Basilosaurus

This immense primeval whale has a sleek body that looks more serpentine than mammal, and jaws filled with sharp teeth.

Despite their saurian name, basilosauruses are in fact oceanic mammals, and at 60 feet in length are highly formidable beasts of the sea. In appearance, they resemble greatly elongated whales, but with long, toothed jaws resembling an alligator's. Inexperienced observers often confuse a basilosaurus with a sea serpent or water orm—and in all fairness, in the aftermath of a basilosaurus attack on an unsuspecting ship, such distinctions are largely academic anyway.

A basilosaurus relies as much on vision as echolocation to find prey, but sometimes mistakes smaller ships for food. Basilosauruses have few natural predators; only supernatural monsters like krakens, thalassic behemoths, and the largest of sea serpents can truly threaten a fully grown one.

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Attributes

27, Touch 7, Flat-footed 26 (+1 Dex, +20 Natural, -4 Size)

Alignment

Base Atk

+12

CMB

+31

CMD

CR 12

Cha

Con

Creature Type

Animal

Dex

Environment

Any Oceans

Feats

Diehard , Endurance , Great Fortitude , Improved Critical (Bite), Improved Initiative , Iron Will , Power Attack , Skill Focus ( Perception ), Vital Strike

Fort

+17

161 (17d8+85)

Init

N Gargantuan Animal +5

Int

Melee

Bite +23 (4d6+15/19-20 Plus Grab ), Tail Slap +18 (2d8+7)

Organization

Solitary, Pair, Or Pod (3-10)

Racial Modifiers

+4 Perception