Monster Stat #6: the Jub-Jub bird (from Adventurers #84) frequency very rare # appearing 1 climate/terrain Underdark movement 12" (can't fly) armor class -3 HD 12 thac0 9 # of attacks 2 damage/attack 1-12/1-12 + special special attacks glass touch special defenses need +3 or better weapon to hit magic resistance 85% intelligence Animal alignment Chaotic Neutral size M (6') The jub-jub bird is yet another strange denizen of the Underdark. Standing fully six feet in height, it has two round heads, on the ends of long, serpentine necks. Each head ends in a large, sharp beak. Though it has no arms or wings, the creature's legs are long and powerful, and it can run about at high rates of speed. As it walks and fights, the creature's heads bob up and down, back and forth in random motions. Perhaps the most unusual feature of the jub-jub bird is its brightly colored tail plumage, made up of ten huge feathers of varying colors; these have magical properties as described below. The jub-jub bird's feathered skin is harder than steel, giving it substantial resistance to damage. Besides this, the beast has a high resistance to magic, and most weapons will not damage it. All of this would be unimportant, of course, if not for the creature's deadly touch, which causes living creatures to save vs petrification at -4 or be turned into glass, permanently. Presumably the bird is able to feed upon the glassy forms of its victims, but no solid evidence exists to support this theory. It is probably worth noting that the jub-jub bird may have an affinity toward cockatrices; when the Adventurers first encountered it, it was in the company of one. However, since the jub-jub bird proved able to turn the other bird into glass via its deadly touch, this rumor remains rather unsubstantiated. As noted above, the feathers of the jub-jub bird, if cut from the body within an hour after death, will bestow some highly magical properties upon their bearer. Each of the feathers has some magical power; after some owner has had a particular feather for nine days straight, the item vanishes from physical existence. The owner will find a small tattoo on his person, a feather tattoo of the color that his or her feather was. Henceforth, the powers of the feather are his or hers to command, thusly: white.........feather falling silver........invisibility (as the ring) yellow........regeneration (as the ring) orange........+3 on saves red...........fire resistance (as the ring) green.........+3 protection gold..........wish (1/year) blue..........cold resistance purple........haste (3/day) black.........poison resistance