Although deinotheres separated from elephants early in their evolutionary history, the two branches of proboscideans evolved in parallel towards large body size. The 'terrible beasts' looked much like elephants, although their ears and trunks were somewhat smaller, thier legs and necks longer, their heads flatter, and their tusks curved down from their lower jaws rather than forward from the upper.
Chilgatherium lived in North-East Africa during the late Oligocene. By the early Micene it had been replaced by Prodeinotherium, which spread across the newly-formed land-bridge to the Middle East and then Europe. During the middle Miocene it evolved into Deinotherium, the last and largest of the family. D. giganteum survived to the early Pliocene in Europe, D. indicum in India died off by the late Miocene, and in Africa D. bozasi lasted to the middle Pleistocene.
Deinotherium giganteum
ST 57;
DX 11;
IQ 4;
HT 12.
HP 57;
Will 10;
Per 10;
FP 12;
Speed 5.00;
Dodge 9;
Move 3.
SM +4 (13 hexes), 23,000 lbs.
Trample (11): 6d+2 crushing. Against SM +2 or less.
Trunk (11): 6d+1 crushing. Reach C-2.
Traits: Bad Sight (Low Resolution); Discriminatory Smell; DR 6 (Tough Skin); Enhanced Move 2 (Ground Speed 12); Extra-Flexible Arm; Extra Legs (Four Legs); Ham-Fisted 2; Night Vision 2; No Depth Perception; One Arm; Peripheral Vision; Subsonic Hearing; Wild Animal.
Skills: Navigation (Land)-12; Survival (Jungle)-12.
This profile works without modification for D. indicum and most other proposed Deinotherium species. For D. bozasi (20,000 lbs.) reduce ST and HP to 54 (6d trampling damage, 6d−1 trunk damage) and DR to 5. For Chilgatherium (3,400 lbs.) reduce ST and HP to 30 (3d trampling damage, 3d−1 trunk damage), SM to +2 (7 hexes), trunk reach to C, 1, and DR to 3. For Prodeinotherium (8,000 lbs.) reduce ST and HP to 40, SM to +3 (10 hexes), trunk reach to C, 1, and DR to 4.
