Keen Sight. The griffon has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Multi-attack. The griffon makes two attacks: one with its beak and one with its claws.
Beak. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage.
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) slashing damage.
Sonic Boom (Recharge 6). The griffin releases a thunderous–sonic boom causing all creatures within 60 feet to be deafened for 1 minute and seriously hurting all in the 30-foot cone range–epicenter of the blast. All creatures within the 30-foot cone must make a DC 18 Constitution saving throw, taking 56 (8d10) thunder damage on a failed save or half as much on a success.
Description
A booming griffon is a the deafening cousin of the griffon which is a ferocious avian carnivore with the muscular body of a lion and the head, forelegs, and wings of an eagle.
Booming Griffons are ferocious-boisterous avian carnivores with the muscular bodies of lions and the head, forelegs, and wings of eagles. When they attack, booming griffons are as swift and deadly as eagles, even as they emit a thunderous sonic boom with a voice of thunder.
Horse Eaters. Booming Griffons hunt in small packs, flying high over plains and forests near their rocky cliff-side aeries. Herd animals and horses are the main prey they crave above all others, though they also hunt and kill hippogriffs. When it spots horses, a booming griffon emits a sonic screeches to alert its pride mates, which descend quickly toward their prey.
Those riding or herding horses dread the booming griffon's sonic screech even more than the screech of a griffon, preparing themselves for the deafening, bloody fight that inevitably follows. A booming griffon typically ignores a horse’s rider when possible, and a rider that abandons its mount, or a herder that releases one or two horses, can escape unharmed while the griffon targets its chosen prey. Riders who attempt to protect their horses attract the full fury of an attacking booming griffon.
Sky Dwellers. A booming griffons lair is dug in mountain rocky clifftop aeries, building their nests from sticks, leaves, and the bones of their prey. Once griffons establish a territory, they remain in that area until the food supply has been exhausted.
Aggressive and territorial, booming griffons engage in brutal aerial combat to defend their aeries, deafening and shredding at the ears and wings of flying intruders to send them spiraling to the ground. Creatures that climb to a booming griffon’s lair are plucked from the cliffs and eaten, or are knocked from the heights to go tumbling to their deaths.
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