Red Deer

Cervus elaphus · Mammal

Red deer graze open woodland, clearings and forest edges at dawn and dusk, and herds of hinds can run to hundreds in summer. In the autumn rut the stags gather harems and will fight, so a traveller keeps clear of a roaring stag. Hunters took the meat, the hide, the fur, the antlers and the teeth.

Danger: Can wound or kill
How it is met: In herds, at dawn and dusk
Size: Large
In winter: Active in winter

Where it lives

Temperate Forest, Temperate Conifer Forest, Taiga, Grassland, River

Gives

Red Deer Antler, Red Deer Hide, Doe Muzzle

Stat blocks (D&D 5e)

Elk

Large Beast, Unaligned

AC 10 · Initiative +0 (10)

HP 11 (2d10)

Speed 50 ft.

Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha
16 (+3), save +3	10 (+0), save +0	11 (+0), save +0	2 (−4), save −4	10 (+0), save +0	6 (−2), save −2

Skills Perception +2

Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 12

Languages None

CR 1/4 (XP 50; PB +2)

Actions

Ram. Melee Attack Roll: +5, reach 5 ft. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) Bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature and the elk moved 20+ feet straight toward it immediately before the hit, the target takes an extra 3 (1d6) Bludgeoning damage and has the Prone condition.

This work includes material from the System Reference Document 5.2.1 ("SRD 5.2.1") by Wizards of the Coast LLC, available at https://www.dndbeyond.com/srd. The SRD 5.2.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.

Sources

Rachel Lesley Senseman, Cervus elaphus (elk). Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, 2002.

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