Cockatrice

The Cockatrice is a repulsive Chaos-influenced beast resembling a giant, monstrous bird. ^[1a]

Cockatrices possess the deadly ability to turn other beings into stone with a simple stare, forcing prospective monster-slayers to battle them without ever looking at them. Some Cockatrices sport additional mutations, such as venomous claws or acidic vomit.^[1a][5]

Cockatrices are cowardly creatures by nature. They seldom emerge from their lairs, and are more inclined to lurking around battlefields and preying on the dead and dying than in engaging in combat. However, a cornered Cockatrice will go berserk, clawing and shrieking madly. ^[1a][5]

Habitat

Since Nehekhara became the Land of the Dead, Cockatrices now inhabit the desert. ^[3a]

Ingredients

The eyes of a cockatrice are important elements of the ritual to create a Sepulchral Stalker. ^[3b]

Notable

• Balorith the Rockeye, inhabits the Hissing Pits of the Mountains of Mourn. ^[2a]

Weapons and Equipment

• 2nd Edition: Claw and Beak Attacks. Will have several mutations. ^[4a]
• 8th Edition: May take Acidic Vomit, Poisoned Claws. ^[1a]
• W:TOW: Claws (Hand Weapon), Petrifying Gaze, Scaly Skin (Heavy Armour). May have Acidic Vomit, Poisoned Attacks. ^[5]

Gallery

Miniatures

Quotes

Note

In 2nd Edition, only the Beak attack would potentially turn victims to stone. ^[5a]

Sources

• 1: Storm of Magic
  • 1a: Cockatrice, pg. 124
• 2: Warhammer Armies: Ogre Kingdoms (8th Edition)
  • 2a: The Ogre Kingdoms, pg. 12
• 3: Warhammer Armies: Tomb Kings (8th Edition)
  • 3a: The Land of the Dead, pg. 17
  • 3b: Sepulchral Stalkers, pg. 45
• 4: White Dwarf 89 (UK)
  • 4a: New Citadel, pg. 57
• 5: Ravening Hordes (TOW): Beastmen Brayherds, Cockatrice, pg. 106