FREQUENCY: Uncommon

FREQUENCY: Common ([Dungeon Level V])

FREQUENCY: Uncommon ([Astral Plane]) (* These creatures do not travel the astral or ethereal planes but have attack forms that can affect travelers in these planes.)
FREQUENCY: Uncommon ([Ethereal Plane])  (* These creatures do not travel the astral or ethereal planes but have attack forms that can affect travelers in these planes.)

FREQUENCY: Uncommon ([Temperate Civilized Mountains])
FREQUENCY: Uncommon ([Temperate Wilderness Swamp])
FREQUENCY: Very rare ([Temperate Wilderness Hills], [Temperate Wilderness Forest], [Temperate Wilderness Plains], [Temperate Wilderness Desert])
FREQUENCY: Very rare ([Temperate Freshwater Surface])

FREQUENCY: Uncommon ([Tropical Wilderness Mountains], [Tropical Wilderness Swamp])
FREQUENCY: Very rare ([Tropical Wilderness Hills], [Tropical Wilderness Forest], [Tropical Wilderness Plains], [Tropical Wilderness Desert])
FREQUENCY: Very rare ([Tropical Freshwater Surface])

NO. APPEARING: 1-6
ARMOR CLASS: 6
MOVE: 6"/18"
HIT DICE: 5
% IN LAIR: 30%
TREASURE TYPE: [D]
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1 ~ 15
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1-3 (beak)
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Touch petrifies
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil
INTELLIGENCE: Animal
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
SIZE: S
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: V | 315 + 5

SAVES: 11.12.13.13.14

Cockatrices are found in temperate > tropical regions, both above && below ground.
They can inflict only minor wounds with their beaks, but their touch will turn flesh to stone (save versus stone or petrified).
Note that the petrification aura of this monster extends into both the astral and ethereal planes and can thus affect creatures in these planes as well (cf. BASILISK).

Description: The serpentine tail of the cockatrice is yellow green, its feet && beak yellow, its wings are gray,
its feathers are golden brown, and its wattles, comb, eyes, and tongue are red.

Aerial Combat: 18", class C.
The cockatrice is not a strong, steady flyer, and will not go above 300' unless provoked into one of its screaming fits of rage.
In any case, it will never fly for more than 2-5 turns before landing to REST.
The cockatrice's power to turn flesh to stone is an awful one, as it often need only hit to destroy its enemies,
and those petrified in the air usually fall and shatter!

CLIMATE/TERRAIN: Temperate to tropical <MM2.103>