I hope you enjoy(?) today's offering. See you next week with another monster!
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This human-sized
turkey has crazed eyes and its wattle drip with gore. It wields a small axe
suitable for lopping off turkey heads in both of its wings.
Disemboweling
Fowl CR 11
XP 12,800
NE Medium magical beast
Init +9; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light
vision; Perception +15
DEFENSE
AC 25, touch 15,
flat-footed 20 (+5 Dex, +10 natural)
hp 147 (14d10+70)
Fort +14, Ref +14, Will +10
Defensive Abilities
ferocity, fortification (50%), improved evasion, improved uncanny dodge,
slippery mind
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., fly
30 ft. (clumsy)
Melee handaxe
+21/+16/+11 (1d6+9/15–20/×3) or
bite +20 (2d6+6/18–20),
2 talons +20 (1d8+6/18–20)
Special Attacks
disembowelment, razor sharpness, sneak attack +6d6, visceral death
Spell-Like Abilities
(CL 14th; concentration +13)
3/day—vanish[APG]
STATISTICS
Str 22, Dex 20, Con 21, Int 5, Wis 22, Cha 11
Base Atk +14; CMB +20; CMD 35
Feats Cleave,
Dazzling Display, Deadly Finish[UC], Disheartening Display[ACG], Improved
Initiative, Martial Weapon Proficiency (handaxe), Power Attack, Weapon Focus
(handaxe)
Skills Fly +2, Intimidate
+16, Perception +15, Stealth +14; Racial
Modifiers Intimidate +16
SQ fast stealth
ECOLOGY
Environment any
temperate land
Organization
solitary
Treasure standard
(hand axe plus other treasure)
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Disembowelment (Ex)
When a disemboweling fowl confirms a critical hit or deals sneak attack damage,
its opponent takes 2d4 points of bleed damage and is staggered for 1 round. It
must also attempt a DC 22 Fortitude save. On a failure, the victim is nauseated
for 1 minute, while a successful save reduces this to sickened for 1 round. The
save DC is Constitution-based.
Fast Stealth (Ex)
A disemboweling fowl can move at full speed using its Stealth skill without
penalty.
Razor Sharpness (Ex)
Every weapon wielded by a disemboweling fowl has a critical threat range of 15–20.
Its natural weapons have a critical threat range of 17–20.
Slippery Mind (Ex)
If a disemboweling fowl is affected by an enchantment spell or effect and fails
its saving throw, it can attempt it again 1 round later. The fowl only receives
one extra chance to succeed on the saving throw.
Visceral Death (Ex)
When a disemboweling fowl dispatches an opponent, it can make a free Intimidate
check to demoralize all opponents within 30 feet as per its Dazzling Display
feat. It also gains the benefits of Disheartening Display for this attempt.
Possessed by the spirits of turkeys mass murdered to put
food on tables for a once per year event, a disemboweling fowl turns the tables
on the murderers. It enacts vengeance with its sharp blade but will make do with
its sharp talons and beak if it somehow becomes separated from its beloved axe.
The fowl seeks to sow terror in its victims before opening up their bellies and
often starts an encounter by violently waving its axe about. It then moves
about stealthily, using vanish to
seemingly disappear, to heighten the feeling of dread before it launches an
attack. When it kills a victim, it makes a sudden, macabre display of pulling out
the victim’s intestines and wrapping itself up in them. It only stops killing
when its victims have fled, or it dies. In the aftermath, it feasts on its
slain victims and gives an eerie elated gobble when it sates itself.
While it refuses to work with humanoids regardless of their
disposition toward others, it teams up with powerful beasts which harbor the
same hatred. It often waits for its partners to launch a frontal assault while
it sneaks up on its prey. Of course, it ensures its prey knows of its presence
at least a split second before driving its axe home.
