View source for Bubba The Headless Chicken (3.5e Monster)

=== Combat ===
Bubba rarely involves himself in combat as it’s easier to hide until the big folk go away with all their nasty spitting Cleric types talking about heatherns and damnation and sin and such.  If chased intently he will likely use his Curse or Malevolence abilities to teach them a lesson by harassing them till they stop.  

'''Terrifying Appearance{{Su}}:'''  Any living being within 60' of Bubba must make a DC 20 Willpower Save (Save DC is Charisma Based with a +6 Racial Bonus) or be Frightened for 2d6 rounds.  If they successfully make their Save they are Shaken for 1 round instead, and are immune to Bubba’s Terrifying Appearance for 24 hours.

'''Malevolence{{Su}}:'''  Identical to the Ghost ability listed on page 118 of the Monster Manual.

'''Chicken’s Curse{{Su}}:'''  Once per day Bubba can curse an opponent within 60' as a Standard Action.  This spell is otherwise identical to Bestow Curse in all aspects except it's effect: Once per day at random, the victims pants will explode and fly off, and he will spend one round doing his best impression of a chicken laying an egg.  Except he actually will be laying an egg.  If said egg is kept warm and safe for 1 week it will hatch a Cockatrice.  Bubba doesn't use this curse very often, unless he feels the victim is a real scumbag, and he usually warns people to dispose of the eggs, and what will happen if they don't.

'''BAWK!{{Su}}:'''  Once per day at the stroke of Midnight Bubba can unleash a tremendous Bawk that resounds for miles.  He doesn't do it very often unless someone has ticked him off.  The BAWK! is a standard Action, and can be heard by everything within a 10 mile radius.  Anything within 100' must make a DC 16 Willpower Save (Save DC is Cha Based) or be Shaken for 2d6 rounds.  If they are within 30' they are Frightened instead.  If they are within 10' they are both Frightened and Deafened.   If the Save is successful they are Shaken for 2 rounds regardless of how close to Bubba they are.

'''Manifestation{{Su}}:'''  Identical to the Ghost ability listed on page 118 of the Monster Manual.

'''Rejuvenation{{Su}}:'''  Identical to the Ghost ability listed on page 118 of the Monster Manual.  In order to lay Bubba to rest the PC’s must find out the origin of the curse that has created him.  And then convince him to go.  He seems really intent on hanging around actually.

'''Unnatural Aura{{Su}}:'''  Animals will not come within 100' of anyone possessed by Bubba, and Panic if forced to do so (they remain Panicked so long as Bubba is within Range).

'''Lifesense{{Su}}:'''  Bubba may automatically sense Living creatures within 100' as thought he had Blindsight. He also automatically knows the strength of their life force as if he had cast Deathwatch.

'''Skills:'''  Bubba gets a +8 Racial Bonus on Hide, Intimidate, Listen, Move Silently,  Search, and Spot checks.

'''Lore:'''  Characters with ranks in Knowledge (Local) can learn a little about Bubba if they are from Tater. When the character makes a skill check, the following lore is revealed, including the information from lower DCs: DC10: Bubba was a famous local prize winning chicken in a farming village named Tater.  DC15: Somehow Bubba became aware (i.e. awakened), and dire predictions of a curse upon him were whispered about.  Possibly to prevent his further participation in competitions (Does anyone really believe someone would go through such enormous effort?  I mean really...).  DC20: Bubba was subsequently executed for "crimes against nature" (i.e. transvestism) by a crazed mob, and returned as a semi-vengeful ghost.

'''Plot Hooks:'''  Jim Bawb has just barely escaped town after Bubba's death.  He appeals to the PC's for help in getting his farm back, and for enacting a hideous bloodstained revenge on the townsfolk for killing Bob.  He claims the PC's can have a cow made from solid copper if they win the day for him.  The PC's are probably likely to think him insane unless they have enough ranks in Knowledge: Local to recognize Jim Bawb, or see the Cash Cow he has out back.  He'd also like them to get someone to resurrect Bubba, who seems content with being a ghost.

Word has it there's a cult in the small farming village of Tater that's burning people for witchcraft.  They're definition of witchcraft seems a little vague and is usually described as "anything we don't cotton to".  Concerned authorities have asked the PC's to investigate.  Well okay that's a little bit of a fib.  Concerned authorities have actually asked the PC's to "find whichever drunken incest victim started this whole mess and beat him to within an inch of his life".  They'd also like them to look into rumors of a headless ghost chicken.  There's money in sideshow freaks these days.

The PC's are approached by a floating dead chicken who (after they stop screaming and calm down) asks them to find out the truth of the circumstances behind his awakening, and the subsequent source of the rumors he was cursed.  Cause being undead, he probably was cursed now that he thinks about it.  He'd also like them to find who started the cult now causing trouble in Tater.

The Glitter Festival is the premier transvestite/female impersonator/general weirdness showcase of the land, and it's always been Bubba's desire to attend since Awakening.  He has the minor problem though, that anyone seeing him starts screaming like they've seen a ghost.  Well at least a ghost that's malicious in intent.  He'd like the PC's to fix this problem for him if they could, without resurrecting him.  He kind of likes being dead. Plus he's a scheduled Judge for the Best Orc Drag King competition, and he's worried people will try to harm him somehow.  The Judges get attacked every year, and Bubba thinks someone will resurrect him, and bump him off a second time in the hopes he won't come back as a ghost this time.


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Alignment	Neutral +
Author	Bhu +
Challenge Rating	6 +
Environment	Any +
Identifier	3.5e Monster +
Level Adjustment	--- +
Rating	Undiscussed +
Size	Tiny +
Subtype	Incorporeal +
Title	Bubba The Headless Chicken +
Type	Undead +