Vulture
This dark-feathered vulture has a bald neck and head, and its long, hooked beak is caked with carrion.
CR: 1/2 XP: 200
N Small animal
Init: +1 Senses: low-light vision, scent Perception: +9
Defense
AC: 13, touch 12, flat-footed 12 (+1 Dex, +1 natural, +1 size)
hp: 6 (1d8+2)
Fort: +6 Ref: +3 Will: +1, +4 vs. disease
Offense
Speed: 10 ft., fly 50 ft. (average)
Melee: bite +2 (1d6+1)
Statistics
Str: 12 Dex: 13 Con: 14 Int: 2 Wis: 13 Cha: 7
Base Atk: +0 CMB: +0 CMD: 11
Feats: Great Fortitude
Skills: Fly +7, Perception +9, Racial Modifiers +8 Perception
Ecology
Environment: warm plains or hills
Organization: solitary, pair, or flock (3–24)
Treasure: none
Description
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.
Vulture, Giant A wickedly hooked beak and an immense bald head draw attention from this enormous scavenger’s vast wingspan.