 240 miles 500 miles 100 miles 300 miles

cates the item may cost up to twice as much outside New
Savannah, although it could be only x1.5 or 1.75 depending on
market fluctuations.
The availability column indicates the chance of finding this
item for sale in and around New Savannah (N.S.) or in any given
frontier settlement (Fron.). If an item is not available, you can
move on to the next town, or wait a month and make another
check in the same town.
Prices for a mount are determined from a variety of factors,
including supply and demand, training difficulty, transportation
costs, availability (through ranchers or wild-caught?), opportuni-
ty costs (why sell an iguanodon as a mount for less than you
would sell the meat?), and the mounts speed, fighting ability, and
carrying capacity. Trained mounts arent always easy to come by,
but untrained mounts are. Assume untrained mounts are available
at twice the frequency of trained mounts. Prices for untrained
mounts range from a quarter to half the price for a trained mount,
depending on several factors: how hard it is to train; whether it is
also used as a source of food; and whether the seller raised it,
caught it, or bought it off others for resale.
Vehicle prices are strictly a matter of supply and demand
the supply on Cretasus is limited, and demand is slowly dwindling
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Table 4-12: Vehicle and Trained Mount Costs and Availability

Mount or Vehicle Price Multiplier ____Availability____

N.S. Fron.
Trained Mounts
Albertosaurus $6,000 x1 5% 10%
Allosaurus $8,000 x1 4% 8%
Bactrosaurus $250 x2 75% 60%
Brachiosaurus $19,000 x1 5% 5%
Camptosaurus $900 x2 10% 5%
Ceratosaurus $6,500 x3/4 3% 6%
Dryosaurus $3,000 x3/4 1% 1%
Edmontosaurus $2,500 x3/4 50% 60%
Iguanodon $2,200 x3/4 5% 10%
Monoclonius $400 x1 50% 50%
Pachycephalosaurus $3,500 x2 15% 10%
Parasaurolophus $900 x1 40% 40%
Pteranodon $1,500 x3 7% 3%
Quetzalcoatlus $5,000 x3 * *
Stegosaurus ** $1,000 x2 60% 40%
Styracosaurus $350 x1 50% 50%
Therizinosaurus $850 x2 10% 5%
Triceratops $2,000 x2 80% 60%
Tyrannosaurus rex $17,000 x3 2% 1%
Vulcanodon $1,700 x1 40% 30%

Vehicles
Motorcycle $1,000 x2 50% 20%
Jeep $2,800 x2 40% 15%
Halftrack $8,000 x3 20% 5%
Overlander $10,000 x3 30% 10%
Recon Walker $5,000 x4 10% 1%
Light Tank $50,000 x3 5% 1%
Hover Car $30,000 x4 5% 1%
Prop Plane $20,000 x3 20% 5%

* No trained mounts are available. But if characters

were to bring one back and train it, this is what they
could get for it.
** These are not used as mounts, obviously, but they
can haul goods.

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 Treasure Tables
These treasure tables allow you to customize treasure results
for Cretasus. Use the standard treasure tables first to determine the
value of a treasure horde. Where the GM must depart from the
standard is in determining the coinage and objects which consti-
tute that value.
Coinage and Currency
Standard coinage should be substituted as follows:
Copper pieces: Heavy chunks of rock or earth containing
unprocessed ores (coal, aluminum, sulfur, tin, lead, or copper);
byproducts (skulls, skins, etc.) from common dinosaurs; coinage
from regional Confederate governments (actual coins, not paper).
Silver pieces: Nuggets of semi-valuable ores (iron, nickel, sil-
ver); rare dinosaur byproducts; paper money (either Confederate
or Union).
Gold or platinum pieces: Valuable metals (gold or platinum);
paper money; gems; high-denomination bank notes.
There are many other currencies that can be spent on a new
world like Cretasus, including:
Alien currencies: Coins or paper from alien species. Some of
the more common alien currencies may have recognized value on
Cretasus, whereas others may be considered worthless by terres-
trial merchants and only have worth when dealing with wide-trav-
eling merchants (such as the Free Fleet).
Regional Confederate currencies: Coins from local
Confederate governments, including those on or off Cretasus. The
spending power of these notes drops off rapidly from their face
value the more distant one gets from the issuing government.
Bank notes: Securities guaranteed by a banks reserves. The
bearer is entitled to exchange the bank note for its face value in
gold bullion at the issuing bank. Bank notes are a good light-
weight way to carry a lot of money. They are readily spent as cur-
rency, but only in their initial denomination (usually in increments
of $500). Unfortunately, their value rapidly drops to zero if the
issuing bank has financial problems (or even if theyre rumored to
have financial problems) which may a great adventure hook for
characters in possession of a lot of bank notes!
Railroad bonds: A security sold by a railroad to finance its
growth. Although still a rarity on Cretasus, this kind of currency
is growing in popularity since New Savannah began construction
on a railroad to Mount Crowe. The bonds are sold in increments
of $50 and can be redeemed three years after their issuance date
for cash plus a small amount of interest (usually around 5% per
year). An investor with a large position in railroad bonds is eager
to make sure a railroad does get built otherwise his bonds will
be worthless!
Other bonds: Many companies on Cretasus have issued
bonds, including the Bay Side Company, timber companies,
ranchers, and even explorers who promise valuable discoveries.
The value of these bonds always depends on the solvency of their
issuers. For example, an exploration in search of natural sugar
cane fields might issue bonds to pay for their journey. The owners
of the bonds are entitled to partial land rights on any fields dis-
covered; sugar processors might buy the bonds, hoping to reduce
the price of their primary ingredient. When an exploration party
falls out of contact and is not heard from for three months, they
are presumed dead and the value of their bonds falls to nearly
zero. Thats when a high-risk investor steps in, buys up the bonds
for pennies on the dollar, and hires the characters to find the sugar
cane fields and bring the original explorers back alive. If they do,
of course, the investor recoups a huge return on his investment
and has plenty of money to pay his brave troubleshooters.
IOU: In the cash-poor frontiers, local residents may trade
hand-written IOUs for goods and services. The IOU itself can in
turn be used as currency, provided the recipient recognizes who-
ever wrote it. Eventually, the IOU is presented back to the issuer
for redemption in cash or barter, often by a party far removed
from the original recipient. If issued by someone prominent, the
IOU may be called a letter of credit. The only problem is that the
IOU is only good as long as the issuer is known you cant spend
it very far from where it was issued. IOUs are standard practice on
the frontier, and characters trying to sell goods in distant free-
towns may have no alternative but to accept IOUs. This might cre-
ate an adventure if the person who issued their IOUs is kidnapped
or threatened theyll never get a pay-out if hes killed!
Art Objects
Art objects may be of human, dinosaur, or alien origin. On
average, assume an equal chance of each, but modify this accord-
ing to circumstances in the unexplored back country, for exam-
ple, most art objects will be of dinosaur origin.
You can determine the value of the art objects using the stan-
dard tables, then come up with the appropriate type of object.
Human art on Cretasus also incorporates dinosaur themes for
example, a necklace with a gold-plated T-rex incisor, an ornate
shield made from a baby triceratops skull plated in silver, and so
on. Alien art objects may be completely indecipherable.
Characters without Appraise or the appropriate Knowledge skill
may not realize they have value!
Most dinosaur art objects are primitive art; their value is not
in their refinement, but in the frenzied fashionability which
dinosaur art has achieved in the art world. Dinosaur art includes
sculptures, bas-relief, statuettes, ornate pillars and architectural
elements, cave paintings, carved horns and skulls, primitive neck-
laces, helmets, earrings and other pierce-jewelry, and images
scratched into bowls, urns, or simple rock faces. Most of the finer
art objects are fashioned by protoceratops or velociraptors, some-
times utilizing the services of ornitholestes, but even the more
clumsy species will occasionally feel the urge to scratch an image
into a rock face, which, no matter how primitive, is of great value
to art collectors and paleoanthropologists.
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 Dinosaur art objects are also great adventure hooks. You Table 4-13: Weapons
should make up art objects that relate to whatever adventure the Minor Medium Major Weapon Bonus
characters are on, or whatever adventure you want to steer them 01-50 01-05 Heirloom weapon
toward. For example, here are six art objects that might be dis- 51-70 06-10 +1 custom weapon
covered in the search for the Great Library of Logos: 71-85 11-20 +2 custom weapon
1. A stone tablet detailing T-rex genealogy for thousands of 21-58 01-20 +3 custom weapon
years. It ends five hundred years ago, when the library was 59-62 21-38 +4 custom weapon
destroyed. Such an authoritative history would be incredibly valu- 39-49 +5 custom weapon
able to any T-rex descended from those listed on the tablet. The 63-68 50-63 Alien weapon
characters might be able to wring some treasure or favors from the 86-95 69-85 64-85 Custom weapon with
right T-rexes. Of course, they will also need someone to translate special ability
the Ceratopsian inscription into Tyrannosaurus... 96-100 86-100 86-100 Roll again twice
2. A stone tablet describing the medicinal uses of the lepto-
ceratops anatomy. See the leptoceratops description on page 115 Table 4-14: Heirloom Weapons
for the benefits of using leptoceratops parts in Heal checks.
d% Weapon
3. A Rosetta stone inscribed with a protoceratops fable
01-20 Longsword
written in Ceratopsian and 1d4+2 other languages. One of the lan-
21-40 Greatsword
guages is not a known language. A character can use the stone to
41-50 Dagger
learn the other languages. The stone can also be sold to
51-60 Longbow
researchers or collectors.
61-75 Winchester rifle
4. A map of the area that now contains New Savannah, with
76-100 Colt .45
strange symbols dotting the area along the shoreline and the
mountains. If the characters explore the areas, they will find that
the symbols indicate areas rich in gold deposits. Some of them
Table 4-15: Custom Weapons
have already been discovered, but some of which havent. And d% Weapon
who knows what may be guarding those that havent yet been 01-10 Absentee Voter
found... 11-12 Ammunition only*
5. A tablet with a diagram explaining the cataloguing system 13-15 Bronto Gun
and layout of the great library. This essentially serves as a map of 16 Cryon Ray
the first level of the library. 17-19 Flamer
6. Ancient protoceratops artifacts. These range from inscribed 20-25 Gauntlet, Energy
tablets to rough-hewn statuettes of local animals and long-gone 26-27 Howzer
heroes. 28-29 Laser Lance
30-37 Laser Pistol
38-41 Laser Rifle
Items 42-44 Laser Sniper Rifle
45-53 Laser Sword
There is no magic in Broncosaurus Rex. But there is ultra- 54-56 Piledriver
tech. The creations of aliens and advanced machinists make valu- 57-70 Pistol, automatic
able rewards for characters. 71-74 Plasma Sling
Item rewards can be weapons, armor, exotic equipment, and 75-76 Pulse Rifle
alien devices. The following tables allow you to randomly gener- 77-78 Reactive Truncheon
ate weapons and armor. Other item rewards should be determined 79-84 ROGUE Rifle
by the GM as appropriate to an adventure or setting. 85-87 Screamer Knife
88-90 Screamer Rifle
Weapons 91-94 Trank Gun
95-96 Whisper Gun
Special weapons come in three categories: heirloom 97-99 Wide Beam Laser
weapons, which are well-constructed masterwork weapons pro- 100 Roll on alien weapons table
viding a simple +1 enhancement bonus to attack rolls; custom
weapons, which are refined by machinists (and sometimes aliens) * Roll again to determine the weapon that the ammunition
to exceptional quality, sometimes incorporating a special ability fits.
of some sort; and alien weapons, some commonly known, but oth-
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Table 4-16: Alien Weapons Extra penetration: The weapon causes extra damage.
d% Weapon Increase damage by one-half after including all modifiers.
01-30 Annihilator Flame: The weapon causes fire damage. Targets must make
31-45 Chimera Fiend a Reflex save (DC 15) or catch fire.
46-60 Dust Gun Improved range: The weapons range increment is multi-
61-80 Monofilament Blade plied by 2.
81-90 Warp Render Increased crit multiplier: Add 1d2 to the crit multiplier.
91-100 New alien weapon (see below) Increased threat range: Subtract 1d2 from the weapons
threat range. For example, if the current threat range is 19-20 and
Table 4-17: Special Abilities* you roll 2, the new threat range would be 17-20.
Lightweight: The weapons weight is reduced by 50%.
d% Ability
Low-tech: The weapons technology has been simplified. Its
01-08 Armor piercing
tech level is 1d2 points lower than normal. (Does not apply to
09-12 Defuser
weapons of tech level 3 or lower.)
13-25 Duo
Plasma: The weapon uses plasma blasts. Targets must make
26-29 Electric
a Reflex save (DC 15) or catch fire. In addition, the area within 5
30-36 Explosion
of the point of impact is embroiled in a fireball which dissipates
37-45 Extra penetration
in 1d3+6 rounds in still weather and 1d3+1 rounds in windy
46-53 Flame
weather.
54-65 Improved range
Rapid fire: The user may make an extra attack per turn with
66-73 Increased crit multiplier
the weapon. The attack is at the wielders highest base attack
74-81 Increased threat range
bonus, but each attack (the extra one and the normal one) suffers
82-86 Lightweight
a 2 penalty. You must use the full attack action to use this special
87-91 Low-tech
ability.
92-95 Plasma
Trank: The weapon carries tranquilizer fluid and inflicts sub-
96-97 Rapid fire
dual damage as well as normal damage. Targets take 1d6 points of
98-100 Trank
subdual damage in addition to normal damage. Moreover, they
must take a Fortitude save (DC 15). If the save fails, they take an
* Some special abilities may not apply to some weapons.
additional 1d6 points of subdual damage on the next round, and
Re-roll if the result doesnt make sense.
must continue making saves each round thereafter until one is
Armor piercing: The weapon is extremely effective against passed.
physical armor. It ignores up to 3 points of armor bonus from
physical armor. For example, a flak jacket (normally +5) would New alien weapon: There is unlimited potential for intro-
only provide a +2 bonus against an armor piercing weapon. ducing powerful alien weapons into your Broncosaurus Rex cam-
Padded armor (normally +1) would provide no bonus, but the user paigns. They were transported to Cretasus by the Free Fleet, off-
would not suffer a penalty to his AC. In addition, armor piercing world adventurers, or even the aliens themselves (perhaps thou-
weapons bypass object hardness up to a hardness of 10; hardness sands of years ago, perhaps quite recently), and were in use until
above 10 works normally. the untimely demise of their owners.
Defuser: The weapon is extremely effective against energy You can create alien weapons as you deem appropriate, or
armor. It ignores up to 3 points of armor bonus from energy armor. you can use the following method to randomly determine them.
Duo: The weapon has been combined with another weapon Future Broncosaurus Rex supplements will have even more alien
such that they can both be fired with the pull of a single trigger. weapons.
Both weapons must be aimed at the same target. A single roll is Here are the steps to generate a new alien weapon:
used to determine whether both guns hit or miss. Roll again on the 1. Roll 1d6 on the table on the next page to determine the tech
custom weapons table to determine which other weapon is type and tech level. This also determines how you will determine
involved. damage. (This method stops at tech level 16. To determine higher
Electric: The weapon causes an electric shock. This adds 1d4 tech levels, roll 1d8 or 1d10 and add 10 to the result.)
points of damage on a successful hit, plus another 1d4 if the tar- All weapons of tech level 12 and higher are modified touch
get is wearing metal armor. weapons (only energy fields provide an armor bonus against mod-
Explosion: The weapon causes an explosion upon impact. ified touch weapons). All weapons of tech level 16 and above are
The explosion causes the same damage as the weapon. Its area touch weapons (even energy fields dont give an armor bonus).
effect has a 1d3 x10 feet radius.

