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FREQUENCY: Unique
NO. APPEARING: 1
ARMOR CLASS: 3
MOVE: 12"/24"
HIT DICE/POINTS: 50 HP
% IN LAIR: 50%
TREASURE TYPE: [H] (x2)
NO. OF ATTACKS: 3
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 3-18/3-18/4-24
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Flame
SPECIAL DEFENSES: See below
MAGIC RESISTANCE: See below
INTELLIGENCE: Low
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
SIZE: L (60' + wingspread)
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: IX | not applicable
<remem: Phoenix in MM2>
The phoenix was said to exist and be watching
at the time of the creation of the universe,
and it stands for 
everlasting
life beyond even the power of gods
to attain.
It regenerates 5 points per melee round
and no magical spell can affect the creature.
The bird is constantly burning,
and anything within 10 yards of it takes
25 points of fire damage per melee round (no saving throw)
even if resistant to fire and heat.
Any weapon less than +4 will melt when
striking the body of the creature,
doing no damage.
If assaulted the phoenix will defend itself,
attacking as a 12 HD monster
with its wings (for 3-18) and its beak (4-24),
plus its heat damage.
If killed,
the phoenix's body is consumed by its
own flames in a great explosion of heat that incinerates everything within
5".
If creatures within this radius save (vs.
breath weapons,
or magical fire,
if an object),
they only take 10-100 points of <fire>
damage from the explosion.
3-18 rounds after its death,
the phoenix will be reborn whole from
its own ashes.
There is no way by which the phoenix can
be killed permanently.
Even if its ashes are destroyed,
it will rise again,
seemingly out of nothingness.
The phoenix is the sacred animal of Girru && Huhueteotl.
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Q:
In reading through past issues of DRAGON Magazine, I
noticed
that several times characters and monsters have been described
differently
from the presentations in the official AD&D
books.
I
now have two different versions of Circe, Medea,
the phoenix, and several others.
Which
version is correct?
A:
DRAGON
Magazine frequently prints material that is not
necessarily
considered official, but is presented as a reasonable
alternative
to already existing material. Often two or more writers
have
differing views, taken from different sources, on how a
certain
personage or monster should appear in the AD&D
game.
Presenting
these different perspectives on the character or monster
is
done to give the DM the freedom to select a version that
best
fits the DM's campaign and personal conception of what
such
a being would be like.
(SA76.64)
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