SRD:Animal Type

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Animal Type

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.

 

SRD Monsters with the Animal Type

Creature Entry	CR	Type and Subtypes	Size
Animal		Animal
Ape	2	Animal	Large
Baboon	1/2	Animal	Medium
Badger	1/2	Animal	Small
Baleen Whale	6	Animal	Gargantuan
Bat	1/10	Animal	Diminutive
Bat Swarm	2	Animal [Swarm]	Diminutive
Bison	2	Animal	Large
Black Bear	2	Animal	Medium
Boar	2	Animal	Medium
Brown Bear	4	Animal	Large
Cachalot Whale	7	Animal	Gargantuan
Camel	1	Animal	Large
Cat	1/4	Animal	Tiny
Cheetah	2	Animal	Medium
Constrictor Snake	2	Animal	Medium
Crocodile	2	Animal	Medium
Deinonychus	3	Animal	Large Medium
Dinosaur		Animal
Dire Ape	3	Animal	Large
Dire Badger	2	Animal	Medium
Dire Bat	2	Animal	Large
Dire Bear	7	Animal	Large
Dire Boar	4	Animal	Large
Dire Lion	5	Animal	Large
Dire Rat	1/3	Animal	Small
Dire Shark	9	Animal [Aquatic]	Huge
Dire Tiger	8	Animal	Large
Dire Weasel	2	Animal	Medium
Dire Wolf	3	Animal	Large
Dire Wolverine	4	Animal	Large
Dog	1/3	Animal	Small
Donkey	1/6	Animal	Medium
Eagle	1/2	Animal	Small
Elasmosaurus	7	Animal	Huge
Elephant	7	Animal	Huge
Giant Constrictor Snake	5	Animal	Huge
Giant Crocodile	4	Animal	Huge
Giant Octopus	8	Animal [Aquatic]	Large
Giant Squid	9	Animal [Aquatic]	Huge
Hawk	1/3	Animal	Tiny
Heavy Horse	1	Animal	Large
Heavy Warhorse	2	Animal	Large
Huge Shark	4	Animal [Aquatic]	Huge
Huge Viper	3	Animal	Huge
Hyena	1	Animal	Medium
Large Shark	2	Animal [Aquatic]	Large
Large Viper	2	Animal	Large
Legendary Bear	9	Animal	Large
Leopard	2	Animal	Medium
Light Horse	1	Animal	Large
Light Warhorse	1	Animal	Large
Lion	3	Animal	Large
Lizard	1/6	Animal	Tiny
Manta Ray	1	Animal [Aquatic]	Large
Medium Shark	1	Animal [Aquatic]	Medium
Medium Viper	1	Animal	Medium
Megaraptor	6	Animal	Huge Large
Monitor Lizard	2	Animal	Medium
Monkey	1/6	Animal	Tiny
Mule	1	Animal	Large
Octopus	1	Animal [Aquatic]	Small
Orca	5	Animal	Huge
Owl	1/4	Animal	Tiny
Polar Bear	4	Animal	Large
Pony	1/4	Animal	Medium
Porpoise	1/2	Animal	Medium
Rat	1/8	Animal	Tiny
Rat Swarm	2	Animal [Swarm]	Tiny
Raven	1/6	Animal	Tiny
Rhinoceros	4	Animal	Large
Riding Dog	1	Animal	Medium
Roc	9	Animal	Gargantuan
Shark		Animal
Small Viper	1/2	Animal	Small
Snake		Animal
Squid	1	Animal [Aquatic]	Medium
Tiger	4	Animal	Large
Tiny Viper	1/3	Animal	Tiny
Toad	1/10	Animal	Diminutive
Triceratops	9	Animal	Huge
Tyrannosaurus	8	Animal	Huge
War Pony	1/2	Animal	Medium
Weasel	1/4	Animal	Tiny
Whale		Animal
Wolf	1	Animal	Medium
Wolverine	2	Animal	Medium

 

Homebrew Monsters with the Animal Type

Homebrew monsters using this type appear below. These are not part of the SRD, and are presented for ease of reference only.

