[Creatures] Back, back fowl fiends!

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Peafowl



Small Animal
Hit Dice: 2d8 (9 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares), fly 40 ft. (poor)
Armor Class: 15 (+2 dex, +2 natural, +1 size), touch 13, flat-footed 13
Base Attack/Grapple: +1/-6
Attack: Bite +3 melee (1d3-3 non-lethal)
Full Attack: Bite +3 melee (1d3-3 non-lethal) and spurs -2 melee (1d3-3)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Fanning
Special Qualities: Low-light vision
Saves: Fort +3, Ref +5, Will +1
Abilities: Str 5, Dex 14, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 12
Skills: Listen +4, Spot +5
Feats: Alertness, Weapon Finesse (B)
Environment: Warm Forest and Plains
Organization: Solitary, Mates, or Pride (3-8)
Challenge Rating: 1/2
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: 3 HD (Small)
Level Adjustment: -

This beautiful creature appears as an extremely large pheasant whoes plumage can range from blue and green, to gold and green, to even pure white. The females of the species are much duller in color, often a lusterous brown, tan and gold with more colorful highlights. Brushing the ground behind the males are fantastic tails (trains) up to 3-6 feet in length, most with strange eye-like spots of scintilating blue, purples, oranges and blacks.

At the end of a small, sharp head is a curved beak. Its dark eyes are surrounded by white skin and sport elaborate lashes. From the top of its it head sprout a black crest.

Combat
Peafowl tend to flee creatures as large or larger than they, though small creatures they ward off with blows of their beaks and fluffing of their feathers.

Fanning (Ex): As a full round action a peafowl may spread their tail feathers to impressive heights, becoming much larger in appearance. While fanning, a peafowl is considered a Medium creature for the purpose of the Intimidation skill.


Peafowl as Familiars
Peafowl grant a +3 bonus on Diplomacy checks.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Guineafowl



Tiny Animal
Hit Dice: 1/2d8+2 HD (4 hp)
Initiative: +3
Speed: 20 ft. (4 squares), fly 30 ft. (poor)
Armor Class: 16 (+3 dex, +1 natural, +2 size), touch 15, flat-footed 13
Base Attack/Grapple: +0/-12
Attack: Bite +3 melee (1d3-4 non-lethal)
Full Attack: Bite +3 melee (1d3-4 non-lethal)
Space/Reach: 2 1/2 ft./0 ft.
Special Attacks: -
Special Qualities: Limited flight, low-light vision
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +5, Will +2
Abilities: Str 2, Dex 16, Con 15, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6
Skills: Balance +7, Escape Artist +7, Hide +15, Listen +3, Spot +5, Survival +6
Feats: Run, Weapon Finesse(B)
Environment: Warm Forest and Plains
Organization: Solitary, Pair, Mob (3-6), Flock (8-20), Covey (21-40) Great Covey (41-100+)
Challenge Rating: 1/4
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: -
Level Adjustment: -

Guineafowl appear as small pheasant-type birds of thick grey plumage speckled with black and white spots. They are streamlined in body and with featherless, wrinkled grey and white necks. From the top of their tiny, narrow heads is a large, bony protrusion. They have thick, hooked orange beaks with a pair of smooth wattles.

Guineafowl are swift, hyperactive birds who enjoy great congregations, though individual flocks stay together within their coveys. They are confrontational and agressive, chasing and attacking one another, and any other creatures that comes too close.

They are particularly raucuous in tone, and their screechings and whistlings can be heard for miles. If a guineafowl sees danger it lets loose a particularly grating call that all other guineafowl in hearing repeat.

Combat
Guineafowl tend to flog creatures en masse up to a size larger than themselves, pecking and slamming into them. If the creature is larger than themselves they tend to charge at their opponent and then swerve away, trying to intimidate it. If this does not prove successful the creature is normally left alone.

Limited Flight (Ex): A guineafowl may remain in flight for a number of rounds equal to twice their Constitution modifier before being forced to glide, descending 10 feet for each 30 feet forward.

Skills: Guineafowl gain a +2 racial bonus to listen and spot checks, a +4 bonus to balance, escape artist, hide, and survival checks bonus to survival checks. While in tall undergrowth this hide bonus increases to +6.

Guineafowl as Familiars
Guineafowl grant a +2 bonus to Initiative.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Gamecock



Tiny Animal
Hit Dice: 1/2d8+1 (3 hp)
Initiative: +3
Speed: 20 ft., fly 20 ft. (clumsy)
Armor Class: 16 (+3 dex,+1 natural, +2 size), touch 15, flat-footed 13
Base Attack/Grapple: +0/-12
Attacks: Flurry +5 melee (1d3-4)
Damage: Flurry +5 melee (1d3-4)
Special Attacks: Crow, pounce
Special Qualities: Ferocity, limited flight
Face/Reach: 2 1/2 ft./0 ft.
Saves: Fort +2, Ref +5, Will +1
Abilities: Str 3, Dex 16, Con 12, Wis 12, Int 2, Cha 12
Skills: Balance +9, Bluff +3, Escape Artist +7, Hide +9, Intimidate +3, Listen +3, Spot +5, Survival +7
Feats: Weapon Finesse
Climate/Terrain: Any temperate or warm land
Organization: Solitary, 2-4 Clutch, 5-20 Flock
Challenge Rating: 1/2
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always Neutral
Advancement: 1-2 HD (Tiny)
Level Adjustment: --

