Cockatrice
Source: Monster Manual (2024) p. 75. Available in the SRD and the Free Rules (2024)
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 (XMM)"
"size": "Small"
"type": "monstrosity"
"alignment": "Unaligned"
"ac": !!int "11"
"hp": !!int "22"
"hit_dice": "5d6 + 5"
"modifier": !!int "1"
"stats":
- !!int "6"
- !!int "12"
- !!int "12"
- !!int "2"
- !!int "13"
- !!int "5"
"speed": "20 ft., fly 40 ft."
"condition_immunities": "[petrified](../../../Compendium/rules/conditions#petrified)"
"senses": "[Darkvision](../../../Compendium/rules/senses#darkvision) 60 ft., passive Perception\
\ 11"
"languages": ""
"cr": "1/2"
"actions":
- "desc": "*Melee Attack Roll:* +3, reach 5 ft. *Hit:* 3 (1d4 + 1) Piercing\
\ damage. If the target is a creature, it is subjected to the following effect.\
\ *Constitution Saving Throw:* DC 11. *1St Failure:* The target has the [Restrained](../../../Compendium/rules/conditions#restrained)\
\ condition. The target 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, for 24 hours."
"name": "Petrifying Bite"
"source":
- "XMM"
"image": "Compendium/bestiary/monstrosity/token/cockatrice-xmm.webp"