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Roll Tech Type Tech Level d% by Tech Level Damage
1 Monofilament 11 11 12 13 14 15 16
2 Genetic 12 01-20 3d10
3 Antimatter 13 21-50 3d12
4 Disintegrator 14 51-70 4d10
5 Beam 15 71-85 01-10 4d12
6 Psychic 16 86-90 11-20 01-15 4d20 subdual
91-95 01-20 21-30 16-40 6d20 subdual
2. Determine damage by rolling d% 96-97 21-40 31-40 01-20 41-50 5d10
according to the weapons tech level on the 98 41-50 41-70 21-40 01-10 6d10
table to the right. For weapons with a die 99 51-60 71-80 41-60 11-25 4d20
roll for damage, determine the crit modifier 100 81-85 26-35 Death (Ref save negates)
by rolling 1d3+1, and determine the threat 61-85 Mutation (Fort save negates)
range by subtracting 1d4 from 21. For 86-100 61-100 Death (Fort save negates)
weapons with a save against damage, the 86-100 36-55 Blink
DC of the save is determined by adding 2d6- 56-100 51-70 Energy drain (-1 level) (Will
4 to the weapons tech level. save negates)
Mutation: The weapon causes a physi- 71-80 Ability drain (-1 Int) (Will save
cal mutation of some kind. Some weapons negates)
target specific organs (always mutating the 81-100 Death (Will save negates)

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arms or eyes, for example), while others are more general in their Table 4-18: Random Armor Type
effects. Regardless, the mutations are never pleasant and usually d% Armor Type
harmful. Each mutation causes a permanent loss of 1d4-1 points 01-07 Hermetic suit
of Cha. In addition to changes in physical appearance, the muta- 08-12 Padded
tion causes damage roll 3d20 as if on tech level 11 to determine 13-20 Leather
how much. 21-24 Studded leather
Blink: The target blinks into the warp. The effect is just like 25-27 Chain shirt
the warp render (see Broncosaurus Rex Core Rulebook, page 61). 28-40 Flak jacket
3. Determine range increment by rolling d% according to tech 41-55 Hide
level (see table below). 56-60 Chainmail
61-65 Reflective armor
d% by Tech Level Range Increment 66-68 Riot gear
11 12 13 14 15 16 69-70 Vacuum suit
01-25 01-15 None (Melee) 71-74 Reactive armor
26-40 16-30 01-20 01-20 Grenade 10 ft./20 ft. 76-78 Bomb suit
41-55 31-45 21-50 21-40 Grenade 10 ft./40 ft. 79-85 Powered armor
56-80 46-47 51-65 41-50 10 ft. 86 Bioceramic armor *
81-95 48-59 66-75 51-70 25 ft. 87-89 Kinetic field
96-100 50-53 76-95 71-90 50 ft. 90-92 Absorption field
54-60 96-100 91-95 01-25 01-10 100 ft. 93 Vibrofield
61-85 96-98 26-50 11-25 250 ft. 94 Allosaur hide
86-98 99-100 51-85 26-50 400 ft. 95 Ceratosaur hide
99-100 86-95 51-75 1 mile 96-97 Croc hide
96-100 76-100 None limited only 98 Tyrannosaur hide
by sight range 99 Stegosaur hide
100 Ankylosaur hide

4. To determine the weapons weight, roll 1d20. On 1-10, * As given in the Scray creature description on page 119.
record the result as the weapons weight in pounds. On 11-20, Bioceramic armor discovered as treasure has a 75%
record the result and then roll 1d20 again. If the second roll is 1- chance of having been already fitted to its original wearer,
10, the weight is the sum of the two rolls. If the second roll is 11- and is thus useless to anyone else. A machinist might still
20, record the two rolls and repeat the process until you roll 1-10. buy fitted bioceramic armor to study its composition and
see if he can duplicate it; these suits are rare and even fit-
Armor ted ones can fetch $500 or more. If not fitted, it conforms
to the shape of the first person to don it. Roll 1d6 for type:
Armor and shield bonuses can be randomly determined 1-2 light, 3-4 medium, 5-6 heavy.
according to the standard rules. The type of armor or shield can be
determined according to the tables that follow. Many of the stan- Table 4-19: Random Shield Type
dard special abilities make sense in Broncosaurus Rex fire d% Shield Type
resistance, energy resistance, and so on. If the resulting special 01-50 Small steel
ability does not make sense in your campaign, re-roll or pick. 51-65 Large steel
There is a 10% chance that armor will not be built for a medi- 66-80 Riot
um-size creature, but instead be designed for a mount. If so, it will 81-90 Energy
be designed for Large (01-50), Huge (51-90), or Gargantuan (91- 91-100 Reinforced dinosaur skull
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 Encounter Tables
The following tables allow you to create random encounters by challenge rating and terrain. For encounters in ruins, caves, or other
underground areas, use the column corresponding to the terrain that surrounds the encounter area (because creatures from the sur-
rounding terrain will seek shelter there). You can then use the standard CR rules to determine the number of creatures encountered.
These encounter tables lump CRs in increments of two. That should work for most encounters just remember to increase the
number of creatures if the CR is below the partys level, and decrease the number of creatures if above the partys level.

Table 4-20: Encounters of CR 1/10 through 1

CR Creature d% by Terrain
Forest Plains Riverine/ Hills/ Desert Aquatic
Swamp Mountain (Any)
1/10 Toad 01-02 01-04
1/8 Mon. Centipede, Tiny 03-04 01 01-04 01-09
1/8 Trilobite, Common 05-14 01-15
1/6 Lizard 05-07 02-03 15-17 05-06 10-12
1/6 Small Game, Tiny 08-12 04-09 18-25 07-11 13-20 16-25
1/4 Cheirolepis 26-35
1/4 Mon. Centipede, Small 13-14 10-11 12-13 21-25
1/4 Mon. Scorpion., Tiny 15 12 14-15 26-30
1/4 Mon. Spider, Tiny 16 13 16-17 31-33
1/3 Giant Beetle, Fire 17-18 14-15 18-19 34-35
1/3 Small Game, Small 19-26 16-23 26-35 20-25 36-40 36-45
1/3 Snake, Tiny Viper 27 24 36-40 26-29 41-43 46-50
1/2 Claim Jumper (NPC) 30-33
1/2 Compsognathus 28-31 25-28 41-50 34-45
1/2 Giant Bee 32-33 29-30 46-47 44
1/2 Mon. Centipede, Med. 34-35 31-32 48-49 45-49
1/2 Mon. Scorpion, Small 36-38 33-35 50-51 50-54
1/2 Mon. Spider, Small 39-40 36-37 52-53 55-60
1/2 Pterodactylus 38-43 54-65
1/2 Snake, Small Viper 41-42 44-45 51-55 66-67 61-65 51-55
1/2 Tanystropheus 43-47
1 Dino Rustler (NPC) 48-49 46-49 68-69
1 Dryosaurus 50-54
1 Edaphosaurus 50-57 56-65
1 Eurypterid 56-65
1 Giant Ant, Worker 58-60 55-56 70-71 66-67
1 Mon. Centipede, Large 61-63 57-58 72-73 68-72
1 Mon. Scorpion, Med. 64-65 59-60 74-75 73-77
1 Mon. Spider, Med. 66-67 61-62 76-77 78-80
1 Octopus 66-75
1 Ornitholestes 68-77 63-72 66-70 78-83
1 Outlaws/Bandits (NPCs) 78-80 73-75 71-73 84-90 81-84 76-80
1 Oviraptor 81-86 76-85 85-90
1 Protosuchus 87-95 86-92 74-80 91-95 91-92
1 Shark, Medium 81-85
1 Snake, Medium Viper 96-97 93-95 81-83 96-97 93-96 86-88
1 Soldier (NPC) 98-99 96-99 84-86 98-99 97-99
1 Squid 89-95
1 Stenonychosaurus 100 100 87 100 100
1 Trilobite, Giant 88-100 96-100

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Table 4-21: Encounters of CR 2 and 3
CR Creature d% by Terrain
Forest Plains Riverine/ Hills/ Desert Aquatic
Swamp Mountain (Any)
2 Bactrosaurus 01-10
2 Camptosaurus 01-05 11-20
2 Crocodile 21-30 01-20
2 Dimetrodon 06-12 31-40
2 Dunkleosteus 21-40
2 Giant Ant, Soldier 13-17 01-10 01-10 01-15
2 Giant Ant, Queen 18-19 11-13 11-13 16-19
2 Giant Beetle, Bombardier 20-25 14-18 14-18 20-25
2 Giant Dragonfly 41-60
2 Giant Lizard 26-35 19-28 61-65 19-28 26-35
2 Giant Praying Mantis 36-40
2 Leptoceratops 29-38 36-45
2 Mon. Centipede, Huge 41-45 29-34 39-44 46-50
2 Mon. Scorpion, Large 46-50 35-39 45-49 51-55
2 Mon. Spider, Large 51-55 40-44 50-54 56-60
2 Plesiosaurus 41-70
2 Protoceratops 56-65 45-56 66-70 55-70 61-79
2 Scray 66-67 57-58 71-72 71-72 81-85
2 Shark, Large 71-90
2 Snake, Constrictor 68-71 73-82 91-95
2 Snake, Large Viper 72-73 86-95 96-98
3 Giant Wasp 74-75 59-62 73-75 96-98
3 Parasaurolophus 83-87
3 Snake, Huge Viper 76 71-74 88-90 76-77 99-100 99-100
3 Stegoceras 77-79 75-85
3 Velociraptor 89-100 86-100 91-100 90-100

Table 4-22: Encounters of CR 4 and 5

CR Creature d% by Terrain
Forest Plains Riverine/ Hills/ Desert Aquatic
Swamp Mountain (Any)
4 Giant Beetle, Stag 01-05
4 Giant Crocodile 01-20 01-30
4 Monoclonius 01-20
4 Mon. Spider, Huge 06-10 21-35 01-15 01-100
4 Pteranodon 36-50 16-45
4 Shark, Huge 31-60
3 Styracosaurus 11-30 46-75
5 Edmontosaurus 21-50
5 Elasmosaurus 61-90
5 Iguanodon 31-60 51-85
5 Pachycephalosaurus 61-75 51-70
5 Quetzalcoatlus 71-80 76-85
5 Snake, Giant Constrictor 76-85 86-100 91-100
5 Therizinosaurus 86-100 81-100 86-100

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Table 4-23: Encounters of CR 6 and 7
CR Creature d% by Terrain
Forest Plains Riverine/ Hills/ Desert Aquatic
Swamp Mountain (Any)
6 Ceratosaurus 01-05 01-13 01-10 01-20
6 Deinosuchus 06-15 04-09 11-35
6 Megaraptor 16-25 10-16 36-45 21-35
6 Mon. Centipede, Garg. 26-30 17-18 36-45 01-20
6 Mon. Scorpion, Huge 31-40 19-20 46-55 21-50
6 Vulcanodon 41-50
7 Albertosaurus 51-60 21-35
7 Allosaurus 61-70 36-45 46-60 56-65
7 Ankylosaurus 46-60 61-70 51-85
7 Mon. Spider, Gargantuan 71-80 61-65 66-70 86-100
7 Spinosaurus 71-100
7 Stegosaurus 81-90 66-75 71-85
7 Triceratops 91-100 76-100 86-100

Table 4-24: Encounters of CR 8 and 9

CR Creature d% by Terrain
Forest Plains Riverine/ Hills/ Desert Aquatic
Swamp Mountain (Any)
8 Kronosaurus 01-60
8 Mon. Centipede, Col. 01-35 01-25 01-25 01-40
8 Octopus, Giant 61-85
8 Tyrannosaurus 36-85 26-75 01-100 26-75
9 Mon. Scorpion, Garg. 86-100 76-100 76-100 41-100
9 Squid, Giant 86-100

Table 4-25: Encounters of CR 10 and 11

CR Creature d% by Terrain
Forest Plains Riverine/ Hills/ Desert Aquatic
Swamp Mountain (Any)
10 Mon. Spider, Colossal 01-25 01-30 01-20 01-40
11 Brachiosaurus 26-75 31-70 21-70
11 Mon. Scorpion, Colossal 76-100 71-100 76-100 41-100

In addition to the random encounter tables such as those above, there are tables for encounters
that are specific to certain areas of Cretasus. These encounters need not be creatures on trails, for
example, they could be simple travel hazards. Here are two tables to generate encounters relating
to travel along the Tecumseh or Bay Trails, and the lost library of Logos. The Logos encounters are
more detailed and can be fleshed out into mini-adventures. You can create similar tables for other
areas that your characters will frequent.

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Table 4-26: Trail Encounters
d% Result
01-05 Steep rocky hill. Going around takes two full days. Wagons hauled uphill may break loose (5% chance) or flip
over (5% chance).
06-10 Steep downhill slope. Going around takes three full days. Wagons must be carefully skidded downhill, but there
is a chance they may go out of control (10%).
11-15 River or stream which must be crossed. If the party camps overnight before crossing, there is a 15% chance
that a nighttime thunderstorm will raise the water level to impassable levels for 2d6 days.
16-20 Marauding dinosaurs (determine randomly).
21-25 2d4 outlaws on horses.
26-27 1d4 outlaws on triceratops.
28-35 1d6 graves alongside the trail. Disturbing them yields $1d6 in salable goods (boots, belt buckles, hats, etc.).
36-37 1d6+3 graves clustered in one spot alongside the trail. Characters who examine them closely must make a Fort.
save against DC 7 or contract a disease (incubation 1d4 days, damage 1d4 Con).
38-50 Unusual rock formations, which are interesting to look at but impede movement (reduce speed by half).
51-60 Deep wagon ruts filled with mud. Movement speeds reduced by half.
61-65 A crying child, whose caravan accidentally left her behind.
66-75 A natural spring an oasis of sorts. Food and water are plentiful.
76-85 Various belongings dumped by earlier pioneers to lighten their load: a chest of clothes, kitchen table, anvil,
stove, window glass, bureau, etc.
86-90 A dry riverbed.
91-100 Natural springs; use d%: with (01-15) geysers, (16-30) high salt content, (31-50) natural carbonation, (51-85)
pure, delicious water, (86-95) slight intoxicating effect, (96-100) harmful bacteria (Fort save DC 12 vs. disease;
incubation 3d6 days; damage 1d3 Str).

