Homebrew demonic crow Species Details

Sequestered in high mountains atop tall trees, the demonic crows, mostly called the crows, evoke fear and wonder. Many crows aren’t even native to the Material Plane. They hail from a world beyond — from the boiling lands of the abyss.

They are immigrants, refugees, scouts, and explorers, their outposts functioning as footholds in a world both strange and alien.

CROW LOOKS

the crows are a mix of kenku and aarakocra, but are more distinct as their eyes are more toad like, their feathers are red at the bottom but get darker until you reach the top where they become black, and they all have a strip of crimson red (often mistaken as blood) on their beak.

HUNTED

unfortunately crows are rare in the forgotten realms (besides the abyss and even then they are uncommon) and their feathers are beautiful and magical, strong as steel and (when magic is applied) sharp enough to cut it crows are very often hunted and killed for their feathers, (sometimes their feathers are plucked then regrown magically, only to have this process repeated over and over until they are driven insane.) this has resulted in wars over a hunter of an enemy kingdom killing a familiar of a king or queen.

CROW NAMES

demonic crows are demons (duh) and as such use a few different languages these are common, abyssal, undercommon, infernal, and have even passed down knowledge of the ignan primordial

A crow will often have names similar to an aarakocra of either gender and may have one of these short names: Aera, Aial, Aur, Deekek, Errk, Heehk, Ikki, Kleeck, Oorr, Ouss, Quaf, Quierk, Salleek, Urreek, or Zeed. 

CROW BACKGROUNDS

Backgrounds that are most appropriate for the crow include the outlander, the acolyte, the sage, and the noble backgrounds.

very few colonies of these crows exist and if they do they are most likely in or around ravenclaw households or mansions otherwise they live in the same plane as the demogorgan.

demonic crow Traits

as a demonic crow you are either an outcast to your race or a familiar, your race also gives you bonuses when you are a familiar, so the best thing you can do is talk to your DM and other players to either a) have a npc familiar b) have another player as a familiar or c) find out how you were banished from your tribe.

familiar powers

you and your familiar are bound not just in loyalty but in magic as such, at the beginning of the day both you and your familiar can pick up to 5 spells from each other, for this entire day you can use these spells if you have their requirements.

share spell

you and your familiar have a combined spell slot pool, for example if you and your familiar both have 2 1st lv spell slots then you both have a combined 4 1st lv spell slots.

wind spells

you are in tune with the wind meaning as long as you are a sorcerer/druid you can gain any spell that deals with wind.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 4, your Wisdom score increases by 3, and your strength score decreases by 2 .

Age

crows reach maturity by age 12. Compared to humans, crows live around 90 - 200 years old.

Alignment

Most crows are chaotic and usually take the other evil, good, or neutral depending on their familiar. Tribal leaders and warriors might be lawful, while explorers and adventurers might tend toward chaotic.

Size

crows are about 3-4 feet tall at maturity. They have thin, lightweight bodies that weigh between 50 and 80 pounds. Your size is small.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 15 feet.

Flight

You have a flying speed of 60 feet. To use this speed, you can’t be wearing medium or heavy armor.

Talons

You are proficient with your unarmed strikes, which deal 1d4 slashing damage on a hit.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common, abyssal, undercommon, infernal, and primordial ignan.