Twilight Imperium Charity Stream

The Out of Character team is going to be conducting our first twitch and charity event on February  09th, 2017 from 11:o00 AM EST until we finish our game. We’re going to have 5 players supporting various charities detailed below. The video will be available to everyone so there is no requirement to donate to watch, but please do.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with Twilight Imperium it is a science fiction tabletop game from Fantasy Flight. Various alien species vie for dominance in a custom made galaxy that has been at the center of a power vacuum for far too long.

We do have an incentive for those who donate big! Anyone donating $20.00 or more to any of the charities can choose one player and designate which species that player will use during our game. For obvious reasons this incentive is limited to 1 per person and once someone choose a player that’s pretty much that.

We’re all just hoping to have a good day, raise some money for our causes and make something you’ll all enjoy. There’s a list of the players and the organizations their support below as well as links to their various websites.

Jon: Out of Character’s default GM will be playing to support The National Aviary.

https://www.aviary.org/donate

Jessica: A regular on the Out of Character podcast will be playing to support Coordinated Care Network.

http://www.coordinatedcarenetwork.org

Christina: A regular on the Out of Character podcast will be playing to support the GLCC Pittsburgh’s LGBT community center.

Jason: A regular on the Out of Character podcast  will be playing to support Animal Friends.

http://www.thinkingoutsidethecage.org

Rob: A friend and our resident Twilight Imperium expert. will be playing to support Child’splay

http://www.childsplaycharity.org

A local game store, Drawbridge Games, has been kind enough to allow us to play there so if you’re in the Pittsburgh area on the day of stop in and watch us try to destroy one another.

The Occultist a Dungeons & Dragons 5E Character Class

I asked Twitter what sort of classes they felt are currently missing from rpgs, and I got some really interesting answers. A few people said they want to see an intelligence or lore based class. One person suggested an Occultist and that idea struck me.

The path the leads most to becoming cultists is not usually a pleasant one. Whether it begins with an unhealthy curiosity for the magical arts or an earnest desire to learn the occultist is meant to be an intelligent character who dabbles in magic without mastering it. I love the idea of a character who delves into lore a bit like a bard, but relies on ordinary research. Maybe it’s because I’m married o a librarian?

In order to make the occultist at least a little combat effective I gave them access to some spells and abilities, but largely this is a class that favors brains over brawn.

This is an extremely rough draft I only just finished so I know it still needs a lot of work. I only plotted it out to level 5 because I wanted to do some tinkering and see if how it is working up to that point. If you have any thoughts/suggestions please share.

Occultist

Class Features

Hit Points

Hit Dice: 1d6 per occultist level

Hit Points at 1^st Level: 6 + your Constitution modifier

Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d6 (or 4) + your Constitution modifier per occultist level after 1^st

Proficiencies

Armor: Light armor

Weapons: Simple weapons, hand crossbows, longswords, and shortswords

Tools:

Saving Throws: Intelligence, Wisdom

Skills: Choose 3 from Arcana, History, Investigation, Medicine, Nature, and Religion

 Equipment

You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:

*(a) a longsword or (b) any simple melee weapon

*(a) a scholar’s pack or (b) an explorer’s pack

*(a) a holy symbol or (b) an arcane focus

Research

Occultists are almost to a one masters of ferreting out secrets everyone else has either forgotten, or hidden behind walls, armed guards, and “No Trespassing” signs. Your ability to conduct such painstaking academic endeavors has granted you a special insight into a variety of topics. Once+ your Intelligence modifier per day so long as your character has access to a library or any other similar facility your character may utilize the location to carry out such research.

Making a Intelligence saving throw with a DC as indicated on the table below. The final decision for what type category the information in question falls under is at the discretion of the GM.

Common Knowledge DC 5

Legends DC 7

Obscure Knowledge DC 10

Lost Knowledge DC 15

Hidden Knowledge DC 25

Forbidden Knowledge DC 30

Favored Topic

Very few occultists fail to specialize in one topic of study or another, and those that do so normally don’t live very long. Choose a topic from among the following possibilities: Constructs, Druidcraft, Fey Folk, Magical History, Religious Obscura, Secret Societies, Shapeshifters, The Undead, Wards, & Witchcraft.

