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Walrus

CR 3.00 Animal N Large

Two long tusks jut from the mouth of this bulky, bewhiskered creature. It walks clumsily on flippers instead of feet.

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.

Ability Scores

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Combat Stats

HP: 30 (4d8+12)
AC: 17, touch 9, flat-footed 17 (+8 natural, –1 size)
Speed: 10 ft., swim 40 ft.
Init: +0
Melee: bite +8 (1d8+7)
Space: 10 ft.
Reach: 5 ft.
BAB: +3
CMB: +9
CMD: 19 (can't be tripped)
Fort: +7
Ref: +4
Will: +2

Special Qualities

hold breath

Feats

Endurance, Weapon Focus (bite)

Special Abilities

Endurance from Feat

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.

Weapon Focus from Feat

You gain a +1 bonus on all attack rolls you make using the selected weapon.

Skills

Perception +7, Swim +17

Details

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

Sources Used in This Record

2 House/Core

Uses feat: Endurance (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Weapon Focus (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.

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