Chicken (チキン, Chikin? or ニワトリ, Niwatori?, lit. Chicken) is a recurring status effect in the Final Fantasy series.
Appearances
Final Fantasy XIV
Final Fantasy Tactics
Chicken occurs when a character's bravery is below 10. The character literally turns into a chicken, and runs away from all units, each turn restores its bravery by 1. The status is removed when the bravery stat is above 10. Characters attacking a chicken will receive a Physical Attack bonus (new PA = [PA * 3/2]). Weapon attacks that normally have a vertical 3 tolerance when attacking from above will only have a vertical 2 tolerance if the target is a chicken.
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Etymology
The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the red junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, with a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird. Humans keep chickens primarily as a source of food, consuming both their meat and their eggs.
Chicken also refers to a person who is cowardly.