Cockatrice

Init: +3;

Senses

Darkvision 60 ft

low-light vision, scent

Perception +10

DEFENSE

AC 15, touch 15; flat-footed 11 (+3 Dex, +1 dodge, +1 size)

hp 27 (5d10)

Fort +4, Ref +7, Will +2

Immune Petrify status effects

OFFENSE

Speed 20 ft.; Fly 60 ft. (poor)

Melee Bite +9 (1d4-2)

Special Attacks Petrify

STATISTICS

Str 6, Dex 17, Con 11, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 8

Base Atk +5; CMB +2; CMD 15

Feats Dodge, Skill Focus (Perception), Weapon Finesse

Skills Fly +6, Perception +10

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Petrify (Su)

3/day, a cockatrice can focus its stony gaze upon a single target within 30 feet. The target receives the Petrify status (Fortitude save DC 17 to negate),

Some rp situations might call for a character's eyes to be averted at the time of the abilities use or the attempt to avert them if one knows the nature of the creature's ability, the percentage chance varies depending on the situation, this roll is called by the dm and is not considered in effect during pvp (say for instance if a Archon assimilates this supernatural power and uses it against another player at a later date.)

"The cockatrice is a bird native to the wind swept sands of the Kala Karama desert. I have found a peculiar entry in the Palman database from a Doctor Merlose. Judging from the language it must be quite old. '...live they in the sands and other arid climes, whereabouts they moveth in a rolling fashion most peculiar. Subsist they principally on small creatures and vermin, for the incapacitation of which they disgorge a sticky saliva, thence devouring captured morsels only when appetite moves them.' Swollen sacs containing airs are found under the surface of the skin, and when inflated, these lifting the creature upon drafts unseen, whence to espy suitable prey." -Data