Dungeons and Dragons lore : Kenku
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- The Kenku are Raven-like humanoids that have been re-introduced as a player character race in Volos Guide to Monsters. In this video, I cover an alternate origin story for the Kenku taken from Dragon Magazine and discuss the thought process and behavior of the Kenku in some detail.
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If you think about it, all living things, sentient or not, generally think in patterns. Kenku are just more attuned to recognizing those patterns.
Exactly! Whereas humans are better at imagining and orchestrating new patterns, but also often see patterns where there are none
Kenku Lich keeps learning indefinitely having plans for thousands of possible contingencies. A little like a beholder.
Oh man, a kenku lich!!
As a Dm I also thought it wasn't really a curse or a debilitating because there not really aware of the situation,so what I do for kenku is change the curse instead of giving them no creativity I give them the "Creativity" back but keep language as a limiting factor so there more trapped within their mind aware but not able to accurately articulate their ideas.
So when In an adventuring party & they are aware of danger like a surprise attack they are aware & likley try to frantically warn the party spouting random sounds & such but the other members can't understand them so when a casualty occurs it weighs heavily on them.
As an example
A kenku wereraven would be awesome.
Imagine seeing a group of orcs picking on a little bird person....
Only for them to grow taller than the groups chief
*fools that was not my final form*
Your not dealing with the average kenku any more
My kenku hexblade is in a Strahd campaign right now and the DM mentioned werewolves and wereravens and I'm gonna do my best to get bitten.
SLIGHTLY BIGGER MORE FERAL BIRB!!!
@@chesh1567 he has risen above and become; the legend.
are weregorillas a thing? I feel like a kenku would look at a human weregorilla in the same light.
@@benthomason3307 wouldnt that just be a sasquatch?
A Kenku and Wererat war would be an interesting backdrop for a miniarc in a campaign.
Ha! Damn that is a great idea, totally going to use that one.
AJ Pickett Well, from your video on wererats and now this, it would seem highly likely that they cross each other's paths and goals quite frequently. More often than they'd like.
Now I wonder how many other monsters are criminal. Like, what would the ecosystem of a city look like if every single criminal race were there? You'd have wererats, kenky, rakshasa.
Particularly races that are attracted to civilization and profit from it's existence of laws for them to violate to gain power or wealth.
Like. Specifically thief guild monsters. What would the most complete thieves' guild or rivaling thieves' guilds look like?
I had a civil war with Wererats... Then my PCs burned down their home base/town...
And they weren't even trying to hurt the Wererats...
I’m currently working on a kenku Druid who is obsessed with shiny bugs.
And suddenly flail snail
@@Expressoteddy Imagine the BBEG of a whole campaign being a flail snail that just knew too much. Could be all kinds of tragic.
Look up tambour embroidery, people make clothes out of beetle wing cases and it's so pretty
'Other filthy avian scavengers'
Lol, crows are the second-smartest birds after ravens.
Also, I love this! Thanks for making it!
I really enjoy Kenku as a race. I lost my Dragonborn fighter last night to a particularly nasty rug and am in the process of rolling up a Kenku Bard proficient with the "air lute."
Coming back two months later and I gotta say. He's a lot of fun to play. He casts disguise self at every opportunity and is a general goof.
How'd your dragonborn die to a rug what
@@kidyomu89animate rug
The intro paints them as far darker beings then their monster manual describes them... or their alignment...
Yeah. To me it sounded like the in-universe equivalent of the propaganda nazis would spew about Jews and black people.
From what I've read about the Forgotten Realms the kenku were once basically a branch of aarakocra that worshiped Quorlinn. Once they got the wasting plauge they got desperate and turned from Quorlinn to pazuzu. Pazuzu helped them but in turn took their wings and speech.
The Kenku strongly resembles the Tengu, a bird-headed demon in Japanese folklore.
Sekhubara indeed they do.
AJ Pickett :D By the way, I LOVE these AD&D videos you make. Keep up the good work!
Fun fact: the tengu are actually separated into 2 subgroups, Ko-tengu and Dai-tengu. The Kenku resemble the lesser Ko-Tengu whereas the Dai-Tengu tended to look more human but with red faces, long noses and bird wings. The leader of all Tengu is Sojobo who is the wisest and most powerful of the lot.
