Magical Beast Type

NameMagical Beast Type
TypeType
Term spelling variationsMagical Beast, Magical Beasts
VersionSRD
SourcesSystem Reference Document on page 0

Magical beasts are similar to animals but can have Intelligence scores higher than 2. Magical beasts usually have supernatural or extraordinary abilities, but sometimes are merely bizarre in appearance or habits.

Features

A magical beast has the following features.

  • 10-sided Hit Dice.
  • Base attack bonus equal to total Hit Dice (as fighter).
  • Good Fortitude and Reflex saves.
  • Skill points equal to (2 + Int modifier, minimum 1) per Hit Die, with quadruple skill points for the first Hit Die.
Traits

A magical beast possesses the following traits (unless otherwise noted in a creature's entry).

  • Darkvision out to 60 feet and low-light vision.
  • Proficient with all simple and martial weapons, as well as any natural weapons.
  • Proficient with no armor.
  • Magical beasts eat, sleep, and breathe.

Source Copyright: System Reference Document Copyright 2000-2003, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.; Authors Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, Rich Baker, Andy Collins, David Noonan, Rich Redman, Bruce R. Cordell, John D. Rateliff, Thomas Reid, James Wyatt, based on original material by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.

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