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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shade" data-source="post: 1438294" data-attributes="member: 287">Here's the quick treatment Filby recommended. I simply advanced a regular cockatrice beyond its normal limits: Giant CockatriceLarge Magical BeastHit Dice: 10d10+30 (85 hp)Initiative: +1Speed: 60 ft. (12 squares), fly 60 ft. (poor)Armor Class: 17 (-1 size, +1 Dex, +7 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 16Base Attack/Grapple: +10/+18Attack: Bite +14 melee (1d8+6 plus petrification)Full Attack: Bite +14 melee (1d8+6 plus petrification)Space/Reach: 10 ft./10 ft.Special Attacks: PetrificationSpecial Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., low-light visionSaves: Fort +10, Ref +8, Will +4Abilities: Str 18, Dex 13, Con 17, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 9Skills: Listen +9, Spot +10Feats: Ability Focus (petrification), Alertness, Dodge, Weapon Focus (bite)Environment: Temperate plainsOrganization:: Solitary, pair, flight (3–5), or flock (6–13)Challenge Rating: 6Treasure: NoneAlignment: Always neutralAdvancement: 11–15 HD (Large); 16–20 HD (Huge); 21–24 HD (Gargantuan); 25–30 HD (Colossal)Level Adjustment: --  This avian creature is about eight feet tall. It has the head and body of a cockerel, bat wings, and the long tail of a lizard. Its eyes glow with a dangerous-looking crimson sheen. These are rare mutated forms of the cockatrice. They stand eight feet tall and are even more fierce than the cockatrice. Due to their size, their diet consists of small mammals and large lizards. They are incredibly fast and, due to their petrifaction attack, extremely dangerous. 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 giant cockatrice weighs about 300 pounds. Combat Like its lesser cousin, a giant cockatrice fiercely attacks anything that it deems a threat to itself or its lair. Petrification (Su): Creatures hit by a giant cockatrice’s bite attack must succeed on a DC 20 Fortitude save or instantly turn to stone. The save DC is Constitution-based.  Cockatrices (both the giant and lesser variety) have immunity to the petrification ability of other cockatrices, but other petrification attacks affect them normally. The giant cockatrice first appeared in the SSI computer game Pools of Darkness, (1991).</blockquote>

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