Dire Ape
CR 3, N Large Animal
Senses: Perception 8, Low Light Vision, ScentThis special quality allows a creature to detect approaching enemies, sniff out hidden foes, and track by sense of smell. Creatures with the scent ability can identify familiar odors just as humans do familiar sights. The creature can detect opponents within 30 feet by sense of smell. If the opponent is upwind, the range increases to 60 feet; if downwind, it drops to 15 feet. Strong scents, such as smoke or rotting garbage, can be detected at twice the ranges noted above. Overpowering scents, such as skunk musk or troglodyte stench, can be detected at triple normal range. When a creature detects a scent, the exact location of the source is not revealed-only its presence somewhere within range. The creature can take a move action to note the direction of the scent. When the creature is within 5 feet of the source, it pinpoints the source's location. A creature with the scent ability can follow tracks by smell with a perception check instead of using the Track skill.
Speed: 30 ft., climb 30 ft. Skills: Athletics 7, Stealth 2
Languages: None
Ability Scores: Str 19 (+9), Dex 15 (+7), Con 16 (+8), Int 2 (-3), Wis 12 (+2), Cha 7 (-1)
INIT: +2 CP: +3 HP: 30 (4d8+12) SA: -- DC: 16
AC: 15 Touch: 11 Flat-footed: 13 [+2 Dodge, +4 Natural, -1 Size]
SR: -- Vulnerable: -- Resistant: -- Bypass: --
Immunity: -- Effect Immunity: --
Attacks
- Melee (Natural) - 1 x bite +6 (1d6+4). Reach: 10 ft.
- Melee (Natural) - 2 x claws +6 (1d4+4). Reach: 10 ft. Rend - If it hits with two or more natural attacks in 1 round, a creature with the rend special attack tears into its target dealing extra damage (usually one attack damage plus 150% of the creature's strength bonus). Rend can only be used once per round.
Environment: warm forests
Organization: None
Treasure: incidental
Sharp teeth fill this large, feral ape's mouth, and its long, muscular arms stretch to the ground, ending in wickedly curved claws.
Known to many scholars as the gigantopithecus, the dire ape is a much more dangerous and bestial creature than the relatively peaceful gorilla. An adult male dire ape stands 9 feet tall and weighs 1,200 pounds. The dire ape attacks anything that intrudes on its territory, including other dire apes not of its troop, and does not break off the attack until the trespasser is dead or runs off. A dire ape makes no displays of toughness or warnings before it attacks- it simply leaps into action with little or no provocation, tearing at its opponents with claws and teeth. If a dire ape is stymied by a heavily armored foe, it attempts to grapple its foe, pin it to the ground, and rend it.
