SRD:Animal Type
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An animal is a living, nonhuman creature, usually a vertebrate with no magical abilities and no innate capacity for language or culture.
Features
An animal has the following features (unless otherwise noted in a creature’s entry).
- d8 Hit Dice.
- Base attack bonus equal to 3/4 total Hit Dice (as cleric).
- Good Fortitude and Reflex saves (certain animals have different good saves).
- Skill points equal to (2 + Int modifier, minimum 1) per Hit Die, with quadruple skill points for the first Hit Die.
Traits
An animal possesses the following traits (unless otherwise noted in a creature’s entry).
- Intelligence score of 1 or 2 (no creature with an Intelligence score of 3 or higher can be an animal).
- Low-light vision.
- Alignment: Always neutral.
- Treasure: None.
- Proficient with its natural weapons only. A noncombative herbivore uses its natural weapons as a secondary attack. Such attacks are made with a –5 penalty on the creature’s attack rolls, and the animal receives only 1/2 its Strength modifier as a damage adjustment.
- Proficient with no armor unless trained for war.
- Animals eat, sleep, and breathe.
Monsters with the Animal Type
| Creature Entry | CR | Type and Subtypes | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRD:Animal | Animal | ||
| SRD:Ape | 2 | Animal | Large |
| SRD:Baboon | 1/2 | Animal | Medium |
| SRD:Badger | 1/2 | Animal | Small |
| SRD:Baleen Whale | 6 | Animal | Gargantuan |
| SRD:Bat | 1/10 | Animal | Diminutive |
| SRD:Bat Swarm | 2 | Animal [Swarm] | Diminutive |
| SRD:Bison | 2 | Animal | Large |
| SRD:Black Bear | 2 | Animal | Medium |
| SRD:Boar | 2 | Animal | Medium |
| SRD:Brown Bear | 4 | Animal | Large |
| SRD:Cachalot Whale | 7 | Animal | Gargantuan |
| SRD:Camel | 1 | Animal | Large |
| SRD:Cat | 1/4 | Animal | Tiny |
| SRD:Cheetah | 2 | Animal | Medium |
| SRD:Constrictor Snake | 2 | Animal | Medium |
| SRD:Crocodile | 2 | Animal | Medium |
| SRD:Deinonychus | 3 | Animal | |
| SRD:Dinosaur | Animal | ||
| SRD:Dire Ape | 3 | Animal | Large |
| SRD:Dire Badger | 2 | Animal | Medium |
| SRD:Dire Bat | 2 | Animal | Large |
| SRD:Dire Bear | 7 | Animal | Large |
| SRD:Dire Boar | 4 | Animal | Large |
| SRD:Dire Lion | 5 | Animal | Large |
| SRD:Dire Rat | 1/3 | Animal | Small |
| SRD:Dire Shark | 9 | Animal [Aquatic] | Huge |
| SRD:Dire Tiger | 8 | Animal | Large |
| SRD:Dire Weasel | 2 | Animal | Medium |
| SRD:Dire Wolf | 3 | Animal | Large |
| SRD:Dire Wolverine | 4 | Animal | Large |
| SRD:Dog | 1/3 | Animal | Small |
| SRD:Donkey | 1/6 | Animal | Medium |
| SRD:Eagle | 1/2 | Animal | Small |
| SRD:Elasmosaurus | 7 | Animal | Huge |
| SRD:Elephant | 7 | Animal | Huge |
| SRD:Giant Constrictor Snake | 5 | Animal | Huge |
| SRD:Giant Crocodile | 4 | Animal | Huge |
| SRD:Giant Octopus | 8 | Animal [Aquatic] | Large |
| SRD:Giant Squid | 9 | Animal [Aquatic] | Huge |
| SRD:Hawk | 1/3 | Animal | Tiny |
| SRD:Heavy Horse | 1 | Animal | Large |
| SRD:Heavy Warhorse | 2 | Animal | Large |
| SRD:Huge Shark | 4 | Animal [Aquatic] | Huge |
| SRD:Huge Viper | 3 | Animal | Huge |
| SRD:Hyena | 1 | Animal | Medium |
| SRD:Large Shark | 2 | Animal [Aquatic] | Large |
| SRD:Large Viper | 2 | Animal | Large |
| SRD:Legendary Bear | 9 | Animal | Large |
| SRD:Leopard | 2 | Animal | Medium |
| SRD:Light Horse | 1 | Animal | Large |
| SRD:Light Warhorse | 1 | Animal | Large |
| SRD:Lion | 3 | Animal | Large |
| SRD:Lizard | 1/6 | Animal | Tiny |
| SRD:Manta Ray | 1 | Animal [Aquatic] | Large |
| SRD:Medium Shark | 1 | Animal [Aquatic] | Medium |
