Homebrew Burd Species Details

Kenku have no empires or fortunes, they scrape their way by making use of what talents their people have left, mimicry and thieving. Each kenku can repeat the things they hear perfectly but have no voice of their own. They create their “vocabulary” out of words they’ve heard, and their speech is often choppy and segmented. This “lack of voice” applies to their artistic voice as well and kenku find it nearly impossible to create something new, a wound still aching from their ancestral curse. Without an artistic voice kenku remain a cultural echo, always on the edge but never forming a real culture of their own.

Burd Traits

Your kenku character has the following racial traits.

Ability score increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Expert Forgery

You can duplicate other creatures’ handwriting and craftwork. You have advantage on all checks made to produce forgeries or duplicates of existing objects.

Mimicry

You can mimic sounds you have heard, including voices. A creature that hears the sounds you make can tell they are imitations with a successful Wisdom (Insight) check opposed by your Charisma (Deception) check.