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Cockatrice
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Cockatrice [SRD5 OGL/CC-BY]
Small Monstrosity , Unaligned
Armor Class: 11
Hit Points: 27 (6d6+6)
Speed: 20 ft., fly 40 ft.
Str Dex Con Int Wis Cha 6 (-2) 12 (+1) 12 (+1) 2 (-4) 13 (+1) 5 (-3)
Senses: darkvision, passive perception 11
Languages: —
Habitat: Grassland
Challenge: 1/2 (100 xp)Proficiency Bonus (PB): +2
Actions Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 3 (1d4 + 1) piercing damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw against being magically petrified. On a failed save, the creature begins to turn to stone and is restrained. It must repeat the saving throw at the end of its next turn. On a success, the effect ends. On a failure, the creature is petrified for 24 hours.

The cockatrice looks like a hideous hybrid of lizard, bird, and bat, and it is infamous for its ability to turn flesh to stone. These omnivores have a diet that consists of berries, nuts, flowers, and small animals such as insects, mice, and frogs - things they can swallow whole. They would be no threat to anything else if not for their fierce and frenzied response to even a hint of danger. A cockatrice flies into the face of any threat, squawking and madly beating its wings as its head darts out to peck. The smallest scratch from a cockatrice's beak can spell doom as its victim slowly turns to stone from the injury.

Found in Adventures

• Dead in Thay
• The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

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Monster data ⁺

Cockatrice (Sort Text: Cockatrice 5e, Size: Small, Type: Monstrosity, Alignment: Unaligned, HP: 27, CR: 1/2, Features: Bite, Has Lair: No, NPC: No, Canon: Yes, Pointer: No, UA: No, User: No, Sources: SRD-OGL v5.1)

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