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<blockquote data-quote="Autumn Bask" data-source="post: 7593746" data-attributes="member: 6986805">I never said it wasn't. I actually play with a Hawk familiar that uses the Hawk stat-block. I meant if a player wanted to reskin the Owl stat-block into something more flavorful, which doesn't already exist as an available option, but could reasonably be described by the Owl stat-block. Maybe the Owl fits their concept of what they want their Familiar to do, but not what it looks like. Maybe their character has a phobia of owls or a strong connection to a different nocturnal bird.Honestly, the reason I wouldn't allow an Owl to be reskinned as a Hawk is because of their 120 ft Darkvision, which nobody has brought up, but my Hawk's lack of Darkvision has come up far more frequently than its lack of Flyby. But as others have said, that's because there are a thousand easy ways to kill a familiar that's &quot;abusing&quot; Flyby. Possible Owl reskins:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nighthawk" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nighthawk</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightjar" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightjar</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Autumn Bask, post: 7593746, member: 6986805"] I never said it wasn't. I actually play with a Hawk familiar that uses the Hawk stat-block. I meant if a player wanted to reskin the Owl stat-block into something more flavorful, which doesn't already exist as an available option, but could reasonably be described by the Owl stat-block. Maybe the Owl fits their concept of what they want their Familiar to do, but not what it looks like. Maybe their character has a phobia of owls or a strong connection to a different nocturnal bird. Honestly, the reason I wouldn't allow an Owl to be reskinned as a Hawk is because of their 120 ft Darkvision, which nobody has brought up, but my Hawk's lack of Darkvision has come up far more frequently than its lack of Flyby. But as others have said, that's because there are a thousand easy ways to kill a familiar that's "abusing" Flyby. Possible Owl reskins: [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nighthawk[/URL] [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightjar[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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