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Atlas  Artifacts  Bestiary  Calendar  Classes  Factions/Groups  Faiths/Religion  History  Languages  Mythology  The Games  PBeM  Psionics  Spells  Credits  Links	Bestiary Golden Falcon CLIMATE/TERRAIN: Temperate Mountain (Southlands) FREQUENCY: Rare ORGANIZATION: Flocks ACTIVITY CYCLE: Any DIET: Herbivore INTELLIGENCE: Semi- TREASURE: nil ALIGNMENT: Neutral NO. APPEARING: 1-12 ARMOR CLASS: 7 MOVEMENT: 1 Fl 36 (B) HIT DICE: 3 THAC0: 18 NO. OF ATTACKS: 3 DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1-6/1-6/1-12 SPECIAL ATTACKS: Dive SPECIAL DEFENSES: nil MAGIC RESISTANCE: standard SIZE: L (6' tall, 12' wingspan) MORALE: Elite (13) XP VALUE: 360 Appearance: Golden falcons are light brown in color and appear as large versions of regular falcons. They stand 6 feet tall and their wingspan is 12 feet wide. Combat: The attack method used by these large birds of prey is a standard dive-and-attack. When diving more than 100 feet, the falcons gain double damage on their claw attacks, but lose their beak attack due to the speed of the fly by. Normally, they recieve three attacks, two claws and their beak. Some falconers have been able to harnass the power of the golden falcons and train them to be ridden. Only one man-sized rider may be taken with a total weight of 500 pounds. Special harnasses and saddle have been created for ease of ride, though the small demi-human races (dwarf, halfling, gnome) would find them uncomfortable. Falcon riders are usually trained to take missile attacks with spear (and sometimes bows) or fly by attacks with swords or other melee weapons. Some may even use spears as pole arms for arial jousting of sorts. Habitat/Society: Golden falcons nest in pairs to lay their eggs. When the young are old enough to fly they are thrust form the nest to live on their own. Golen falcons are pretty territorial. No more than three pair of falcons usually live in a two mile radius. Ecology: The diet of the wild falcons consists of small-to medium-sized rodents. Trained birds can manage to live off of grains. They inhabit high mountainous regions, partial to tall mountains and rocky crags. TSR®, Inc. grants permission to copy this form for personal use.