Kenku appreciation thread

[CorsicanDoge]

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

[Jagel]

That agent in Minmir <3

[Kalopsia]

Kenku are wonderful :3

[Azensor]

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

[Kuma]

YES FOUND COLLECTED YES

[CorsicanDoge]

[Lexx]

Good ol' murderbirbs.

[Itikar]

Amazing race and amazing model, yes.

[Dalenger]

Wait, is this gunna be a playable race? Yes?!

[ReverentBlade]

I appreciate my furries cooked and basted, I suppose.

[Petrifictus]

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.

We need kenku to Arelith. Beast King welcomes them.

[Batrachophrenoboocosmomachia]

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.

[CorsicanDoge]

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

[Kuma]

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

from institute-era sencliff, circa 85AR. history is a round circle

[CorsicanDoge]

Writs are slayed-killed?

[Preytoria]

Give us Kenku.

[garrbear758]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Pubd-spHN-0

[Irongron]

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.

[CorsicanDoge]

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.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Pubd-spHN-0

but kenku is so poggers.

[Ninjimmy]

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.

[DM Butterfly]

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!

[Ninjimmy]

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

[sarithia]

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

this is so olwin it hurts like a beating from a kenku

also 10/10 for kenkus!

[Kuma]

god i love klepto-murder mafia birds so much

[Kuma]

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