Game Master companion / Creature
Running Mortifowl
A scavenging bird circles places where remains have been exposed. Its searching attention turns disturbed ground into a visible question.
Prepare the scene
The bird circles once and drops onto the broken marker. Its beak points toward the patch of freshly disturbed soil.
A scavenging bird circles places where remains have been exposed. Its searching attention turns disturbed ground into a visible question.
Encounter settings: Cave.
Establish the surroundings, each participant’s position, and what the party can perceive before resolving the encounter. Use the current core rules for surprise and turn order when combat begins.
Run the profile
Use the following source instructions for the encounter’s actions and effects.
Draft interpretation
Draft interpretation: scavenging bird drawn to disturbed remains.
Basic attack
Use: Basic attack - Action - 5 feet - Might + supplemental d6 Wound (bludgeoning).
Effect
Effect: Flight 35 feet. Gains Advantage on Cunning Tests to locate exposed carrion by scent; no automatic knowledge of deaths.
Keep the mechanical profile nearby
Affinities: Vitality d6, Might d8, Agility d8, Intellect d6, Tact d6, Spirit d6.
Resolve 14; Stamina 7; Mana 6. Movement 25 feet. Evade d8; Withstand d6; Ward d6.