Turkey, Earth

In honor of Thanksgiving, the United States holiday, I gave stats for the Athasian Turkey, which is mentioned in the Veiled Alliance sourcebook. This year, I present the earth aspected form of the terrible beast.

Happy Thanksgiving! 

	Turkey, Earth
Climate/Terrain	Plane of Earth, Underground
Frequency	Very Rare
Organization	Flock
Activity Cycle	Day
Diet	Omnivore
Intelligence	Semi (2-4)
Treasure	Nil
Alignment	Neutral
No. Appearing	1-6
Armor Class	5
Movement	12 br 9
Hit Dice	5+5
Thac0	15
No. of Attacks	1
Damage/ Attack	1-8
Special Attack	Spells
Special Defense	Immune to Earth Damage
Magic Resistance	Nil
Size	S (4' + tall)
Morale	Elite (13-14)
XP Value	1,400

Earth Turkey

Earth turkeys are native to the Elemental Plane of Earth. They sometimes find themselves on Athas, due to natural or artificial portals. It is possible to summon earth turkeys, but most spellcasters powerful enough to do so rarely bother.
Earth turkeys are able to burrow and prefer to nest underground. They cannot fly.
Earth turkeys have excellent eyesight and reduce, by 5%, a character's chance of hiding in shadows and are only surprised on a roll of 1 or 2.

Combat
Unlike many other types of turkey, earth turkeys do not flee from combat, they stand firm against their foes. The earth turkey can use their serrated beak to attack, which inflicts 1d8 points of damage, but they prefers to use their spells and breath weapon first. An earth turkey can breath a cone of obsidian shards, which extends out to twenty feet. This breath weapon causes 3d6 points of damage, save vs breath weapon for half damage, and may be used every 1d12 rounds.
In addition, earth turkeys have access to the following spells once per day: Barkskin (As a 12th level caster), Dust Devil, Oil Spray, Meld into Stone, and Stone Shape.

Habitat/Society
Earth turkeys seek the attention of females in sun descending by wooing them with a special courtship dance. During this dance, male earth turkeys create intricate patterns into the earth in an effort to win a female. After mating, the females seek out a good nesting spot. Earth turkeys lay their eggs in ground nests, and then use stone shape to hide then inside solid stone. The female earth turkey lays an egg each day in her nest for up to 11 days. The eggs take about 28 days to hatch. Baby earth turkeys are helpless for six months.
Earth turkeys cannot breed with any other type of turkey.

Ecology
Earth turkey meat is white and tastes like a root vegetable. The earth turkey's tough outer shell must be removed to butcher it properly. An earth turkey provides six pounds of meat and no feathers.