Homebrew Kenku (Mordenkainen Update) Species Details
Haunted by an ancient crime that robbed them of their wings, the kenku wander the world as vagabonds and burglars who live at the edge of human society.
Kenku are chaotic creatures, rarely making enduring commitments, and they care mostly for preserving their own hides. They are generally chaotic neutral in outlook.
Kenku (Mordenkainen Update) Traits
Expert Duplication, Kenku Recall, MimicryExpert Duplication
You can duplicate your own or another creatures' handwriting and craftwork. You have advantage on all checks made to produce exact duplicates of existing objects.
Kenku Recall
You gain proficiency in any two skills of your choice. Additionally, you can give yourself advantage on a skill check you have proficiency in a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus per long rest.
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 on your imitations against a DC (8+ PB + your Charisma modifier).
Ability Score Increase
- increase one ability score by 2 and another one by 1,
- or you can increase three different ability scores by 1.
Age
Kenku have shorter lifespans than humans. They reach maturity at about 12 years old and can live to 60.
Size
Kenku are around 5 feet tall and weigh between 90 and 120 pounds. Your size can be Medium or Small.
Fun option, Volo's guide has a table for random height and weight. For height, take a base height of 4'4" and roll 2d8 to get a number of inches to add to the base height if you want. Average is 5'1". For weight, base is 50lbs multiplied by 1d6. Average is 86lbs.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write in two languages of your choosing. No longer has limited speech!
(Should probably still take common though)
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