Uses Īn orc riding on a rhinoceros warbeast wearing partial scale barding.Ī rhinoceros could potentially be mounted and ridden into battle, such as when trained as a dedicated warbeast. The human Rhinoceros Tribe of the Shaar based both their name and their charging combat style on the beasts they shared the plains with. Wild dwarf priests of Thard Harr wore the skulls of big jungle beasts like rhinoceroses as helms. In Zakhara, black rhinoceroses were found on the Steaming Isles, though these ones were also intelligent. In Kara-Tur, rhinoceroses lived in subtropical forest areas. In Faerûn, they were found in the southern grasslands, such as in Chult, where they were common on the warm plains of the Shaar in the hills around the Great Rift and in Halruaa and the Shining Lands. They lived on tropical savannahs and other warm plains.

Afterward, it might trample them with its forelegs. Tactics Ī rhinoceros charging through two warriors.įaced with threats or intruders, a rhinoceros charged them, lowering its head to gore them with its horn in a devastating assault.

They were encountered alone or in herds of up to six or twelve specimens, including a few young. The rhinoceroses were loyal to the Law of the Loregiver, yet had no interest in the affairs of the ruling pashas. On the Steaming Isles where all beasts were intelligent and capable of speech, the black rhinoceroses spoke little and thought of the birds (which often sat on their backs) as ceaseless, irritating gossips. Their senses of smell and hearing were sharp, but their eyesight was limited, though some possessed low-light vision. Some species were less aggressive and more likely to flee. These creatures were known to be bad tempered and to attack anything they perceived as a threat, intruder, or annoyance. Their upper lips were almost prehensile, an ability they used for feeding. Depending on species, they could have one or two horns on their snouts. They could weigh as much as 6,000 pounds (2,700 kilograms). Rhinoceroses ranged in size, from 6 to 14 feet (1.8 to 4.3 meters) in length and 3 to 6 feet (0.91 to 1.8 meters) in height at the shoulder.

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