Polly the very rare parrot-hawk's page

In case it matters, Polly is content flying above the ship on lookout duty :)

@Malachi: Does your familiar have Speak with Master? (I'm not sure the details of your familiar--i.e., if it can talk back to you or only has an empathic link).

Polly does not have Speak with Master. She's a hawk emissary familiar, and Malachi only has 4 levels in classes advancing his familiar (Druid).

Whether or not she understands Common (with INT 7 and 8 ranks in Linguistics) is moot since a familiar is under its player's control. Polly could signal that she's found what she's looking for by circling the mast and conveying excitement or another positive emotion through her empathic link.

FWIW my view is that familiars can understand spoken languages, even before they gain Speak with Master. The Decoy familiar archetype gains an ability (replacing Speak with Master and Speak with Animals) to "speak any of its master's languages", there's no mention of "understanding", which would be needed were the default that familiars have no understanding.

In any event, Kit is right about the plot ;) And The Rock can fly and see stuff too.

"Caw!"

Polly flies over the harbour, her sharp eyes seeking the target.

She can take 10 on Perception for 31

If Malachi does not put White to sleep, then Polly goes for him. Otherwise, Polly remains out of reach, fluttering about the rafters.

Polly swoops down from above, and tries to grab the amulet from the sailor thief...

disarm/steal manoeuvre: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16

Polly will provoke an AoO for entering White's square, and another for attempting a combat manoeuvre without the Improved feat for it - however I don't think White is visibly armed so he might not be able to take it.

I've put a Polly token on the map, on top of White. If Mal's arrow does put White to sleep, Polly will fly over the sleeping sailor to attempt to prevent anyone waking him or taking the amulet.

"Caw?!"

Polly stares at the pooka and then checks that she still has all of her tail feathers.

Polly is a sometimes-participant in combat. She mainly spams Guidance. Once per day she can let one character roll twice for initiative and take the best roll.

Assume she'll do that for our bard when we face any sort of "boss fight".

Not to be outdone in the way of unusual companions, the Captain is joined by a brightly-plumed raptor that alights on his shoulder.

"Caw!"

"Eh, and this is Polly" the Captain explains. "She is a very rare parrot-hawk, yes."

For some reason a Besmaran ranger can have a parrot familiar, but a Besmaran druid cannot.

Meanwhile, Polly the very rare parrot-hawk flies overhead, keeping her eye on the boat and surrounds.

Meanwhile, Polly bestows Besmara's Guidance upon the Captain before flying off out of harm's way, high above the ship.

With a fly speed of 60, she'll get 30' up at least after using her Guidance ability first.

Polly swoops around the room, squawking, before alighting next to the bird on the office perch.

"Squawk!!"

Polly spends the two prep rounds casting Guidance on Malachi and Peribras, then flying away from the group and the phoenix.

"Caw!"

Polly flies off to support Peribras. move, cast Guidance on Peri.

Polly casts Guidance on Malachi, then flits back behind Peribras and his mount.

Polly flies up to espy the upper level taking +2s from Blessing of Fervour, and casting Guidance on Malachi first.

If she sees any potential enemies she caws and orients herself towards them, but otherwise remains 30' up (20' above upper level).

"Caw?"

Polly flies down to Gripplesplech and casts Guidance on him.

"Caw!"

Polly casts Guidance on Malachi and lands on his shoulder.

"Caw!"

Polly offers Guidance to whoever leads the talking now ie. whoever leads the skill check. Rallas?

"Caw!"

Polly flutters over and casts Guidance on Rallas. if that's ok, it might technically be on his second standard action.

"Caw!"

Polly flies into Nayeli's face, and goes for the whistle. Movement provokes an AoO if she has combat reflexes, as Polly is Tiny and has reach 0.

disarm/steal combat manoeuvre vs Nayeli (take whistle): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27 Manoeuvre also provokes an AoO if Nayeli has combat reflexes.

"Squawk!"

Polly flies off Malachi's shoulder and flies about the room, before landing on a candlestick on the table. She eyes the servants suspiciously.

If one of the servants should move towards the kitchen Polly's empathic link with Malachi will warn him, and he will cast Cheetah's Sprint to grant a boost of speed and intercept them.

Polly helps Malachi

Auto-aid perception check. Polly cannot talk, but has INT 7 and the usual familiar empathic link with Malachi. Plus she can squawk ;)

Somewhat bizarrely, a Besmaran cleric or ranger can obtain a Parrot familiar but a Besmaran druid cannot.

Hooray for emergency familiar melee attack! :p

"Caw? Caw!"

Polly swoops into the hold, and seeing the carnage she rushes to assist, scratching at the nearest ghoul with her talons (orange, who is squeezed).

Polly is tiny so has to fly into orange's space and provoke aoo

talon vs orange: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27damage: 1d4 - 2 ⇒ (4) - 2 = 2

If needed: fort save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

"Caw!"

Polly circles the Fang, watching for enemies.

perception: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (2) + 17 = 19

Polly flies up for a clear shot.

"Caw!

produce flame vs green: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Did Polly's fire hit an enemy last round?

Polly takes evasive action, flying down below deck level so that she cannot be shot at by all three sailors.

Polly, bearing a magical flame, flies upwards to spy on the deck of the 'Fang. Any attempts to repel boarders will be met with 'return fire.'

"Caw!"

"Caw!"

Polly flies back to Malachi and takes his wand. She looks down on the sea, wary for foes, and will cry out and gesture (as best an aberrant parrot-hawk can) if she spots anything.

perception: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (7) + 17 = 24

"Caw!"

Polly flies a little way ahead of Besmara's Grace. Possibly alongside Hariwini and Night's Star.

"Caw? CAW!"

Polly flies up to Malachi and perches on his shoulder, obviously concerned. She proffers the wand that she picked up, and shortly Malachi takes it and reloads it into a wrist sheath. As Malachi's wounds heal Polly visibly calms down.

If we find a suitable entry spot, Polly slips through. She tries to see if there is an altercation going on on the other side, or if it is just one fat merchant trying to hide.

stealth, guidance from malachi: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 11 + 1 = 13

Then she comes back, and gives one caw per person on the other side, louder if there is a fight going on.

"Caw! Caw!"

"Caw?"

"Caw?"

An odd-looking bird, seemingly part parrot and part hawk, and even then not altogether correct, flies in to the room, peers into the tankard on the table, and comes to rest on Malachi's pauldron. "Caw!"