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2009-11-10, 01:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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[Creature] The Rooster Crowed At Midnight
Coalblack Cock
Tiny Magical Beast
Hit Dice: 3d10+6 (22 hp)
Initiative: +4
Speed: 60 ft. (6 squares), fly 60 ft. (clumsy)
Armor Class: 21 (+4 dex, +1 dodge, +4 natural, +2 size), touch 17, flat-footed 17
Base Attack/Grapple: +3/-6
Attack: Flurry +10 melee (1d4-2)
Full Attack: Flurry x2 +10 melee (1d4-2)
Space/Reach: 0 ft./0 ft.
Special Attacks: Crawling touch, ferocity, pounce, rake, sneak attack 2d6, shadowswift
Special Qualities: Crow at midnight, darkvision 120 ft., dual existence, low-light vision
Saves: Fort +5, Ref +8, Will +4
Abilities: Str 6, Dex 18, Con 14, Wis 12, Int 2, Cha 12
Skills: Balance +8, Bluff +5, Escape Artist +8, Hide +22, Intimidate +5, Spot +5, Survival +5
Feats: Dodge, Iron Will, Weapon Finesse (flurry)(B)
Environment: Any land
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 3
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: 4-7 HD (Tiny)
Level Adjustment: -
Coalblack cockerels are creatures of great rarity. They are born to mothers who die in the effort of egg laying upon unhallowed ground. The heat of decomposition warms the egg until the chick hatches. It feeds off the maggots of her corpse, growing rapidly. Within a week it has reached full bantie size. Witches are known to produce the required conditions and raise the cock for their own purposes. They are an evil mockery of the rooster's normal symbol of the sun, light and life.
They are more than black, and even in the darkest cave, they can be seen as an even deeper darkness. They shun the day, but if forced into sunlight appear as a normal bantam rooster, albeit one with feathers completely hiding it's face. It's feathers are alike to tar-dripped spider webs, the lacing forming grotesque patterns in the wind. It's hackles are permanently raised in battle readiness. The legs are of bone-like paleness and it's beak full of razor, pin-like teeth. From it's beak there always seems to issue a vague shadow of many, long, writhing worms.
Combat
In spite of their humble stature coalblack cocks are vicious and deadly killers. They lie in wait from a hidden locale and spring at their prey, in complete silence.
Crawling Touch (Ex): Any wound that a coalblack cock deals with its natural weapons does not heal naturally, but festers, attracting flies. Every day the wounds remain unhealed by magical means the damage increases by 1. Maggots infest the wound, which the cock feeds on in the night if it successfully sneaks within. Wounds from multiple attacks stack.
Crow at Midnight (Su): A coalblack cock that crows does not produce sound, but an intense silence. This acts as a Silence spell by a 10th level caster. The cock can continue the crow, and thus the silence, as a standard action, and can continue for a number of rounds equal to it's Constitution modifier.
Dual Existence (Ex): A coalblack cock exists both as spirit and flesh. As such it's natural weapons act as Ghost Touched. Death sense detects it as dead, while spells that detect life also register it as living. It takes only half damage from negative energy effects, and only heals half the amount from healing spells.
Ferocity (Ex): A coalblack cock is such a tenacious combatant that it continues to fight without penalty even while disabled or dying.
Pounce (Ex): If a coalblack cock charges a foe, it can make a full attack, including two rake attacks.
Rake (Ex): Attack bonus +10 melee, damage 1d4-2.
Sneak Attack: As Rogue ability. 2d6 damage.
Shadowswift (Su): A coalblack cockerel is considered to be continuously under the effect of a Haste spell. Bonuses have been added to the stats above.
Skills: Coalblack cocks have a +4 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.Last edited by The Vorpal Tribble; 2009-11-18 at 04:48 AM.
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2009-11-10, 01:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Creature] The Rooster Crowed At Midnight
They have always neutral, but are an evil mockery of life and light? That seems kinda . . . contradictory.
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2009-11-10, 01:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Creature] The Rooster Crowed At Midnight
Last edited by The Vorpal Tribble; 2009-11-10 at 01:55 PM.
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2009-11-10, 02:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Creature] The Rooster Crowed At Midnight
I really like that its contradictory. It shows a bias for the describer. Perhaps it makes the monster a little more confusing but I think its also more realistic.
These would make classic evil familiars.
I think there should be some sort of evil ritual that murders a human mother to make one.
SLast edited by sigurd; 2009-11-10 at 02:44 PM.
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2009-11-10, 02:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Creature] The Rooster Crowed At Midnight
If I had to guess I would say this is something you either dashed off REALLY quick or have had sitting around a while?
The underlying design is up to your usual standards (although it is hardly your most detailed design), but isn't the usual format "2 Flurries +10 melee (1d4-2)" not "Flurry x2 +10 melee (1d4-2)"?
Also, I would personally have marked this (3.0) somewhere if you are going to be using Weapon Finesse to be specific to the weapon type, but that I could see either way...
I could MAYBE see arguments for Neutral Evil, for similar reason to why skeletons and zombies get that, but since it is a thinking creature, if only on an animal level, I will trust your judgment.Last edited by DracoDei; 2009-11-10 at 03:00 PM.
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2009-11-10, 03:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Creature] The Rooster Crowed At Midnight
I have like a list of dozens of monsters I've never done... so I picked one and spent like 5 minutes on it to get it off the list
The underlying design is up to your usual standards (although it is hardly your most detailed design), but isn't the usual format "2 Flurries +10 melee (1d4-2)" not "Flurry x2 +10 melee (1d4-2)"?
Also, I would personally have marked this (3.0) somewhere if you are going to be using Weapon Finesse to be specific to the weapon type, but that I could see either way...
I'm starting to worry my continuous work schedule is dulling my touch.
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2009-11-10, 03:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Creature] The Rooster Crowed At Midnight
Keep up the underlying quality(as you have), and I don't think ANYONE is going to get too annoyed about a few technical errors.
Last edited by DracoDei; 2009-11-10 at 03:41 PM.
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2009-11-10, 03:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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2009-11-11, 07:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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2009-11-18, 04:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Creature] The Rooster Crowed At Midnight
Crow at Midnight (Ex): A coalblack **** that crows does not produce sound, but an intense silence. This acts as a Silence spell by a 10th level caster. The **** can continue the crow as a standard action, and can continue for a number of rounds equal to it's Constitution modifier.
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2009-11-18, 04:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Creature] The Rooster Crowed At Midnight
It does have to maintain the crow, because it's not casting. It has an ability that 'duplicates' the effects, i.e. the area of silence while it makes a specific action, but does not 'cast'.
I only gave it a 10th level caster level for the purposes of spells that remove silence.
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2009-11-18, 09:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: [Creature] The Rooster Crowed At Midnight
Well when a special ability "acts" like a spell of a certain level then it simply mimics the spell. Otherwise, you have to change the way the special ability works. If the silence only lasts as long as the crowing does, then you need to say the ability works like the spell except that its duration is for a long as the crowing lasts and you need to put time limit in place. How long can it crow for? Does 1d4+1 rounds sound sufficient?
DebbyP.E.A.C.H. Please Evaluate And Critique Honestly. Being nicer and kinder doesn't hurt either. Note I generally only critique 3.5 and Pathfinder material.
Please, please, please when using non-core material, cite to the books. There are too many books to wade through to find the one with the feat, special ability or spell you use.
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2009-11-18, 09:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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