Table 4-27: Encounters in the Search for Logos

d6 Result
1 The characters discover a small boat wrecked on the shores of the Danjow. The crew has been killed and
scalped. It is the work of an adolescent zulep who needs just one more scalp to complete his coming-of-age ritu-
al. He returned to his tribe to tell them about the boat he has captured.
2 As they are traveling along the Danjow, the characters hear a human cry for help. After a difficult search, they
find the person at the bottom of a pit, less than four feet square and more than thirty feet deep. The pit is at the
crest of a bluff along the river. It leads into a section of the library which broke loose in the great flood and now
makes a medium-sized cave. The person is an explorer in search of the great library; he climbed down but his
rope broke and now he cant make his way back up.
3 A section of the library tunnels that broke loose during the great flood has washed up on the shore of the
Danjow. A zulep band has moved in, using it as shelter. This enrages some protoceratops who live nearby, so
they are preparing a raid to chase out the zuleps and reclaim the library section for their study.
4 Logos was well known for the series of grand gates that guarded its entrance. While the opening on the first
gate was enormous, the aperture on each successive gate grew progressively smaller until the final gate was a
wall forty feet tall with a door less than four feet high. The gates provided protection from large theropods, and a
system for trapping predators foolish enough to pursue their prey to the citys edge. Now one of the gates
nearly intact is discovered being used as a wall in a settlers barn. He found it in the Danjow, hauled it to his
plot of land, and is only interested in its practical uses. It is covered in Ceratopsian script. Despite its value, he
wont sell it for any price unless the buyer also helps him build a new barn.
5 The characters encounter a tribe of ornitholestes carrying ancient gold-leafed tablets inscribed in Ceratopsian.
The ornitholestes decorate their nesting areas with the sparkly, pretty tablets. They wont divulge where they
found them, but if the characters observe them for several days they will find that the ornitholestes frequent an
unremarkable group of caves along the Danjow.
6 A well-known protoceratops explorer sent news back to his relatives that he had found a stone tablet with a map
to Logos. He was on his way home when he was eaten by a ceratosaurus known to the local protoceratops.
They now want to kill and gut the ceratosaurus in the hope that it ate but cannot digest the tablet.

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 Chapter V: Creature Statistics

Coloration Table 5-3: Unusual Colors

d% Colors
01-03 Albino
Each dinosaur species has a characteristic coloration, but the
04-05 Black (melanistic)
colors of individuals vary depending on local conditions. Some
06-10 Black and blue
wide-ranging dinosaurs have evolved different skin colors and
01-15 Black and red
patterns for camouflage in the regions they inhabit. Others have
16-20 Red and blue
bright colors to frighten off competitors. Genetic anomalies may
21-25 Red and yellow
produce unusual coloration unrelated to the environment.
26-30 Yellow and blue
Giving your dinosaurs unusual skin tones can add adventure to
31-40 White and red
the game. Big game hunters may want to capture a specimen of the
41-50 Black and white
elusive tiger-striped tyrannosauruses of the northwestern plains.
51-55 Black and yellow
Characters about to face a dinosaur in combat may be thrown off by
56-60 Green and red
the bright red spots on its skin is it diseased? is it a mutant with
61-65 Orange and white
unusual abilities? or is it simply an unusual but natural marking?
66-70 Blue and white
The following tables summarize standard color schemes for
71-75 Purple and orange
dinosaurs, and provide a random generation method for producing
76-100 Roll again twice and combine the colors
variants. (Start with table 5-1, which is on the following page...
layout of tables is harder than you might think!) The variants are
divided into habitat-based color schemes and unusual color
Table 5-4: Unusual Patterns
schemes. Habitat-based schemes usually evolve to suit a particu- d% Pattern
lar environment; they are rarely found outside that environment. 01-10 Tiger stripes
Aquatic dinosaurs have no habitat-based variants listed because 11-20 Zebra stripes
their habitat is always the water (although you could allow for 21-30 Polka dots
albino deep-sea inhabitants). 31-40 Leopard spots
You can pick from this table if characters are in the appropri- 41-50 Giraffe spots
ate region. Unusual color schemes can evolve from cross-breed- 51-60 Alternating bands
ing or from intimidation advantages, or by random genetic muta- 61-70 Random smudges
tion. For unusual schemes, roll once on table 5-3 to determine the 71-80 Camouflage pattern
colors, then roll on table 5-4 to determine the pattern. 81-90 Long dorsal stripes (parallel to the spine)
91-100 Different-sized splotches

Table 5-2: Habitat-Based Color Schemes

d% Color Scheme
Subspecies and Mutations
01-10 Desert: Brown and tan
11-20 Desert: Black and brown Cretasus is a large planet, and its parallel evolution with Earth
21-25 Forest: Green and black remains a mystery. Unlike on Earth, however, the evolution of
26-30 Forest: Dark green and light green dinosaurs continues on Cretasus. There are dinosaur subspecies
31-40 Forest: Gray and green with special abilities, and some unusual mutations whose origins
41-45 Plains: Black and tan
(natural or artificial) are unknown.
46-50 Plains: Green and tan
51-60 Plains: Green and brown
Many zoologists, biologists, paleoanthropologists, and explor-
61-70 Hills/mountains: Black and brown ers are interested in tracking down subspecies for their own uses
71-80 Hills/mountains: Gray, green, and black research, taxidermy, or trophies. Some safari hunters want to bag a
81-90 Marsh/river: Gray and blue rare creature. A few machinists with an interest in genetic research
91-95 Marsh/river: Gray and dark green want to trace the origins of the dinosaurs or duplicate unusual abil-
96-97 Nocturnal: Gray and black ities. Finding and capturing subspecies can be a profitable vocation.
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 Table 5-1: Color Schemes and Chance of Variant
Creature Common Colors % Chance of Variant
Habitat Unusual None
Albertosaurus Red 01-03 04-06 07-100
Allosaurus Yellow, red, blue 01-05 06-10 11-100
Ankylosaurus Yellow, brown 01-05 06-07 08-100
Bactrosaurus Gray, green 01 02-04 05-100
Brachiosaurus Brown, gray, olive 01 02-03 04-100
Camptosaurus Green, gray 01-06 07-12 13-100
Ceratosaurus Olive, brown 01-02 03-05 06-100
Compsognathus Blue-gray 01 02 03-100
Deinosuchus Dark green 01-02 03-05 06-100
Dimetrodon Red, blue 01-03 06-15 16-100
Dryosaurus Pale green, tan 01 02-03 04-100
Edaphosaurus Brown, green 01-03 06-15 16-100
Edmonotosaurus Gray, green, brown 01 02-04 05-100
Elasmosaurus Brown w/ gray spots N/A 01-03 04-100
Iguanodon Green, gray 01-06 07-12 13-100
Kronosaurus Brown w/ tan stripes N/A 01 02-100
Leptoceratops Brown, tan 01 02 03-100
Monoclonius Tan, green 01 02-03 04-100
Ornitholestes Pale red 01-05 06-10 11-100
Oviraptor Black, gray, white 01-05 06-10 11-100
Pachycephalosaurus Brown, gray 01-02 03-04 05-100
Parasaurolophus Gray, brown 01 02-04 05-100
Plesiosaurus Grayish-red N/A 01-05 06-100
Protoceratops Green, brown, blue 01-10 11-20 21-100
Protosuchus Brown, tan, dark gray 01-05 06-08 09-100
Pteranodon Gray 01 02 03-100
Pterodactylus Gray 01 02 03-100
Quetzalcoatlus Gray 01 02 03-100
Spinosaurus Dark gray, black 01 02-10 11-100
Stegoceras Brown, gray 01-02 03-04 05-100
Stegosaurus Brown, blue, gray 01-05 06-15 16-100
Stenonychosaurus Pale gray-blue 01 02 03-100
Styracosaurus Green, olive 01 02-03 04-100
Tanystropheus Green, olive 01-03 04-06 07-100
Therizinosaurus Green, brown 01-02 03-05 06-100
Triceratops Brown, olive, black 01-10 11-25 26-100
Tyrannosaurus Rex Brown, olive, black 01-15 16-30 31-100
Velociraptor Brown, black, green 01-15 16-30 31-100
Vulcanodon Red and yellow 01-05 06-10 11-100

way to throw your characters for a loop. Just when they think its
yet another stegosaurus...
These unusual specimens never associate with normal ani-
mals of their kind. If the creature is geographically isolated from
the rest of its kind, call it a subspecies. It is possible to encounter
entire herds of subspecies dinosaurs. If the animal is not isolated,
however, it is a mutation of some sort, and no more than one fam-
ily will ever be encountered.
Table 5-5 provides a guide for randomly determining sub-
species and mutations. Roll again if you get a result that is redun-
dant or doesnt make sense (like a kronosaurus that can breathe
underwater or a sneaky brachiosaurus).
Avoid the temptation to overpopulate your world with anom-
alies. No more than 1 out every 1,000 creatures will be a subspecies
or mutation and even then, the mutation may be insignificant.
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that followed by the cetaceans. The modern cetaceans are known
as whales... but their ancestors were land-dwellers. This means
they evolved from primitive sea-dwelling amphibious mammals
to land-dwelling ungulates, then back to the sea as the whales we
know. If you really want to throw a monkey-wrench into your
campaign, the cetaceans provide empirical precedent for an evo-
lutionary process that could result in plesiosauruses with legs or
allosauruses with fins...
A Note on Stats
As noted in the Broncosaurus Rex Core Rulebook, we treat
dinosaurs as type animal, not beast as in the core d20 rules.
Nevertheless, we have given our dinosaurs the hit dice of beasts
(d10), not animals (d8), to conform to previously published d20
stats for dinosaurs. A T-rex on Cretasus shouldnt be any less
tough than a T-rex in another d20 game just because one is an ani-
mal and the other is a beast!
You may notice one other inconsistency in our stat blocks: we
do not always apply Str bonuses evenly across all of an animals
attacks. Str bonuses are applied based on how the creatures mus-
cular system works. Many large herbivores are have strong legs
and bodies, but their jaws are quite weak. In game terms, the crea-
tures Str bonus should not apply to its bite. Or, for a more dra-
matic example, consider the T-rex. The muscles in a T-rexs jaw
and neck are much more powerful than the muscles in its arms.
Some paleontologists conjecture that T-rexs arms could only lift
50 pounds! The legendary crushing power of the T-rexs jaws
makes it obvious that there are two Str stats at work here: one for
the jaws, and one for the arms. This relevant muscular group
approach to Str bonuses is why some Broncosaurus Rex dinosaurs
do not have Str bonuses applied evenly to all of their attacks.

Table 5-5: Subspecies and Mutations

d% Mutation Effect
01-02 Fur or feathers Extremely rare specimen on cusp of major physi-
ological evolution of great value to biologists
03-10 Unusual color Roll on tables 5-3 and 5-4
11-15 Short legs Speed half normal
16-20 Long legs Speed twice normal
21-30 Long neck or tail Double range of bite or tail attack
31-35 Poisoned bite Injury causes poison DC 1d10+10, initial and
secondary damage of 1d3 to (roll 1d4) Dex (1),
Str, (2), Con (3), or Int (4)
36-40 Spits poison Range 1d6 x 10 feet poisoned touch attack
determine type as above
41-45 High intelligence +2d4 Int
46-50 Opposable thumbs/claws Depending on Int, may have advanced tools and
weapons
51-55 Very strong +2d4 Str; this increases attack bonus and dam-
age
56-65 Very fast Increase speed by 50%, +1d4 Dex
66-70 Chameleon Can change color to suit environment: one-half
concealment at all times (20% miss chance) due
to ability to blend in to background, +15 to Hide
checks
71-75 Breathe underwater Can breathe underwater indefinitely
76-80 Swim/walk Swimming (walking) speed equal to normal speed
81-85 Good eyesight +6 to Spot checks
86-90 Good hearing +6 to Listen checks
91-95 Canny +6 to Bluff checks
96-100 Sneaky +6 to Hide and Move Silently checks

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 Statistics For Dinosaurs And Other Creatures

ALBERTOSAURUS (PACKMOUTHS)

Albertosaurus
Huge Animal
Hit Dice: 14d10+42 (119 hp)
Initiative: +2 (Dex)
Speed: 30 ft.
AC: 14 (-2 size, +2 Dex, +4 natural)
Attacks: Bite +15 melee, kick +6 melee
Damage: Bite 3d8+9, kick 1d6+3
Face/Reach: 10 ft. by 10 ft./15 ft. bite, 10 ft. kick
Special Attacks: None
Special Qualities: Scent
Saves: Fort +12, Ref +11, Will +8
Abilities: Str 24, Dex 14, Con 17,
Int 7, Wis 18, Cha 10
Skills: Listen +8, Spot +8, Wilderness Lore +5
Climate/Terrain: Warm forest, plains
Organization: Pack (7-12 adults and 1-6 young)
Challenge Rating: 7
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Usually neutral
Advancement: 15-21 HD (Huge)