You have advantage on: Charisma (Deception), Charisma (Intimidation)  Charisma (Persuasion), Intelligence (Arcana), Intelligence (History), Intelligence (Investigation), Intelligence (Religion), Wisdom (Animal Handling), Wisdom (Insight), and Wisdom (Medicine) checks made so long as they pertain to your chosen Favored Topic.

Half-Remembered Incantations & Ancient Relics

Traditionally speaking occultists are not magic-users, and most will never take their knowledge beyond the realm of the theoretical, however some are foolhardy enough to try and practice what they’ve read about in ancient books and scrolls. At the 2^nd level you gain spellcasting feature. You also learn a number of cantrips from another class equal to 1 + your Intelligence modifier. These spells might serve to confound and amaze commoners but true magic-users will see them as little more than parlor tricks. They are also the sum & total of your efforts.

Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your spells. You magic comes from countless hours of toil and study that have yielded little result. You use your Intelligence whenever a spell refers to your spellasting ability. In addition you use your Intelligence modifier when setting the saving the DC for a spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

Spell save DC= 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier.

Spell attack modifier= your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier.

Occultist Archetype

Choose an occultist archetype, which describes the path your arcane research has lead you down: Demonologist or Arcaneologist, both detailed below.

Demonologist

Whispers from books sealed with chains and immersed in wells filled with blessed water have drawn more than one aspiring occultist to them. The promise of greater power fueled by commiserating with demonic beings is a temptation some simply can’t refuse, but it is a path best forgotten. Through years of research you have figured out a way to contact and bind a lesser demonic entity (usually this would be a suitably weak entity, occultists are beneath the notice of any truly powerful demons). These demons grant minor favors and snippets of knowledge, but they will continually try to take advantage of the interaction and twist it to their advantage.

Upon choosing the path of the Demonologist at your 3^rd level you learn Abyssal.

At the 4^th level you gain the ability to cast Banishment once per day without using a spell slot, however you must still use spell components, and the spell can only be used against demons.

At the 5^th level you gain a demonic follower of a CR equal to ½ your current Occultist level rounded down. You may only have a single such follower at any time. The demon will obey some of your commands, but will not risk its own life without cause. The demon is in no way truly loyal however and will seek to take advantage of you if it is able. You may banish the demon at any time as a bonus action, however you cannot summon another follower for 1d20 days after doing so.

Arcaneologist

Devoted scholars who study the history of magic and its impact on cultures the arcaneologist is part scavenger part historian.

When choosing the path of the Arcaneologist  at the 3^rd level you gain the ability to double your proficiency bonus when making either an Intelligence (Arcana) or  Intelligence (History) check.

Many types of magic seek to befuddle the mind or ensnare the senses. You have learned to resist such spells. At the 4^th level you gain advantage on saving throws against being charmed. If you already have advantage on these checks from a racial ability you are immune to being charmed.

Ancient magic is often unstable and the protective wards left behind to defend lost strongholds are often more potent than when they were first cast. Layers of protective clothing interwoven with weak protective wars offer you minor protection against such threats. At the 5^th level choose one of the following  (acid, cold, fire, lightning, poison, thunder, bludgeoning damage from magical weapons, piercing damage from magical weapons, or slashing damage from magical weapons), you now have resistance to that type of damage.

Wards

At the 3rd level you gain access to a minor ritual. Protective wards and incantations are fairly simple aspects of magic, but powerful never the less. You have mastered a minor variant of such a spell allowing you to shield yourself against attack if only briefly.  You may cast the spell Guards and Wards once per day without using spell slots but you must still use the spell components. The spell is also cast with the following modifications.

*The casting time is increased to 20 minutes.

*The wards only protect 1,000 square feet.

*You cannot use any of the other spell effects listed under the spell.

