Cocatrice
From Anu Anu RPG
Cockatrice
- Small Magical Beast
- Hit Dice: 5d10 (27 hp)
- Initiative: +3
- Speed: 20 ft. (4 squares), fly 60 ft. (poor)
- Armor Class: 14 (+1 size, +3 Dex), touch 14, flat-footed 11
- Base Attack/Grapple: +5/–1
- Attack: Bite +9 melee (1d4–2)
- Full Attack: Bite +9 melee (1d4–2)
- Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
- Special Attacks: Petrifying Gaze (30 ft.)
- Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision
- Saves: Fort +4, Ref +7, Will +2
- Abilities: Str 6, Dex 17, Con 11, Int 6, Wis 9, Cha 13
- Skills: Intimidate +5, Listen +5, Spot +5
- Feats: Alertness, Dodge, Weapon Finesse
- Environment: Temperate plains, woodland
- Organization: Solitary, pair, flight (3–5), or flock (6–13)
- Challenge Rating: 4
- Treasure: None
- Alignment: Always neutral
- Advancement: 6–8 HD (Small); 9–15 HD (Medium)
A male cockatrice has wattles and a comb, just like a rooster. Females, much rarer than males, differ only in that they have no wattles or comb. A cockatrice weighs about 25 pounds.
Combat
Special Abilities
- Petrifying Gaze (Su): Creatures hit by a cockatrice’s gaze attack must succeed on a series of three DC 12/13/14 Fortitude saves over the course of three rounds, or slowly turn to stone. The save DC is Charisma-based. Whenever a character succeeds on a save he or she has stopped the transformation for that round and may make another save against the next higher DC the next round. If the character succeeds on three successive saves, he or she has resisted the effect. Cockatrices have immunity to the petrification ability of other cockatrices, but other petrification attacks affect them normally.
- Undo Petrification (Su): A cockatrice may return any creature turned to stone by its own petrifying gaze to its former state at will.