A Cockatrice Lair

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#2

Ho dayum dat Baleful Stare is killer!

#3

My players got preoccupied on the way so it’s not playtested yet. Maybe it needs some tweaks for balance. But the idea is that the statues block line of sight and they are placed so you can retreat behind one when you fail your first save, to get out of the stare. And the creature is vulnerable to flanking. So I think it’s actually fairly easy, if the pcs just spread out and keep moving in and out of cover. That said, my players are only after the egg, which also affects difficulty since you can just grab it and flee. (Which, I realize just now, could make for some nice chase-rooms. For example: you have to cross the goblin swamp, the timer is the cockatrice arriving, but it is also a treat that you can use to petrify goblins).