G ® U R P GURPS S D I N O S A U R AND OOTHER PREHHISTTORRIC CREEATTUREES S S T E V E J A C K S O N BY RD G O R EW NE A R FO HOR M A K BBYY SSTTEEPPHHEENN DDEEDDMMAANN ITH JAC E W . DR S STEVE JACKSON GAMES G U R TYRANT KINGS! P S Giganotosaurus, the largest D carnivore ever to walk the I Earth . Packs of N Deinonychus, the “terrible O S claws” . Triceratops, armed A with shield and spears . U 65-ton Brachiosaurus, tall as R a four-story building . S Ankylosaurus, the living tank . the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex . cunning Troodons . the deadly Utahraptor . Their fossil bones inspired myths of dragons and other monsters. Their images still terrify us today. Visit their world – or have them visit yours. GURPS Dinosaurs includes: A detailed bestiary of the world before human history, with more than 100 dinosaurs, plus pterosaurs, sea monsters, other reptiles, and prehistoric birds and mammals. A chronology of life on Earth, from the Cambrian explosion to the Ice Ages. Character creation and detailed roleplaying information for early hominids and humans, from Australopithecus to Cro-Magnon, including advantages, disadvantages and skills. S Maps and background material for the world of the dinosaurs. T E Plot and adventure ideas for Time Travel, Supers, Horror, V Cliffhangers, Atomic Horror, Space, Survivors, Fantasy, E J Cyberpunk, and even caveman slapstick campaigns! A C K WRITTEN BY STEPHEN DEDMAN S ISBN 1-55634-293-4 O EDITED BY STEVE JACKSON, LILLIAN BUTLER N AND SUSAN PINSONNEAULT G COVER BY PAUL KOROSHETZ A M ILLUSTRATED BY SCOTT COOPER, E USSELL AWLEY AND AT RTEGA ® 9!BMF@JA:RSQXRUoYjZ\ZlZdZ` S R H P O SJG01795 6508 Printed in the STEVE JACKSON GAMES U.S.A. And Other Prehistoric Creatures By Stephen Dedman Additional Material by Kirk Tate, from GURPS Ice Age Edited by Steve Jackson, Lillian Butler and Susan Pinsonneault Cover by Paul Koroshetz Illustrated by Scott Cooper, Russell Hawley and Pat Ortega Cartography by Marion Anderson and Bruce Popky GURPS System Design by Steve Jackson Scott Haring, Managing Editor Sean Punch, GURPS Line Editor Page Layout and Typography by Bruce Popky Interior and Color Production by Bruce Popky, Derek Pearcy, Byron Taylor and Brent Ferguson Print Buying by Monica Stephens Art Direction by Bruce Popky and Lillian Butler Claudia Smith, Sales Manager Special thanks to Dr. Thomas R. Holtz, Jr., and Marion Anderson for reviewing the manuscript, and to many other students of the world that was, especially Brian Curtice, David Froelich, Dan LoRusso and George Olshevsky, for aid in their fields of expertise. With their help, we were able to bring this book very close to the cutting edge of dinosaur science, circa mid-1996. Any remaining errors are the responsibility of the editors. Playtesters: Marion Anderson, Albert Griego, Lene Griego, Daniel Griego, Robert Griego, Chris Hood, Patrick Longe, Linda Longe, Bobby J. Mestepey, Mike Murray, Glen Yarbrough, Tony Ridlon, Mike Fox, Virginia L. Nelson. GURPS and the all-seeing pyramid are registered trademarks of Steve Jackson Games Incorporated. Pyramid and Illuminati Online and the names of all products published by Steve Jackson Games Incorporated are registered trademarks or trademarks of Steve Jackson Games Incorporated, or used under license. GURPS Dinosaurs is copyright © 1996 by Steve Jackson Games Incorporated. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. ISBN 1-55634-293-4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 STEVE JACKSON GAMES FOREWORD . .4 Pterosaurs . .25 Massospondylus . .36 Tyrannosaurus . .47 Eudimorphodon . .25 Othnielia . .37 Utahraptor . .47 INTRODUCTION . .5 The Triassic Lesothosaurus . .37 Velociraptor . .47 About the Author . .5 Oceans . .25 Tianchisaurus . .37 Herbivores . .48 About GURPS . .5 Cymbospondylus . .25 Pterosaurs and Ceratopsians . .48 TIMELINE . .6 Nothosaurus . .25 Birds . .37 Anchiceratops . .48 Pistosaurus . .25 Archaeopteryx . .37 Arrhinoceratops . .49 Maps . .7 Shonisaurus . .25 Dimorphodon . .37 Centrosaurus . .49 1. PALEOZOIC . .13 Pterodactylus . .37 Chasmosaurus . .49 3. JURASSIC . .26 Key to Animal Rhamphorhynchus . .38 Monoclonius . .49 Dinosaur-Killers . .27 Descriptions . .14 Sordes . .38 Montanoceratops . .49 Predators . .29 The Jurassic Pentaceratops . .49 Life in the Oceans . .15 Allosaurus . .29 Ammonite . .15 Oceans . .38 