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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scorponox" data-source="post: 5435617" data-attributes="member: 93144">Another MonsterI made another monster, and I plan to unleash one or two of them on my level 4-5 party this Friday.Here is a picture of it.<img src="http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/10/terrorbeak.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />It is a Terrorbeak, and it hunts either solitary or in pairs. Its main meals are usually giant scorpions, called Sandstriders, but will turn to humanoids if they are hungry enough.I have ripped the stats from the Deinonychus, but wanted to give it other attacks. The first special attack I wanted to give it was a Wingcutter attack. If you notice on the bird's wings, they look sharp. And the reason for that is they have extremely sharp quills. They like to run in between opponents and cut them with their wings, damaging anyone within 5 feet of each other. (The PCs will have to be 1 square apart for it to hit both of them.) This will do 1d6 damage.However, the problem is, usually running right next to the PCs and then running past them would provoke attacks of opportunity. This special attack would not be worth it if the PCs get attacks of opportunity. Why not then just use their standard attack?What I want to know is if there is a feat or skill that lets monsters like these avoid attacks of opportunity? Because if not, then the Wingcutter skill becomes pretty worthless.The other special attack would be a swift crotch kick that knocks the PC prone and stuns them for 1d4 rounds. The Terrorbeak's full attack is two swift pecks with its killer beak. Tactics for this bird include both of them using Wincutter to damage a few different PCs, then one using the stunning kick, and on success, the second bird doing a full attack on the prone PC. Stats:I've increased the challenge rating to reflect on the size and special attacks of this creature. The players seem to like fighting monsters not found in the MM, as they know a lot of them and can tell me their behaviors and how powerful they are off their memory.</blockquote>

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