Dire Chicken (3.5e Monster)

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Dire Chicken

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Dire Chicken

CR 3

	N Medium Animal
Init/Senses	+4/Listen +6, Spot +6
AC	19, touch 16, flat-footed 17; <- AC from other effects, such as wild shaping or spells -> (+4 Dex, +2 dodge, +3 natural)
hp	30 (3 HD); Like a chicken with its head cut off
Fort/Ref/Will	+6/+7/+5
Speed	30 ft. (6 squares)
Melee	+12 bite (2d6+1) +10/+10 claws (1d4+1)
Space/Reach	5 ft./5 ft.
Base Atk/Grp	+2/+3
Abilities	Str 12, Dex 18, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 10, Cha 7
Feats	Weapon Finesse, Multiattack
Skills	Jump +7
Advancement	4-6 HD Medium, 7-10 HD Large
Like a chicken with its head cut off (Ex)	Dire chickens, like most dire animals, have stronger versions of natural abilities that their more normal cousins (regular chickens) possess. While dire bears have the ability to grapple better, dire tigers the ability to pounce better, the dire chicken has the ability to continue acting even after its "death", much like a normal chicken with its head cut off, but to a much greater effect. If a dire chicken is killed from an attack when it is at a positive amount of hitpoints, instead of just dying, it may continue to act. Usually its death is just the loss of its head, but whether that is the case or not, it cannot see once it dies. It just continues on instinct attacking the nearest creature. It flies into a frenzy, gaining 6 extra claw attacks with a +4 bonus to hit, but the loss of its head causes it lose its bite attack. Note that the +4 bonus to hit is cancelled out by the -4 penalty to hit for being blind and furthermore each claw attack suffers a 50% miss chance. It takes 5 damage per round and finally stops attacking when it reaches -40 hitpoints (that is, -10 for death plus 30 for its base hitpoints).

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