Make the raptorans into a flying reptilian race, and perhaps you have something better...
We have pterafolk for that (ALso I think some saurials could fly? but those are FR only)
Make the raptorans into a flying reptilian race, and perhaps you have something better...
I'm not particularly fond of the achaierai/dire corby link, personally. It could work, but the role of achaierai has generally been one of "odd fauna tainted with evil," and changing that to "evil spawning masterminds" doesn't work very well IMO.
We have pterafolk for that (ALso I think some saurials could fly? but those are FR only)
It was just an off-the-top-of-my-head suggestion, since all three (achaierais, corbies and hook horrors) were all bird-like creatures from the Fiend Folio. I'd have to re-read the achais' MM entries again to see if it could be made to work.