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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4120204" data-attributes="member: 19675">He's not evil...He's not a familiar...He is a person (a prince or princess, perhaps) who has been polymorphed into the bird shape the party sees, and is magically enslaved to the BBEG.&nbsp; He must do the BBEG's bidding if he ever hopes to win back his freedom and natural shape.&nbsp; However, he retains just enough free will that he can occasionally subvert his master's will...Have you ever seen It Waits?&nbsp; (Bad film!)&nbsp; It contains as its main redeeming feature an African Grey Parrot who is probably smarter than any other character in the film.&nbsp; He alone can detect the monster before it takes any action, and usually announces its presence with a suitably parroty &quot;Uh-Oh!&quot;(Of course, nobody makes that connection, and they try to set him free to save himself...)This bird could do much the same- occasionally warning the PCs of some impending doom planned by his hated master.&nbsp; This would give him a second chance to return to normal- getting the party close enough to the BBEG to defeat him!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 4120204, member: 19675"] He's not evil... He's not a familiar... He is a person (a prince or princess, perhaps) who has been polymorphed into the bird shape the party sees, and is magically enslaved to the BBEG. He must do the BBEG's bidding if he ever hopes to win back his freedom and natural shape. However, he retains just enough free will that he can occasionally subvert his master's will... Have you ever seen [I]It Waits[/I]? (Bad film!) It contains as its main redeeming feature an African Grey Parrot who is probably smarter than any other character in the film. He alone can detect the monster before it takes any action, and usually announces its presence with a suitably parroty "Uh-Oh!" (Of course, nobody makes that connection, and they try to set him free to save himself...) This bird could do much the same- occasionally warning the PCs of some impending doom planned by his hated master. This would give him a second chance to return to normal- getting the party close enough to the BBEG to defeat him! [/QUOTE]

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