Dino Park - GM Information

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Dino Park, Orlando, Florida

Dino Park is situated about an hour's drive from Orlando in Florida, and right across a road and a few kilometres of scrubby swamp from Walt Disney World. The climate is warm and moist, perfect for raising dinosaurs. The park is rectangular, just over 15km wide by 20km long.

[Wall cross-section image] The park is surrounded by a towering wall of reinforced concrete, some 16m high. From a 7.6m wide base the walls taper inward at 10 degrees to the vertical, leaving a 2m wide walkway along the top, which is fenced with a railing to prevent falls. The wall contains an internal walkway and some small storerooms, connected to the topside walkway with ladders every 50m. (See wall cross-section map for details.)

The interior side of the wall is rimmed with a dry moat, 5m deep and 6m wide. Steel doors from the interior of the wall open at ground level (5m above the moat floor) to small landings, every 100 metres. Metal gantries which normally lie against the wall can be lowered on hinges for foot access into the park proper from the wall. Every twentieth door and gantry is wide enough to allow a vehicle to drive across and into the garage-sized space within the wall. The tunnel inside the wall is 3.2m wide, so it is possible to drive a jeep along it, carefully.

It is important to understand that Dino Park operates as a zoo, not a wildlife park in the true sense. In other words, the animals are cared for and, most importantly, fed by the park staff. If the animals were allowed to interact freely, the carnivores would soon eat all the herbivores and then die of starvation.

Dinosaurs within Dino Park

The following list shows which dinosaur species are living in Dino Park, along with the number of animals of each species. The reference is a page number from GURPS Dinosaurs. The notes indicate whether the species is a carnivore (C) or herbivore (H). The letter U indicates a previously unknown species of dinosaur, which partially resembles the listed species - use the stats of the listed species. A final J indicates that only juvenile specimens are present - the captured specimens have not yet had time to grow to adult size. Limit any juvenile specimens to a maximum mass of about 3 tons, and scale their hit points and damage accordingly.

Species Number Reference Notes

Alamosaurus 2 56 HJ

Albertosaurus 3 42 CUJ

Allosaurus 4 29 CJ

Ankylosaurus 18 51 HJ

Apatosaurus 2 32 HJ

Brachiosaurus 2 33 HJ

Camarasaurus 3 33 HUJ

Centrosaurus 4 49 HUJ

Daspletosaurus 3 43 CJ

Deinonychus 17 44 C

Diplodocus 2 34 HJ

Dromaeosaurus 30 44 C

Dryptosaurus 12 44 C

Edmontonia 3 51 HUJ

Iguanadon 6 55 HJ

Hadrosaurus 49 54 H

Hypsilophodon 68 58 H

Montanoceratops 33 49 H

Nodosaurus 6 52 HJ

Ornitholestes 35 31 C

Ornithomimus 29 45 C

Pachycephalosaurus 38 56 H

Pentaceratops 12 49 HUJ

Stegoceros 20 56 H

Stegosaurus 26 35 HJ

Struthiomimus 31 46 CU

Styracosaurus 9 50 HJ

Triceratops 16 51 HJ

Troodon 27 47 C

Tyrannosaurus 4 47 CJ

Utahraptor 29 47 C

Species	Number	Reference	Notes
Alamosaurus	2	56	HJ
Albertosaurus	3	42	CUJ
Allosaurus	4	29	CJ
Ankylosaurus	18	51	HJ
Apatosaurus	2	32	HJ
Brachiosaurus	2	33	HJ
Camarasaurus	3	33	HUJ
Centrosaurus	4	49	HUJ
Daspletosaurus	3	43	CJ
Deinonychus	17	44	C
Diplodocus	2	34	HJ
Dromaeosaurus	30	44	C
Dryptosaurus	12	44	C
Edmontonia	3	51	HUJ
Iguanadon	6	55	HJ
Hadrosaurus	49	54	H
Hypsilophodon	68	58	H
Montanoceratops	33	49	H
Nodosaurus	6	52	HJ
Ornitholestes	35	31	C
Ornithomimus	29	45	C
Pachycephalosaurus	38	56	H
Pentaceratops	12	49	HUJ
Stegoceros	20	56	H
Stegosaurus	26	35	HJ
Struthiomimus	31	46	CU
Styracosaurus	9	50	HJ
Triceratops	16	51	HJ
Troodon	27	47	C
Tyrannosaurus	4	47	CJ
Utahraptor	29	47	C

Encounters within Dino Park

If the PCs find themselves on the ground within Dino Park, there are several interesting (and potentially dangerous) encounters which may occur.

The simplest encounter is with a group of Dino Park workers. If the PCs have infiltrated the park covertly, park employees will demand to know who they are (unless they have met earlier) and why they are there. Park employees within the park will always be armed with tranquiliser guns and likely be patrolling in jeeps. They will have a more deadly weapon stowed in the car.

More dangerous are encounters with the following:

A pack of 3 Utahraptors. These are cunning, swift, and deadly.
A Tyrannosaurus juvenile. Make the PCs glad they don’t have to deal with a full grown one. Yet…
A group of 10 Pachycephalosaurus. If the PCs think herbivores will not be dangerous, let them get too close to a group of protective pachycephalosaurus parents!
5 Stegosaurus. Even these juveniles will have dangerously spiked tails to swing.
2 Triceratops. Beware of the horns.

Sauropods will not be problematical for the PCs, since none of them have yet grown beyond the size of a medium elephant and they are quite docile. Simply keeping out of their way will prevent any trouble. Of course, if the PCs antagonise them, they should get the trampling they deserve.

An interesting encounter which the GM should endeavour to arrange is for the PCs to be chased by a small group of Utahraptors to a place where they can cross the moat and access the tunnel inside the wall. The PCs should see this as an escape route, but the Utahraptors will manage to cross the moat (have them leap on to the raising bridge or something equally dramatic) and enter the tunnel also. A conveniently parked jeep will see a mad drive down the tunnel (requiring Driving rolls with at least a -2 penalty to avoid crashing into the walls) with the raptors in hot pursuit.

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