Creature Entry	CR	Type and Subtypes	Size
Allosaurus	7	Animal	Huge
Anatotitan	5	Animal	Huge
Ankylosaurus	5	Animal	Huge
Archaeopteryx	2	Animal	Small
Ash Viper	1	Animal	Tiny
Aubergine Lizard	1/4	Animal	Tiny
Baryonyx	7	Animal	Huge
Big Owl	2	Animal	Large
Black Chocobo	13	Animal [Earth, Water]	Large
Black Leech	1	Animal	Small
Bobcat	1/4	Animal	Small
Borchakian Tillhound	2	Animal	Large
Brachiosaurus	9	Animal	Colossal
Brown Chocobo	11	Animal	Large
Chicken	1/6	Animal	Tiny
Chickfowl	1/2	Animal	Tiny
Chickfowl of the Sea	1/2	Animal	Tiny
Chocobo Hatchling	4	Animal	Medium
Chook, Equus	1	Animal	Large
Compsognathus	1/4, 1/2	Animal	Tiny, Small
Corythosaurus	5	Animal	Huge
Cow	3	Animal	Large (long)
Dark Blue Chocobo	11	Animal	Large
Deathclaw	5	Animal [Xenotheric]	Medium
Deep Blue-Ringed Octopus	3	Animal [Aquatic]	Diminutive
Diculacetus	7	Animal [Earth]	Gargantuan
Dilophosaurus	6	Animal	huge
Dire Ape	4	Animal	Large
Dire Badger	3	Animal	Medium
Dire Bat	3	Animal	Medium
Dire Bear	7	Animal	Huge
Dire Boar	4	Animal	Large
Dire Chicken	2	Animal	Medium
Dire Chicken, MS Variant	3	Animal	Large
Dire Eagle	3	Animal	Medium
Dire Elephant	9	Animal	Gargantuan
Dire Hummingbird	1/2	Animal	Diminutive
Dire Hummingbird Swarm	3	Animal [Swarm]	Diminutive
Dire Hyena	3	Animal	Large
Dire Lion	5	Animal	Huge
Dire Ostrich	4	Animal	Large
Dire Rabbit	2	Animal	Medium
Dire Rat	1	Animal	Small
Dire Rhinoceros	6	Animal	Huge
Dire Shark	9	Animal	Gargantuan
Dire Skunk	3	Animal	Medium
Dire Squirrel	1/8	Animal	Small
Dire Tiger	8	Animal	Huge
Dire Toad	2	Animal	Medium
Dire Weasel	2	Animal	Small
Dire Wolf	3	Animal	Large
Dire Wolverine	4	Animal	Large
Duck	1/2	Animal	Tiny
Erebian Bear	8	Animal	Large
Flying Fruit Snake	1/3	Animal	Tiny
Frog	1/10	Animal	Fine
Gallimimus	4	Animal	Medium
Gastropotamos	4	Animal [Xenotheric]	Large
Giant Cave Salamander	1	Animal	Medium
Gold Chocobo	15	Animal	Large
Golden Hen	2	Animal	Small
Goliath Frog	1/8	Animal	Tiny
Good Black Chocobo	13	Animal [Earth, Water]	Large
Good Brown Chocobo	11	Animal	Large
Good Dark Blue Chocobo	11	Animal	Large
Good Gold Chocobo	15	Animal	Large
Good Gray Chocobo	14	Animal	Large
Good Green Chocobo	12	Animal	Large
Good Light Blue Chocobo	12	Animal	Large
Good Purple Chocobo	11	Animal	Large
Good Red Chocobo	11	Animal	Large
Good White Chocobo	13	Animal [Earth, Water]	Large
Good Yellow Chocobo	10	Animal	Large
Gray Chocobo	14	Animal	Large
Great Black Chocobo	14	Animal [Earth, Water]	Large
Great Brown Chocobo	12	Animal	Large
Great Dark Blue Chocobo	12	Animal	Large
Great Gold Chocobo	16	Animal [Earth, Water]	Large
Great Gray Chocobo	16	Animal [Earth, Water]	Large
Great Green Chocobo	13	Animal [Earth]	Large
Great Light Blue Chocobo	13	Animal [Water]	Large
Great Purple Chocobo	12	Animal	Large
Great Red Chocobo	12	Animal	Large
Great White Chocobo	14	Animal [Earth, Water]	Large
Great Yellow Chocobo	11	Animal	Large
Green Chocobo	12	Animal [Earth]	Large
Hercules Bat	4, 13	Animal	Large, Gargantuan
Imitation Crab	1/4	Animal [Aquatic]	Diminutive
Kavka	1/3	Animal [Xenotheric]	Tiny
Kolar	2	Animal	Medium
Landsquid	7	Animal	Gargantuan
Lapahn	5	Animal	Large
Legendary Ape	6	Animal	Large
Legendary Badger	4	Animal	Large
Legendary Bat	4	Animal	Medium
Legendary Bear	9	Animal	Huge
Legendary Wolf	5	Animal	Large
Light Blue Chocobo	12	Animal [Water]	Large
Llama, Miniature	1/4, 1/8	Animal	Small, Tiny
Mamenchisaurus	7	Animal	Colossal
Mouse	1/8	Animal	Fine
Mow Mow	1/2	Animal	Small
