Kangaroo
CR 0, N Medium Animal
Senses: Perception 4, 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: 50 ft. Skills: Acrobatics 3
Languages: None
Ability Scores: Str 12 (+3), Dex 16 (+5), Con 15 (+4), Int 2 (-4), Wis 11 (+0), Cha 7 (-2)
INIT: +3 CP: +0 HP: 6 (1d8+2) SA: -- DC: 13
AC: 15 Touch: 13 Flat-footed: 12 [+3 Dodge, +2 Natural]
SR: -- Vulnerable: -- Resistant: -- Bypass: --
Immunity: -- Effect Immunity: --
Attacks
- Melee (Natural) - 1 x kick +1 (1d6+1 plus trip). Reach: 5 ft. Trip - When the Kangaroo makes a successful attack, it may make a free combat maneuver. If successful, the Kangaroo's opponent falls prone.
Environment: temperate hills or plains
Organization: None
Treasure: none
As tall as a grown human, this mouse-faced creature stands on powerful hind legs and has a stout tail trailing behind.
These strange-looking animals have long, pointy ears and pronounced muzzles, and their strong legs carry them about in amazing leaps. Like all marsupials, kangaroos give birth to live young (joeys) that are relatively undeveloped at birth and completely helpless, and must remain within a protective pouch on the mother's belly for months before safely emerging. While not particularly dangerous, a kangaroo is more than capable of defending itself if cornered or when forced to protect its young, striking out at foes with a powerful kick capable of knocking unwary antagonists off their feet. A kangaroo stands over 6-1/2 feet tall and weighs upward of 200 pounds. To represent a smaller species standing about 4 feet tall and weighing 110 pounds, apply the young simple template or manually reduce the size from Medium to Small. Kangaroos reach maturity in less than a year and can live up to 20 years, but most individuals in the wild are hunted by predators within their first decade.