| SRD:Medium Viper | 1 | Animal | Medium |
| SRD:Megaraptor | 6 | Animal | |
| SRD:Monitor Lizard | 2 | Animal | Medium |
| SRD:Monkey | 1/6 | Animal | Tiny |
| SRD:Mule | 1 | Animal | Large |
| SRD:Octopus | 1 | Animal [Aquatic] | Small |
| SRD:Orca | 5 | Animal | Huge |
| SRD:Owl | 1/4 | Animal | Tiny |
| SRD:Polar Bear | 4 | Animal | Large |
| SRD:Pony | 1/4 | Animal | Medium |
| SRD:Porpoise | 1/2 | Animal | Medium |
| SRD:Rat | 1/8 | Animal | Tiny |
| SRD:Rat Swarm | 2 | Animal [Swarm] | Tiny |
| SRD:Raven | 1/6 | Animal | Tiny |
| SRD:Rhinoceros | 4 | Animal | Large |
| SRD:Riding Dog | 1 | Animal | Medium |
| SRD:Roc | 9 | Animal | Gargantuan |
| SRD:Shark | Animal | ||
| SRD:Small Viper | 1/2 | Animal | Small |
| SRD:Snake | Animal | ||
| SRD:Squid | 1 | Animal [Aquatic] | Medium |
| SRD:Tiger | 4 | Animal | Large |
| SRD:Tiny Viper | 1/3 | Animal | Tiny |
| SRD:Toad | 1/10 | Animal | Diminutive |
| SRD:Triceratops | 9 | Animal | Huge |
| SRD:Tyrannosaurus | 8 | Animal | Huge |
| SRD:War Pony | 1/2 | Animal | Medium |
| SRD:Weasel | 1/4 | Animal | Tiny |
| SRD:Whale | Animal | ||
| SRD:Wolf | 1 | Animal | Medium |
| SRD:Wolverine | 2 | Animal | Medium |
Homebrew Monsters with the Animal Type
This material is not part of the SRD, and is only added for ease of reference:
| Creature Entry | CR | Type and Subtypes | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anatotitan (3.5e Monster) | 5 | Animal | Huge |
| Ankylosaurus (3.5e Monster) | 5 | Animal | Huge |
| Archaeopteryx (3.5e Monster) | 2 | Animal | Small |
| Ash Viper (3.5e Monster) | 1 | Animal | Tiny |
| Aubergine Lizard (3.5e Monster) | 1/4 | Animal | Tiny |
| Baryonyx (3.5e Monster) | 7 | Animal | Huge |
| Big Owl (3.5e Monster) | 2 | Animal | Large |
| Black Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 13 | Animal [Earth, Water] | Large |
| Black Leech (3.5e Monster) | 1 | Animal | Small |
| Bobcat (3.5e Monster) | 1/4 | Animal | Small |
| Borchakian Tillhound (3.5e Monster) | 2 | Animal | Large |
| Brachiosaurus (3.5e Monster) | 9 | Animal | Colossal |
| Brown Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 11 | Animal | Large |
| Chicken (3.5e Monster) | 1/6 | Animal | Tiny |
| Chickfowl (3.5e Monster) | 1/2 | Animal | Tiny |
| Chickfowl of the Sea (3.5e Monster) | 1/2 | Animal | Tiny |
| Chocobo Hatchling (3.5e Monster) | 4 | Animal | Medium |
| Chook, Equus (3.5e Monster) | 1 | Animal | Large |
| Compsognathus (3.5e Monster) | 1/4, 1/2 | Animal | Tiny, Small |
| Corythosaurus (3.5e Monster) | 5 | Animal | Huge |
| Cow (3.5e Monster) | 3 | Animal | Large (long) |
| Dark Blue Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 11 | Animal | Large |
| Deathclaw (3.5e Monster) | 5 | Animal [Xenotheric] | Medium |
| Deep Blue-Ringed Octopus (3.5e Monster) | 3 | Animal [Aquatic] | Diminutive |
| Diculacetus (3.5e Monster) | 7 | Animal [Earth] | Gargantuan |
| Dilophosaurus (3.5e Monster) | 6 | Animal | huge |
| Dire Chicken, MS Variant (3.5e Monster) | 3 | Animal | Large |
| Dire Hyena (3.5e Monster) | 3 | Animal | Large |
| Dire Rabbit (3.5e Monster) | 2 | Animal | Medium |
| Dire Squirrel (3.5e Monster) | 1/8 | Animal | Small |
| Duck (3.5e Monster) | 1/2 | Animal | Tiny |
| Erebian Bear (3.5e Monster) | 8 | Animal | Large |
| Flying Fruit Snake (3.5e Monster) | 1/3 | Animal | Tiny |
| Frog (3.5e Monster) | 1/10 | Animal | Fine |
| Gallimimus (3.5e Monster) | 4 | Animal | Medium |
| Gastropotamos (3.5e Monster) | 4 | Animal [Xenotheric] | Large |
| Giant Cave Salamander (3.5e Monster) | 1 | Animal | Medium |
| Gold Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 15 | Animal | Large |
