<temp image, perhaps:
Photoshop touch-up for the Pyrolisk?>
<as well, note that for
both the cockatrice & the pyrolisk, which both share the same image,
for now -- the wings are not grey>
<yet>
FREQUENCY: Rare (Temperate to tropical)
FREQUENCY:
Rare ([Dungeon Level IV])
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:
Very rare ([Ethereal Plane]) (* These
creatures do not travel the astral or ethereal planes but have attack forms
that can affect travelers in these planes.)
FREQUENCY: Rare
([Temperate Wilderness Mountains], [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: Rare
([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: 1-4
ARMOR CLASS: 6
MOVE: 6" / 18" (MC: [C])
HIT DICE: 4+3 <1>
<(wings)>
% IN LAIR: 30%
TREASURE TYPE: [D]
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1 ~ 15 <(minor
beak attack)>
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1-4
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Gaze
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Immune
to fire
INTELLIGENCE: Low
ALIGNMENT: Neutral evil
SIZE: S
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: IV | 240
+ 5
SAVES: 11.12.13.13.14
This monster
is nearly identical to the cockatrice (q.v.),
except that close <1><2>
inspection will reveal 1 red feather in the
tail & a reddish CAST to the grey
wings.
The pyrolisk inhabits temperate
to tropical regions, as does its
cousin.
Gaze: In +addition+
to its minor beak attack,
the creature has a gaze
which, if met, causes the victim to erupt in flames from within, killing
it
instantly if a save vs.
petrification<l> fails and doing 2-13 points of
damage otherwise. Any creature
innately or magically fire-resistant
(whether by spell, ring,
or other effect) is immune to this gaze attack, and
any victim making his or
her save is thereafter immune to the gaze of
that particular pyrolisk.
The creature can, in addition,
cause any
fire source<l> within
30 feet to explode in fireworks, an effect identical to
the druidical pyrotechnics
spell (q.v.).<edit/precise link/reword to: an effect identical to the
fireworks effect of the druidical pyrotechnics spell, with precise
link?>
It does so at will, once
per round<1 per round>,
for the sheer joy of the
flames; the AREA of effect is 10 times that of the
fire-source, lasts for a
full round<1 round>, and temporarily blinds<l> all those within
it.
<>
The pyrolisk is immune to
all fire-based attacks, magical and normal.
<><perhaps, just add
(magical and normal) to SD?>
Its mortal enemy is the phoenix,<definitive
article?/pluralization?> as the latter is also immune to fire and detests
Evil.
<strong or stronger Evil?
Note the capitalization, which was a distinction in MYTHUS> <make link
to MYTHUS>
ADQ: What is the correct HD listing
for the pyrolisk? Monster Manual II
lists it as 43.
ADA: The pyrolisk should have 4+3
HD, not 43.
(Polyhedron #18)