Predation
These creatures have been bred from wild, full-sized sauroposeidons (long-necked dinosaurs) to a more manageable size and temperament. While full-sized sauroposeidons can grow up to 100 feet (30 m) long and 60 feet (18 m) high, pygmysaurs are usually about one-third to half that size. Their smaller footprint—literally—means that they're easier to control, house, and tame. And, just as important, they require a lot less foliage to keep well fed.
They're popular among dinosaur wrestling aficionados, livestock farmers, and caravan runners, but are also sometimes used in construction and vegetation farming, as their small size, strong legs, and agreeable personalities make them good for hauling, plowing, and other types of manual labor.
For some reason, wild sauroposeidons seem to see pygmysaurs as a threat, and often attack them unprovoked, even going so far as to enter a town or area where pygmysaurs are being housed and attempt to kill them.
Scientific Name: Pygmy sauroposeidon
Common Name: Pygmysaur, posei, posey
Motive: Hunger, safety, reward
Environment: Cities, farms, and towns. Pygmysaurs are rare in the wild, as most don't have the defenses or the size to survive against the much larger, faster natural predators.
Health: 15
Damage Inflicted: Moderate wound (4 points)
Armor: 1
Movement: Short
Modifications: Speed defense as level 3 due to domestication and size
Upgrades: Most upgrades are cosmetic or decorative, including paint, piercings, outwear, and garnishes.
Combat: They attack neck-first, attempting to wrap their long necks around their opponent and wrestle them to the ground. Creatures who are pinned in this way take 4 points of damage (ignores Armor). Pygmysaurs can also headbutt their opponents, stunning them for one round so that they lose their next turn.
Interaction: Pygmysaurs are domesticated, eager to please (especially if there is food forthcoming), and mostly docile. It's only during mating season that the males are aggressive and considered dangerous.
Use: Pygmysaurs are often used in dinosaur wrestling, as pack animals, and as food sources.
Loot: Whatever upgrades the creature is adorned with, as well as anything that's in the packs it might be carrying.
GM Intrusion: If one of the characters' companions is a sauroposeidon, it suddenly attempts to attack a nearby pygmysaur.