A gamecock is a lithe, agile fowl bred for their quickness and ornery temperment for use in fights. Their heads are small and narrow to a curved beak, and their wattles and combs are very unpronounced, having mostly been bred out of the stock as to remove an object for the rooster's opponent to grab onto. Its legs are thickly scaled, and its talons sharpened. From the inner sides of the leg grow two vicious, several inch long spurs that have had razor-sharp bits of metal fitted over to inflict more cruel damage.

Combat
Gamecocks are naturally bluffers, pretending to peck the ground and search for food, sometimes even walking off, before suddenly flying into the air to strike its opponent with its flurry of beak, claws and spurs. They lift their feathers high and appear to increase in size to further intimidate.

Crow (Ex): As a full-round action, a gamecock can utter a piercing crow that will awaken those that slumber naturally within 100 feet and can be heard out to a mile or two.

Ferocity (Ex): A gamecock is such a tenacious combatant that it continues to fight without penalty even while disabled or dying.

Limited Flight (Ex): A chicken is a poor flyer and generally can "fly" for short distances. It can use its flight ability to prevent taking falling damage or to fly upwards up to 20 feet. The chicken must always land at the end of its flight each round.

Pounce (Ex): When a gamecock makes a charge, it can follow with a full attack, including a spur attack (+5 melee, 1d3-4 damage, 19-20/x2).

Skills:
Gamecocks have a +2 racial bonus on intimidate and bluff checks, a +4 bonus to balance, escape artist, hide and spot checks, and a +6 bonus to survival checks. While in tall undergrowth this hide bonus increases to +6.

Gamecocks As Familiars
A gamecock grants a +3 bonus to Bluff checks.

[InaVegt]

[roll0]

Otherwise, very nice.

[jindra34]

[roll0]

Otherwise, very nice.

You forgot that he scored a crit on the PUN roll...

[InaVegt]

You forgot that he scored a crit on the PUN roll...

That's factored in, a normal pun only deals 2d12 pun damage, as puns have a 18-20/X4 critical this was the result.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Yup, you've all been pun-ished

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Baaad Puuun! Huuurt Pooor Gwyyyn"s Eeeaaars!

[jindra34]

Baaad Puuun! Huuurt Pooor Gwyyyn"s Eeeaaars!

What you do not like being pun-ished.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Nah, being pun-ished is just fine by me. At least it's not a PUN-CH

[jindra34]

Nah, being pun-ished is just fine by me. At least it's not a PUN-CH

or a PUN-t

[The Vorpal Tribble]

I really should cut out the witty titles, they seem to get more recognition than the actual content...

[jindra34]

I really should cut out the witty titles, they seem to get more recognition than the actual content...

Remeber this time you started it...

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Nah, the witty titles draw attention. (which is probably why noones commened on my Inris stuff.

[DracoDei]

Only peaCOCKs can fan, and I THINK they MIGHT only have the feathers during the mating season, but I don't know (check wikipedia, I am too lazy right now). peaHENs are rather drab and have MUCH shorter tails.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Only peaCOCKs can fan

I raise peafowl and beg to differ

Heres a hen doing it:

and I THINK they MIGHT only have the feathers during the mating season, but I don't know (check wikipedia, I am too lazy right now).

Mating season is 24/7 pretty much. Hens don't lay eggs in the winter, but the males are always ready to get it on reguardless. They also keep their tails all year.

[mikeejimbo]

Ooh, I want a Dire Peacock!

[DracoDei]

I raise peafowl and beg to differ

I am corrected... my most humble apologies.

[bosssmiley]

Trainee Vrocks statted by the infamous VT?!

Run! Run for the hills! ... unless VT statted the hills too, in which case make for the boats.

[lacesmcawesome]

Nice. I bet they make for good hunting, and it'd be cool if you could make the feathers into some headdress or another.

[jindra34]

Trainee Vrocks statted by the infamous VT?!

Run! Run for the hills! ... unless VT statted the hills too, in which case make for the boats.

he's most definitely stated the boats...

[martyboy74]

He's even stated a river.

[jindra34]

He's even stated a river.

has he done the ocean yet?

[The Vorpal Tribble]

has he done the ocean yet?

Err, well... yeah actually

Wai

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

is there anything you haven't statted yet?

[jindra34]

Err, well... yeah actually

Wai

I was hoping for a no... but oh well...
How 'bout stating a forest?

[mikeejimbo]

Err, well... yeah actually

Wai

Vorpal Tribble, have I told you I loved you lately?

[The Vorpal Tribble]

How 'bout stating a forest?

Memory of Trees

[jindra34]

Memory of Trees

the mountains...?

[The Vorpal Tribble]

the mountains...?

Does this count?

Froutmooth