In me and my friend's DnD campaign I play as a kenku necromancer named "rattler" but affectionately called "Mr. Rattles" because bones and it's probably the thing I'm most proud of doing in DnD tbh
Kenku Arcane Trickster Rogue is definitely one of my favorite race/class combo to play. Kleptomaniac bird is a fun playstyle, even if your party might get annoyed, but you’re a Kenku so thats who you are. Secondary class is entirely open too, but Bard, Ranger, Fighter, or Monk are probably better choices then Sorcerer, Wizard, Warlock, or Barbarian... although I would love to see a Kenku Barbarian.
A cool thing you can do as a Kenku Arcane Trickster is have your Kenku have a bit of a “Spell based kleptomania”, where they are compelled to steal the most shiny spell they can see someone use with the Arcane Trickster spell that steals spells.
Fun Fact: Kenku get a weird +1 Wisdom bonus, but, as explained, they’re fairly unwise as shit.
Wisdom also reflects a heightened sensory awareness.
The info is great and in depth without being overly drawn out..Great job..
I always wondered where Kenku came from. Thanks Mighty G!
I'm working on a kenku bard who was exposed to real-world earth music by an archfey, as he had wished for the ability to sing song no one else had heard before.
His name is Poppy and he can only speak in song lyrics, sung in tune.
I know this is an older video, but I'm currently playing a Kenku in a game and it's one of the best characters I've ever played.
So much roleplay value.
i.imgur.com/IdY3mZ4.jpg
That's my Kenku, Rain
She's been described in the party as "the only one with any sense"
I use a sound board for noises and such
@@emmeehan8680 I am currently working on fleshing out a kenku warlock... would you mind sharing the sound board that you use I had the same idea
@@Jaredbud yeah! I mostly used RPGsound. It let me build custom sound boards relatively easily. I do suggest, if you go this route, to get a speaker to make it more audible, and be aware that you'll have to improv a lot of body language and more animated physical movements. The sound board is a nice touch, but it created some difficulties in communication. Which wasn't always a bad thing, but adding in the extra body language and description helped immensely.
@@emmeehan8680 That is a really great idea.
@@emmeehan8680 lmfao i have a kneku named rain too, he's a shapeshifting druid. Who can turn into bird but still can't fly due to the curse :(
This video inspired me to choose a Kenku for our evil campaign. He is a rogue assassin named Sling Blade (or the sound of a sword unsheathed). He swears vengeance against my other character from our good campaign. Very interesting stuff unfolding there.
Kenku Bard. The best.
Ryan Brennan Beatboxing bardic inspiration.
That would probably work like one of the species of bird (lyrebird, for example) encompassing many different sounds and voices into a harmonous, yet cacaphonous and erratic song
too bad they can't actually write their own songs.
I had a Kenku warlock pact of the chain who had a celestial imp familiar who spoke on his behalf. I just voiced the imp "master says..." or "I don't think master would like that". In addition I could use my Kenku mimicry through my familiar with the voice of the chain master feature.
I'm running Waterdeep Dragon Heist.
There's like some random Kenku in there and I am trying to figure out why. Haven't figured it out, but now I want to expand this into a much larger role within the campaign.
Thank you for the inspiration.
I kenku that speaks in a form of sign language.
Kenku Bard.
He can only play covers (incredibly faithful ones) and makes a living selling bootleg albulms of other people's music. He also copies down sheet music from performances he goes to so he can make music booklets out of one sitting through a symphony.
Idea: Kenku lich, winged since it is an ancient Kenku. Probably shockingly light due to the hollow bones.
Thank you for doing this in depth kenku lore video! Im doing a kenku cosplay and this is really helping me learn more and be enthusiastic about the build.
Glad I could help!
My headcanon for Kenku: They were a group of Aarakocra, then what's in Volo's Guide to Monsters happened, and they were cursed, as it says.
In our last session we were ambushed by a flock of Kenku whilst looking for a missing baby, our Paladin/Barbarian and Wildshaped (Bear) Druid proceeded to destroy them all, whilst our Ranger managed to take one prisoner. At the end of the session we managed to convince it to become our squire for a year and a day to make up up for it's thieving past. I'm quite excited to see how this plays out. My War Priest is looking forward to indoctrinating it into the teachings of Tempus and train him up in weapon use. Hoping he can become a useful member of our crew. :)
I find it ironic that Kenku are based off of crows... yet aren't creative. Crows are one of the smartest creatures in the animal kingdom; up there with other clever critters such as dolphins, octopus, and whatnot.
They create tools to find food of build nests and display advanced problem-solving abilities. And they are surprisingly social with their kind and other species.
