Owl “The sun was set; the night came on apace, And falling dews bewet around the place; The bat takes airy rounds on leathern wings, And the hoarse owl his woeful dirges sings.” -John Gay
Serrated wings utter in the darkness, heralding quiet warning. Owls are the silent sentinels of the night, battling the spreading shadows that threaten civilization from all sides. Owls may seem to be a strange choice for adventuring, but their wisdom can serve as a great boon to any party who may need an owl’s essential knowledge.
Owl Names Owls rarely choose their own names, instead having names chosen for them by larger folk or even the smaller rodents who serve as their prey. Either way, their names are usually descriptive. Names: Softwing, Names: Softwing, Aristotle, Plato, Whisper, Sage, Daggerbeak.
Owl Traits
Your owl character has an assortment of inborn abilities, as bets a creature of such wisdom. Ability Score Score Increase. Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 1 and your Wisdom score increases by 2. Age.. Owls, as animals, reach maturity early, and only Age Wise Keepers of Lore live about 12 years. Many turn to owls for their wisdom. Long seen as bearers Alignment Alignme nt . Most owls are unaligned, or fall into of great knowledge, owls are known for their association Lawful Neutral territory. with gods of knowledge and lore. The wisest of owls are Size. Owls Size. Owls are only about 12-18 inches high, and able to speak in the Common tongue and a host of other weigh, at most, 5 pounds. Your size is tiny. With languages. Owls are sometimes seen serving as Clerics of their size and shape, an owl must have special armor the Knowledge Domain, as Wizards of Divination, Rangers created for them to wear, and owls suffer disadvantage or Druids. Their breadth of knowledge is welcomed in to use weapons which are not specially crafted for many other elds of expertise as well, of course. them. Speed. Your Speed. Your base walking speed is 5 feet. Your base ying speed is 40 feet. While ying, an owl cannot carry anything that weighs more than its Strength score. Senses. Owls Senses. Owls have Darkvision to 120 ft. Languages. Languag es. Owls Owls speak Owl, Common, and Sylvan. Flyby.. Owls provoke no opportunity attacks when it Flyby ies out of an enemy’s reach. Keen Sight. Sight. Owls Owls have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. Design: Mark Meredith Automatic Art: Johnny Automatic Background: Publisher’s Choice Quality Stock Art © Rick Hershey / Fat Goblin Games
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