 

 

Level     Proficiency Bonus           Features              Cantrips Known                                Spells Known   

1^st           +2                           Research, Favored Topic               0                                                              0

 

2^nd          +2                           Half-Remembered                          1+                                                           0

Incantations &

Ancient Relics.

 

3^rd           +2                           Occultist Archetype, Wards         1+                                                           0

 

4^th           +2                           Ability Score Improvement          1+                                                          0                   

 

5^th           +3                           ———————-           1+                                                          0

Justice League Unlimited Season 4

In an effort to try and garner some more interest in the podcast and what we do I thought I’d run an ongoing game for a bit. I was trying to run a Dungeons & Dragons game set in Ancient Rome but that got zero interest so we’re doing something else. This time I thought we’d try Mutants and Masterminds, specifically the Justice League Unlimited Season 4! Picking up one year after the events of season 3 of Justice League Unlimited. This game will be open to everyone and will run for 13 sessions (there were 13 episodes in each season of Justice League Unlimited so that seems to fit).

Players can jump in for one session or try and make it out to each of them if they wish. Whether this is your first time playing Mutants and Masterminds or you’re an old pro please don’t hesitate to join in on the fun.

Now as for choosing which heroes to play please flip through either of DC Adventures Heroes & Villains books from Green Ronin. Don’t worry about building a hero, we’re just going to use the ones from the book because it is easier than having to double-check work for everyone month after month, allows new players to jump right in, and gives people access to pretty much every hero they could ask for. Don’t worry about Power Level either, just choose a favorite . You can always swap out for the next session.

We are running on a first come first serve basis so whoever is the first to say they want Superman, Batman, or Wonder Woman gets them. Of course if those players fail to turn u the character goes back into rotation.

Our first game will be in a few weeks so please check it out here: https://app.roll20.net/join/1924982/7vqYew

Episode 90: Superhero Special

In the latest episode of the podcast I make some suggestions for superhero style roleplaying games.

http://outofcharacter.buzzsprout.com/13127/459871-episode-90-superhero-special

Newton “Newt” Scamander

Author of Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them, accomplished Magizoologist, Hufflepuff, and now a Dungeons & Dragons character.

For his stats I wanted to reflect the fact that Newt is smart, but not so good with people. He also doesn’t have much in the way of good judgement. His intelligence and physical abilities are all high to moderate, he works with dangerous magical creatures everyday and it helps keep him in shape.

So lets talk about his spells shall we? Most of you will notice right off the bat Newt doesn’t have many attack spells, most of his magical abilities are in fact decidedly non-aggresive. Most of the spells he does have are counterparts to those we’ve seen other Hogwarts students use on a regular basis like the abilities to create light, unlock doors, and repair damaged items. We see Newt apparate in Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find quite a few times, so much so that I gave him multiple abilities to represent his teleportation, because even when we take rests into account I don’t think he’d have been able to manage all of those jumps. I gave him a few advance spells like a summoning charm, defensive charms, water breathing (for use when studying aquatic creatures), and a few other spells that I felt made sense. You could modify the list if you’re not happy with it and swap at will by consulting the Player’s Handbook. With one exception I will not be providing the details of the spells Newt has, all but one can be found in the Player’s Handbook.

When it came to his background nothing felt quite right so I created something new with the Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff background. Since Hufflepuff’s are a mixture of a wide variety of people it is a house that allows for a fair amount of customization. Arcana and Nature reflect the education offer by a magical school and the Hufflepuff’s common room which features a variety of plant-life. Plus when the head of your house teaches herbology you can’t help but learn a thing or two.

More than one person has said feats are less useful than ability score improvements. I wanted to give Newt some all new custom feats though so I made them. One represents his ability to communicate with animals, something that he manages without spells or incantations. There are tons of spells that allow wizards to summon, compel, or command beasts and monsters, but Newt doesn’t do that. He treats them with kindness and respect and they generally seem willing to oblige his wishes. His other feat represents the advanced ability to use magic without the need for verbal incantations. I think it is a handy feat that might catch a few eyes.

In all I am very happy with him and I would be pleased to hear folks tried playing him or using him as an NPC in their campaigns.

