Phoenix*

A Phoenix is a magnificent scarlet-plumed bird with a wingspan of over 25’. A phoenix's body is about 10’ long from beak to tail apart from a few long reeves like those of a pheasant. It weighs just under a ton. A phoenix is intelligent and can telepathically communicate. It can only be harmed by magical weapons, and is immune to any charm effects, hold monster and similar spells, as well as all fire damage. A phoenix is a powerful ally to the forces of good, and it is sometimes said that it is a spirit of rebirth and renewal.

When it is threatened, a phoenix cloaks itself in an aura of fire that deals 3d6 points of damage to any creature within 10’ of it. If the phoenix dies, its body vanishes in a burst of flame that functions as a fireball spell, dealing 9d6 points of damage, half of which is divine spiritual radiance that cannot be resisted by any means. When these death throes are concluded a single egg can be found amidst the ashes from which a new phoenix will hatch in no more than a day. No power short of a wish can prevent the phoenix's rebirth. A phoenix will occasionally grant a tail feather as a gift to those who aid it. This feather can be brewed into a potion with the combined effect of the raise dead and heal spells.