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Elephant, Shovel Tusk

Medieval bestiary miniature of a dragon attacking an elephant. — Elephant and Dragon, Bestiary, Royal MS 12 C XIX / Wikimedia Commons.

Armor Class: 0 [19]
Hit Dice: 10
Attacks: Gore or Trample (1d6+2)
Special: None
Move: 12
HDE/XP: 10/1,400

Description

The Shovel Tusk Elephant is a prehistoric relative of the modern elephant; they have a variety of forms depending on the exact era and region. All varieties have extended lower jaws tipped with a shovel-like plate or tusk. Shovel tusk elephants vary in size; the statistics given are for a larger specimen such as a bull.

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.