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Nightmare Rook

Creature 20 (unique) — beast

Pre-Remaster content. May include legacy alignment.

Legendarily massive raptors capable of carrying off elephants as prey, rocs are typically about 30 feet long from beak to tail and have a wingspan of 80 feet or more. While their beaks are hooked to rip flesh from bone, their hunting strategy involves grabbing their prey in their powerful talons and then dropping it from great heights before feeding. This method creates a massive amount of carrion, which guarantees that rocs are followed by flocks of opportunistic scavengers, such as ravens and

Source: kingmaker-bestiary (Pre-Remaster)

Perception +38
Skills acrobatics +34, athletics +38, deception +35, intimidation +35
Str
+10
Dex
+6
Con
+6
Int
+5
Wis
+8
Cha
+5
AC 46 Fort +34 Ref +34 Will +38
HP 380
Resistances physical (except cold-iron) 20
Speed 20 feet, fly 80 feet

Offense

Melee Beak +38, Damage 4d12 + 18 piercing
Melee Talon +38, Damage 4d8 + 18 slashing
Melee Wing +38, Damage 4d8 + 18 bludgeoning

Abilities

Regeneration 20 (Deactivated by Cold Iron or Lawful) — Regeneration
Buck — DC 42 Reflex Buck
Frightful Presence (aura, emotion, fear, mental) — 60 feet. DC 39 Will Frightful Presence
Wing Rebuff
Flying Strafe — The roc Flies up to its Speed and makes two talon Strikes at any point during that movement. Each Strike must target a different creature. Each attack takes the normal multiple attack penalty.
Snack — A roc gains a +2 circumstance bonus to hit with its beak Strike if the target is Grabbed or Restrained in its talon.
Snatch — A roc can Fly at half Speed while it has a creature Grabbed or Restrained in either or both of its talons, carrying that creature along with it.
Improved Grab — Improved Grab
Improved Push 10 feet — Improved Push

Spells

Alter Reality (rank 10)
Weird (rank 9)
Phantasmal Calamity (rank 6)
Phantasmal Killer (rank 4)

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