Low Charge. If the Arsinoitherium zitteli moves at least 15 feet straight toward a target and then hits it with a regular gore attack on the same turn, the target takes an extra 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a (DC 15) Strength saving throw or be pushed 5 ft in the direction of it's choice.
* In addition, if it's target fails the DC check and happens to be a smaller size category and 250 lbs or less , then the target is carried by the Arsinoitherium zitteli along the entire length of that charge before being pushed the 5 ft.
Wetland Roamer. Swamplands, marshes, and tropical underbrush do not count as difficult terrain for this creature.
Gore. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d6 + 5) bludgeoning damage.
Two-horned Sweeping Gore. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., two adjacent targets. Hit: 14 (1d8 + 5) slashing damage. When Arsinoitherium zitteli choses to arch it's horns in a horizontal lunge, it can strike two targets within five feet of each other. A struck target that is already injured and has the lesser hp of the two targets must make a Strength saving throw (DC 12) or be knocked prone.
Description
In the real world, Arsinoitherium is an extinct genus of paenungulate mammals belonging to the extinct order Embrithopoda. It is related to elephants, sirenians, hyraxes and the extinct desmostylians. Arsinoitheres were superficially rhinoceros-like herbivores that lived during the late Eocene and the early Oligocene of northern Africa from 36 to 30 million years ago, in areas of tropical rainforest and at the margin of mangrove swamps.
The best known (and first described) species is Arsinoitherium zitteli.
When alive, they would have superficially resembled a rhinoceros. Adults of the species A. zitteli stood around 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) tall at the shoulders and 3 m (9 ft 10 in) in length. It's actually historical weight estimate varies greatly but for game mechanics it has been narrowed down to between 2000 - 4000 lbs.
The most noticeable features of Arsinoitherium were a pair of enormous horns above the nose and a second pair of tiny knob-like horns over the eyes. Typically portrayed as similar to the ossicones of modern giraffes, they were structurally similar to the horns of modern bovids. The skeleton is robust and the limbs were columnar, similar to those of elephants; the hips were also elephant-like. Arsinoitherium had a full complement of 44 teeth, which is the primitive state of placental mammalian dentition, with characteristics suggesting that it was a selective browser.
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