Newton “Newt” Scamander Wizard 12

Medium human, chaotic good

Background: Hufflepuff

Armor Class 12

Hit Points 74

Speed 30 ft.

Str 13 Dex 15, Con 14, Int 18, Wis 11, Cha 9

Proficiency Bonus +4

Skills Arcana +8, History+8, Nature +8, Medicine +4

Tool Proficiency: Alchemists Tools

Languages Common, Gobbledygook

Spellcasting

Spell Save DC 16

Spell Attack Modifier +8

Class Abilities Spellcasting, Spellbook, Ritual Casting, Spellcasting Focus, Arcane Recovery, Arcane Tradition (School of Abjuration), Abjuration Savant, Arcane Ward, Projected Ward, Improved Abjuration,

Equipment 1 set of common clothes, 1 small bag of Honeydukes sweets, 10 days of rations, 50 ft. of hempen rope, 90 galleons, backpack, bedroll, dagger, Hufflepuff banner, magic case (described below), magical photo, messkit, spellbook, wand, waterskin

Magical Case: A charm placed on the case creates a demi-plan within it making it far large on the inside than any piece of Muggle luggage. To avoid detection by Muggles the interior of the case can be disguised as decidedly non-magical with the simple flip of a switch.

Dimensions: The total area of the inside of the case is some 10,000 ft. by 10,000 feet, roughly 2 miles worth of space to hold the creatures, habitats, and tools contained inside.

Contents: The case can contain up to 75 creatures of any size ranging from Tiny to Huge at present it contains 7 bowtruckles, 1 niffler, 1 demiguise, 7 occamy, 1 erumpent, 1 thunderbird, 3 graphorns, 1 nundu, 18 mooncalfs, 1 swooping evil, 1 murtlap, 1 obscurus, and 6 billywigs.

Workshop: Newt has a small workshop at the bottom of the ladder leading down into the case, he stores potion ingredients, tools, and a few personal items.

Habitats: Newt has painstakingly created habitats for each of his creatures mirroring their natural environments. The present array includes stormy plains for his thunderbird, a moonlit hillside for the mooncalfs, savannah for the nundu, a small wandwood tree for his bowtruckles, a burrow for his niffler, a forest nest for his demisguise, a nest for his occamy, a tank for his murtlap, and other small habitats for his remaining creatures. These can be modified to accommodate any creatures he might need to take on.

Spellbook

Cantrips Blade Ward, Lumos (Light), Minor Illusion, Prestidigiation, Repairo (Mending),

1^st Level Spells Arresto Momentum (Feather Fall), Detect Magic, Expeditious Retreat, Protego(Shield), Mage Armor, Alohamora, Comprehend Languages, Magic Missile, Sleep, Witchbolt

2^nd Level Spells Enlarge/Reduce, Misty Step, Wingardium Leviosa (Levitate)

3^rd Level Spells  Blink, Counterspell, Water Breathing

4^th Level Spells Fabricate, Control Water, Polymorph

5^th Level Spells Animate Objects, Obliviate (Modify Memory)

6^th Level Spells Accio (Drawmij’s Instant Summons)

7^th Level Spells Teleport

Alohamora

1^st Level evocation

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: Touch

Components: V, S

Duration: Instantaneous

Unlocks any non-magical lock automatically.

Feats

Animal Empathy: You can use Charisma (Deception, Intimidation, Persuasion) to interact with animals normally, and you have advantage when interacting with beasts. The beasts do not understand your words, but they grasp your meaning far more easily than when others try to communicate with them.

Non-Verbal Magic: You may cast any spell of a level equal to your Proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier without the use of verbal incantations. The use of this ability causes you to suffer a -2 to your spell attack roll, and the DCs for spell saves made using this ability are also decreased by two.

Background

Hogwarts Houses/Hufflepuff: Each of the Hogwarts Houses favor different types of students, Hufflepuffs tend to be kind, hardworking, loyal, and patient. Often less outspoken than many of the students from other houses they’re overlooked and some mock their house. Students from Hufflepuff have gone on to become as valued and important as any other house however including Ministers of magic and all manner of famous witches and wizards.