Albertosauruses are highly social carnosaurs, slightly smaller

than allosaurus. They reach 30 feet in length. Unlike allosauruses,
ceratosauruses, and tyrannosauruses, they are pack animals, and
as many as a dozen will hunt together. A keen observer will quick-
ly distinguish an albertosaurus from other theropods by the way it
moves: it is quite agile and light on its feet for a creature its size.
SOCIETY
Albertosaurus live in packs of up to a dozen adults. During
mating season, the pack may have as many as half that number of
additional young. Albertosaurus packs are ruled by the largest ani-
mal, who may be male or female, as both genders grow to similar
proportions.
Albertosaurus packs spend their time much as lions do.
Almost all of their day is spent lounging in the shade. When an
opportunity presents itself, they will rise groggily, shake them-
selves awake, and stalk a potential meal. Albertosaurus packs are
not against attacking large herds of herbivores, which they will try
to splinter into smaller groups that can be safely attacked.
All large theropods compete for hunting grounds. Because of
their pack nature, albertosaurus are a particular threat to their
competitors. Although an allosaurus or tyrannosaurus would eas-
ily win a one-on-one fight, they are almost always outnumbered
because albertosaurus travel in packs. Enemies of albertosauruses
focus on ambushes and hit-and-run tactics when fighting them.
They also make a concerted effort to kill albertosaurus youth
whenever they get the chance.
Albertosauruses speak their own language, Albertosaur,
which has no dialects.
COMBAT
Albertosauruses are enthusiastic hunters. They enjoy stalk-
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fighting at close range, they CERATOPSIANS (HORN LIZARDS, BRONCOS)
also employ short, powerful
strikes with their well-
Styracosaurus (Thrasher) Monoclonius (Longhorn)
clawed hind legs. They are
Large Animal Large Animal
the only large theropods to
Hit Dice: 6d10+30 (63 hp) 6d10+30 (63 hp)
employ kick attacks.
Initiative: -1 (Dex) -1 (Dex)
Speed: 20 ft. 30 ft.
BYPRODUCTS AC: 14 front (-1 size, -1 Dex, +6 natural), 14 front (-1 size, -1 Dex, +6
Ranchers hate alber- natural),
tosauruses. Because of their 10 sides (-1 size, -1 Dex, +2 natural) 10 sides (-1 size, -1 Dex, +2
pack habits, they can do natural)
more damage in a shorter Attacks: 3 gores +7 melee Gore +7 melee
time than any other large Damage: Gore 1d4+4 Gore 1d10+4
theropod. Many ranchers Face/Reach: 5 ft. by 10 ft./5 ft. 5 ft. by 10 ft./5 ft.
offer a standing bounty for Special Attacks: None Charge for double damage
any albertosaurus killed on Special Qualities: Scent Scent
their land. Saves: Fort +10, Ref +4, Will +3 Fort +10, Ref +4, Will +3
Albertosaurus skins can Abilities: Str 18, Dex 9, Con 20, Str 19, Dex 9, Con 21,
be used to make one suit of Int 5, Wis 12, Cha 6 Int 6, Wis 12, Cha 6
human-sized masterwork Skills: Listen +2, Spot +2 Listen +2, Spot +2
hide armor, and their claws
and teeth can be used to Climate/Terrain: Warm forest and hills Warm plains
make daggers. An intact hide Organization: Pair or herd (9-16) Herd (21-40)
can be sold for $400. A full Challenge Rating: 4 4
set of claws and teeth can be Treasure: None None
sold for $200. Alignment: Always neutral Always neutral
Albertosauruses are no Advancement: 7-9 HD (Large) 7-9 HD (Large)
easier to train than most
other large theropods, so their eggs are not in especially high There are many kinds of ceratopsians on Cretasus, with
demand. The Dino Warriors will occasionally purchase them, triceratops being the best known. But several smaller varieties
though they prefer allosaurus and T-rex eggs. A single alber- also inhabit the planet, and their small size makes them preferred
tosaurus egg can fetch $200. for many domestic uses. All share the same basic build, similar to
a triceratops, with the arrangement of their horns being their
TRAINING defining characteristic.
Young albertosaurus can be trained as mounts at DC 27, Styracosaurus has a crown of horns emerging from its neck
while adults can be trained at DC 34. An adult albertosaurus can crest. Unlike the horns of a triceratops, these horns point to the
carry 2,000 pounds. side, not the front. Three long horns protrude from each side of the
crest, as well as many smaller horns along the crests edge and a
shorter spike on the creatures nose.
Monoclonius has only a single horn coming from its snout,
but it is long and deadly.
Styracosaurus can grow as long as 18 feet, but most speci-
mens are shorter. Monoclonius is slightly larger, with some known
to have reached 20 feet. These lengths include their tails and their
rather long skulls; their bodies are only about half as long.

SOCIETY
These ceratopsians share similar societal traits. Like tricer-
atops, they wander in herds without fixed leaders. Males compete
for mating rights in non-lethal contests, but are otherwise not
combative. The various herds ignore each other except in cases of
territorial infringement.
Styracosaurus and monoclonius follow migration patterns,
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COMBAT CHEIROLEPIS (NEEDLE-BITER)
Ceratopsians are herbivores. They dont attack unless threat-
ened. Predators are obviously a threat, as are any creatures that Cheirolepis
can endanger their nesting grounds. Since the arrival of man, cer- Tiny Animal (Aquatic)
atopsians have learned to fear humans, who hunt them and rope Hit Dice: 1/2 d8 (2 hp)
them. Most herds will go on alert at the sight of a human. Initiative: +2 (Dex)
The AC of a ceratopsian depends on the angle of attack. Any Speed: Swim 10 ft.
attack coming from the forward 90 arc hits the neck crest, which AC: 15 (+2 size, +2 Dex, +1 natural)
has a much higher AC than the creatures fleshy sides. Attacks: Bite +4 melee
If forced to fight, all ceratopsians fight with their horns. Damage: Bite 1d6-3
Styracosaurus is the least graceful its sideways-facing horns Face/Reach: 2 1/2 ft. by 2 1/2 ft./0 ft.
make it hard to directly gore an enemy, so it comes in close and Special Attacks: None
thrashes its head around wildly. The sheer number of horns being Special Qualities: None
flailed about makes this attack quite dangerous. The damage Saves: Fort +2, Ref +4, Will +1
inflicted by this counts as slashing, not piercing. Abilities: Str 4, Dex 14, Con 10,
Monoclonius makes powerful stabbing motions with the long Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 1
horn that extends from its snout. The horn inflicts double damage Skills: Spot +3
on a charge. Feats: Weapon Finesse (bite)

BYPRODUCTS Climate/Terrain: Temperate aquatic

Both monoclonius and styracosaurus are valued as mounts. Organization: School (4-40)
They are small and easily handled (compared to their larger Challenge Rating: 1/4
cousins, at least). However, their eggs are not particularly valu- Treasure: Standard
able, as they have been heavily domesticated and are easy to Alignment: Always neutral
acquire from tame creatures. Eggs can be sold for $10 each to Advancement: -
ranchers for breeding, or for much less to farmers for dinner!
Cheirolepis is a primitive predatory fish that lives in slow-
moving water, such as swamps. It grows up to 22 inches long, has
TRAINING thick, heavy scales, and has large eyes at the front of its armored
Adult monoclonius and head. Its most unusual feature is
styracosaurus are the size of its mouth, which is filled with
very large oxen (not counting irregular rows of sharp, angled
their tails, of course!) and are teeth. Although its jaw is only
now in common use as mounts four inches long, cheirolepis can
and beasts of burden. Both can open its mouth wide enough to
be trained as adults at DC 22, engulf prey up to two-thirds of
or as youth at DC 18. Fully its length. A single cheirolepis is
grown styracosaurus can carry no danger to a human, but a
1,200 pounds, and monoclo- school of them can tear apart
nius can carry 1,400 pounds. prey much larger than them-
selves.

COMBAT
Cheirolepis will attack just
about anything when they are
hungry. Characters moving
through swampy areas are
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DRYOSAURUS (GRASS-RUNNER,
DINOSAUR GAZELLE)
Dryosaurus
Large Animal
Hit Dice: 4d10 (22 hp)
Initiative: +3 (Dex)
Speed: 70 ft.
AC: 13 (-1 size, +3 Dex, +1 natural)
Attacks: Bite +0 melee
Damage: Bite 1d4
Face/Reach: 5 ft. by 10 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: None
Special Qualities: None
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +7, Will +2
Abilities: Str 11, Dex 17, Con 10,
Int 3, Wis 12, Cha 10
Skills: Spot +10, Listen +8, Jump +10
prance off. Their alertness combined with their great speed makes
Climate/Terrain: Warm plains
them difficult prey.
Organization: Herd (41-60+)
Dryosaurus herds do not have a single leader or an organized
Challenge Rating: 1
social system. They are social creatures but they lack a complex
Treasure: None
language.
Alignment: Always neutral
During mating season, the entire herd stops for five weeks to
Advancement: 6-8 HD (Huge)
tend to the eggs. As soon as the eggs hatch, the herd immediately
Dryosaurus is a recently discovered dinosaur native to the moves on and the young learn very quickly how to walk, run, and
northwestern plains. It has been nicknamed the dinosaur gazelle jump. The herd is most vulnerable during mating season, when it
for its constant sprinting, playful antics, alert herds, and jumping loses the mobility that protects it from predators; dryosauruses
behavior. carefully conceal their nests during this time.
Dryosaurus speed makes it valuable as a mount, and the few
that have been brought back from the northwestern plains have COMBAT
been sold for high prices to New Savannah residents. There is a Dryosauruses do not like to fight. Given the choice, they
great demand for faster dinosaur mounts, and the first person to retreat from combat. Their speed, agility, and jumping ability give
raise a herd of trained dryosauruses will be very successful. So far, them the ability to outrun or outmaneuver most opponents. If cor-
however, their natural habitat is so distant that no one has man- nered, they use their bite until they get an opening to retreat.
aged this.
Although dryosaurus reaches a length of 13 feet, it is very BYPRODUCTS
lightweight. Half of its length is its straight, counter-balancing
Dryosaurus are playful and cute a difficult standard for
tail. Its hips are only a foot or so taller than a humans hips. Its
most dinosaurs to meet. Humans enjoy their presence. A trained
skeletal structure is much more substantial than many of the other
adult dryosaurus currently fetches $3,000 in the New Savannah
fleet-footed dinosaurs, so it can carry a human mount.
livestock markets. Eggs would probably fetch $350 each or more,
SOCIETY but none have been brought back. Prices are high, because
demand exceeds supply. As more dryosauruses are caught, these
Dryosauruses dart across the northwestern plains in enor-
prices will fall. But there will always be a demand for them, as
mous herds. At watering holes or good grazing areas, several
they are very fast mounts.
herds sometimes coalesce into even larger uber-herds, which then
dissipate as the constituent herds move on separately.
A herd of dryosauruses is marked by the fact that at least half TRAINING
the animals are always alert. The herd is always scouting for Dryosauruses can carry up to 250 pounds. An adult can be
potential danger. At the slightest sign of trouble, they jump up and trained at DC 20, and a youth at DC 16.

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DUNKLEOSTEUS (HELMET-FISH) COMBAT
Dunkleosteus lurks below the surface of the water waiting for
Dunkleosteus prey. It has been found in water as shallow as four feet; in such
Large Animal (Aquatic) circumstances, characters who pass Spot checks may see the dun-
Hit Dice: 6d8+6 (33 hp) kleosteus silhouette under the water before it attacks (DC 8 to 12
Initiative: +0 depending on the waters clarity). Because they patrol fixed terri-
Speed: Swim 60 ft. tories, the remains of former kills may be found in the area. This
AC: 15 (-1 size, +6 natural) means treasure but it might be underwater!
Attacks: Bite +6 melee Improved Grab (Ex): Dunkleosteus attack with a ferocious
Damage: Bite 1d8+3 bite. Once they land a successful bite, they lock their jaws and
Face/Reach: 5 ft. by 10 ft./5 ft. begin grinding with the rear section of their dental plates. This
Special Attacks: Improved Grab, Grind quickly dissolves most victims. A dunkleosteus may use its
Special Qualities: None improved grab ability if it lands a bite attack.
Saves: Fort +6, Ref +5, Will +2 Grind (Ex): A target grabbed by a dunkleosteus will be sub-
Abilities: Str 16, Dex 11, Con 13, jected to a gruesome grinding by its rear dental plates. The grind-
Int 1, Wis 10, Cha 1 ing does 2d8+6 damage on a successful grapple check. The dun-
Skills: Spot +3 kleosteus cannot use its bite attack while it is grinding an enemy.
Climate/Terrain: Any aquatic
Organization: Solitary or school (2-5) EURYPTERID (SEA SCORPION)
Challenge Rating: 2
Eurypterid
Treasure: Standard
Medium-Size Vermin (Aquatic)
Alignment: Always neutral
Hit Dice: 3d8 (13 hp)
Advancement: 7-12 HD (Huge), possibly larger Initiative: +2 (Dex)
Speed: 10 ft., swim 30 ft.
The dunkleosteus is a barrel-shaped primitive fish with massive AC: 14 (+2 Dex, +2 natural)
armored plates covering its head. This bony shield extends as far as Attacks: Claws +4 melee
its pectoral fins, giving its scale-less body and eel-like tail a moder- Damage: Claws 1d6
ate degree of maneuverability. The most frightening feature of dun- Face/Reach: 5 ft. by 10 ft./5 ft.
kleosteus is its jaws. It does not have teeth; rather, it has two large Special Attacks: None
dental plates with varied edges. The fronts are edged with powerful Special Qualities: Vermin
fangs, while the back are flat, molar-like surfaces for grinding. Saves: Fort +3, Ref +2, Will +0
Most dunkleosteus are 12 to 15 feet in length. However, a few Abilities: Str 11, Dex 14, Con 10,
survive to reach a size of near-invulnerability, at which point they Int -, Wis 10, Cha 2
continue growing almost indefinitely. The largest dunkleosteus Skills: Spot +6
known was 35 feet long, but there are doubtless even larger ones Feats: Weapon Finesse (claws)
swimming the seas.
Climate/Terrain: Any aquatic
Organization: Solitary or pack (2-5)
Challenge Rating: 1
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: 4-6 HD (Medium), 7-9 HD (Large)

Eurypterids are ancient arthropods that resemble aquatic

scorpions. They have two long pincers extending from their head,
which they use to catch their prey. Their tail has small barbs but is
used to swim, not fight, and it does not have poison glands. The
common eurypterid is eight feet long.

COMBAT
Eurypterids swim through the water, always on the lookout
for prey. They are not a threat to boats but are a real danger for
swimmers.

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HADROSAURS (DUCKBILLED DINOSAURS) SOCIETY
Hadrosaurs graze in
Bactrosaurus Edmontosaurus large herds. The herds will
Large Animal Gargantuan Animal congregate where the grass
Hit Dice: 4d10 (22 hp) 16d10+16 (104 hp) is greenest (so to speak),
Initiative: +0 -1 (Dex) forming enormous popula-
Speed: 30 ft., swim 30 ft. 50 ft., swim 40 ft. tions in rather small areas.
AC: 10 (-1 size, +1 natural) 8 (-1 Dex, -4 size, +3 natural) These roving hadrosaur
Attacks: Bite +1 melee Bite +9 melee cities graze as a single
Damage: Bite 1d4 Bite 1d8+6 mass, with herds of many
Face/Reach: 5 ft. by 10 ft./5 ft. 40 ft. by 15 ft./10 ft. different species intermin-
Special Attacks: Trample Trample gling. Following close
Special Qualities: Scent Scent behind are the many preda-
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +4, Will +2 Fort +11, Ref +9, Will +6 tors that survive by picking
Abilities: Str 12, Dex 11, Con 11, Str 22, Dex 8, Con 13, off the old, young, and sick.
Int 4, Wis 13, Cha 11 Int 4, Wis 13, Cha 12 When not grazing along-
Skills: Listen +6, Spot +6 Listen +10, Spot +10 side a river or lake, hadrosaurs
spend their time wading in the
Climate/Terrain: Warm marsh, lakeshore, riverbank Warm marsh, lakeshore, riverbank shallow waters near the bank.
Organization: Herd (10-40) Herd (10-40) It is very rare to encounter a
Challenge Rating: 2 5 herd of hadrosaurs far from
Treasure: None None other hadrosaurs. They are
Alignment: Always neutral Always neutral weak herbivores and they
Advancement: 5-8 HD (Large) 17-24 (Gargantuan) know their greatest strength is
in numbers.
Many species of hadrosaurs, or duckbilled dinosaurs, graze Each species of hadrosaur has its own language
along the lakes and rivers of Cretasus. Superficially, they are very (Parasaurolophus, Bactrosaurus, Edmonotosaurus, etc.), but they
different, sporting a wide variety of colors, crests, and skin tex- are derived from a single source. A person who speaks one can
tures. Structurally, however, they are very similar, with their uni- communicate in another hadrosaur language, much as if it were a
fying characteristic being the broad, flat snout with a toothless
beak. For game purposes, the primary distinction is their size.
Parasaurolophus, described in the Broncosaurus Rex Core
Rulebook (p. 75), is an example of a Huge hadrosaur. Here we
describe typical examples of Large and Gargantuan hadrosaurs:
bactrosaurus (13 feet long) and edmontosaurus (45 feet long).

