# Dinosaur, Triceratops (Cave) >[!rimg]+ > ![[Placeholder2.png]] *This bulky, four-legged beast has a huge front plate of bone protecting its reptilelike head, from which project two great horns. A shorter horn juts from its nose.* <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Cave Triceratops</div> <div class="CR">CR 5 (1,600 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Miniatures Handbook pg. 58</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> N Large Animal **Init** -1 **Senses** darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, scent; **Perception** +14 #### defense **AC** 18, 8 touch, 19 flat-footed (-1 Dex, +10 natural, -1 size) **hp** 76 (8d8+40) **Fort** +13, **Refl** +5, **Will** +3 **Feint** 17, **Demoralize** 19 #### offense **Speed** 30 ft. **Melee** gore +10 (2d6+6) **Space** 10 ft., **Reach** 10 ft. **Special Attacks** powerful charge (4d6+8), trample (1d8+4, DC 18) #### statistics **Str** 19, **Dex** 8, **Con** 21, **Int** 1, **Wis** 12, **Cha** 6 **BAB** +6, **CMB** +11, **CMD** 20, **TA** +9, **RTA** +4 **Feats** [[Alertness]], [[Great Fortitude]], [[Power Attack]], [[Weapon Focus]] (gore) **Skills** Perception +14 #### tactics A cave triceratops doesn’t fear combat, or much of anything. Unless it’s badly wounded, it prefers to trample creatures that disturb it underfoot #### ecology **Terrain** Underground **Organization** Solitary, brood (2–8 plus 50% chance for 1 leader with 12 HD) **Treasure** None **Advancement** 9–12 HD (Large); 13–24 HD (Huge) Though an herbivore, the cave triceratops is short-tempered and aggressive. A head-on encounter with a bothered cave triceratops is something most creatures know enough to back down from. Its nose spike and armored head make it a deadly foe when it charges into combat. A cave triceratops has a body about 9 feet long and weighs about 600 pounds.