AC
12
Initiative
+2 (12)
HP
19
(3d10 + 3)
Speed
5 ft., fly 60 ft.
| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| STR | 13 | +1 | +1 |
| DEX | 15 | +2 | +2 |
| CON | 12 | +1 | +1 |
| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | 10 | +0 | +0 |
| WIS | 14 | +2 | +4 |
| CHA | 10 | +0 | +0 |
Skills
Perception +6, Stealth +6
Resistances
Necrotic, Radiant
Senses
Darkvision 120 ft., Passive Perception 16
Languages
Celestial ; understands Common, Elvish, and Sylvan but can’t speak them
CR
1/4 (XP 50; PB +2)
Traits
Flyby. The owl doesn’t provoke an Opportunity Attack when it flies out of an enemy’s reach.
Actions
Talons. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. Hit: 7 (1d10 + 2) Slashing damage.
Spellcasting. The owl casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability:
At Will: Detect Evil and Good, Detect Magic
1/Day: Clairvoyance
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Posted Feb 4, 2025Ok, at least they gave the Giant Owl spells to make the Celestial change make some sort of sense, but the Giant Eagle and Elk got ripped off. Poor Moon Druids. :(
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Posted Feb 5, 2025This and the others appears to be simply a nerf to Moon Druids and them not wanting to provide another party member flying at level 8 for some reason. They are clearly just large animals with nothing special about them and therefore should be beasts.
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Posted Feb 6, 2025During my session zero, I like to establish a ban on PVP. I do this because I want the players to feel like no matter what I throw at them, they have each other to rely on. Because my favorite monsters to run...
...are monsters that are basically ambush predators that track you with invisible cameras.
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Posted Feb 6, 2025In a video Jeremy Crawford reasoned that since Giant Owl and Giant Eagle can speak, they can't be normal Beasts.
Which is kind of backwards, it's not like someone else decided they can speak. If they wanted to balance druids they could've just said so.
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Posted Feb 7, 2025Kinda feels weird a polymorph caster can take advantage of the spellcasting from this form vs druid who waits until level 18 RAW.
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Posted Feb 8, 2025Did you forget that Polymorph also needs to be a beast? You can't do that.
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Posted Feb 8, 2025They're in a weird section being put into apart of beasts that you can wild shape and polymorph into.
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Posted Apr 3, 2025It's more about the Giant Eagles being fundamentally based on the similar eagles of Middle Earth, which are literally angel-like beings. I personally don't hate that these creatures now represent a sort of "greater spirit" of these kinds of animals. It's like Bambi's dad, or the Mononoke King of the Forest.
It gives me a really easy starting point to make the capital-g "Great" Spirit version, like Rocs and Phoenixes, etc.