tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790030420507335953.post3675039347353024663..comments2024-03-23T08:21:07.075-07:00Comments on Points of Light: Wandering Monsters: BirdmenDavid Guyllhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16299128722345607123noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790030420507335953.post-70227738574329076482013-05-30T11:38:38.409-07:002013-05-30T11:38:38.409-07:00I agree that raptoran is easier to use, but I thin...I agree that raptoran is easier to use, but I think that there is a meaningful camp that will want to stay with aarakocra /because/.<br /><br />Out of the entire roster, the only ones I particularly care about are kenku and tengu, though the aarakocra has potential. Everything else...meh.David Guyllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16299128722345607123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790030420507335953.post-40416209937152457782013-05-30T09:58:40.028-07:002013-05-30T09:58:40.028-07:00The only ones I've ever heard of before readin...The only ones I've ever heard of before reading this post are Corbies and Kenkus. I only heard of them from their presence in Legend of Drizzt and Monster Manual 2, respectively.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790030420507335953.post-33195943574263318702013-05-30T07:56:51.150-07:002013-05-30T07:56:51.150-07:00Personally, I prefer Raptorans to Aarakocra, if on...Personally, I prefer Raptorans to Aarakocra, if only because the name is easier to read and pronounce. I say combine the two and use Raptorans as the general name and maybe Aarakocra for a specific subset.<br /><br />I've used kenku and tengu in our games, often as setting details, but a few make appearances. I treat them as different names for the same thing, however, and try to tie them closer to their roots. The more enlightened, powerful, and intelligent ones have a human appearance, while the ignorant and less powerful appear as crows.<br /><br />Neither dire corbies or nagpas strike me as interesting. It doesn't help that I've never heard of them prior to this Wandering Monsters.Svafahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12237691554328991393noreply@blogger.com