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<blockquote data-quote="Norton" data-source="post: 8354183" data-attributes="member: 7031494"><p>Familiars 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. 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. Sure, sometimes they get info and the drop to mix it up, but it would be meta-hell to make that a regular thing.</p><p></p><p>Also, Aarakocra are very unusual creatures in D&D lore and are very different from other PCs unless you simply choose to ignore that. They're monsters, actually. That they've become a playable race is kind of bizarre to me, and I would think to play one would be a unique experience unless you just want to rewrite them as birdy bros. They don't like to come out of the air, only really doing so to lay eggs. They're covered in feathers which is weird in any community that you're using them as part of a shared lore. They talk funny like Kenkus. The list goes on and on.</p><p></p><p>They make great NPCs that come and go because they don't really like mingling with humanoids. To select one as your playable race in a campaign that is paying attention to what they really are is certainly a rather bold decision, in my view. Cool, if so, but I have yet to run a game with a player who chose the race for anything other than to fly, look cool, and power game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Norton, post: 8354183, member: 7031494"] Familiars 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. 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. Sure, sometimes they get info and the drop to mix it up, but it would be meta-hell to make that a regular thing. Also, Aarakocra are very unusual creatures in D&D lore and are very different from other PCs unless you simply choose to ignore that. They're monsters, actually. That they've become a playable race is kind of bizarre to me, and I would think to play one would be a unique experience unless you just want to rewrite them as birdy bros. They don't like to come out of the air, only really doing so to lay eggs. They're covered in feathers which is weird in any community that you're using them as part of a shared lore. They talk funny like Kenkus. The list goes on and on. They make great NPCs that come and go because they don't really like mingling with humanoids. To select one as your playable race in a campaign that is paying attention to what they really are is certainly a rather bold decision, in my view. Cool, if so, but I have yet to run a game with a player who chose the race for anything other than to fly, look cool, and power game. [/QUOTE]
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