Dire Seal

Large Animal
Climate: Any aquatic or cold plains; CR: 3; Stats: 18+4,18+4,23+6,2-5,6-2,12+1;
HD: 3d8+18 (32 HP); AC: 16 (13 Touch, 12 Flatfoot); Init: +8; Saves: 9,7,-1;
Morale: +12 (Brave); Face: 5/10/10; Base Attack/Grapple: +2/+10; Attacks: bite
(1d8+4) +5 Melee; Full Attack: bite (1d8+4) +5 Melee and 2 flippers (1d6+2) +3
Melee; Speed: 30 (6), Swim 80 (16); Special Qualities: Scent; Special Attacks:
Trample;
Skills: Hide +8*, Survival +6*, Swim +14; Feats: Improved Initiative, Multiattack;
Armor: Dex (4), Natural (3), Size (-1); Alignment: Always neutral; Organization:
Solitary or pack (2-20); Languages Known: None; Treasure: None;
With a huge splash of water and a tremendous sound like a small fog horn
blasting, a fifteen foot tall, ten foot long seal jumps up onto the ground. Its thick,
pure white skin glistens in the cold sun, and its eyes seem to have a strange light
of curiosity to them, if not intelligence.
Dire seals are a rare offshoot of the normal seal line. Like their smaller cousins,
they are found mostly in arctic environments, and can survive cold temperatures
and harsh winters that would kill most other creatures. They can swim with the
greatest of ease, and hold their breath for up to 8 hours at a time without
surfacing. They are usually highly inquisitive about new things (i.e. adventurers)
and are rarely hostile unless provoked or come upon while they have a child with
them.
Hold Breath: A dire seal can hold its breath for a number of rounds equal to 50 x
its constitution score before it risks drowning.
Skills: A dire seal has a +8 racial bonus on any swim check to perform some
special action or avoid a hazard. It can always choose to take 10 on a swim
check, even if distracted or endangered. It can use the run action while
swimming, provided it swims in a straight line.
*A dire seal has a +4 racial bonus on hide check performed in snowy
environments or underwater.
*A dire seal has a +4 racial bonus on survival checks performed to resist the
effects of severe freezing environments