A sudden chorus of harsh voices erupts from above, sharp and insistent, echoing across the broken fields and skeletal trees. Gore Crows cluster overhead and along nearby perches, black feathers ruffling as they hop and flap with barely contained energy.
“EYES,” one screeches, while another snaps back with “MEAT,” the words barked out of beaks with no clear rhythm or meaning. They shout over one another, repeating the phrases again and again, some launching briefly into the air before settling back down just close enough to be irritating.
The pack shows no sign of leaving, only growing louder and more persistent as they shift positions, watching intently. Whether they are merely noisy scavengers or waiting for something worse to happen is impossible to tell, but their presence is impossible to ignore.
Gore CrowAreas Found: Hollowed Grounds, Greatwood, The Climb — Common Twice the size of their more common brethren, gore crows boast wickedly sharp beaks and talons that could pierce even the hide of a dragon, and even sharper wit to boot. Preferring human meat, their inky black feathers often glisten red with their most recent feast. Traveling in small groups, their eerie caws of words like "Eyes!" and "Meat!" can be heard echoing across battlefields or haunting a hunter's trail. These fearsome birds with gleaming red eyes are not to be trifled with, for it is not uncommon for a gore crow to finish off injured prey.
Challenge Rating: Easy HP: 92 | To Hit: +34 | Dmg: 14 Movement: Fly 50 ft.; Walk 20 ft. SPECIAL SKILLS Gore Feast: When a gore crow deals damage with Peck or Rend Flesh, it regains a small measure of vitality from the blood it spills; Battlefield Harbingers: Their eerie caw echoes for a mile around, sowing unease and foreshadowing violence |
TRAITS Bloodhound Instinct: Can track the scent of fresh blood for miles; Spectral Feathers: Partially ethereal, granting resistance to nonmagical physical attacks; Pack Tactics: Coordinate attacks, striking with uncanny synchronicity ACTIONS Peck: A lightning-quick strike with its serrated beak; Rend Flesh: Sweeps both talons in a brutal slash against one creature; Blood-chill Caw: Unleashes a piercing call that sends a chill through nearby foes |
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