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ridly
2009-03-12, 05:56 PM
i have an idea for a dire chicken that is medium size. could enyone give suggestions?

ErrantX
2009-03-12, 06:07 PM
1) 11 herbs and spices combined with breading and deep frying.
2) ????
3) Profit!

-X

P.S. In seriousness, are we thinking chocobo or something?

hamishspence
2009-03-12, 06:20 PM
Dragon 323 had stats for chocobo- Large rather than medium, CR 2.

BlueWizard
2009-03-12, 07:19 PM
Sounds funny. Maybe give it 4 hit points.

Heliomance
2009-03-12, 07:37 PM
Only if someone with the Chicken Infested flaw can take a feat to upgrade his chickens to Dire Chickens.

BlueWizard
2009-03-12, 07:41 PM
These would be great with some orcish farmer as their leader. Perhaps a 1st level encounter.

Harperfan7
2009-03-12, 07:48 PM
Wow. I made my own dire chickens years ago. They weren't actually chickens, "dire chickens" are just what adventurers nicknamed them. They were medium sized roughly chicken shaped flightless forest birds that killed gnomes and halflings when they could catch them alone.

Basically, just take a dire hawk, get rid of its flight, and give it the ability to glide for 1 round at a time (so it can fly, but has to land at the end of the round).

kopout
2009-03-12, 08:31 PM
Based on my own expirances with chickens I made this based on the raven
chicken

Size/Type: Tiny Animal
Hit Dice: 1/4 d8 (1 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 20 ft. (2 squares), fly 10 ft. (clumsy) glide 20ft
Armor Class: 14 (+2 size, +2 Dex), touch 14, flat-footed 12
Base Attack/Grapple: +0/–13
Attack: Beak +4 melee (1d2–5)
Full Attack: Beak +4 melee (1d2–5), Wings +4 bludgeoning (1d4)
Space/Reach: 2-1/2 ft./0 ft.
Special Attacks: —
Special Qualities: Low-light vision
Saves: Fort +2, Ref +4, Will +2
Abilities: Str 2, Dex 15, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 9, Cha 6
Skills: Listen +3 +5, Spot +5 +7
Feats: Alertness, Weapon FinesseB, Doge
Environment: Any(Towns and Farms)
Organization: Flock(10-12) Infestation(infinite)
Challenge Rating: 1/6
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: —
Level Adjustment: —


and the dire variant
dire chicken


Size/Type: Small Animal
Hit Dice: 1 d8 (4 hp)
Initiative: +3
Speed: 40 ft. (2 squares), Glide one per round
Armor Class: 16 (+1 size, +4 Dex,+1 natural ), touch 16, flat-footed 14
Base Attack/Grapple: +0/–5
Attack: Beak +4 melee (1d4)
Full Attack: Beak +4 melee (1d4), Wings +4 bludgeoning (1d6)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: —
Special Qualities: Low-light vision
Saves: Fort +3, Ref +5, Will +4
Abilities: Str 10, Dex 19, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 11, Cha 6
Skills: Listen +3 +5, Spot +5 +7
Feats: Alertness, Weapon FinesseB, Doge
Environment: Temperate forests
Organization: Solitary or flock(6-8) Infestation(infinite)
Challenge Rating: 1/3
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: —
Level Adjustment: —

Debihuman
2009-03-14, 10:31 PM
Here is my version of a Dire Fighting Chicken:


DIRE FIGHTING CHICKEN
Medium-sized Animal (Dire)
Hit Dice: 3d8+3 (16 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 30 ft., fly 15 ft. (clumsy)
Armor Class: 15 (+2 natural armor, +3 Dex), Touch 13, Flat-footed 12
BAB/Grapple: +2/+1
Attack: Claw with spur +5 melee (1d4-1 and 1d4)
Full Attack: 2 Claws with spurs +5 melee (1d4-1 and 1d4)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: —
Special Qualities: —
Saves: Fort +4, Ref + 6, Will +5
Abilities: Str 8, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6
Skills: Listen +5, Spot +6
Feats: Weapon Finesse (claws), Flyby Attack
Environment: Any
Organization: Any
Challenge Rating: 2
Treasure: None
Alignment: Neutral
Advancement: —
Level Adjustment —

Dire Fighting Chickens are fitted with metal spurs which cause an additional 1d4 points of damage.

Note: a blacksmith or armorer can make these metal spurs relatively easily and cheaply and they are fitted over a chickens own claws.


Debby