# Dinosaur, Battletitan >[!rimg]+ > ![[Placeholder2.png]] *This giant bipedal reptilian beast has powerful jaws, massive teeth, and thick bony plates along its back and spiked tail. Steel half-plate barding covers the creature, adding even more protection; a saddle can be seen on the creature’s back.* <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Battletitan</div> <div class="CR">CR 16 (76,800 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Monster Manual 3</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> N Huge Animal **Init** +4 **Senses** low-light vision, scent; **Perception** +22 #### defense **AC** 35, 8 touch, 35 flat-footed (+7 armor, +20 natural, -2 size) **hp** 486 (36d8+324) **Fort** +29, **Refl** +22, **Will** +15 **Feint** 38, **Demoralize** 47 #### offense **Speed** 60 ft. (40 ft. in armor) **Melee** bite +41 (2d8+16 plus grab), 2 claws +39 (2d6+8), tail spike +39 (2d6+8) **Space** 15 ft., **Reach** 10 ft. **Special Attacks** swallow whole (2d8+16, AC 20, 48 hp) #### statistics **Str** 42, **Dex** 11, **Con** 29, **Int** 2, **Wis** 13, **Cha** 16 **BAB** +27, **CMB** +38 (+42 grapple), **CMD** 48, **TA** +41, **RTA** +25 **Feats** [[Armor Proficiency]] (heavy), [[Armor Proficiency]] (light), [[Armor Proficiency]] (medium), [[Bleeding Critical]], [[Cleave]], [[Critical Focus]], [[Diehard]], [[Endurance]], [[Improved Critical]], [[Improved Initiative]], [[Improved Natural Attack]] (bite), [[Improved Natural Attack]] (claw), [[Improved Overrun]], [[Iron Will]], [[Lightning Reflexes]], [[Multiattack]], [[Power Attack]], [[Run]] **Skills** Acrobatics +21 (+33 when jumping), Perception +22 #### tactics A battletitan is under the control of its handler in combat; the rider gives the creature commands as it would any other mount trained for war. Warriors mounted on battletitans prefer to overrun ranks of regular infantry on their way to seeking out enemy siege engines or other powerful battlefield monsters. #### ecology **Terrain** Warm plains **Organization** Solitary or battalion (4) **Treasure** None **Advancement** 37–48 HD (Huge) Battletitan dinosaurs are massive predatory beasts meticulously bred as hybrids of other dinosaurs. They do not occur naturally; only elaborate nonmagical breeding techniques give rise to the mighty battletitans. Kingdoms that field the dinosaurs in their armies jealously guard the means of their creation, treating such information as a state secret. With the ferocity of the most dangerous carnivores and the defenses of the toughest armored herbivores, a battletitan is a terror to behold. Battletitans are trained from birth to fight carrying a rider and wearing barding. None but the most skilled and trusted knights are allowed to guide a battletitan into combat, and trainers teach each dinosaur to accept only riders who know the proper signals. Armies can replace riders that are killed in battle simply by teaching the signals to a new rider (which is crucial, since the battletitans almost always outlive those who sit atop them). An adult battletitan is 32 feet from nose to tail and stands 18 feet tall at the shoulder. It weighs more than 12 tons. ### Training a Battletitan The techniques for training one of these powerful dinosaurs are as closely guarded as the means of breeding them. Training a young battletitan requires six months of work and a DC 28 Handle Animal check; battletitans cannot be domesticated if they reach adulthood without having been trained. Battletitans are naturally sterile, and each specimen is the product of direct crossbreeding of other dinosaurs. As a result, a young battletitan that makes it to the open market commands whatever price the market can bear, which is often more than 100,000 gp. Any such sales are likely to attract the attention of the kingdom from which the creature was pilfered, of course. Battletitan dinosaurs cannot be selected as animal companions, nor can they be summoned with summon nature’s ally spells.