Cockatrice Regent
Source: Monster Manual (2024) p. 75
Cockatrices
Accursed Avians with the Power to Petrify
Habitat. GrasslandTreasure. None
Cockatrices combine the features of irate roosters and starving reptiles. They petrify those they bite, their slightest peck turning their prey to stone.
Statblock
"name": "Cockatrice Regent (XMM)"
"size": "Large"
"type": "monstrosity"
"alignment": "Unaligned"
"ac": !!int "15"
"hp": !!int "136"
"hit_dice": "16d10 + 48"
"modifier": !!int "2"
"stats":
- !!int "19"
- !!int "14"
- !!int "16"
- !!int "3"
- !!int "16"
- !!int "5"
"speed": "30 ft., fly 60 ft."
"saves":
- "wisdom": !!int "6"
"condition_immunities": "[petrified](../../../Compendium/rules/conditions#petrified)"
"senses": "[Darkvision](../../../Compendium/rules/senses#darkvision) 120 ft., passive Perception\
\ 13"
"languages": ""
"cr": "8"
"traits":
- "desc": "The cockatrice doesn't provoke an Opportunity Attack when it flies out\
\ of an enemy's reach."
"name": "Flyby"
"actions":
- "desc": "The cockatrice makes one Petrifying Bite attack and two Talons attacks."
"name": "Multiattack"
- "desc": "*Melee Attack Roll:* +7, reach 5 ft. *Hit:* 13 (2d8 + 4) Piercing\
\ damage. If the target is a creature, it is subjected to the following effect.\
\ *Constitution Saving Throw:* DC 14. *1St Failure:* The target has the [Restrained](../../../Compendium/rules/conditions#restrained)\
\ condition and repeats the save at the end of its next turn if it is still\
\ [Restrained](../../../Compendium/rules/conditions#restrained), ending the effect\
\ on itself on a success. *2Nd Failure:* The target has the [Petrified](../../../Compendium/rules/conditions#petrified)\
\ condition instead of the [Restrained](../../../Compendium/rules/conditions#restrained)\
\ condition."
"name": "Petrifying Bite"
- "desc": "*Melee Attack Roll:* +7, reach 5 ft. *Hit:* 18 (4d6 + 4) Slashing\
\ damage."
"name": "Talons"
"reactions":
- "desc": "Trigger: A creature within 120 feet of the cockatrice deals damage to\
\ it. _Response—_*Dexterity Saving Throw:* DC 14, the triggering creature. *Failure:*\
\ 13 (3d6 + 3) Force damage."
"name": "Magical Backlash"
"source":
- "XMM"
"image": "Compendium/bestiary/monstrosity/token/cockatrice-regent-xmm.webp"