| Goliath Frog (3.5e Monster) | 1/8 | Animal | Tiny |
| Good Black Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 13 | Animal [Earth, Water] | Large |
| Good Brown Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 11 | Animal | Large |
| Good Dark Blue Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 11 | Animal | Large |
| Good Gold Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 15 | Animal | Large |
| Good Gray Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 14 | Animal | Large |
| Good Green Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 12 | Animal | Large |
| Good Light Blue Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 12 | Animal | Large |
| Good Purple Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 11 | Animal | Large |
| Good Red Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 11 | Animal | Large |
| Good White Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 13 | Animal [Earth, Water] | Large |
| Good Yellow Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 10 | Animal | Large |
| Gray Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 14 | Animal | Large |
| Great Black Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 14 | Animal [Earth, Water] | Large |
| Great Brown Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 12 | Animal | Large |
| Great Dark Blue Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 12 | Animal | Large |
| Great Gold Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 16 | Animal [Earth, Water] | Large |
| Great Gray Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 16 | Animal [Earth, Water] | Large |
| Great Green Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 13 | Animal [Earth] | Large |
| Great Light Blue Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 13 | Animal [Water] | Large |
| Great Purple Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 12 | Animal | Large |
| Great Red Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 12 | Animal | Large |
| Great White Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 14 | Animal [Earth, Water] | Large |
| Great Yellow Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 11 | Animal | Large |
| Green Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 12 | Animal [Earth] | Large |
| Hercules Bat (3.5e Monster) | 4, 13 | Animal | Large, Gargantuan |
| Imitation Crab (3.5e Monster) | 1/4 | Animal [Aquatic] | Diminutive |
| Kavka (3.5e Monster) | 1/3 | Animal [Xenotheric] | Tiny |
| Kolar (3.5e Monster) | 2 | Animal | Medium |
| Landsquid (3.5e Monster) | 7 | Animal | Gargantuan |
| Lapahn (3.5e Monster) | 5 | Animal | Large |
| Light Blue Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 12 | Animal [Water] | Large |
| Llama, Miniature (3.5e Monster) | 1/4, 1/8 | Animal | Small, Tiny |
| Mamenchisaurus (3.5e Monster) | 7 | Animal | Colossal |
| Mouse (3.5e Monster) | 1/8 | Animal | Fine |
| Mow Mow (3.5e Monster) | 1/2 | Animal | Small |
| Murder of Crows (3.5e Monster) | 8 | Animal [Swarm] | Tiny |
| Noa, Drayli (3.5e Monster) | 6 | Animal | Huge |
| Noa, Helinsae (3.5e Monster) | 1 | Animal | Large |
| Noa, Palantium (3.5e Monster) | 1 | Animal | Large |
| Ophic Warstag (3.5e Monster) | 1 | Animal [Reptilian] | Large |
| Ostrich (3.5e Monster) | 1, 2 | Animal | Large |
| Pig (3.5e Monster) | 1 | Animal | Medium |
| Poison Dart Frog (3.5e Monster) | 1/6 | Animal | Fine |
| Poor Black Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 11 | Animal [Earth, Water] | Large |
| Poor Brown Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 9 | Animal | Large |