Protoceratops . .50 Ceratosaurus . .29 Jellyfish . .15 Cryptocleidus . .38 Styracosaurus . .50 Compsognathus . .30 Placoderms Eurhinosaurus . .38 Torosaurus . .50 Dilophosaurus . .30 (Armored Fish) . .15 Ichthyosaurus . .39 Triceratops . .51 Eustreptospondylus . .30 Sea Scorpion Liopleurodon . .39 Nodosaurs and Ankylosaurs . .51 Gasosaurus . .30 (Eurypterid) . .16 Muraenosaurus . .39 Ankylosaurus . .51 Megalosaurus . .30 Sharks . .16 Ophthalmosaurus . .39 Edmontonia . .51 Ornitholestes . .31 Euoplocephalus . .51 Trilobite . .16 Plesiosaurus . .39 Sarcosaurus . .31 Hylaeosaurus . .52 Life on Land . .17 Temnodontosaurus . .39 Sinraptor . .31 Minmi . .52 Insects and Other Syntarsus . .31 4. CRETACEOUS 40 Nodosaurus . .52 Arthropods . .17 Teleosaurus . .31 “Those which have feathers, Pinacosaurus . .52 Amphibians . .17 Torvosaurus . .31 and bite” . .41 Saichania . .52 Reptiles and Yangchuanosaurus . .31 The Great Extinction . .41 Sauropelta . .53 Synapsids . .18 Herbivores . .32 Predators . .42 Tarchia . .53 Coelurosauravus . .18 Sauropods . .32 Abelisaurus . .42 Hadrosaurs . .53 Dimetrodon . .19 Amphicoelias . .32 Acrocanthosaurus . .42 Typical Hadrosaur . .53 Edaphosaurus . .19 Apatosaurus Albertosaurus . .42 Anatotitan . .53 Lycaenops . .19 (Brontosaurus) . .32 Allosaurus . .43 Corythosaurus . .53 Moschops . .19 Barapasaurus . .33 Baryonyx . .43 Edmontosaurus . .53 Ophiacodon . .19 Barosaurus . .33 Borogovia . .43 Gryposaurus . .53 Scutosaurus . .19 Brachiosaurus . .33 Bruhathkayosaurus . .43 Hadrosaurus . .54 Titanosuchus . .19 Camarasaurus . .33 Carnotaurus . .43 Lambeosaurus . .54 2. TRIASSIC . .20 Cetiosaurus . .33 Daspletosaurus . .43 Maiasaura . .54 Deinocheirus . .44 Parasaurolophus . .54 Cold-Blooded Killers? . .21 Dicraeosaurus . .33 Diplodocus . .34 Deinonychus . .44 Saurolophus . .54 Predators . .21 Dromaeosaurus . .44 Shantungosaurus . .54 Aliwalia . .21 Mamenchisaurus . .34 Dromiceiomimus . .44 Iguanontids . .55 Coelophysis . .22 Rhoetosaurus . .34 Dryptosaurus . .44 Iguanodon . .55 Crocodiles . .22 Seismosaurus . .34 Estesia . .45 Muttaburrasaurus . .55 Cynognathus . .22 Shunosaurus . .34 Gallimimus . .45 Ouranosaurus . .55 Eoraptor . .23 Supersaurus . .35 Giant Crocodile Pachycephalosaurs . .55 Erythrosuchus . .23 Volkheimeria . .35 (Phobosuchus) . .45 Goyocephale . .55 Herrerasaurus . .23 Vulcanodon . .35 Giganotosaurus . .45 Homalocephale . .56 Liliensternus . .23 Stegosaurs . .35 Indosuchus . .45 Pachycephalosaurus . .56 Staurikosaurus . .23 Stegosaurus . .35 Madtsoia . .45 Prenocephale . .56 Ticinosuchus . .23 Dacentrurus . .35 Huayangosaurus . .36 Ornithomimus . .45 Stegoceras . .56 Herbivores . .23 Kentrosaurus . .36 Oviraptor . .46 Stygimoloch . .56 Desmatosuchus . .23 Lexovisaurus . .36 Saurornithoides . .46 Sauropods . .56 Euskelosaurus . .23 Tuojiangosaurus . .36 Saurornitholestes . .46 Alamosaurus . .56 Heterodontosaurus . .24 Other Herbivores . .36 Spinosaurus . .46 Amargasaurus . .57 Kannemeyeria . .24 Anchisaurus . .36 Struthiomimus . .46 Argentinosaurus . .57 Massospondylus . .24 Camptosaurus . .36 Therizinosaurus . .46 Hypselosaurus . .57 Plateosaurus . .24 Dryosaurus . .36 Timimus . .47 Saltasaurus . .57 Riojasaurus . .24 Heterodontosaurus . .36 Troodon . .47 Titanosaurus . .57 2 CONTENTS Hypsilophodonts . .58 Cuvieronius . .68 Horse (Equus) . .80 8. ICE AGE Hypsilophodon . .58 Deinotherium . .68 Ibex . .81 CHARACTERS 106 Leaellynasaura . .58 Dinohyus . .68 Irish Elk (Megaloceros) . .81 Character Types . .107 Orodromeus . .58 Diprotodon . .68 Mammoth . .81 Advantages, Other Herbivores . .58 Doedicurus (Glyptodont) .68 Mastodon (Mammut) . .81 Disadvantages Camptosaurus . .58 Elasmotherium . .69 Megatherium . .82 and Skills . .108 Wuerhosaurus . .58 Gigantopithecus . .69 Metridiochoerus . .82 Ground Sloths . .69 Pelorovis . .82 Advantages . .108 Tenontosaurus . .58 Disadvantages . .109 Pterosaurs and Hipparion . .69 Rhinoceri . .82 Horse . .70 Sivatherium . .82 Skills . .110 Birds . .59 Indricotherium . .70 Toxodon . .82 Shamanism . .111 Cearadactylus . .59 Social Status and Criorhynchus . .59 Mastodon . .70 7. THE FIRST Wealth . .112 Dsungaripterus . .59 Moropus . .70 HUMANS . .83 Jobs and Income . .113 Pteranodon . .59 Platybelodon . .70 Timeline of Human Job Table . .113 Pterodaustro . .59 Synthetoceras . .70 Evolution . .84 Equipment . .113 Quetzalcoatlus . .60 Toxodon . ..