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Kenku appreciation thread

Post by CorsicanDoge » Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:24 am

This is not to imply there's a silent majority that want their greedy bird boys. We just simply want to appreciate the kenku.

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Post by Jagel » Wed Jul 29, 2020 7:29 am

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Post by Kalopsia » Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:33 am

Kenku are wonderful :3

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Post by Azensor » Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:59 am

know whats even better than a kenku? a kenku with a katana.

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Post by Kuma » Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:14 am

YES FOUND COLLECTED YES

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Post by CorsicanDoge » Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:49 am

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Post by Lexx » Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:33 pm

Good ol' murderbirbs.

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Post by Itikar » Wed Jul 29, 2020 2:23 pm

Amazing race and amazing model, yes.

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Post by Dalenger » Thu Jul 30, 2020 12:37 am

Wait, is this gunna be a playable race? Yes?!
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Post by ReverentBlade » Thu Jul 30, 2020 2:41 am

I appreciate my furries cooked and basted, I suppose.

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Post by Petrifictus » Sat Aug 08, 2020 1:11 pm

Fun D&D story: I accidently killed kenku at dark street corner in one of my D&D sessions because I thought it was wereraven from the Curse of Strahd. People were shocked that I killed it and I was like ”What the mole damn is kenku?!” with my gnome cleric. This was my very first encounter with kenku and I had never heard of them. :D

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Post by Batrachophrenoboocosmomachia » Sat Aug 08, 2020 2:33 pm

Based on every conversation I've heard, I don't expect Kenku to be a playable race, even as 5%s, in any foreseeable future. That being said, what fantastic creature models. +1 Appreciation.

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Post by CorsicanDoge » Sat Aug 08, 2020 11:59 pm

Imagine breaking into a Dissian mansion. You've heard that the mother of all 5%s is in the chest of this player hosue and not in a citizen storage and it has, like, 5 5% so it's really a 0.125% and you and your 30 bard friend break in. You get past the epic trap two cells from the door, bash a fixture, and then head into the second floor. All of the sudden the face of death approach is next to yours and you see six other crow-creatures all around you.

One has a club in one hand and all you hear is the following:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euxYGsuMxBA

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Post by Kuma » Sun Aug 09, 2020 8:54 am

CorsicanDoge wrote:
Sat Aug 08, 2020 11:59 pm
Imagine breaking into a Dissian mansion. You've heard that the mother of all 5%s is in the chest of this player hosue and not in a citizen storage and it has, like, 5 5% so it's really a 0.125% and you and your 30 bard friend break in. You get past the epic trap two cells from the door, bash a fixture, and then head into the second floor. All of the sudden the face of death approach is next to yours and you see six other crow-creatures all around you.

One has a club in one hand and all you hear is the following:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euxYGsuMxBA
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Post by CorsicanDoge » Wed Nov 25, 2020 6:42 pm

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Post by Preytoria » Wed Nov 25, 2020 6:46 pm

Give us Kenku.

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Post by garrbear758 » Wed Nov 25, 2020 7:03 pm

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Post by Irongron » Wed Nov 25, 2020 7:10 pm

While I very much like the model and plan to use them extensively for NPCs and hostile mobs I'm reluctant to add them as a PC race.

I find anthropomorphic races the epitome of lazy design and that they lend themselves to crass, unimaginative roleplay. I've wanted to move gnolls away from a normal race for this very reason, and I really wish kobolds looked less like adorable puppies.

I've no doubt Kenku roleplay would quickly dissolve into a 'let's pretend to be birds' club, because really? That's all the race is in most people's eyes.

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Post by CorsicanDoge » Wed Nov 25, 2020 7:29 pm

Irongron wrote:
Wed Nov 25, 2020 7:10 pm
While I very much like the model and plan to use them extensively for NPCs and hostile mobs I'm reluctant to add them as a PC race.

I find anthropomorphic races the epitome of lazy design and that they lend themselves to crass, unimaginative roleplay. I've wanted to move gnolls away from a normal race for this very reason, and I really wish kobolds looked less like adorable puppies.

I've no doubt Kenku roleplay would quickly dissolve into a 'let's pretend to be birds' club, because really? That's all the race is in most people's eyes.
Yeah, it's pretty unfortunate. The lore on kenku is pretty nice to roleplay but we all know that there would be at least one particular type of roleplay to come from up if it was used as a normal. It's hard to deny this even if my personal bias would really enjoy playing a murder, klepto bird that somehow work together in a flock because the fluff says they work together.
but kenku is so poggers.

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Re: Kenku appreciation thread

Post by Ninjimmy » Thu Nov 26, 2020 9:19 am

My one encounter with a Kenku on Arelith I tried to stiff them for 1 gold and it beat me half to death in the street. 10/10, Great Race.
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Re: Kenku appreciation thread

Post by DM Butterfly » Thu Nov 26, 2020 9:51 am

Ninjimmy wrote:
Thu Nov 26, 2020 9:19 am
My one encounter with a Kenku on Arelith I tried to stiff them for 1 gold and it beat me half to death in the street. 10/10, Great Race.
Well deserved beating!

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Re: Kenku appreciation thread

Post by Ninjimmy » Thu Nov 26, 2020 11:40 am

DM Butterfly wrote:
Thu Nov 26, 2020 9:51 am
Ninjimmy wrote:
Thu Nov 26, 2020 9:19 am
My one encounter with a Kenku on Arelith I tried to stiff them for 1 gold and it beat me half to death in the street. 10/10, Great Race.
Well deserved beating!
Never said I didn't have it coming :P
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Re: Kenku appreciation thread

Post by sarithia » Thu Nov 26, 2020 2:50 pm

Ninjimmy wrote:
Thu Nov 26, 2020 11:40 am
DM Butterfly wrote:
Thu Nov 26, 2020 9:51 am
Ninjimmy wrote:
Thu Nov 26, 2020 9:19 am
My one encounter with a Kenku on Arelith I tried to stiff them for 1 gold and it beat me half to death in the street. 10/10, Great Race.
Well deserved beating!
Never said I didn't have it coming :P
this is so olwin it hurts like a beating from a kenku

also 10/10 for kenkus!

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Post by Kuma » Tue Dec 01, 2020 9:52 am

god i love klepto-murder mafia birds so much

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Re: Kenku appreciation thread

Post by Kuma » Tue Dec 01, 2020 10:10 am

Irongron wrote:
Wed Nov 25, 2020 7:10 pm
While I very much like the model and plan to use them extensively for NPCs and hostile mobs I'm reluctant to add them as a PC race.

I find anthropomorphic races the epitome of lazy design and that they lend themselves to crass, unimaginative roleplay. I've wanted to move gnolls away from a normal race for this very reason, and I really wish kobolds looked less like adorable puppies.

I've no doubt Kenku roleplay would quickly dissolve into a 'let's pretend to be birds' club, because really? That's all the race is in most people's eyes.
hostile mobs?? i dont want to kill them. i want to be kneecapped and robbed by them but

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