Vulture
CR 0, N Small Animal
Senses: Perception 9, Low Light Vision, ScentThis special quality allows a creature to detect approaching enemies, sniff out hidden foes, and track by sense of smell. Creatures with the scent ability can identify familiar odors just as humans do familiar sights. The creature can detect opponents within 30 feet by sense of smell. If the opponent is upwind, the range increases to 60 feet; if downwind, it drops to 15 feet. Strong scents, such as smoke or rotting garbage, can be detected at twice the ranges noted above. Overpowering scents, such as skunk musk or troglodyte stench, can be detected at triple normal range. When a creature detects a scent, the exact location of the source is not revealed-only its presence somewhere within range. The creature can take a move action to note the direction of the scent. When the creature is within 5 feet of the source, it pinpoints the source's location. A creature with the scent ability can follow tracks by smell with a perception check instead of using the Track skill.
Speed: 10 ft., fly 50 ft. (average) Skills: Athletics 1
Languages: None
Ability Scores: Str 12 (+3), Dex 13 (+3), Con 14 (+4), Int 2 (-4), Wis 13 (+1), Cha 7 (-2)
INIT: +1 CP: +0 HP: 6 (1d8+2) SA: -- DC: 13
AC: 13 Touch: 12 Flat-footed: 12 [+1 Dodge, +1 Natural, +1 Size]
SR: -- Vulnerable: -- Resistant: -- Bypass: --
Immunity: -- Effect Immunity: --
Attacks
- Melee (Natural) - 1 x bite +2 (1d6+1). Reach: 5 ft.
Environment: warm plains or hills
Organization: None
Treasure: none
This dark-feathered vulture has a bald neck and head, and its long, hooked beak is caked with carrion.
Though related to raptors and other birds of prey, vultures mainly feed on carrion they spot or scent from on high. Vultures have weak claws compared to predatory birds, but their sharp and wickedly hooked beaks tear living flesh as readily as the sharpest blade. Despite dining on carrion, vultures prefer their corpses newly dead rather than rotten. Some even hunt smaller prey when food is scarce.
