Walrus
Description
Walruses normally have gray or brown hides, fading to nearly white when immersed in cold water, and turning pink from increased blood flow when basking in the sun. A thick layer of blubber serves as protection from both predators and cold.
A typical male walrus weighs 1 to 2 tons and measures 10 feet in length, with females about a third lighter and about 9 feet long. Both sexes have tusks up to 3 feet long, and stiff whiskers used to feel out the hiding places of shellfish. A walrus lives up to 40 years.
Owing to their fearsome tusks, prodigious strength, and willingness to fight as a herd, only the most aggressive or hungry polar predators risk attacking an adult walrus. People hunt walruses for meat and for their tusks, valued for their worth as ivory and as impressive trophies in their own right.
Combat Stats
- Melee
- bite +8 (1d8+7)
- Space
- 10 ft.
- Reach
- 5 ft.
Ability Scores
Special Qualities
Feats
Special Abilities
Universal Monster Rules
Feats, Traits & Items
You gain a +4 bonus on the following checks and saves: Swim checks made to resist nonlethal damage from exhaustion; Constitution checks made to continue running; Constitution checks made to avoid nonlethal damage from a forced march; Constitution checks made to hold your breath; Constitution checks made to avoid nonlethal damage from starvation or thirst; Fortitude saves made to avoid nonlethal damage from hot or cold environments; and Fortitude saves made to resist damage from suffocation.
You may sleep in light or medium armor without becoming fatigued.
You gain a +1 bonus on all attack rolls you make using the selected weapon.
Skills
Perception +7, Swim +17
- Type
- Animal
- Alignment
- N
- Size
- Large
- Environment
- cold oceans
- Organization
- solitary, pair, or herd (3–24)
- Treasure
- none
- Senses
- low-light vision; Perception +7
- Source
- Bestiary 4