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different dialect, but with a 25% chance of misunderstanding KRONOSAURUS (OCEANIUS REX)
rather than the usual 10%.
Kronosaurus
COMBAT Huge Animal (Aquatic)
Hadrosaurs are timid plant-eaters that do not enjoy combat. If Hit Dice: 16d10+64 (152 hp)
attacked, they attempt to flee. If they must fight, they use their Initiative: +1 (Dex)
duckbilled bite in defense. Speed: 10 ft., swim 60 ft.
Trample (Ex): Small groups of predators will rarely cause a AC: 13 (-2 size, +1 Dex, +4 natural)
hadrosaur herd to panic. But if many enemies attack, the herd will Attacks: Bite +26 melee
move in unison in a giant stampede. Although no hadrosaur vol- Damage: Bite 6d8+16
untarily approaches a predator, the panic and crazed trampling of Face/Reach: 15 ft. by 40 ft./10 ft.
animals in the rear of a herd may cause the entire herd to move Special Attacks: Hurdle, improved grab, swallow
directly toward predators. The ensuing trampling can be deadly. whole
Hadrosaur tramples cause 1d8 (bactrosaurus) or 2d10 (edmon- Special Qualities: Scent
tosaurus) points of damage. Opponents who dont make attacks of Saves: Fort +14, Ref +11, Will +6
opportunity may make a Reflex save (DC 13) to take half damage. Abilities: Str 32, Dex 12, Con 18,
Int 7, Wis 12, Cha 10
BYPRODUCTS Skills: Listen +3, Spot +5
Hadrosaurs are most valued for their meat. They are basical-
ly the dinosaur equivalent of cattle. A bactrosaurus carcass can be Climate/Terrain: Any aquatic deep sea or shallow
sold for $200, and an edmontosaurus carcass for $800. shorelines
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 8
TRAINING Treasure: None
Bactrosauruses are common civilian mounts. They can be Alignment: Usually neutral evil
trained as a mount at DC 23 for an adult, and DC 19 for a youth. Advancement: 17-32 HD (Gargantuan)
Edmontosauruses are less common as mounts, as their bulk makes
them unwieldy; there are smaller creatures that are almost as Kronosaurus is the tyrannosaurus rex of the seas. Although
strong. An edmontosaurus can be trained at DC 35 for an adult, not the longest marine reptile, it is the deadliest. Its short-necked
and DC 31 for a youth. Bactrosaurus can carry 500 pounds; 45-foot long body is thick and muscular, giving it far more
edmontosaurus can carry 16,000 pounds. strength and mass than its long-necked
competitors. Fully grown kronosauruses
have been known to weigh 20 tons or
more.
Fortunately, kronosaurus is extremely
rare. Encounters with kronosauruses are
notable enough to quickly become gossip
for miles around.

SOCIETY
Kronosauruses are solitary hunters.
They cruise the ocean devouring anything
large enough to merit their attention. They
are feared by all sea dwellers.
Kronosaurus have a compact, highly
maneuverable body which is surprisingly
agile for their size. They are adroit swim-
mers in both deep and shallow water, and
have been encountered in water as shallow
as 10 feet deep.
No one knows their mating or social
habits. Kronosaurus encounters are usually
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encounters are reported each year, rarely in the same places. It is LEPTOCERATOPS (ZULEPS)
unknown whether this is because the kronosauruses are few but
far-ranging, or many but reclusive. Leptoceratops
Medium-Size Animal
COMBAT Hit Dice: 2d10+6 (17 hp)
Kronosauruses take massive gulps out of whatever stands in Initiative: +0 (Dex)
their way. Their jaws are longer than a T-rexs and their bites are Speed: 25 ft.
justifiably feared. AC: 13 (+3 natural)
Hurdle (Ex): Kronosauruses are so strong that they can hurl Attacks: Bite +4 melee
their entire body out of the water. They use this ability to attack Damage: Bite 1d8+3
ships and even low-flying pterosaurs. As a move-equivalent Face/Reach: 5 ft. by 5 ft./5 ft.
action, the kronosaurus can hurdle itself out of the water. A hurdle Special Attacks: None
can only take place if the kronosaurus ran its full distance in the Special Qualities: Scent, fire resistance 10, cold vulnerabil-
previous round. The hurdle covers a distance of 100 and reaches ity, barbarian rage
30 above sea level at the arcs apex. Saves: Fort +6, Ref +3, Will +2
One of the most famous kronosaurus attacks concerned the Abilities: Str 17, Dex 11, Con 17,
merchant vessel Plentiful. While bearing liquor from Plesiosaur Int 6, Wis 15, Cha 9
Bay to New Savannah, Plentiful encountered a kronosaurus. The Skills: Listen +8, Spot +8
beast hurled itself into the masts, shattering both of them in two
leaps. It completely cleared the decks with each jump. After Climate/Terrain: Warm desert, hills, and mountains
destroying the masts, it bit several large holes in the hull. It then Organization: Solitary, pack (4-5), or entire tribe (9-16)
followed lazily behind until the boat sank, whereupon it picked off Challenge Rating: 2
the sailors one by one. Treasure: Standard
Other captains learned from the Plentiful encounter. When a Alignment: Usually chaotic neutral
kronosaurus was spotted approaching the vessel New World in Advancement: By character class
shallows near Plesiosaur Bay, the captain steered the boat parallel
to the shore in very shallow water. The kronosaurus hurdled over The leptoceratops are primitive relatives of the protoceratops.
the boat, grabbing several crewmen. But the water on the other Although more lightly built and not as hardy, they are much more
side of the boat was too shallow and the creature ran aground! By ferocious. They are unusually bloodthirsty for herbivorous crea-
the time the kronosaurus waddled off the beach, New World had tures, a development that can be traced to their proud warrior cul-
sped safely away. ture forged by the harsh environment of the Crystal Desert. It is
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, the kronosaurus this warrior culture that allowed them to survive where their weak-
must hit a Medium-size or smaller creature with its bite attack. If er cousins, such as the psittacosaurus or bagaceratops, did not.
it gets a hold, it can try to swallow the foe. An adult leptoceratops can be as long as seven feet. They
Swallow Whole (Ex): A kronosaurus can swallow a have five toes and strong grasping ability with their front arms,
Medium-size or smaller foe with a successful grapple check. The though they lack a true opposable thumb. They walk on their rear
swallowed creature takes 2d8+8 points of damage plus 8 points of legs, but sometimes drop to all fours to run.
acid damage each round. A swallowed creature can cut its way out
with claws or a small or tiny slashing weapon. It must cause 25 SOCIETY
points of damage to the gizzard (AC 20) to escape. The desert-dwelling zuleps have always had to battle for lim-
ited supplies of food and water, against both other animals and
BYPRODUCTS neighboring tribes. Long ago, they developed a martial code
So few kronosaurus have been sighted that it is not known which has since evolved into a strong warrior culture. Although
whether they have any useful byproducts. Many hunters would herbivores, they eat flesh for ceremonial purposes.
crown their collections with a kronosaurus skull trophy, but the All zuleps, both male and female, must undergo a coming-of-
beasts are so difficult to locate that no one has yet killed one. age ritual that involves leaving the tribe and not returning until
they have scalped a certain number of enemies. They must return
TRAINING with one scalp for every year of their own age, and the scalped
The well-known dino handler Jaws Giovanni, famed for enemies must be no smaller than their own size.
having trained four T-rexes with his own hands, met his death Zulep adolescents can choose to undergo this ritual at any
while trying to capture and train a kronosaurus. They are hard to time from the age of 7 to 12 years. Obviously, the ritual is more
locate and nearly impossible to capture. No one has ever trained difficult for older creatures even though they are older and
one. If characters do manage to locate and isolate one, they can stronger, they must capture more scalps from larger creatures. But
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as a sign of strength. Those that succeed in the ritual at the latest
ages often become leaders in their tribes.
Throughout their lives, zuleps practice tattooing, scarifica-
tion, and piercing. Some tattoos and scars commemorate passages
or successes, while others are purely aesthetic. Many zuleps
exhibit unusual mutations, including malformed limbs, extra or
missing fingers, strangely shaped beaks, or extra eyes. This is due
to the radiation immanent in the Crystal Desert they inhabit.
Leptoceratops live in nomadic tribes. They wander in search
of food, living off of the rugged shrubs that grow in the Crystal
Desert and the foothills of the Danjow. They stay in one place for
a few weeks or months, until they have exhausted nearby supplies,
then move on to somewhere else in the same general region. They
are intimately familiar with the desert and know the uses of its
more common crystals.
Zulep tribes are frequently at war, both with neighboring
tribes of zuleps and with other species of dinosaurs. When a pred-
ator approaches, they usually face it head on. War is their usual
state of affairs.
Each zulep tribe speaks a different dialect of their own lan-
guage, a corrupted version of Ceratopsian which is no longer rec-
ognizable as such.
COMBAT
Zuleps value strength and power. They are aggressive espe-
cially so for herbivores. Their violent culture produces great war-
riors, and a horde of screaming, charging zuleps is a terrifying
sight. But they are barbarian warriors individual heroes with
very little coordination, strategy, or formation to tie them togeth-
er. They are vulnerable to organized, regimented opponents.
Although they have a powerful natural bite, zuleps prefer to
use spears, clubs, and shields in battle. They produce their own
stone, metal, and crystal spear heads, which they attach to cane
shafts; they also wield other weapons acquired through trade or
plunder. Individual zuleps are armed as follows. Zuleps should be
considered proficient in whatever weapons they bear:
d% Armament
1-40 Club
41-60 Longspear
61-80 Halfspear and large wooden shield
81-95 Battleaxe and large wooden shield
95-100 Other (GMs choice acquired through trade or
plunder)
Zulep weapons often have straps so they can be slung over
the creatures back when it runs on all fours.
Zuleps often carry trophies from previous battles. These tro-
phies range from mundane (a velociraptor claw or human scalp)
to exotic (a laser pistol which they dont know how to use).
Fire Resistance 10 (Ex): Zuleps are raised in extreme tem-
peratures and are accustomed to great heat. They ignore the first
10 points of fire damage dealt to them each round.
Cold Vulnerability (Ex): Zuleps suffer double damage from
all cold attacks except on a successful save (as if of the fire sub-
type).
Barbarian Rage (Ex): Once per day, a zulep can rage exact-
ly as a first-level barbarian. This stacks with rages gained by
zuleps who have barbarian class levels.
BYPRODUCTS
Zuleps have unusual anatomies. They can endure extreme
heat and frequent dehydration. Many of their organs have medic-
inal uses. Any character with the Heal skill can learn how to use
leptoceratops parts in healing. This takes two months with instruc-
tion (whether teacher or text), or six months if self-taught. The
character must also be able to gather the leptoceratops parts,
which requires the Wilderness Lore skill (see Dinosaur
Byproducts, Broncosaurus Rex Core Rulebook p. 63). One lepto-
ceratops corpse will yield 1d3 uses of healing agents. After study-
ing the leptoceratops anatomy, the character receives a +1 compe-
tence bonus to Heal when he uses leptoceratops healing agents.
TRAINING
Due to their antagonistic nature, zuleps are practically impos-
sible to train.
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PLESIOSAURUS (SEA WOLF) down, and move on to the next target. Plesiosaurs often follow
right behind fishing expeditions, grabbing fish out of the nets as
Plesiosaurus fast as the fishermen can haul them in. They are the bane of fish-
Medium-Size Animal (Aquatic) ermen throughout the inland sea, but especially in the northern
Hit Dice: 3d10+6 (23 hp) waters of Plesiosaur Bay, where they are so numerous as to make
Initiative: +3 (Dex) fishing expeditions pointless.
Speed: 20 ft., swim 40 ft.
AC: 15 (+3 Dex, +2 natural) COMBAT
Attacks: Bite +5 melee Plesiosaurs do not actively threaten humans, but their daring
Damage: Bite 1d6+3 attempts to steal fish from under fishermens noses inevitably get
Face/Reach: 5 ft. by 10 ft./5 ft. them into trouble. They will defend themselves if attacked, as
Special Attacks: None many a fisherman has learned when clubbing one with an oar.
Special Qualities: Scent Nevertheless, plesiosaurs will not initiate attacks against humans
Saves: Fort +5, Ref +6, Will +0 except against injured swimmers or children, as their mouths are
Abilities: Str 16, Dex 16, Con 14, too small to easily eat humans.
Int 3, Wis 9, Cha 6
Skills: Listen +2, Spot +3 BYPRODUCTS
Plesiosaurs are considered pests with no usable byproducts.
Climate/Terrain: Ocean
Organization: School (3-10) TRAINING
Challenge Rating: 2 It is rumored that some wild ones have taught plesiosaurs to
Treasure: None fish for them. Characters can attempt this at DC 23.
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: 4-6 HD (Large), 7-9 HD (Huge)
QUETZALCOATLUS (GRAYWING)
Quetzalcoatlus
Gargantuan Animal
Hit Dice: 13d8+26 (85 hp)
Initiative: +2 (Dex)
Speed: 20 ft., fly 80 ft. (good)
AC: 10 (-4 size, +2 Dex, +2 natural)
Attacks: Bite +9 melee
Damage: Bite 3d8+4
Face/Reach: 20 ft. by 40 ft./15 ft.
Special Attacks: Improved grab
Special Qualities: Scent
Saves: Fort +10, Ref +10, Will +5
Abilities: Str 19, Dex 14, Con 14,
Int 7, Wis 12, Cha 6
Skills: Listen +5, Spot +6*
Climate/Terrain: Any mountains
Organization: Solitary or pair
Challenge Rating: 5
Plesiosaurus is the most common of the sea predators. It Treasure: None
reaches a length of 8 feet, with a neck as long as 3 feet just long Alignment: Always neutral
enough to threaten fisherman in small boats. Plesiosaurus is built Advancement: -
for maneuverability, not speed, and is extremely skilled at snatch-
ing fish out of nets without being captured itself. When they are Quetzalcoatlus is the largest flying creature of all time. Its
caught in nets, plesiosaurs are usually able to gnaw their way out. forty-foot wingspan and seven-foot-long beak frighten humans
and dinosaurs alike, although it feeds primarily on carrion and
SOCIETY shellfish. Quetzalcoatlus has incredible eyesight and can spot food
Plesiosaurus schools are constantly on the move. They dart from several miles away.
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SOCIETY TRAINING
Quetzalcoatluses live in lofty, inaccessible rooks far from Many dino trainers covet the chance to train a quetzalcoatlus,
human settlements. They are sometimes seen cruising over human as they make strong, fast mounts. An adult can be trained at DC
settlements at high altitudes, but it is very rare for a human to 32. A youth can be trained at DC 26, although the youth grow up
encounter one close-up. High in their cliff-side dwellings, they at such high altitudes that they are extremely rare. An adult can
seem to live a life of their own, unconcerned with what the rest of carry up to 900 pounds.
the world is doing. They speak pterosaur.
SCRAY
COMBAT
Quetzalcoatluses are not predators, so they generally will not Scray
attack unless provoked. However, they will swoop down from Medium-Size Humanoid (Alien)
above to feed on the body of a recent kill which may be a prob- Hit Dice: 1d8 (4 hp)
lem for humans intent on recovering some trophy from the car- Initiative: +0 (Dex)
cass. Speed: 30 ft.
Quetzalcoatluses have claws, but they only use their bite in AC: 21 (+6 vibrofield, +5 light bioceramic
combat. They first try to intimidate opponents by snapping their armor)
huge beaks. If that doesnt work, they will take a few bites. If the Attacks: Laser pistol +1 ranged or monofila-
enemy is still not cowed, the quetzalcoatlus will resort to picking ment blade +1 melee
them up and dropping them from very high up. Damage: Laser pistol 2d10 or monofilament
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, the quetzalcoatlus blade 3d12
must hit a Large or smaller sized creature with its bite attack. It Face/Reach: 5 ft. by 5 ft./5 ft.
can then carry the target to a great height and drop it (often for the Special Qualities: Fast healing 4
maximum of 20d6 points of falling damage). It can continue to Saves: Fort +0, Ref +2, Will +2
bite whatever it is carrying, automatically inflicting 3d8+4 dam- Abilities: Str 13, Dex 10, Con 11,
age until the creature escapes or is dropped. If it tries to bite some- Int 18, Wis 11, Cha 13
thing else, the carried creature is automatically dropped. Skills: Chemistry +5, Disable Device +10,
Skills: *Quetzalcoatlus gain a +8 racial bonus to Spot checks Drive +2, Knowledge (nature) +5,
in daylight. Knowledge (science) +5, Knowledge
(technology) +5, Listen +1, Operate
BYPRODUCTS Ironclad +2, Pilot +2, Repair Device
Quetzalcoatluses are valued as mounts. Their eggs would +10, Use Technical Equipment +10
surely go for a good price if any could be found! The creatures Feats: Weapon proficiency (all alien
roost at such high altitudes that none of their eggs has ever weapons), Gearhead
hatched in captivity.
Climate/Terrain: Any
Organization: Any; on Cretasus, usually found in
pairs or small groups (3-6)
Challenge Rating: 2
Treasure: Standard plus technology (see below)
Alignment: Usually chaotic neutral
Advancement: By character class

