Ape, Girallon

Rochester Bestiary miniature of an ape.
Ape, Rochester Bestiary, Royal MS 12 F XIII / Wikimedia Commons.
Armor Class
4 [15]
Hit Dice
7
Attacks
Bite or Claw (1d6)
Special
surprise, tear (extra 2d4)
Move
12
HDE/XP
7/600

Description

Girallons are the savage, four-armed, magical cousins of the gorilla. An adult girallon is about 8 feet tall, broad-chested, and covered in thick fur. It weighs about 800 pounds. A solitary girallon usually conceals itself, attacking with surprise. When a girallon spots or smells prey, it charges. A girallon picks up prey that is small enough to carry and withdraws, often vanishing into the trees before the victim's companions can retaliate.

A girallon that rolls a 20 on a d20 for a claw attack latches onto the opponent's body and tears the flesh. This attack automatically deals an extra 2d4 points of damage.

See Also

Other creatures grouped under Ape: Ape, Bonobo, Ape, Carnivorous Snow, Ape, Chimpanzee, Ape, Gigantopithecus, Ape, Gorilla, Ape, Orangutan, Female, Ape, Orangutan, Male, Ape, Winged.

Source note: This creature is converted from The Basic Fantasy Field Guide of Creatures Malevolent and Benign – Omnibus Edition, 1st Edition Release 4, © 2010–2025 Chris Gonnerman, R. Kevin Smoot, James Lemon, Matt Sluis, and Contributors. The Basic Fantasy Field Guide textual material is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International; this page adapts that creature to White Box.