Murder of Crows	8	Animal [Swarm]	Tiny
Noa, Drayli	6	Animal	Huge
Noa, Helinsae	1	Animal	Large
Noa, Palantium	1	Animal	Large
Ophic Warstag	1	Animal [Reptilian]	Large
Ostrich	1, 2	Animal	Large
Pig	1	Animal	Medium
Poison Dart Frog	1/6	Animal	Fine
Poor Black Chocobo	11	Animal [Earth, Water]	Large
Poor Brown Chocobo	9	Animal	Large
Poor Dark Blue Chocobo	9	Animal	Large
Poor Gold Chocobo	13	Animal	Large
Poor Gray Chocobo	12	Animal	Large
Poor Green Chocobo	10	Animal	Large
Poor Light Blue Chocobo	10	Animal	Large
Poor Purple Chocobo	9	Animal	Large
Poor Red Chocobo	9	Animal	Large
Poor White Chocobo	11	Animal [Earth, Water]	Large
Poor Yellow Chocobo	8	Animal	Large
Porg	1/3	Animal	Tiny
Purple Chocobo	11	Animal	Large
Rabbit	1/8, 2	Animal, Magical Beast	Tiny
Rat of Really Unusual Size	9	Animal	Titanic
Red Chocobo	11	Animal	Large
Red Fox	1/4	Animal	Small
Riding Boar	2	Animal	Large
Riding Bull	2	Animal	Large
Riding Chocobo	2	Animal	Large
Riding Duck	5	Animal	Medium
Riding Dynos	1	Animal	Medium
Rockfish	2	Animal [Aquatic]	Small
Rockhound	2	Animal [Earth]	Medium
Sea Camel	1	Animal [Aquatic]	Large
Sea Pig	1	Animal	Small
Slidrugtanni	15	Animal [Legacy]	Titanic
Spiker	1/3, 2, 3	Animal, Magical Beast	Tiny, Small
Squirrel	1/8	Animal	Tiny
Squirrel, Flying	1/8	Animal	Tiny
Super Hamster	1	Animal	Small
Titan Boa Snake	8	Animal	Gargantuan
Tortoise	1/8	Animal	Tiny
Tree Ocelot	1/4	Animal	Tiny
Treemadillo	1	Animal [Augmented Plant]	Small
Triscene	6	Animal [Aquatic]	Large
Viper Swarm	4	Animal [Swarm]	Tiny
Warbeast Camel	2	Animal	Large
White Chocobo	13	Animal [Earth, Water]	Large
Wonderful Black Chocobo	15	Animal [Earth, Water]	Large
Wonderful Brown Chocobo	13	Animal	Large
Wonderful Dark Blue Chocobo	13	Animal	Large
Wonderful Gold Chocobo	17	Animal	Large
Wonderful Gray Chocobo	16	Animal	Large
Wonderful Green Chocobo	14	Animal [Earth]	Large
Wonderful Light Blue Chocobo	14	Animal [Water]	Large
Wonderful Purple Chocobo	13	Animal	Large
Wonderful Red Chocobo	13	Animal	Large
Wonderful White Chocobo	15	Animal [Earth, Water]	Large
Wonderful Yellow Chocobo	12	Animal	Large
Yellow Chocobo	10	Animal	Large

 

Homebrew Templates that grant the Animal Type

Homebrew templates granting this type appear below. These are not part of the SRD, and are presented for ease of reference only.

Template	Description	CR Adjustment
Animal of the Sea	An animal of the sea can swim and also breathes water., Chickfowl of the sea are domesticated aquatic birds raised for meat and eggs.	1/2
Behemothian	Towering over all others, behemothian creatures are of massive size and scale. These giant creatures of legend supposedly walked the ancient earth in times long past.	9, 2, plus +1 CR for each size increase.
Fossil	A fossil creature is a dinosaur, or prehistoric animal, revived by druidic transmutation magic. Three categories of fossil creatures exist: Amber Fossils, Rock Fossils and Tar Fossils.

 

Homebrew Races with the Animal Type

Homebrew races using this type appear below. These are not part of the SRD, and are presented for ease of reference only.

Race Name	Summary	Favored Class	Ability Adjustments	LA	ECL
Red Fox	A small red animal of the canine family.	Any	-8 Strength, +4 Dexterity, -2 Constitution, Equals 2 Intelligence	0	1
Spotted Hyena	A big scary cat, loves to laugh.	Any	+2 Constitution, Equals 2 Intelligence	0	1

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