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Designer: Dr. Michael LaBossiere

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Contents
Credits .................................................................................... 1
Contents ................................................................................. 1
Introduction .......................................................................... 2
History/Background............................................................. 2
Getting the PCs Involved ...................................................... 2
Map ........................................................................................ 2
Encounter .............................................................................. 2
Conclusion ............................................................................ 3
Hooks? ................................................................................... 3
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Free Encounters .................................................................... 4
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Stuff to Buy! .............................................................................. 4
Adventures ............................................................................ 4
Class & Character Options .................................................... 5
Karabeth Series ..................................................................... 5
About the Author .................................................................. 6
Map ........................................................................................ 7

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INTRODUCTION
This is the 75th in an ongoing series aimed to provide the
overworked DM with ready-to run encounters. The PCs face the
pre-historic horror of the necrosaurus.
A single necrosaurus is CR 8. The encounter can easily be
modified by increasing the number of foes.
It includes a history/background for the encounter, a map, and
monster stats. The companion ZIP file contains JPEG versions of
the maps (with and without grid), the Word file of the encounter,
and a Fantasy Grounds Unity Module file.
GETTING THE PCS INVOLVED
There are a variety of ways the PCs can encounter a necrosaur.
Being undead, a necrosaur can exist indefinitely in such places as
ancient dungeons or simply buried in the earth. As such, the PCs
could encounter one in a dungeon or cavern. Or one could be dug
up or released from the soil by erosion.
In this specific encounter, a necrosaur has remained buried at
the site of an ancient battlefield along with the bones of its fallen
enemies and allies. Erosion has worn the earth down to these
bones, freeing the necrosaur.
The PCs might simply run across it while on their way to an

HISTORY/BACKGROUND adventure. Alternatively, the creature might have been seen by

some locals, who will report it to the authorities or tell their tale at
In many realities, the Dersatti arose as the first mortal people. a tavern. The person who saw it might, perhaps, have a reputation
Unlike most other people, they were purely material beings. As for seeing things and not be believed by those in authority—but the
such, the death of the body was a permanent end to their existence. PCs might overhear them talking at a tavern or inn. Or the witness
At first this was not of great concern: the Dersatti were exceptional could be credible, and the authorities will decide to send the PCs
in their power and longevity. But they were not immortal, and time to investigate, perhaps with the promise of a reward.
slowly eroded them, like drops of water wearing down a great
stone.
Seeing the problem they faced, their wizards and scientists MAP
attempted many solutions, ranging from creating their own souls
to replacing their failing flesh with construct components. But none
of these would work forever.
The greatest of the Dersatti, Dur-A-Akor, was deceived by the
cleverest of fallen angels and tricked into offering undeath as a
solution to his people. In the process of his transformation, he was
infused with demonic essence. While this warped his thoughts, it
also increased his already considerable might. He set out with the
best of intentions to save his people but caused the civil war that
destroyed their civilization.
During the war, Dur-A-Akor’s side weaponized undeath to a
horrifying degree. His necromancers worked tirelessly to create
new types of undead, using whatever formerly living resources they
could acquire. While the early undead were created from the living
or recently slain, as the war progressed the necromancers found
ways to create powerful undead from long dead remains. Among
these undead were the necrosaurs, undead created from the bones
of tyrannosaurus rexes and other predatorial dinosaurs. These
creatures were not mere animated bones but were infused with
necrotic fire and proved very effective as weapons. The map shows the eroded area where the necrosaurus has been
The civil war ended differently in different realities but in most released by the hand of nature. The stream was recently swollen
of them at least a few necrosaurs survived, often buried, or sealed with heavy rains and this is what freed the necrosaur. It is 2-3 feet
away in ancient dungeons. deep. The eroded banks are about ten feet above the stream.
In some realities, the laws of magic treat fossilized remains as
suitable for transformation into undead. In such worlds,
necromancers can create new necrosaurs using these fossils. In
other realities, the laws are different, and the fossils are merely
stone in the shape of once living matter. Of course, in some realities
ENCOUNTER
A necrosaurus has intelligence on par with the living dinosaur
dinosaurs never died out, allowing for the creation of
they were created from, although they are driven by the instincts
newnecrosaurs from fresh bones. and needs of undeath.
Unless commanded by a suitable master, a necrosaurus will
attack living creatures it sees until they are slain or escape. If
nothing worth killing is withing sight, a necrosaurus will usually
wait in place for new victims. Because of this trait, they have
sometimes been slowly buried under the accumulation of earth or
ended up underwater due to flooding.

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 HOOKS?
When the PCs see the necrosaurus, it might still be partially
buried or it might have moved upon sighting a living creature
(they will go after animals that are small or larger). If it sees the This encounter could lead to additional adventure. There might
PCs, it will rush to attack. be other undead buried nearby, perhaps with ancient treasure.
There might also be surviving buried structures, perhaps a
complete dungeon nearby.

Huge undead, chaotic evil

Armor Class 15 (natural armor)

Hit Points 136 (13d12 + 52)
Speed 50 ft.

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

25 (+7) 10 (+0) 19 (+4) 2 (-4) 12 (+1) 9 (-1)

Skills Perception +4
Senses passive Perception 14
Languages --
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP)

Proficiency Bonus +. roficiency Bonus +3

ACTIONS
Multiattack. The necrosaurus makes two attacks. one
with its bite and one with its tail. It can't make both
attacks against the same target.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 10 ft.,

one target. Hit: 33 (4d12 + 7) piercing damage plus 2d6
necrotic damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller
creature, it is grappled (escape DC 17). Until this
grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the
necrosaurus can't bite another target.

Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 10 ft., one

target. Hit: 20 (3d8 + 7) bludgeoning damage plus 2d6
necrotic damage.

Necrotic Fire. A creature that touches the necrosaurus

or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it
takes 10 (3d6) necrotic damage.

Description: A necrosaurus is an undead predator

created by infusing the bones of a suitable dinosaur
with necrotic fire. The originals were used as terror
weapons during the Dersatti civil war; the humanoids
allied with the living Dersatti found them terrifying.

CONCLUSION
The encounter ends when the PCs resolve their interaction
with the necrosaur. If they win, they will get any promised
rewards. If they flee, they can return and try again. If they are
killed, it is time for new characters or raise dead.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Michael LaBossiere is a gamer/runner from Maine who went
to school in Ohio and ended up a philosophy professor in Florida.
While acquiring his doctorate in philosophy at Ohio State
University, he earned his ramen noodle money by writing for
Chaosium, GDW, R. Talsorian
Games, and TSR. After
graduate school, he became a
philosophy professor at
Florida A&M University. His
first philosophy book, What
Don't You Know?, was
published in 2008. He
continues to write philosophy
and gaming material. He is
also a blogger, but these days
who isn't?
When not writing, he enjoys running, gaming and the martial
arts. Thanks to a quadriceps tendon tear in 2009, he was out of
running for a while, but returned to the trails and wrote a book
about it, Of Tendon & Trail. He can be contacted at
ontologist@aol.com.

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