One of my PCs is playing a Pact of the Raven Queen Warlock, but with a slight twist. His Sentinel Raven is actually his sister; both were polymorphed into ravens to escape slavery by undead pirates, and years later a wandering Druid attempted to polymorph them back but due to some Raven Queen shenanigans the PC was transformed into a Kenku with amnesia and his sister remained in bird form.
The issue this creates is that his raven is no longer only INT 2. Normally, scouting with the raven is limited to 100 ft. since beyond that the Warlock can't see and hear through its eyes/ears and it can't receive telepathic commands. With a smart bird, it can now fly around and scout whatever it wants and then report back intelligently. In order to rein this in, I determined that the bird's intelligence fades beyond 100 ft. and it becomes INT 2 again. My player has been chaffing at this limitation for a while now, and wants to eliminate it at later levels.
I'm curious what others think about this issue. Considering a Pact of the Chain Warlock can have an intelligent familiar with invisibility as early as level 3, would it be a problem to grant the Sentinel Raven of a Raven Queen Tomelock expanded range at level 6? Perhaps make it a mile distance, or even unlimited so long as it's on this plane of existence?
The issue this creates is that his raven is no longer only INT 2. Normally, scouting with the raven is limited to 100 ft. since beyond that the Warlock can't see and hear through its eyes/ears and it can't receive telepathic commands. With a smart bird, it can now fly around and scout whatever it wants and then report back intelligently. In order to rein this in, I determined that the bird's intelligence fades beyond 100 ft. and it becomes INT 2 again. My player has been chaffing at this limitation for a while now, and wants to eliminate it at later levels.
I'm curious what others think about this issue. Considering a Pact of the Chain Warlock can have an intelligent familiar with invisibility as early as level 3, would it be a problem to grant the Sentinel Raven of a Raven Queen Tomelock expanded range at level 6? Perhaps make it a mile distance, or even unlimited so long as it's on this plane of existence?