As for happening upon an encounter rather than getting a blueprint, the challenge is built into the experience which I assume is part of the fun. And it's played as such.įamiliars are easier to handle because they have a limited range and knocking them out of the sky generally doesn't start initiative nor does it take more than a swipe of a claw. Now, the Lucidling - the flying dream creature created by an Aboleth? Now THAT'S exotic.

But, 'exotic'? How are they any more exotic than any other PC race? Different yes, and race should matter, I agree. I wouldn't actually expect it to be terribly different from any other PC. Same with the owl folk character in my current game. It's not like they're virtually immortal - remembering past lives with perfect clarity - gender fluid faeries. They really are just humanoids that can fly. A flyer lets me info dump on the party and that's a good thing.Īnd, why are flying creatures so different from any other non-human? It's not like Aarocockra are particularly alien in their outlook or anything like that. I love the fact that the players get so engaged in the game rather than, 'Oh, look, we blundered into this dangerous monster yet again, roll for initiative'.

It lets them then make informed decisions instead of blundering in blindly into encounter after encounter. Flying ahead to scout? What you never have players with familiars? It's been so long that we didn't have a flying drone scout that I forget what it's like. I have to admit, I'm just not seeing the problems you guys are.

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