Gold Eater. A creature petrified by the cockatrice does not have resistance to the damage from the petrified condition. In addition, The cockatrice deals double damage to objects, petrified creatures and structures.
Multiattack. The cockatrice makes two attacks with its bite.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw against being magically petrified. On a failed save, the creature begins to turn to gold and is restrained. It must repeat the saving throw at the end of its next turn. On a success, the effect ends. On a failure, the creature is petrified for 24 hours.
Feather Storm (Recharge 6). The cokatrice shoots golden quills out from its wings and crest. Each creature within 10 feet of it must succeed on a DC 12 Dexteiry saving throw, taking 15 (5d6) piercing damage on a failed save, or half as much on a successful save.
Description
Cockatrice live to be very old creatures, tho most are killed within the first decade or so of their life. Legends once told that a 100 year old cockatrice could lay eggs of gold, and so some cockatrice farmers pass down the same prized cockatrice from child to child in hopes of rearing 'the golden hen'. In truth, allowing a cockatrice to age this far results in the dreaded Cockatrice King.
A Cockatrice king is a large cockatrice, around the size of a turkey or a bit larger, with its head crest and some of its wing feathers made from beautiful gold. Its eyes grow orange and its temper like that of the most fierce dragons. Rather than lay golden eggs, the Cockatrice King actually turns creatures to, and consumes gold. The 'golden eggs' its lays are actually regular chicken eggs it turns to gold and hoards to eat later.
Cockatrice Kings are rare sights, and are sought out by the most greedy of folk, even knowing its true nature. Stories spoke of a greed filled king whose men extracted the venom of one of these creatures to turn anything to gold. This resulted in a dreadful curse that turned anything the greedy king touched to gold.
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