All this really makes me want to make a kenku character that breaks the mold and anti creativity curse these birdfolk are stuck with. But I'm just rambling I guess! XD
Fun fact: While crows rival apes and dolphins, ravens are on par with them, making ravens tied for 2nd place in brains in the whole animal kingdom. In fact, some scientists think that ravens are as smart as humans!
I love the idea of a kenku who can speak common using a different voices and tones for each word. Just a hodgepodge of voices.
That's basically how mine talks + lots of raven and parrot noises
I'm playing a Kenku for the first time. Trying to create an urban ranger and it's definitely a challenge.
Thank you for this video. I run a 2nd edition game and was recently joking with one of my players about him running a Bird-like Character that only spoke one word. We were watching repeats of the cartoon “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends” and he said he would love to run a character like Koko where he would run around and just “Koko, Koko, Koko” like a bird version of Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy. I told him a little about the Kenku and we left it there. This video gives me enough information now to craft another new playable race for my 2nd edition game.
Rick Spotten heh, excellent.
I just had an idea for a Kenku Oath of Treachery Paladin, might give that a shot if I ever get the chance
The way you describe their stubbornness, it seems like they should have a Wisdom penalty, not a Wisdom bonus.
Kenku are like computers in a sense. The greater the database of knowledge it can draw from the more efficent their actions will be as well as the ability to splice various series of actions together for more tailored results.
I'm glad I stumbled across this video it gives me more insight on how to play my Kenku monk who has become the goofiest girl I think I've ever had. Mimicking other players and npcs at random always gets a good laugh out of our group. :D
In regards to D&D this is literally the 2nd race that I know anything about, but I get the feeling they will stay as my favorite regardless of how many more I learn of.
(The other race are the Goliath, which I thought were pretty cool since their personalities were just exaggerated versions of my own)
So what happened if a Kenku becomes a Wereraven? This has actually come up in a campaign and the DM passed it off as the wereravens refused to turn people they didn't absolutely trust and would probably never agree to turning the PC. Poor Tick Tock.
Essentially the Kenku has some advantages and disadvantages. First, it is cursed, this may mean that it is denied divine aid from good aligned deities, it may not be able to receive divine healing magic (healing potions will still work, as will arcane magic such as a wish spell). It has the slight attribute enhancements that Wereravens share. Your DM may decide that the curse of lycanthropy actually restores some of the Kenku's creativity, and the power of true speech, this would certainly cause the Kenku some problems within kenku society, as this would be very weird for them.And of course, as the full moon rises, the Wereraven losses control of itself and becomes an evil, savage bastard,, the consequence of whatever crimes it commits under lunar influence are solely up to the DM.
Minor correction on my part, the wereravens in our campaign I THINK had the ability to transform on command and were friendly with our party at the time (something about saving a brewery) it was in a Strad campaign. Friendly to the point they followed us and even carried off an unconscious companion to a healer that owed us a favor. IF they went crazy on full moons I never found out cause I had quit by then. (only played in 2 sessions)
But in the sense of the standard version of Were- transformations that would make sense.
My kenku hexblade named Cricket is on session 2 of a Strad campaign and I'm practically frothing at the mouth to get turned into a wereraven.
Im playing as a kenku druid of wildfire and hes afraid of his internal flame and secretly is half elemental so his wildfire spirit takes the form of a Phoenix and he aims to really personify the ideal behind flames healing as well as destroying. Also he is trying to be selected to be a guardian knight for 3 baby dragons.
You know, I wonder what a psionic kenku would be like? Would psychic powers give them more of a capacity for original thought or would they be able to get ideas from unconsciously reading the surface thoughts of others?
I only came across your channel a couple weeks back, and just wanted to say, I love the videos you put together. The blend of in-game / out of game lore and real world mythology is right up my alley. Specific to this video, I've always had a fondness for Kenku, so this was a good start to the day. As far as other playable races from Volo's, how about the tabaxi?
Scott Closter good choice! I like the Tabaxi :)
that featherless kenku was actually pretty scary looking lol
You should watch Jim Henson's "Dark Crystal" fantasy movie... ;-)
I love your videos, just wish the audio was a bit louder. I have to turn my speakers to max just to hear the talking, then the next video that comes in will scare the shit out of me when it changes on my list. LOL. Keep up the great work though!
Yoje Wellop thanks for the feedback, I think the muting of my fan caused the sound to be a bit tinny on this vid
AJ Pickett No, unknown to me, my son had turned down my sound. My bad, sounds much better now!
