Roc
- Habitat
- Remote mountain peaks and high desert crags
- Biomes
- +mountain, desert
- Spawn
- solo, day
- Temper
- Fierce, predatory, fearless
- Threat
- Severe
- Rarity
- Rare
- Move
- crawl; fly.
- Special
- Its silent swooping dive catches foes off guard; carries off prey seized in both talons, and can lift two victims at once; fights all the harder when defending its nest
- STR56
- DEX10
- CON53
- INT2
- Health1,970
- Damage485
- Armor24
The roc is a bird of monstrous size, an eagle grown vast enough to blot out the sun, with a wingspan that darkens whole hillsides and talons that can seize a horse or an ox and carry it to a mountaintop nest. It hunts large game across deserts and ranges, stooping from immense height to snatch prey in its claws or rake it with a hooked beak. Sailors and caravans tell of rocs lifting livestock, riders, and even small boats. It fears nothing and defends its eyrie against all comers.
Behavior
- Soars at great height and stoops on large prey from above
- Seizes victims in both talons and bears them off to its nest
- Strikes with a hooked beak and buffeting wings in close combat
- Defends its mountain eyrie ferociously
Abilities
- Snatching Talons. Grabs and carries off prey as large as cattle or a rider.
- Diving Stoop. A high-speed plunge delivering a devastating first strike.
- Rending Beak. A hooked beak that tears into gripped or grounded prey.
Drops & Crafting
- Enormous flight feathers (sails, cloaks, banners)
- Massive talons and beak (weapons, fittings)
- Huge eggs (a fortune, alive or as food)
- Hide and down