Tiger

Large striped great cat with orange fur and dark vertical stripes

animal predator great-cat neutral feline

Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game

Armor Class	14
Hit Dice	6
Number Appearing	Wild 1d3, Lair 1d3
Attacks	2 claws/1 bite
Damage	1d6/1d6/2d6
Movement	50'
Save As	Fighter: 6
Morale	9
XP	500
Treasure Type	None

The tiger is among the largest great cat species, with male specimens averaging 10 feet in length (including about 2½ feet of tail) and weighing over 400 pounds. Females are smaller, averaging about 8 feet long and an average of about 275 pounds. Tigers are most recognizable for their dark vertical stripes on orange fur with a white underside.

Tigers are apex predators and prefer prey such as deer and wild boar. They are territorial and generally solitary but social predators, requiring large contiguous areas of habitat to support their requirements for prey.

Other Sources

Old-School Essentials Classic Fantasy

Armor Class	6 [13]
Hit Dice	6 (27hp)
Number Appearing	1 (1d3)
Attacks	2 × claw (1d6), 1 × bite (2d6)
THAC0	14 [+5]
Movement	150' (50')
Saving Throws	D12 W13 P14 B15 S16 (3)
Morale	9
Alignment	Neutral
XP	275
Treasure Type	U

Cautious hunters that usually avoid combat with humans unless starving or cornered. Great cats may be playful, but are quick to anger. They remain outdoors, rarely venturing deep underground.

Large, solitary hunters with striped camouflage markings. Favour woodlands and cooler regions.

Special Abilities

Pursuit: Always pursue prey that flees.

Favoured prey: Often develop a taste for a certain type of meat (this may include humans!), hunting that creature with preference.

Inquisitive: May follow PCs out of curiosity.

Surprise: On a 1–4, in woodland, due to camouflage.

OSRIC

Armor Class	6
Hit Dice	5+5
Number Encountered	1d4
Attacks	3
Damage	1d6/1d6/1d10
Move	120-ft
Alignment	Neutral
Intelligence	Animal
XP	4/250+6/hp
Size	Large
Frequency	Uncommon
Lair	7%

Tigers are large, carnivorous and very cunning cats ranging from tropical climes to subarctic tundra. Tigers are ruthless and efficient predators, often hunting in pairs or family groups, surrounding their prey and attacking as one. Tigers can climb trees as easily as walking on the ground, leap 40-ft to attack from hiding, move silently at quarter speed in natural settings, and spring upwards 10-ft. Tigers attack with a claw-claw-bite routine. If both claw attacks are successful the tiger has grabbed its victim and gains two additional attacks at +4 “to hit” from its powerful rear legs for 1d6+2 points of damage each. There is a 25% chance a tiger met in its lair will have 1d3 cubs. In such a case, the tiger will fight to the death to defend them. When not defending its young, a tiger generally avoids contact with humans and demi-humans.

Special Abilities

Climbing: Can climb trees as easily as walking on the ground.

Leap: Leap 40-ft to attack from hiding.

Move Silently: Move silently at quarter speed in natural settings.

Spring: Spring upwards 10-ft.

Rear Claw Attack: If both claw attacks are successful the tiger has grabbed its victim and gains two additional attacks at +4 “to hit” from its powerful rear legs for 1d6+2 points of damage each.

Variants

Cubs (in lair (25% chance, 1d3 cubs))

There is a 25% chance a tiger met in its lair will have 1d3 cubs. In such a case, the tiger will fight to the death to defend them.