I play a kenku battle master who learns techniques by watching people fight
AJ: "kenku have a racial trait that makes them unable to make stuff up _on the fly_ "
kenku: [flips AJ the mammal]
one of my favorite characters was a kenku assassin who was a bodyguard / drummer for a bard party member. He had been at a lot of concerts with the bard and could beatbox any rhythm, but all he wanted to do was kill and steal people for their shinies
I have a player that has decided play a Kenku Fighter in my next game starting at 1st level. This will be fun since I have yet to see anyone play race a game. I'm sending him this video so that he can create his persona, personal background and provide some solid RP for the group. The language capability is something I'm trying to come to terms with for the table and don't yet fully grasp the concept in terms of applying it. I've read the Volo's guide but am not quite sure how to adjudicate it within the party dynamics in terms of RP communication for the party. ( I don't want to be cheesy and gift him an out or ignore this racial attribute)......but we'll sort it out well enough. I appreciate the ecology you've provided.
My Kenku startet mimicking Paladins and is obsessed with their shiny armors. And now we have Smite the Kenku Paladin. Not very lore-friendly but extremely fun to play.
I think a wareraven could be very impressive to a flock of Kenku. "Anyone want to learn real flying skills?" Could start you own cult.
No matter how many Kenku videos I watch, I still don't understand how their minds work.
77FantasyAngel77 I think of them like people with autism. Watch the movie Temple Grandin.
Ok, I’m thinking arcane trickster rogue who stole a wizards spell book because it had a shiny, fancy, cover.
Id protray them as fully capable of speaking common normally but prefering to talk in the short instructive way. Like its a “spainglish” of sorts for them. Deff one of the most interesting races ive seen
Want to run a Kenku divination wizard -so with portents and the ability to comprehend languages but can't effectively communicate with the party. At least with any nuance which explains to some degree the limitation of his ability to steer fate. Or at least colors it, considering a more usual fate vs soothsayer paradox. But based on his foretelling numbers may proclaim throughout the day "watch out" "nothing to it" "just so" at random times until the portents are used in a pinch. And then he kind of Birds out upon leaving combat rounds, rapidly blinking, fanning out his neck feathers in a flummoxed display of recognition, like a sigh of relief.
Rain man kenku
I imagine Kenku as being somewhat like an individual with classic autism. They might engage in echolalia, repeating back what people say in their own voice rather than really answering questions.
For communication, I would probably have Kenku use sign language and visuals such a diagrams drawn in the dirt.
If a Kenku is a magic user, then they might use Prestidigitation to produce a palm-size object to request that object. They could also use Minor Illusion to draw a 3D map in a 5 foot cube with their perfect memory, and then point to the places they are going or where they want the adventure party to go.
I have been wanting to use a Kenku as an NPC healer who uses set herbal formulas, and rote learned medicine.
Would the curse stop a kenku druid from flying in wild shape?
I could see a band of kenku becoming druids for exactly that reason, possibly being disappointed at the end result if they still can't fly.
Hmm, good point! No I think they could thwart the curse that way and learn to fly again. Kenku would ...flock... to druid circles to learn how.
I have an opportunity for someone. The local Kenku encounter a Were Raven. They could regain their flight ability. Pluses and minuses? Any story tellers?
Rolled up a kenku bard today...should be interesting
I'm actually kind of surprised that WotC didn't write a backstory of the Kenku involving the Raven Queen. Figured that it'd kind of write itself.
matt mercer linked kenkus to the raven queen as their messengers. thats his lore tho for his world.
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I know in the latest Dark Souls 3 DLC the Corvians are a bird like race that became corrupted and live in pain and suffering and are mostly hostile.
I wonder what to do with kenkus.
I've got a planned Kensei Monk Kenku based on the Crow Quill using Corvian Knight
"Hidden by shadows and tattered rags. They plot in larcenous flocks. .." good delivery dude! I'm currently hiking through the desert, and occasionally just muttering "larcenous flocks." Very fitting for the magpies, crows and hordes of dickbag gnats. Approved, ye savvy sage!
I'm wondering, now that we have multiple worlds worlds that aren't connected to other worlds except for planar Gates and, spell jamming if there is an actual class of kenku that still have their wings and a different way of thinking? And it would be interesting if they were playing in a world plane or setting that has these Kenku in it. They almost definitely would be jealous because of their chaotic and evil nature and probably mob them.
