Megaraptor

Megaraptor was a species of dinosaurs, larger and fiercer cousin of a deinonychus that shared their habitats and behavior.

Description
Megaraptors were large and lean bipedal dinosaurs with wicked-looking claws on their feet. Just like their smaller cousins, megaraptors' hides were bright, reminiscent of the tropical bird plumage in color. Usual hide colors included bright green, orange, or red along the back and flanks, with the lighter shade of the same color on the belly. Megaraptors' backs usually had dark spots or stripes. An average specimen stood tall and could reach  in length.

Abilities
Even at an advanced age, or if blinded, megaraptors remained deadly predators, thanks to their extremely keen sense of smell. Being strong animals, megaraptors could carry as much as.

Behavior
Megaraptors could be encountered as solitary hunters as well as packs of as many as six dinosaurs. Their brains were relatively big for a dinosaur, and they showed cunning and pack-hunting instincts.

Combat
When attacking, megaraptors used their speed and strong legs to charge and pounce at their victims. When in melee rage, the dinosaurs used their sharp teeth, talons, and foreclaws.

Ecology
Megaraptors were known to inhabit the jungles of Samarach on the Chultan Peninsula and in the Malatran Plateau of Kara-Tur.

Similar to deinonychuses, megaraptors were trainable animals. Goblins, hobgoblins, and troglodytes were known to use them as mounts. However, they were a rare sight as megaraptors were hard to control. A living megaraptor egg could fetch a price of 13,000 gp, while the cost of training of a single creature was valued at 2,000 gp.

There were known cases of successful megaraptor and red dragon breeding producing half-dragon mounts used by githyanki. Thankfully, such breeds were not known to exist on Toril.

Megaraptors could be magically summoned through the summon nature's ally VI spell and fiendish megaraptors – via summon monster VII. Magically reanimated megaraptors were known to be used to create revived fossils, zombies, and skeletons.

History
In the, megaraptos were a common threat to the gnomes operating the illegal logging operation a the Lantan-Samarach portal. One such beast made the engineers' lives complicated after it swallowed a mechanism essential to the portal's operation. The device was designed to remain functional even in the roughest of environments and could simply be extracted after the dinosaur's death.

Appearances

 * Video Games
 * Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir
 * Licensed Adventures & Organized Play
 * Infection