{"id":417,"date":"2008-01-01T22:28:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-01T22:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/?p=417"},"modified":"2014-11-19T21:41:01","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T21:41:01","slug":"birdswarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/?p=417","title":{"rendered":"Birdswarm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/wp-content\/uploads\/birdswarm-sepia.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/wp-content\/uploads\/birdswarm-sepia-300x271.png\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150882260643064066\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>    <i>Hundreds of birds of all types gather in a cloud above.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Birdswarm<br \/>Tiny Animal (Swarm)<br \/>Hit Dice: 3d8 (12 hit points)<br \/>Initiative: +1 (Dex)<br \/>Speed: 10 ft, Fly 60 ft (average)<br \/>Armor Class: 13 (+2 size, +1 Dex)<br \/>Single Attack: swarm (1d4)<br \/>Full Attack: swarm (1d4)<br \/>Space\/Reach: 10 ft\/0 ft<br \/>Special Attacks: Fly-by-attack<br \/>Special Qualities: None<br \/>Saves: Fort +x, Ref +x, Will +x<br \/>Abilities: Str 1, Dex 13, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6<br \/>Skills: Listen +6 (2), Spot +9 (5)<br \/>Feats: Alertness, Weapon Finesse<br \/>Climate\/Terrain: Temperate\/Any (including urban)<br \/>Organization: Flock (1-4 swarms)<br \/>Challenge Rating: 2<br \/>Treasure: Half standard (very small items only)<br \/>Alignment: Always Neutral<br \/>Advancement: &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>COMBAT<br \/>   A birdswarm does not always act as a coherent unit.  Many birds will attack, while others will simply squawk at their prey.  They are treacherous in that they are so unpredictable, often going from harmless to harmful in a single round.  Because of this, unless characters watch them closely, birdswarms will often surprise them when they attack.<\/p>\n<p>   Distraction (Ex): Any living creature that begins its turn with a swarm in its square must succeed on a DC 12 Fortitude save or be confused for 1 round. The save DC is Constitution-based.<\/p>\n<p>Fly-by-attack (Ex): A birdswarm can attack prey and keep moving in the same round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of birds of all types gather in a cloud above. BirdswarmTiny Animal (Swarm)Hit Dice: 3d8 (12 hit points)Initiative: +1 (Dex)Speed: 10 ft, Fly 60 ft (average)Armor Class: 13 (+2 size, +1 Dex)Single Attack: swarm (1d4)Full Attack: swarm (1d4)Space\/Reach: 10 ft\/0 ftSpecial Attacks: Fly-by-attackSpecial Qualities: NoneSaves: Fort +x, Ref +x, Will +xAbilities: Str 1, Dex 13, Con 10, Int 2, Wis 14, Cha 6Skills: Listen +6 (2), Spot +9 (5)Feats: Alertness, Weapon FinesseClimate\/Terrain: Temperate\/Any (including urban)Organization: Flock (1-4 swarms)Challenge Rating: 2Treasure: Half standard (very small items only)Alignment: Always NeutralAdvancement: &#8211; COMBAT A birdswarm does not always act as a coherent unit. Many birds will attack, while others will simply squawk at their prey. They are treacherous in that they are so unpredictable, often going from harmless to harmful in a single round. Because of this, unless characters watch them closely, birdswarms will often surprise them when they attack. Distraction (Ex): Any living creature that begins its turn with a swarm in its square must succeed on a DC 12 Fortitude save or be confused for 1 round. The save DC is Constitution-based. Fly-by-attack (Ex): A birdswarm can attack prey and keep moving in the same round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[22,395,93,199],"class_list":["post-417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creature","tag-animal","tag-bird","tag-flying","tag-swarm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}