The Scray were the first aliens that humanity encountered.

They are native to the Scray system, though they can now be
found across the universe.
All Scray look menacing to humans. They are thin, bipedal
humanoids who stand about seven feet tall, with arms that are
noticeably longer than human proportions. They are always
sheathed in fringed black cloaks. The occasional glimpse beneath
the cloak reveals complex Giger-like ridged body armor. In
human atmospheres, they must wear coiled, bio-organic gas
masks to breathe. Examining a Scray corpse reveals a thin, dusky,
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the skinny arms that reach almost to their calves), a small head
with two pinprick eyes, and a small mouth with omnivorous teeth.
The Scray are much more technologically advanced than
humans. Although they speak their own languages (at least twen-
ty-six have been identified by human scholars), they are always
equipped with translator devices which make them understood by
almost any creature.
SOCIETY
Scray civilization predates humanity by at least four hundred
thousand years. But the Scray are an introverted race whose galac-
tic ambitions fall far short of humanitys. Had we not found them,
they would have avoided us.
Like humans, the Scray have their own varied nations and
allegiances. Most humans are familiar with only a small portion of
their society. The Scray that humans encounter are invariably
researchers, adventurers, explorers, or traders, and it is by these
acquaintances that most humans form their perceptions.
At the simplest level, the Scray are aloof, stand-offish, and
silent. They seem eerily quiet even when not around humans, with
the rasping of their gas masks providing a noisy contrast to their
own silence.
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The Scray are uninterested in human politics. They seem
interested only in technology. Much of their interaction with
humans comes about because of their many gadgets they invari-
ably have a miniaturized handheld machine for doing whatever a
human needs to do. Except for meeting their basic needs, they are
not interested in human wealth, and prefer to trade their technolo-
gy for interesting machines, artifacts, or chemicals. There are very
few human technologies unknown to them, but our raw materials
sometimes mystify them. Even the most basic human chemicals
may be exotic to the Scray who first encounters them. Savvy
traders sometimes walk away with amazing deals it is rumored
that the first dust gun to fall into human hands was traded for a
pack of cigarettes!
Communication with a Scray is not easy. They are naturally
reticent, and easily annoyed by humans who are loquacious, over-
bearing, or noisy. At the same time, Scray have been known to
offend humans by refusing to accept normal wealth for their
goods. Fortunes have been offered for Scray technology, only to
be refused. Of course, the failed buyer is none too happy to learn
the Scray later traded their gadgets for the equivalent of cigarettes.
Scray interests are eclectic and inscrutable to humans, and
attempts to acquire their technology with human riches rarely suc-
ceed. The Scray may demand an obscure chemical or strange
device in trade for their goods or, as they once did, they may
trade powerful technology only if the purchaser arranges an intro-
duction with a well-known human biochemist. No human has yet
to understand, much less predict, what a Scray will want.
Scray come to Cretasus for three primary reasons. First, it is
the Scray who provide the technology that the Union uses to build
ironclads, so they are most common in Union areas in and around
the ironclad research center near Fort Lincoln. (Only the highest
Union officers know what they have offered the Scray in return
for their assistance.) Second, much as they explore all new plan-
ets, the Scray are exploring Cretasus in search of interesting raw
materials and native life forms they can use in their bio-tech
research. Finally, some Scray are there simply for adventure.
COMBAT
Scray do not enjoy bloodshed. They prefer to resolve disputes
peacefully. But when forced to fight, Scray fight viciously with
their advanced technology. A typical Scray has a tech level of 15;
more intelligent ones may be even higher. They have human-like
hands and most of their inventions can be used by humans. A typ-
ical Scray carries a laser pistol and monofilament blade, but they
may be encountered with almost any combination of weapons.
Fast Healing 4 (Ex): The Scray have self-repairing medical
systems built into their armor. This allows them to heal quickly.
The medical systems only work with their physiology, although it
is rumored that they have designed similar systems for humans.
BYPRODUCTS
Scray wear a lightweight bioceramic armor that is custom-
molded to their body shape. The armor is literally grown to match
their build,; one Scrays bioceramic armor cannot be worn by any SCRAY NPCS
other creature, even another Scray. Bioceramic armor is tech level
12, and can be grown in varying thickness, as follows. Growing Many Scray adventurers have character levels. The stats pro-
bioceramic armor requires advanced facilities, which a Scray vided are for a Scray commoner. 60% of all Scray encountered on
might be persuaded to provide. Cretasus have character levels. Of those
with character levels, 75% are machin-
Bioceramic Armor Armor Max Dex Armor Speed Wt. ists, 20% soldiers, and 5% spies. Scray
Bonus Bonus Check (30 ft.) wild ones and bronco riders are unheard
Penalty of, and although they do have two-fis-
Light +5 +4 -2 30 ft. 8 lb. ters, theyre not encountered on alien
Medium +6 +3 -3 20 ft. 16 lb. planets like Cretasus. Roll 1d6 to deter-
Heavy +7 +2 -4 20 ft. 24 lb. mine a Scrays character level. If you
roll a 6, re-roll and add 5 to the result,
rolling again and adding 10 if you roll
another 6, and so on.
Scray carry a variety of technological doodads. Assume each
Scray has 1d4 randomly determined tech items (2d4 if the Scray
is a machinist). Some will be in use; others will be carried for
trade or examination. You can use this table to determine what the
Scray has, or you can pick or create an item. Remember that they
often carry minor items that humans find immensely useful for
example, a handheld metal detector that lets miners find minute
veins up to 100 ft. underground.

d% Tech Item SMALL GAME

01-05 Ankle jets
06-07 Annihilator Small Game, Tiny Small Game, Small
08-10 Bionic arm Tiny Animal Small Animal
11 Bionic ear Hit Dice: 1/2 d8 (2 hp) 1d8+2 (6 hp)
12-13 Bionic eye Initiative: +2 (Dex) +3 (Dex)
14-16 Bionic leg Speed: 20 ft. 40 ft.
17 Chimera fiend AC: 14 (+2 size, +2 Dex) 15 (+1 size, +3 Dex, +1 natu-
18-20 Cryon ray ral)
21-22 Dust Gun Attacks: Bite or claw +1 melee Bite or claw +3 melee
23-26 Dyno-mites Damage: Bite or claw 1d3-4 Bite or claw 1d4
27-31 Electron field Face/Reach: 2 1/2 ft. by 2 1/2 ft./0 ft. 5 ft. by 5 ft./5 ft.
32-37 Energy gauntlet Special Attacks: None None
38-43 Energy packs (2d6) Special Qualities: Scent Scent
44-46 Energy shield Saves: Fort +2, Ref +4, Will +1 Fort +4, Ref +5, Will +1
47-56 Engineering tools Abilities: Str 3, Dex 15, Con 10, Str 11, Dex 17, Con 15,
57-58 Grav field Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 5 Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6
59-68 Holosphere Skills: Listen +2, Spot +3, see below Listen +4, Spot +5, see below
69-70 Jet pack
71-76 Laser rifle Climate/Terrain: Various Various
77-82 Medical kit Organization: Solitary, pair, or pack Solitary, pair, or pack
83-85 Plasma charges (1d6) Challenge Rating: 1/6 1/3
86-88 Plasma sling Treasure: None None
89-91 Powered armor Alignment: Always neutral Always neutral
92-93 Pulse rifle Advancement: - -
94-96 Scanner
97-98 Spibot The hunters of Cretasus do not spend all their time tracking T-rexes. An endless variety of
99 Tractor beam small game skitters across the landscape. Small-time hunters, independent farmers, and trap-
100 Warp render pers devote a lot of their energy to capturing these smaller creatures, which are less dangerous,
more common, and easier to transport than large dinosaurs.

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 Labidosaurus (Gizzard Lizard) (Tiny 2 ft. long; skills:
Balance +10, Climb +10; climate: warm forest, plains, desert):
Labidosaurus is a fat, squat lizard that eats insects, snails, and veg-
etation.
Coelurosauravus (Glider) (Tiny 1 1/2 ft. long; glide 40
ft.; skills: Balance +13, Climb +16, Move Silently +8; climate:
warm forest): Coelurosauravus is an unusual early reptile that is
adapted for gliding. It looks like a thin lizard, but its ribs are great-
ly elongated to form two rigid wings emerging from either side
of the body. Flaps of skin between the ribs allow it to glide. It falls
5 ft. downward for every full 20 ft. that it glides. Some forest
clearings on Cretasus are practically alive with the constant glid-
ing of coelurosauravuses. Sharp-shooting them in mid-air is a
favorite sport of bored farm hands.

SPINOSAURUS (SWAMP LURKER)

Spinosaurus
Huge Animal
The small game profiles can be applied to a variety of small
Hit Dice: 14d10+56 (133 hp)
amphibians and reptilians living on Cretasus. They are the prehis-
Initiative: +1 (Dex)
toric equivalent of rabbits, beavers, weasels, pheasants, raccoons,
Speed: 40 ft., swim 20 ft.
dogs, and other such creatures. Since small game will likely play
AC: 13 (-2 size, +1 Dex, +4 natural)
a small part in most campaigns, we have not described it here in
Attacks: Bite +15 melee, claws +2 melee
great detail; the entries below give specific details for some of the
Damage: Bite 3d8+7, claws 1d4
many creatures that fit the profiles above. They can be used to
Face/Reach: 10 ft. by 10 ft./15 ft.
flesh out wilderness encounters, give results to hunting expedi-
Special Attacks: None
tions, and explain whats for dinner when the characters stop by
Special Qualities: Scent
Farmer Browns house.
Saves: Fort +13, Ref +10, Will +6
Platyhystrix (Spinyback) (Small 3 ft. long; swim 20
Abilities: Str 24, Dex 13, Con 18,
ft.; climate/terrain: warm swamp, forest, river and lake
Int 5, Wis 15, Cha 11
shore): Platyhystrix is a sail-backed, semi-aquatic creature. Its
Skills: Listen +12, Spot +12, Wilderness Lore
brightly colored skin is red with green and yellow sails. It bites if
+5, Hide +0*, Move Silently +0*
attacked.
Peltrobatrachus (Fatball) (Tiny 2 ft. long; speed 10 ft., Climate/Terrain: Swamp or marsh
swim 10 ft.; AC 14 when moving, 15 when balled up (no Dex Organization: Solitary or pride (3-5 adults and 0-4
bonus, +3 bonus to natural armor); climate: warm swamp, young)
forest, plains): Peltrobatrachus looks like a cross between a sala- Challenge Rating: 7
mander and an armadillo. Hunters value this slow-moving Treasure: Standard
armored amphibian because it is extremely easy to kill rather Alignment: Usually neutral evil
than running, it rolls up into an armored ball. Unfortunately for Advancement: 15-30 HD (Gargantuan)
the peltrobatrachus, its armadillo armor is easily penetrated by
modern weapons (especially when it loses its Dex bonus after Spinosauruses are large theropods distinguished by the six-
rolling up), and the ball defense is nearly useless against humans. foot-tall spine that runs down the length of their backs, much like
If it actually survives an attack, it unrolls and bites. that of the dimetrodon. They are huge carnivores, growing to 40
Gerrothorax (Flathead) (Small 3 ft. long; swim 30 ft.; feet in length (as long as an allosaurus) and six tons in weight.
AC 12 until hit (no Dex bonus), then AC 15; skills: Hide +9; They dwell exclusively in swamps and are the most feared
climate: warm swamp, shallow water): Gerrothorax is a flat denizens of the Bayou. No survivor ever forgets the sight of a
amphibian that looks sort of like a fat lizard that has been run over. dripping, moss-laden spine slicing menacingly through the water
Its eyes are on the top of its flattened head. It hunts by digging into as the spinosaurus pursues its victim.
a shallow river bottom, covering itself with sand or rocks, and bit- Spinosauruses spend a great deal of time lurking just below
ing the first thing to come by. It is difficult to spot, but once spot- the waters surface, much like crocodiles. Spinosaurus seek out
ted extremely easy to kill because it wont move until attacked. water that is about ten feet deep just the right depth for their
Gerrothorax always counts as flat-footed until it has been hit. lurking. If water of the right depth cant be found, they dig pits in

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 hunt alone or in pairs, bringing their
kills back to the rest of the pride to eat.
They alternate on hunting duty. When
not hunting, the other spinosauruses
laze about in the water.
Each pride has its own territory.
They aggressively contest any other
large carnivore within their territory.
They dont attack velociraptors or
other smaller predators because they
dont consider them competition.
Spinosauruses speak their own
language.

