# [Cockatrice Regent](Rules\Source\bestiary\monstrosity/cockatrice-regent-xmm.md)
*Source: Monster Manual (2024) p. 75*
Bolder than their smaller cousins, cockatrice regents brim with unstable magical energy they use to restrain distant foes.
## Cockatrices
*Accursed Avians with the Power to Petrify*
- **Habitat.** Grassland
- **Treasure.** None
Cockatrices combine the features of irate roosters and starving reptiles. They petrify those they bite, their slightest peck turning their prey to stone.
```statblock
"name": "Cockatrice Regent (XMM)"
"size": "Large"
"type": "monstrosity"
"alignment": "Unaligned"
"ac": !!int "15"
"hp": !!int "136"
"hit_dice": "16d10 + 48"
"modifier": !!int "2"
"stats":
- !!int "19"
- !!int "14"
- !!int "16"
- !!int "3"
- !!int "16"
- !!int "5"
"speed": "30 ft., fly 60 ft."
"saves":
- "wisdom": !!int "6"
"condition_immunities": "[petrified](/Rules/Source/conditions.md#Petrified)"
"senses": "[Darkvision](/Rules/Source/senses.md#Darkvision) 120 ft., passive Perception\
\ 13"
"languages": ""
"cr": "8"
"traits":
- "desc": "The cockatrice doesn't provoke an Opportunity Attack when it flies out\
\ of an enemy's reach."
"name": "Flyby"
"actions":
- "desc": "The cockatrice makes one Petrifying Bite attack and two Talons attacks."
"name": "Multiattack"
- "desc": "*Melee Attack Roll:* +7, reach 5 ft. *Hit:* 13 (2d8 + 4) Piercing damage.\
\ If the target is a creature, it is subjected to the following effect. *Constitution\
\ Saving Throw:* DC 14. *1St Failure:* The target has the [Restrained](/Rules/Source/conditions.md#Restrained)\
\ condition and repeats the save at the end of its next turn if it is still\
\ [Restrained](/Rules/Source/conditions.md#Restrained), ending the effect on\
\ itself on a success. *2Nd Failure:* The target has the [Petrified](/Rules/Source/conditions.md#Petrified)\
\ condition instead of the [Restrained](/Rules/Source/conditions.md#Restrained)\
\ condition."
"name": "Petrifying Bite"
- "desc": "*Melee Attack Roll:* +7, reach 5 ft. *Hit:* 18 (4d6 + 4) Slashing damage."
"name": "Talons"
"reactions":
- "desc": "Trigger: A creature within 120 feet of the cockatrice deals damage to\
\ it. _Response—_*Dexterity Saving Throw:* DC 14, the triggering creature. *Failure:*\
\ 13 (3d6 + 3) Force damage."
"name": "Magical Backlash"
"source":
- "XMM"
"image": "/Rules/Source/bestiary/monstrosity/token/cockatrice-regent-xmm.webp"
```
^statblock
## Environment
grassland