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Figure of the Week: Axe Beak

This weeks figure is the axe beak. They are prehistoric mega-fauna, flightless birds. I researched what scientists think the Diatryma looked like and used that color scheme. I thought that it turned out well.

Below is an exerpt from the Pathfinder wiki:
“The axe beak appears like a predatory ostrich. It stands atop two powerful, muscular legs that give the axe beak much of its height. Each of these legs ends in a set of three-toed feet, each toe tipped with a sharp talon designed to tear flesh. Atop these legs is the axe beak’s broad body covered in large feathers and two short, stubby wings that clearly could not support such a large bird in flight. An elongated, feathered neck sprouts from the front of the body, leading to the axe beaks head which is bald like a vulture’s and sports the frightening sharp beak for which the creature is named. An axe beaks stands seven feet tall and, despite what their speed would suggest, these creature weigh upwards of five hundred pounds.[1]”

Excerpt from Beastiary 3:
Diatryma Ā  Ā  Ā CR 1XP 400
N MediumĀ animal
InitĀ +4;Ā SensesĀ low-light vision;Ā PerceptionĀ +5
DEFENSEACĀ 14,Ā touchĀ 14,Ā flat-footedĀ 10 (+4Ā Dex)
hpĀ 11 (2d8+2)
FortĀ +4,Ā RefĀ +7,Ā WillĀ +0
OFFENSESpeedĀ 50 ft.
MeleeĀ bite +1 (1d8)
SpaceĀ 5 ft.;Ā ReachĀ 5 ft.
Special AttacksĀ sudden charge
STATISTICSStrĀ 10,Ā DexĀ 19,Ā ConĀ 12,Ā IntĀ 2,Ā WisĀ 11,Ā ChaĀ 10
Base AtkĀ +1;Ā CMBĀ +1;Ā CMDĀ 15
FeatsĀ Run
SkillsĀ PerceptionĀ +5
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Sudden Charge (Ex)When making aĀ chargeĀ attack, an axe beak makes a single bite attack. If successful, it may also attempt toĀ tripĀ its opponent as aĀ free actionĀ without provoking anĀ attack of opportunity. If the attempt fails, the axe beak cannot beĀ trippedĀ in return.

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