Mastodon
q mastodon 
| |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | 22 |
| Attacks |
Butt: 4d8,Butt: 4d8 |
| Base level | 20 |
| Base experience | 614 |
| Speed | 12 |
| Base AC | 5 |
| Base MR | 0 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | Very rare |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 3800 |
| Nutritional value | 800 |
| Size | large |
| Resistances | None |
| Resistances conveyed |
None |
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animal body no hands thick hide herbivore | |
"Any large, elephantlike mammal of the genera Mammut, Mastodon, etc., from the Oligocene and Pleistocene epochs, having conical projections on the molar teeth."
-Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language
While the mastodon does resemble the modern elephant, the modern elephant is not a direct descendant of the mastodon. The elephant that we know today is actually descended from the mammoth, the key difference between the mammoth and mastodon being the teeth. The mammoth (and elephant) have numerous tiny teeth embedded in a substance known as "cement", while the mastodon has large chewing teeth, suitable for grinding and tearing. The mastodon could be thought of, then, as an enormous elephant with threatening jaws - far more dangerous to the player than any elephant.
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