| Poor Dark Blue Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 9 | Animal | Large |
| Poor Gold Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 13 | Animal | Large |
| Poor Gray Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 12 | Animal | Large |
| Poor Green Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 10 | Animal | Large |
| Poor Light Blue Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 10 | Animal | Large |
| Poor Purple Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 9 | Animal | Large |
| Poor Red Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 9 | Animal | Large |
| Poor White Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 11 | Animal [Earth, Water] | Large |
| Poor Yellow Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 8 | Animal | Large |
| Porg (3.5e Monster) | 1/3 | Animal | Tiny |
| Purple Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 11 | Animal | Large |
| Rabbit (3.5e Monster) | 1/8, 2 | Animal, Magical Beast | Tiny |
| Rat of Really Unusual Size (3.5e Monster) | 9 | Animal | Titanic |
| Red Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 11 | Animal | Large |
| Red Fox (3.5e Monster) | 1/4 | Animal | Small |
| Riding Boar (3.5e Monster) | 2 | Animal | Large |
| Riding Bull (3.5e Monster) | 2 | Animal | Large |
| Riding Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 2 | Animal | Large |
| Riding Duck (3.5e Monster) | 5 | Animal | Medium |
| Riding Dynos (3.5e Monster) | 1 | Animal | Medium |
| Rockfish (3.5e Monster) | 2 | Animal [Aquatic] | Small |
| Rockhound (3.5e Monster) | 2 | Animal [Earth] | Medium |
| Sea Camel (3.5e Monster) | 1 | Animal [Aquatic] | Large |
| Sea Pig (3.5e Monster) | 1 | Animal | Small |
| Slidrugtanni (3.5e Monster) | 15 | Animal [Legacy] | Titanic |
| Squirrel (3.5e Monster) | 1/8 | Animal | Tiny |
| Squirrel, Flying (3.5e Monster) | 1/8 | Animal | Tiny |
| Super Hamster (3.5e Monster) | 1 | Animal | Small |
| Titan Boa Snake (3.5e Monster) | 8 | Animal | Gargantuan |
| Tortoise (3.5e Monster) | 1/8 | Animal | Tiny |
| Tree Ocelot (3.5e Monster) | 1/4 | Animal | Tiny |
| Treemadillo (3.5e Monster) | 1 | Animal [Augmented Plant] | Small |
| Triscene (3.5e Monster) | 6 | Animal [Aquatic] | Large |
| Viper Swarm (3.5e Monster) | 4 | Animal [Swarm] | Tiny |
| Warbeast Camel (3.5e Monster) | 2 | Animal | Large |
| White Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 13 | Animal [Earth, Water] | Large |
| Wonderful Black Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 15 | Animal [Earth, Water] | Large |
| Wonderful Brown Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 13 | Animal | Large |
| Wonderful Dark Blue Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 13 | Animal | Large |
| Wonderful Gold Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 17 | Animal | Large |
| Wonderful Gray Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 16 | Animal | Large |
| Wonderful Green Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 14 | Animal [Earth] | Large |
| Wonderful Light Blue Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 14 | Animal [Water] | Large |
| Wonderful Purple Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 13 | Animal | Large |
| Wonderful Red Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 13 | Animal | Large |
| Wonderful White Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 15 | Animal [Earth, Water] | Large |
| Wonderful Yellow Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 12 | Animal | Large |
| Yellow Chocobo (3.5e Monster) | 10 | Animal | Large |
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