COMBAT
Spinosauruses fight with their
jaws and front claws. Their jaws are
noticeably slimmer than those of the
other large theropods. They are no
match in a head-on fight with an
allosaurus or T-rex, but their ambush-
ing abilities make them just as feared
among prey. They consider humans to
be eligible meals.
Skills: * Spinosauruses receive a
racial bonus of +9 to Hide checks in
water or swamp. They have an uncan-
ny ability to move silently through
water and muck, and receive a +6
racial bonus to Move Silently in water
or swamp terrain. They can move
silently while swimming or while
walking.

shallow water so they can hide, waiting for prey to pass.
The spine serves several purposes. It helps regulate body tem-
perature, absorbing heat while the rest of the spinosaurus is sub-
merged. A submerged spinosaurus often hides among reeds or
swamp grass to conceal its spine which extends above the water line.
The spine can also be inflated slightly to help the spinosaurus float.
SOCIETY
Spinosauruses live in prides of three to five adults: one an
adult male, and the rest adult females. The pride may have as
many one child per female.
Spinosauruses generally hunt large hadrosaurs. The adults
BYPRODUCTS
At close range, spinosaurus have
an unbearable stench. This usually
doesnt affect their ambushing ability,
as they will have attacked by the time
their prey could have smelled them,
but it reduces their resale value.
Nobody wants spinosaurus leather!
The only part of the spinosaurus that has value is its sail, and then
only as a trophy for the dino hunter who bagged it himself.
TRAINING
Nobody in their right mind would try to train a spinosaurus,
since they stink, they have a huge spine right where youd want to
sit, and their native environment is the swamp. But if you really
want to try, go for it. The DC is 34 for an adult and 27 for a youth.
An adult can carry 3,500 pounds, though it is impossible to find
saddle bags that accommodate their spine.

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STENONYCHOSAURUS (MOON
LIZARD, GHOST DINO)
Stenonychosaurus
Small Animal
Hit Dice: 1d10 (6 hp)
Initiative: +4 (Dex)
Speed: 40 ft.
AC: 16 (+1 size, +4 Dex, +1 natural)
Attacks: Kick +1 melee, bite +0 melee
Damage: Kick 1d6, bite 1d4
Face/Reach: 5 ft. by 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: None
Special Qualities: Scent
Saves: Fort +2, Ref +6, Will +5
Abilities: Str 11, Dex 18, Con 11,
Int 17, Wis 20, Cha 13
Skills: Balance +4, Climb +3, Hide +8*,
Jump +5, Knowledge (nature) +8,
Knowledge (dinosaurs) +8,
Knowledge (arcana) +8, Knowledge
(geography) +8, Knowledge (history)
+8, Knowledge (local) +8, Move
Silently +8, Listen +5, Spot +5,
Wilderness Lore +12
Feats: Blind-fight
Climate/Terrain: Any Nocturnal
Organization: Solitary or flock (20-40 adults and 5-
15 young)
Challenge Rating: 1
discovered. Their hiding ability makes encountering them very
Treasure: None
different from discovering them, however. Many a nighttime trav-
Alignment: Usually neutral
eler has been startled to realize he is only a few feet from one of
Advancement: By character class
the creatures, which promptly sprints away. Groups of stenony-
chosaurus are almost never seen. When encountered, though, they
Stenonychosauruses are light, nimble dinosaurs of exception-
are surreal: an oblivious passer-by will witness a seemingly still
al intelligence. They are similar in structure to a velociraptor,
forest come to sudden life as twenty or more previously hidden
although smaller and weaker. Relative to their body size, they
ghost dinos suddenly flee.
have the largest brain of any dinosaur. They are extremely rare
Stenonychosauruses have limited relations with other intelli-
due to their small size, stealthy habits, and nocturnal lifestyle.
gent dinosaurs. They are known to engage in trade with veloci-
Most settlers on Cretasus will never see one, even though they are
raptors and protoceratops. Dinosaur legends hold that they are the
native to every terrain.
guardians of long-hidden secrets. Protoceratops claim they are the
servants of a mysterious race of humanoid dinosaurids.
SOCIETY The only humans to have initiated communication with a live
Very little is known about the reclusive stenonychosauruses. stenonychosaurus are wild ones, and they have not divulged what
They are active only at night, though no one has ever found their theyve heard. On the other hand, stenonychosaurus have initiat-
daytime hiding places. Given that the three fingers on their hand ed communication with humans, albeit rarely. Their enormous
are very useful for grasping, it is possible that stenonychosaurus intelligence has let some learn to read and write human languages,
build hidden dwellings. Their large, round eyes reflect light like and this is their method of communication (as they lack the vocal
an owls, and their pale gray-blue skin is haunting in moonlight. abilities to speak properly).
These two traits have earned them the nicknames moon lizards They are enigmatic and their messages do not always make
and ghost dinos. sense. Moreover, the communication process is terrifying: a human
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 TANYSTROPHEUS (LONG BITER)
Tanystropheus
Medium-Size Animal
Hit Dice: 1d10 (6 hp)
Initiative: +1 (Dex)
Speed: 30 ft.
AC: 13 (+2 natural, +1 Dex)
Attacks: Bite +0 melee
Damage: Bite 1d4
Face/Reach: 5 ft. by 5 ft./10 ft. (see below)
Special Attacks: Poison
Special Qualities: None
Saves: Fort +2, Ref +3, Will +0
Abilities: Str 10, Dex 13, Con 11,
Int 2, Wis 10, Cha 5
Skills: Spot +6, Listen +1, Hide +4
Feats: Combat reflexes
Climate/Terrain: Warm Forest
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 1/2
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: 2-4 HD (Large)

Tanystropheus is a bizarre ancient reptile of ridiculous pro-

materialize out of the darkness around him, drop off a rock or log
with a message scratched on it, then disappear just as suddenly.
But the communication is often useful, at least in retrospect.
There is no pattern to their decisions to communicate; the mes-
sages passed have ranged from fruit red good (which apparent-
ly thanked a farmer for the apples he had imported to grow in his
orchard) to danger hole mouth (a warning to a Confederate ser-
geant about a ceratosaurus lurking in a ravine near his unit).
COMBAT
It is highly unlikely that a stenonychosaurus will ever be
pinned down in combat. They always try to flee. If forced to fight,
they bite and kick and look for any opportunity to escape.
Skills: *Stenonychosaurus receive a racial bonus of +8 to
Hide checks at night.
BYPRODUCTS
Stenonychosaurus have no known useful byproducts, but
when killed they are often stuffed and displayed as rarities.
TRAINING
No one has ever captured a live stenonychosaurus to train.
However, given their intelligence, training isnt an issue. They
will probably be smarter than their trainer. The issue would be
persuading them to cooperate.
portions. It resembles a modern lizard, with one gigantic excep-
tion: its neck is three times as long as its body. Its body is about
two feet long with a tail of equal size, while its neck extends a full
six feet in front of the body before terminating in a small lizard-
like head. Strangely, the neck is not particularly flexible, as it only
has ten vertebrae!
SOCIETY
Tanystropheus are always found alone, although they are usu-
ally alone in the same general area that is, if you find one by
itself, youll probably find others nearby.
COMBAT
Tanystropheus lurk in tangled jungles. They especially like
areas with vines and thick underbrush. They position their body in
a protected area, then snake their head around to observe the area
around them. When an enemy approaches, they thrust out a series
of quick bites. Their bite range is aided by their long neck, but the
necks inflexibility also prevents them from striking enemies at
close range. Their bite attack should be treated as a reach weapon.
Tanystropheus hiding ability is due to their skill at blending
into areas of dense underbrush, where their projecting neck will
be mistaken for a vine.
Poison (Ex): Tanystropheus has a poisonous bite. The poison
is transmitted via injury, and requires a Fort save (DC 16) to count-
er. Initial and secondary damage are each 1d4 temporary Dex.

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BYPRODUCTS
Tanystropheus poison is released from a pair of glands at the
base of its neck. These glands can be harvested and sold for the
poison they contain. Each gland provides 1d4 uses. A gland can be
sold for $50, though harvesting it is dangerous it requires a
Wilderness Lore check (DC 6), and failure has a 50% chance of
subjecting the character to the poison.
THERIZINOSAURUS (REAPER)
COMBAT
Compared to the other large theropods, therizinosaurus is
slow, fat, and weak. It does not need strength or power to survive,
so it does not have such strength or power. It is considered poten-
tial prey by many carnivores, although its claws are intimidating
and most predators would prefer a defenseless duckbill.
Therizinosaurs spend most of their time gazing at the ground
as they root around for insects. They count on their hearing to alert
them to danger.

Therizinosaurus BYPRODUCTS
Huge Animal Humans use therizinosaur claws as weapons. They can be
Hit Dice: 12d10+36 (102 hp) shaped into swords, scimitars, and other weapons of various
Initiative: +0 lengths. Many wild ones fight with a reaper claw, a simple,
Speed: 20 ft. unhewn therizinosaur claw. A reaper claw has the stats of a
AC: 11 (-2 size, +3 natural) longsword.
Attacks: 2 claws +13 melee
Damage: Claw 2d6+6 TRAINING
Face/Reach: 10 ft. by 10 ft./10 ft. Therizinosaurs can be trained at DC 27 for an adult and DC
Special Attacks: None 20 for a youth. They can carry 1,000 pounds.
Special Qualities: Scent
Saves: Fort +11, Ref +8, Will +4
Abilities: Str 22, Dex 11, Con 17,
Int 4, Wis 11, Cha 7
Skills: Listen +8, Spot +2
Climate/Terrain: Warm plains, forest, hills
Organization: Solitary or herd (3-5 adults)
Challenge Rating: 5
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: 13-18 HD (Gargantuan)

Therizinosauruses are eccentric theropods. Unlike T-rex and

the other theropods, their 35-foot long bodies are rather plump
(almost like the sauropods), with a long neck, small head, and
weak jaws. Their front legs are eight feet long and fully function-
al, and they sometimes saunter about on all fours. Most notably,
they have three-foot long scythe-like claws on their front feet.

SOCIETY
Therizinosauruses are highly specialized carnivores. They
feed only on insects. They use their enormous claws to dig up dirt,
river bottoms, and even tree trunks in search of prey. They have a
voracious appetite and eat constantly, as creatures their size must
eat a lot of bugs to stay full!
Some farmers on the plains have used therizinosauruses to
help till and plow their fields. Simply letting one of the beasts
loose on a field will ensure it is well plowed, though a bit errati-
cally. Some farmers have had limited success training them to
plow in a straight line.
Therizinosauruses speak a dialect of sauropod.

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TRILOBITE (SEA BUGS, SCURRIES) mostly found deep at sea,
although they have been seen
Trilobite, Common Trilobite, Giant near shore in Plesiosaur Bay.
Tiny Vermin (Aquatic) Medium-Size Vermin (Aquatic)
Hit Dice: 1/2 1d8 (2 hp) 3d8+3 (17 hp) COMBAT
Initiative: +1 (Dex) -1 (Dex) Although individual trilobites
Speed: 20 ft., swim 20 ft. 20 ft., swim 20 ft. are mere vermin, swarms are
AC: 13 (+2 size, +1 Dex) 10 (+1 natural, -1 Dex) sometimes dangerous. Humans
Attacks: Bite +1 melee Bite +2 melee who have fallen asleep near a
Damage: Bite 1d4-4 Bite 1d4-1 swarm have awakened to the
Face/Reach: 2 1/2 ft. by 2 1/2 ft./0 ft. 5 ft. by 10 ft./5 ft. rasping bites of feeding trilobites.
Special Attacks: None None A misstep on a rocky shore could
Special Qualities: Vermin Vermin accidentally disturb a hidden
Saves: Fort +2, Ref +1, Will +0 Fort +4, Ref +0, Will +1 trilobite colony, prompting them
Abilities: Str 2, Dex 13, Con 10, Str 10, Dex 9, Con 12, to file out from beneath the rocks
Int -, Wis 10, Cha 2 Int -, Wis 10, Cha 5 and defend themselves.
Skills: Hide +5, Spot +2 Hide +2, Spot +4
Climate/Terrain: Any aquatic, shorelines Any aquatic, shorelines
Organization: Colony (5-10) or swarm (30-100) Colony (5-10) or swarm (30-100)
Challenge Rating: 1/8 1
Treasure: None None
Alignment: Always neutral Always neutral
Advancement: 1-2 HD (Small) 4-6 HD (Large)

Trilobites are the primordial arthropods of the sea. They can

still be found in many of the waterways of Cretasus. They swim
VULCANODON (FLAMER, STOMPER)
along river bottoms and scurry in the rocks beside shore, scav-
enging for tidbits of plant and animal matter. Many seaside vil- Vulcanodon
lages must deal with swarms of trilobites attracted by the leftovers Huge Animal
of fishing expeditions. Trilobites are not good for eating (theyre Hit Dice: 14d10+98 (175 hp)
more shell than meat) and are considered pests at best and preda- Initiative: -2 (Dex)
tors at worst. Speed: 30 ft.
Although most are only a few inches in length, some common AC: 8 (-2 size, -2 Dex, +2 natural)
species reach two feet long. The six-foot-long giant trilobites are Attacks: Bite +9 melee
Damage: Bite 1d6+6
Face/Reach: 20 ft. by 10 ft./10 ft.
Special Attacks: Trample
Special Qualities: Scent
Saves: Fort +16, Ref +7, Will +7
Abilities: Str 22, Dex 7, Con 25,
Int 5, Wis 16, Cha 6
Skills: Spot +6, Listen +4
Climate/Terrain: Warm forest
Organization: Herd (5-20)
Challenge Rating: 6
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: 2-4 HD (Large)

Vulcanodons are ponderous, slow sauropods. They grow to

20 feet long, which is small for a sauropod. Their powerful build
but (relatively) small size makes them useful as mounts and beasts
of burden, for they are much more easily trained than their larger

