Legendary Animals

Dire Snake

The dire snake combines all the strength and power of the constrictor with the venomous bite of a viper. It can constrict an opponent of up to Large size.

Poison (Ex) : Bite, Fort save (DC 16), initial and secondary damage ld6 temporary Con.

Improved Grab (Ex) : To use this ability, the dire snake must hit with its bite attack . If it gets a hold, it can constrict .

Constrict (Ex) : A dire snake deals ld6+9 points of damage with a successful grapple check against a Large or smaller creature .

Skills : The dire snake receives a +4 racial bonus on Hide, Listen, and Spot checks, and a +8 racial bonus on Balance checks . A dire snake with higher Dexterity than Strength can use its Dexterity modifier on Climb checks .

Dire Horse

Aggressive, wild equines that roam the wilderness, dire horses resist domestication as much as any wild animal does . A dire horse can fight while carrying a rider, but the rider cannot also attack unless he or she succeeds at a Ride check (DC 10) .

Carrying Capacity: A light load for a dire horse is up to 519 pounds, a medium load is 520-1,038 pounds, and a heavy load is 1,039-1,557 pounds . A dire horse can drag 7,785 pounds .

Dire Elk

during the mating season . His enormous antlers can span up to 12 feet, and he can weigh up to 3 tons. If this creature believes himself challenged, he tries to drive off the interloper by bellowing loudly and pawing the ground . If that doesn't work, the dire elk charges with his head lowered to deliver a vicious gore with his oversized antlers, then follows up with stamping and trampling attacks . Females are not antlered (no gore attack) and are less aggressive than males, hut cow dire elks are still formidable when their calves are threatened . In the spring, the bull sheds his antlers, after which his gore attack is not available until he regrows them the following autumn .

Combat

Trample (Ex) : A dire elk can trample Medium-size or smaller creatures for automatic gore damage . Opponents who do not make attacks of opportunity against the dire elk can attempt a Reflex save (DC 23) to halve the damage .

Skills: A dire elk receives a +4 racial bonus on Hide checks .

Dire Elephant

These titanic herbivores are somewhat unpredictable and likely to attack . Giants sometimes use them as mounts or beasts of burden .

Combat

Trample (Ex) : A dire elephant can trample Large or smaller creatures for automatic gore damage . Opponents who do not make attacks of opportunity against it can attempt a Reflex save (DC 35) to halve the damage .