Mountain Goat
Oreamnos americanus · Mammal
A white, bearded climber of the sheer cliffs and rock faces above the tree line in the mountains of western North America, from Washington and Montana to the Yukon and southeast Alaska. Nannies and kids keep in loose bands of up to 50, while billies wander alone or in twos and threes; cougars, wolves and bears hunt it. It is not harmless: billies fight in showy, sometimes dangerous scuffles, and in 2021 a goat gored a grizzly bear to death in Yoho National Park. Northwest Coast peoples gathered the wool it sheds in spring for their weaving, and its hunt is famous for being hard, though the meat is not much praised.
- Danger
- Can wound or kill
- How it is met
- In herds, by day
- Size
- Medium
- In winter
- Active in winter
Where it lives
Gives
Mountain Goat Meat, Mountain Goat Wool
Stat blocks (D&D 5e)
Goat
Medium Beast, Unaligned
AC 10 · Initiative +0 (10)
HP 4 (1d8)
Speed 40 ft., Climb 30 ft.
| Str | Dex | Con | Int | Wis | Cha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 (+0), save +2 | 10 (+0), save +0 | 11 (+0), save +0 | 2 (−4), save −4 | 10 (+0), save +0 | 5 (−3), save −3 |
Skills Perception +2
Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 12
Languages None
CR 0 (XP 10; PB +2)
Actions
Ram. Melee Attack Roll: +2, reach 5 ft. Hit: 1 Bludgeoning damage, or 2 (1d4) Bludgeoning damage if the goat moved 20+ feet straight toward the target immediately before the hit.
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Sources
- Julie Fitch, Brandi Guilliams, Whitney Mowbray, Allen Patton, Sean Gloss, Eric J. Ellis, Oreamnos americanus (mountain goat). Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, 2007.
- Mountain goat. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2026.
- Chèvre des montagnes Rocheuses. Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre, 2026.
- Chilkat weaving. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2026.
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