Since their learning capacity is as such, would you say they are able to learn how to communicate with animals? When you think about it most birds and mamals have a patern based communication system and i don't see why a kenku couldn't work out the pattern with enough time. It would be more like a different dialect then a different language
Reasonable logic there, so yes, I think so.
hey I really liked this video but I need to ask are you still going to do a video on siege monsters please
Sure am :)
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1undeadmoth *hurls pillow* SHADDAP!!!!
Well said
This guy gets it
Caw 8D
Man I love Kenkus I’m playing a Kenku alchemist right now
At 19:24 that is not a Kenku,it's one of the keepers from Dark Souls found in New Londo.Great video BTW.
Thanks GR :)
So.making a campaign of a gathering of Kenku lead by a mage who is based on Raven from Teen Titans searching for a place to call home away from the other races.
Loving these videos, dude. Do you got one for the Hobgoblins? I'm playing as a Hobgoblin Fighter/Necromancer and would like to see what you'd be able to come up with!
Hobgoblin is currently being researched for the very next posted video!
YES!!!!
Ah I like the system Monty Glu used in her DnD series The Unexpectables.
Favorite part of this video is the red mage armor from the first dark souls being shown like its a kenku
I know I'm very late to the party, but I thought I'd still correct your misinformation on Japanese mythology. Tengu aren't demons, they're HengeYokai (shape-shifters). Yokai means "spirit" and is used for ghosts, spirits that possess people and inanimate objects, and animal spirits that take physical form. They're actually bird spirits, often ancient ones, who take physical form and can assume either animal or human (like) form. They're supposed to be especially good with magic.
In Japanese myth, a Demon is a Kami (powerful spirit, from a genus loci to a god) who turns evil by consuming the flesh of another Kami. Though they were originally supposed to be irredeemably evil (cannibalism is a bad thing, after all), in more recent media this has softened a bit and writers sometimes allow them to repent of their sins and recover.
I much rather keep my Kenku and Tengu separate. While not tragically hip, like much of rpgs in the 90s, the Kenku of the original Fiend Folio were better fitting of the name.
I know J.C. has ruled that Kenkus can't use their mimicry to copy verbal components for spellcraft but i keep thinking Pikel Bouldershoulder from the Drizzt novels is such a great character and would have been a shame if he went by the same ruling.
He shows up much later in one of Driz'zt's novels as well.
@@AJPickett yes i loved they brought them back. Loved the showdown outside of Bleeding Vines.
Tengu still exist and live in the mountains and don't suffer from that plague. The ladder history would fit better do to tengu not being cursed.
Kenku shadow sorcerer... Let's do this. Verbal spells gonna be fun haha (subtle spell much)
I'm currently rolling a kenku time mage that is from a distant future where all creativity is derivative memes, im creating a sound board for as many of my actions as I can pattern like an AI mind would.
They would make great back-up singers for a bard.
sounds like a kenku could potentially make a great strategist
So it’s a big bird, that can’t fly, and has autism!
(Some people who has autism is very pattern oriented and have a hard time predicting outcome of actions in situations they haven’t been in before, and they expect the same outcome every time if they stick to the same pattern of actions)
Was curious about the developmental age. I know you said they reach maturity roughly at the age of 12. But at what age do you think they start walking. How long do you think parents carry children? At what age do they have the ability to recall. Can they recall the sound of their egg cracking? The first chirps of their parents? Do you think they are born with a love of glittery shiny things? Or is that a learned behavior like all other behaviors are for them?
The age of maturity would be around the time they also reach sexual maturity, they start walking within a about three months of hatching and their recall for sound begins just before they open their eyes, which is around a week after hatching. They are, of course, highly gregarious and social creatures who have a rich culture and all the strange quirks of any sapient social species.
@@AJPickett I had a follow up question. What is their capacity for things they can recall. Like can they memorized an entire library of books?
@@moonmorth An entire library of sounds, yes, but book learning, no better than you or I.
@@AJPickett how would they be at creating potions after they've seen it done.
very cool, how many DMs have done riddle/puzzle challanges based off of Kenku's mastery of patterns? There must be some really creative ways to leverage that as a DM. I mean if they could have an entire conversation in a handshake using subtle body language ques (that people may not even notice) that would be really cool to describe in a perception check or literally instruct each player once and make them try to copy it next session.
