What was that particular monster?

[Alzrius]

So I'm trying to remember a monster that I know I know, but my brain refuses to identify. It was a bird with a very low CR (something like CR 2) that had vorpal wings, allowing it to potentially behead an opponent on a natural 20...or something like that.

Does anyone remember what this is and what book it's from?

[CampinCarl9127]

Wow, whatever it is you shouldn't use it. Nothing at that low a CR should have a vorpal ability. Bad creature, bad statblock, bad.

[Ms. Pleiades]

To be fair a raging Level 2 Orc Barbarian snagging a power attack critical hit with a scythe produces what amounts to the exact same effect. And that's technically CR 1 unless it has PC Wealth By Level.

[Arloro]

Sounds like a Scythe Falcon. Is this from Slumbering Tsar? CR 2 Animal. It has Scythe wings which have an ability called dismemberment. Upon a critical hit, instead of multiplying the damage you roll a d6, and cut off the corrosponding limb (1 head, 2 right arm, 3 left arm, 4 right leg, 5 left leg, 6 torso savagely cut).

[Alzrius]

Arloro wrote:

Sounds like a Scythe Falcon. Is this from Slumbering Tsar? CR 2 Animal. It has Scythe wings which have an ability called dismemberment. Upon a critical hit, instead of multiplying the damage you roll a d6, and cut off the corrosponding limb (1 head, 2 right arm, 3 left arm, 4 right leg, 5 left leg, 6 torso savagely cut).

This sounds like it might be it; some Googling says that this is from the original Creature Collection, which makes me wonder if it was ever updated in the v.3.5 revision of that book, or maybe the compiled Tome of Horrors for Pathfinder.