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sauropod relatives. They are named after their brilliant flame-like
red and yellow coloration.
SOCIETY
Vulcanodons prefer forests to open areas. They push their
way through the underbrush, munching as they go. They are quite
easy to find, as they are brightly colored and leave a trail of flat-
tened vegetation. As mounts, they grudgingly travel in open areas
mildly agoraphobic, they get nervous on the plains. They do
make good city mounts, being quite comfortable with lots of
close-range distractions.
Vulcanodons speak a dialect of Sauropod.
COMBAT
The bit of a vulcanodon is designed for plants and thus not
particularly dangerous, but sometimes enough to convince a pred-
ator to go fight something else.
Trample (Ex): Vulcanodons can trample creatures of
Medium size or smaller. The trample causes 2d12+6 points of
damage. Opponents who do not make attacks of opportunity may
make a Reflex save (DC 23) to take half damage.
BYPRODUCTS
Vulcanodons eggs are prized as the hatchlings are relatively
easy to train. A single egg can go for $200.
TRAINING
Vulcanodons are highly valued as beasts of burden and, to a
lesser degree, as mounts. It takes less effort to train a herd of vul-
canodons than a single brachiosaurus, and the herd of vulcan-
odons can carry more. More and more caravans are coming to rely
on vulcanodons.
A vulcanodon adult can be trained at DC 29, and a youth at
DC 22. An adult vulcanodon can carry 13,000 pounds.
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Templates
IRONCLAD (Template)
Ironclads are the bipedal walking tanks developed by the
Union with alien assistance. They require a human pilot. In game
terms, an ironclad is treated as a template applied to the pilot when
he activates the armor. Ironclad armor without a pilot is simply an
inert hulk like a vehicle, it needs someone to drive it!
There are three classes of ironclads. The Monitor is the small-
est, the Ulysses is larger, and the Sherman is the largest.
CREATING AN IRONCLAD
Ironclad is a template that can be added to any pilot who
boards an ironclad and who has the Operate Ironclad skill (see
Broncosaurus Rex Core Rulebook, page 38). Pilots without the
Operate Ironclad skill are unable to activate the ironclad.
An ironclad uses the pilots statistics and special abilities
except as noted here.
Size: Monitor class ironclads are Large (12 ft. tall). Ulysses
(16 ft.) and Sherman (20 ft.) class ironclads are Huge.
Hit Dice: The ironclad is fundamentally an armored vehicle.
It does not replace the pilots hit dice, but it does add hit points,
which represent the superstructure of the ironclad itself. These hit
points are depleted before the pilot takes damage but critical hits
and a few kinds of weapons may damage the pilot before the
superstructure is destroyed. If the pilot is killed, the ironclad ceas-
es to function.
An ironclads hit dice depend on its class. Monitor class iron-
clads have 8d10+24 HD (68 hp). Ulysses class ironclads have
12d10+36 HD (102 hp), and Sherman class have 18d10+72 HD
(171 hp). You dont have to roll for hit points for standard mili-
tary-issue ironclads; they have 68, 102, or 171 hit points depend-
ing on class. The HD entry provides limits on the hit points of cus-
tomized (souped-up) ironclads.
A critical hit against an ironclad indicates a lucky shot that
has penetrated the hull. Determine the crit damage as usual. Half
of it applies to the ironclad itself, and the other half is applied to
the pilot.
Ironclads are treated as vehicles for purposes of critical hits
and negative hit points.
Initiative: The ironclad uses the pilots initiative modifier.
No Operate Ironclad check is required a quick pilot (even if
unskilled) makes for a quick ironclad.
Speed: 50 ft. for Monitor; 40 ft. for Ulysses and Sherman.
Monitor-class ironclads are usually equipped with jump jets
which allow the ironclad to move up to 300 feet in a single jump.
This distance is limited by the jets power and cannot be increased
by running. As stated in the Jump skill description, the height of a
jump for maximum distance is one-quarter its length. The jets can-
not be fired in two successive rounds and they carry enough fuel
for 12 uses. The pilot must make an Operate Ironclad check (DC
10) to land the suit safely after jumping.
AC: Ironclads are fundamentally oversized suits of
powered armor. They have a base AC which indicates the
strength of their armor. This is modified by the ironclads
size. In addition, a skilled pilot can maneuver the iron-
clad well enough to add his Dex bonus. The pilots Dex
bonus only applies if he succeeds at an Operate Ironclad
check (DC 10) (see Broncosaurus Rex Core Rulebook,
page 38). The max Dex modifier of an ironclad suit is +2.
It is added to these base ACs: Monitor AC 22/20 (-1 size,
+9 armor, +4/+2 absorption field), Ulysses AC 22/20 (-2
size, +10 armor, +4/+2 absorption field), Sherman AC 25
(-2 size, +11 armor, +6 vibrofield).
Attacks: An ironclad has two weapon mounts, one
on each shoulder. In Monitor and Ulysses ironclads,
these can hold any weapon up to Large size; in
Shermans; they can hold weapons up to Huge size. Some
custom suits have a third mount in the chest or on the
back, though this is not standard Union issue. All iron-
clads also feature a grenade dispenser at the waist. Since
the primary and secondary weapon depends only on
where the pilot is focusing his attention, the pilot can
declare each round which weapon is primary and which
is secondary. The standard ironclad armament is as fol-
lows, though this is modified for special missions. Attack
modifiers are not listed; they vary according to ability
score modifiers and the usual rules for fighting with mul-
tiple weapons.
Monitor: Two oversized hydraulic claws; grenade
launcher, 10 smoke and 10 frag grenades
Ulysses: Oversized hydraulic claw, heavy machine
gun; grenade launcher, 10 smoke and 10 frag grenades
Sherman: Heavy machine gun, howzer; grenade
launcher, 10 smoke and 10 frag grenades
Damage: Damage by weapon plus the appropriate
Saves: Ref and Will saves use the pilots save. Fort saves
ability modifier. A hydraulic claw does 3d8 points of damage plus
depend on the ironclads construction, as follows: Monitor +8,
the ironclads Str modifier.
Ulysses +12, Sherman +18. Use the pilots Fort save if it is better.
Face/Reach: 10 ft. by 10 ft./10 ft.
Special Attacks: Trample (Ex): An ironclad can trample Abilities: The ironclad uses the Dex, Int, Wis, and Cha scores
creatures smaller than itself, although only a good pilot can of its pilot. Its Str and Con depend on its class as follows:
remain standing after a trample! The pilot must succeed at an Str Con
Operate Ironclad check (DC 15) or the ironclad falls over. Even if Monitor 20 (+5) 16 (+3)
it falls over, there is a 25% chance that it will trample an opponent Ulysses 24 (+7) 17 (+3)
in the process. Trampled opponents take damage according to the Sherman 30 (+10) 18 (+4)
ironclads size: 1d8+5 for Monitors, 2d8+7 for Ulysses, and Skills: All ironclads have the Jump skill: 16 ranks for
3d8+10 for Shermans. Trampled opponents who do not make Monitors, 12 for Ulysses, and 8 for Sherman. Including Str and
attacks of opportunity can attempt Reflex saves for half damage. armor check modifiers, this nets out to Jump +13 for Monitors,
The save is DC 18 for Monitors, 21 for Ulysses, and 25 for Jump +11 for Ulysses, and Jump +10 for Shermans. You should
Shermans. use the pilots Jump skill if better. All other skills are as the pilot,
Special Defenses: Damage Reduction 20; Construct. An though the ironclads ability scores are used if applicable. An iron-
ironclad is a machine. As such, it is not affected by poisons. The clad suit has a -8 armor check penalty.
ironclad suit itself is not vulnerable to genetic or psychic Feats: Same as the pilot.
weapons, though powerful examples of those weapons may pene- Challenge Rating: As pilot, plus 6 (Monitor), 7 (Ulysses), or
trate the suit and damage the pilot. 8 (Sherman).

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Albertosaurus . . . . . . . . . .9-10, 107
Alien Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . .97-99
Aliens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .See Scray
Allosaur, Old Ned the . . . . . . . . . .43
Animal Empathy . . . . . . . . . . .58-59
Armor
As Treasure . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Bioceramic . . . . . .99, 118-119
Dino Hide . . . . . . . . . . . .79-80
Dinosaurs and . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Army of Solaris . . . . . . . . . . .35, 37
Art Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95-96
Assoc. for Mutual Protection . . . .44
Bargain Hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Barrister House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Bay Side Company . . . . . .47-48, 95
Bay Trail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47-54
Bayou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45-46
Big Als Bronco Rodeo . . . . . .22-23
Black Jungle . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44-45
Bowie, General . . . . . .34-35, 37-39
Brisbane, Colonel . . . . . . . . . .41-43
Bubble Berry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Butlers, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23-26
C.P.C.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-19
Cabal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42, 67, 72
Carey, Calhoun . . . . . . . . .55, 56, 58
Ceratopsians . . . . . . . . . . . . .70, 108
Chatham Theatre . . . . . . . . . .12, 16
Cheirolepis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
City Hall (of New Savannah) . . . .12
Coelurosauravus . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Crowe, Jonas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Crystal Desert . . . . . .30-33, 114-115
Danjow River . . . . . . . . .29-32, 103
Decker, Col. Paul . . . . . . .19-20, 22
Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79, 80
Dino Warriors . . . .21-22, 35-37, 65
Dinosaur Cavalry . . . . . .70-71
Hatcheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Prestige Class . . . . . . . . .74-76
Dinopathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58-59
Dinosaurs . . . . .55-73, 88-94, 104-126
Aquatic . . . . . . . . .72, 113, 116
Belly Rubbing . . . . . . . . . . .50
Coloration . . . . . . . . . .104-105
Combat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Cooking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Cyborged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Flying . . . . . . .72, 88, 116-117
Hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68-69
Intelligence . . . . . . . . . . .55-58
Labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66-67
Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Mounts . . . . . . . . .88-89, 92-94
Movement Speed . . . . . . . . .89
Mutations . . . . . . . . . .104-106
New Savannah, In . . . . . .17-18
Picture Shows . . . . . . . . .69-70
Prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
128
Index
Ranching . . . . . . . . . . . . .64-65
Singers . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57, 58
Smuggling . . . . . . . . .61, 67-68
Subspecies . . . . . . . . . .104-106
Thrum . . . . . . . . .58, 59, 63, 72
Tool Use . . . . . . . . . . . . .56-57
See also individual species
Dons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Dryosaurus . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89, 108
Duckbill Moss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Duckbilled Dinosaurs . . . . . . . . .112
Duels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Dukes, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23-26
Dunkleosteus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Egg Warmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Encounter Tables . . . . . . . . .100-103
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79-80
Eurypterid . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111-112
Fast Talker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Federal Marshals . . . . .40-42, 76-77
Fort Apache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49-51
Fort Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39-43
Fort Tecumseh . . . . . . . . . . . . .34-39
Frog & Spanner . . . . . . . . . . . .21-22
Frot Gut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Fur River . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44, 45, 88
Gaines Gang . . . . .19, 20, 21, 22, 26
Garsville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Gerrothorax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Gilmore Homestead . . . . . . . . . . .44
Glass Blood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Grand Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Great Library . . . . . . . . . .see Logos
Hadrosaurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Hampshire Mines . . . . . . . . . .41-42
Hideout Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Hollow Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Hollow-point Ammo . . . . . . . .10, 79
Hood, Nathanial . . . . . . . .10-11, 15
Inland Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Iron, Laila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Ironclads . . . .7, 41-42, 63, 126-127
See also Scray
Kelly, Nathanial . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Kittys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Kronosaurus . . . . . . . . . . . . .113-114
Labidosaurus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Lake Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . .34, 43-44
Lantern Crystal . . . . . . . . . . . .32-33
Laser Sniper Rifle . . . . . . . . . .69, 79
Lefitte, Captain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Leptoceratops . . . . . . . . . .see Zuleps
Levers, William T. . . . . . . . . . .21-22
Listen checks and Cretasus . . . . . .55
Logos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29-32
Encounters . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
See also Crystal Desert
Long Ridge Hatchery . . . . . . . . . .39
Machinists . . . . . . . . .32, 71, 78, 79
Main Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-54
Mammoth Valley . . . . . . . .5, 56, 58
McCauley, Marshal . . . . . . . . . . . .42
McQuarry Brothers . . . . . . . . .27-28
Microsensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70, 80
Millers Crossroads . . .37, 41, 43-44
Monoclonius . . . . . . . . .88, 108-109
Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . .See Ironclad
Montague, Richard . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Mount Crowe . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-23
New Savannah . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-19
Northwestern Plains . . . . . . . . . . .54
NPCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84-87
See also individual NPCs
Office of Agriculture . . . . . . . .14-15
Office of Civil Defense . . . . . . . .15
Office of Public Welfare . . . . . . . .14
Office of Public Works . . . . . . . . .14
Office of Trade and Industry . . .15-16
Old Ned the Allosaur . . . . . . . . . .43
Ornitholestes . . . . . . . .60-61, 67, 95
See also Zagmo
Othelthwaite, Jeremiah . . . . . .15-16
Oviraptors . . . . . . . . . . . . .39, 59-60
Permanent Enhancement . . . . . . .79
Peltrobatrachus . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Peterson Precinct . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Platyhystrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Plesiosaur Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . .51-54
Plesiosaurus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Police, New Savannah . . . . . . . . .13
Porter, Hepsediah . . . . . . . .5-19, 32
Price, Dr. Ezekial P. . . . . . . . . . . .48
Protoceratops
Amnesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Art Objects . . . . . . . . . . .95-96
Conclave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Hollow Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Intelligence . . . . . . . . . . .55-56
New Savannah, In . . . . .17, 84
Thrum and . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Underglen . . . . . . . . . . . .18,48
See also Logos, qrfel, vrthu
qrfel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Quetzalcoatlus . . . . . . . .88, 116-117
Raptors . . . . . . . . .See Velociraptors
Reactive Truncheon . . . . . . . . . . .79
Reaper Claw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Red Claws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Resonator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56, 80
Rifleman, 2nd South Carolina . . . .20
Rough Riders . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-14
Scray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56, 117-118
New Savannah, In . . . . .14, 84
See also Ironclads
Sea Scorpions . . . . . . . . . . .111-112
Sesquiped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Settlements, Generating . . . . .81-84
Sheriffs Office . . . . . . . . . . . .13-14
Sherman . . . . . . . . . . . . .see Ironclad
Shouter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56, 80
Silvia Jameson . . . . . . . . . . . .21, 22
Singers, Dinosaur . . . . . . . . . .57, 58
Skill Evolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Small Game . . . . . . . . . . . .119, 120
Song Crystal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Southwestern Plains . . . . . . . .43-45
Spaceport . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12, 14-15
Sparkle Root . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Spinosaurus . . . . . . . . . . . . .120-121
Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21, 50
Stenonychosaurus . . . . . . . .122-123
Styracosaurus . . . . . . . . . . .108-109
Tanystropheus . . . . . . . . . . .123-124
Tax Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Tecumseh Trail . . . . . . . . . . . .34-46
Therizinosaurus . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Thrum . . . . . . . . . . . . .58, 59, 63, 72
Thud Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Thunder Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Towns, Generating . . . . . . . . .81-84
Trail Encounters . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Treasure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95-100
Trilobite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Tyro Musk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Ulysses . . . . . . . . . . . . .See Ironclad
Underglen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18, 48
Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89-94
Prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89-92
Typical Stats . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Velociraptors
Coloration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Cree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Dark Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Inaka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Kerosaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Kidnappings . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Lettoko . . . . . . . . . . .36, 38-39
New Savannah, In . . . . . . . .17
Thunder Hills . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Thrum and . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Tool use and . . . . . . . . . .56-57
War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
White Branch . . . . . .49. 69-70
Wild Ones and . . . . . . . . . . .64
Vicente Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
vrthu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Vulcanodon . . . . . . . . . . . . .125-126
Warp Pirates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Dinosaur hunting and . . . . . .69
Wild Ones . . . . . . . . . .59, 63-64, 82
Wilderness Lore and Listen . . . . .55
Windham, Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Winthorpe, Edgar . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Wylde, Zeke . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10, 13
Zagmo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Zuleps . . . . . . . .30-33, 103, 114-115