Waking Cry. The Basan's cry awakens every unconscious creature in a 30-feet-radius. If an unconscious creature has 0 hit points, it is unaffected by the basan's cry.
Beak. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4+2) piercing damage. If this attack hits a blinded creature, it does 6 (1d8+2) piercing damage instead.
Blinding Breath (Recharge 4-6). Each creature in a 15-foot cone must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw or be blinded for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the [Tooltip Not Found] on itself on a success. If a creature saves against this effect, it is immune to this basan's blinding breath ability for 24 hours. Other basan are immune to this effect.
Fight or Flight. If a blinded creature misses an attack roll against the basan, it can either use its reaction to immediately make a beak attack against the aggressor or move up to its movement speed, ignoring opportunity attacks from blinded enemies.
Description
Appearence. For the untrained eye, a basan looks like a big wild rooster. Subtle hints, however, may indicate its true nature: It's feathers are large and colorful, it's cry is more melodic than that of a normal rooster, and a silver hue covers its claws. It is said that wearing a basan's claw as a necklace or an earring brings luck to the wearer.
Habitat. The basan was hunted to extinction in some areas, as it is fashionable to adorn head wear with basan feathers. Thusly, basan are only encountered in areas not so easily accessible to poachers or even protected by nature spirits or aggressive tribes. Usually, basan live in dry areas, bamboo forests, or remote mountains, far off from big cities and well travelled roads. Additionally, to avoid contact with humanoids, basan are nocturnal and have amazing darkvision. Although they peck at stones for sustenance, coal and charred bark are their favorite treat. Bold basan sometimes wander into small settlements at night and feast on the remains of campfires.
Clumsy flier. Basan are very much able to fly over short distances. However, their wings are not build to sustain long periods of flight and it has to land after only a few hundred feet. This is almost always enough to get away form predators and poachers, flying over rivers, crevasses, or cliffs to escape dangerous situations.
False Fire Breather. The basan's fire breath, contrary to popular belief, does not burn its victims, nor does it give off any heat. Creatures who are enveloped by the bright flames of a basan are oftentimes blinded, giving the creature time for an escape or, more rarely, a deadly attack. Some remote tribes revere the basan as powerful entities. It is said that shamans let themselves be blinded by the basan's breath on purpose, allegedly seeing visions in their seconds (or minutes) of blindness. It is however known that repeated exposure to its breath can cause permanent blindness.
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