At least in comparison to some of the other monsters higher up on the list. From the hood to its dark body, you can tell this is a creature that resides in dark alleyways. He’s a tiny thief with a lust for gold and, likely, your blood. You can tell immediately what this dude is about. Tiny bird, but still bigger than normal bird. There’s a surprising amount you can do with that! Maybe an NPC gets framed by a kenku and the party needs to solve a mystery to find the true culprit! Or maybe a kenku comes to them searching for a way to fly! You could put on your imagination cap and create an identity to their forgotten master and do something with that! These little dudes are packed with potential! Design: Crow-ManĪh, my favorite superhero. If they need to execute one of their own, they’ll fling them off of a cliff to give them one last taste of the wind. To punish each other, they’ll often force false wooden or metal wings upon them. Often times, they’ll frame another person for a crime they themselves committed.Įven now, the kenku yearn for the skies. Groups of kenku often develop secret codes between them, allowing for more coordinated efforts. Conversing with one is a wild game of matching sounds and voices to meaning. Unable to speak properly, a kenku mimics various sounds and sentences to get its point across. Once their thieving ways were discover, their master cast them out, depriving them of the power of flight. Once, they flew upon the wind they emulate, serving a master whose name has been lost to time. They move as silently and softly as the wind and dress in unassuming rags to hide their true forms.

Wandering vagabonds, the kenku exist purely to sate their greed. That’s a surprisingly creepy tone-setter. Endroth Knag, City Watch Corporal in Waterdeep If you hear a baby crying in an alley, walk the other way.

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