My players are not overly fond of puzzles, so I tend to just make the plots of the campaign very puzzling. You are right on the money there with the capabilities of the Kenku, as I mentioned the Power of the Kenku, they can recognise a pattern, such as a trap where foot placement, object substitution, or any sort of lock or trigger arrangement they have encountered and overcome before. As a DM i would grant Kenku advantage on overcoming any obstacle they have encountered and overcome before, unless circumstances have complicating the situation greatly. This doesn't really disrupt the game, the DM can put things in the game simply to allow the player of the Kenku to blitz them and feel like their character is a bad ass.. there is nothing wrong with that. I do shy away from challenging the players,. rather than their characters, because the characters have stats and skills that are better, for the most part, than the actual players.. they are not bards, rangers and wizards, in most cases their characters could figure things out faster than the players actually could, much like they are way, way better at combat and spell casting :)
AJ Pickett I converted some of your lore videos into tiny booklets and scrolls to drop as codex pieces or data props as i call them. The majority of my group are brand new to DnD and these details really help newer players get into the game and get creative when this information is literally handed to them. Ever consider trying to convert this wealth of knowledge into packets of information that DMs could print out insert directly into a game in the form of scrolls and easily assembled booklets?
Isn't that basically what Thieve's Cant is?
because of the voice mimicry thing i always run my kenku as parrots instead of ravens. way more colourful.
Ravens are capable of mimicry just like parrots
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A blind Kenku swashbuckler/drunken-master monk named Dro... it's the Drinky Crow Show!
Im planning a kenku fiend pact warlock. Make a pact with pazuzu himself.
I have a kenku hexblade. Pact with the raven queen.
She's my favorite character.
I've since then made a Kenku way of Mercy monk based off a plague doctor.
But how did the kenku's plague start before they abandoned their new god?
I wonder if their is any relation between kenku and dire corby
So I wanna make a kenku sorcerer healer and cleric necromancer is that possible
Ah this is dead now
Ask your dungeon master 🙂👍
I love Kenku but had to modify them for my current game and let them be able to create and speak somewhat normally. I took away the plagiarizing abilities to balance it out. Otherwise they are the same and just called Corbans. Corbans have an entirely different history though of course in my homebrew world. This is primarily the reason I felt they needed some changes. But they otherwise act the same and still use mimicry. They do still enjoy copying things just don't have the in game mechanic that makes them better at it. They are also much more prominent in my setting. Making them not talk somewhat normal was more jarring and clunky than it is interesting or endearing.
My background is that i was abandoned as a baby and raised by a kenku Named Snahl
Two words
*Kenku Ranger*
can I get spelling of Hazuzu (?) I can't find any lore online probably because I am not spelling it correctly.
Pazuzu. He's an ancient Babylonian air demon and the spirit in the Exorcist.
1st Edition MM2 has a good write up on him as well
I have a tengu rogue/monk, but i can't find a deity for him, what would you recommend?
What writes are allowed? What alignment is he?
3.14 Dragon well he is lawful good.
What do you mean rites?
elladan elvenblade What did you end up going with?
This is great just the audio quality isn't as good.
at 19:23 .... That's not a kenku although I realize that is definitely passes as one without knowing. That is Ingward, Guardian of the Seal, From dark souls 1, the beak is part of his mask/helm/ robe set whatever you fancy. not trying to be like "ACKSHUALLYYY...." lol, I've spent 100's of hours playing that game.
How do you speak in a tengu accent.
Make bird noises to a rap beat. Try throwing up gang signs and twitching your head, looking at everything with your head turned to the side, it really gets you into the role and looks great at the table.
Copy's the tone of who every is talking
see citical role episode titled "have bird will travel" - basically say the last two words said to you in EXACTLY the same accent and tone as the person speaking did, and write down everything the players say to you, so you can use it like a sound-board to talk to them
If they can mimic could one with a high intelligence mimic say..... a mage casting fireball?
They can make the sounds, but just speaking words is not casting an actual spell.
Pigeon Kenku?
The Pidgeon Man.
Why pigeons..... I just gotta know
19:30 - 19:54 So if my Kenku grew up in a stable surrounded by horses then what would her name be?
Clip Clop
Are u gonna make a video about elves? :,)
I have a few videos on the subject, one on the Drow, a few on Elven history.
@@AJPickett thank you. I shall search through your channel lol
Kenku artifacer would work for a lot of the skills of the kenku.
I LITERALLY JUST SAID THIS TO A FRIEND!!! I want to mimic a warhammer 40k tech priest with a kenku, obsessively collecting schematics
Can Kenku be given human names