Skills Proficiencies: Arcana, Nature

Tool Proficiencies: One type of tool or one type of gaming set of your choice.

Equipment: Magical photo, Hufflepuff banner, 1 set of common clothes, 10 galleons, & 1 small bag of Honeydukes sweets.

Personality Trait: More comfortable around magical creatures than people.

Ideal: If you worry you suffer twice.

Bond: I care for all magical creatures and will do everything in my power to protect them.

Flaw: People find me to be…annoying.

 

 

The Hungarian Horntail

I didn’t feel quite done with my conversions of Harry Potter creatures into D&D 5e beasts, so I thought I’d throw up one more in the form of the fearsome Hungarian Horntail Harry Potter himself faced off with in the first task of The Triwizard Tournament. I do want to make a couple of notes about the design of this dragon as opposed to other dragons we see in Dungeons & Dragons. While it is a physically powerful creature it is much less of a threat than other dragons because the dragons of the Harry Potter universe are far less intelligent, they don’t have access to spells, and for the most part they’re just huge beasts. We see them defeated, subdued, and corralled throughout the books. That is not to say they can’t do some damage though. With that in mind I built the horntail to be a nasty piece of work capable of dealing out some serious damage.

Hungarian Horntail

Armor Class 18 (natural armor)

Hit Points 205 (12d20+75)

Speed 30 ft.,flying 100. ft,

Str 28 Dex 22 Con 30 Int 8 Wis 10 Cha 8

Saving Throws Strength +10, Constitution +11

Skills Athletics +10, Intimidation +8, Perception +7

Damage Immunities fire, poison, bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from non-magical weapons.

Condition Immunities frightened

Senses darkvision, passive Perception 12

Languages –

Challenge 10 (5,900 XP)

Keen Smell. The Hungarian horntail has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks made that rely on hearing or smell.

Legendary Resistance (3/day). If the Hungarian horntail fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Magic Resistance. The Hungarian horntail has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Spiky Protrusions. When a creature makes a melee attack against the Hungarian horntail it automatically takes 10 (2d6+5) damage.

Actions

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack. +10 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: Target takes piercing 24 (2d12+5) damage

Tail. Melee Weapon Attack. +10 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: target takes 22 (2d10+4) bludgeoning/piercing damage.

Fire Breath (Recharge 5-6). The Hungarian horntail exhales fire in a 50 ft. cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 18 Dexterity saving throw, taking 55 (10d8) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much on a successful one.

The Nundu

Minor spoiler warning for those of us who haven’t seen Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find them, nothing major about the plot though. So remember when Newt said his creatures weren’t dangerous in Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them? Well he lied. The nundu is a true nightmare known for killing off the populations of entire villages with their poisonous breath and there are no accounts of a nundu being subdued by less than 100 wizards. It only took 10 wizards to stun each of the dragons they used in the Triwizard Tournament if that gives you any idea of how powerful that makes these things. How Newt managed to get one into his bag is anyone’s guess. The nundu will use their roar or poisonous breath to start encounters off on their own terms and move in to rip their prey to sheds.

Nundu

Armor Class 18 (natural armor)

Hit Points 309 (20d20+50)

Speed 50 ft.

Str 26 Dex 22 Con 26 Int 8 Wis 10 Cha 8

Saving Throws Dex +7, Con +10

Skills Athletics +10, Intimidate +7, Perception +8, Stealth +9

Damage Immunities poison

Condition Immunities frightened, poisoned

Senses darkvision, passive Perception 12

Languages –

Challenge 22 (30,000 XP)

Keen Hearing and Smell. The nundu has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks made that rely on hearing or smell.

Growth. The nundu causes its head to swell to several times its normal size granting it advantage on Charisma (Intimidation) checks.

Legendary Resistance (3/day). If the nundu fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Magic Resistance. The nundu has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Actions

Multiattack. The nundu uses bit and makes 2 claw attacks.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack. +13 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: target takes 22 (2d10+10) piercing damage.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack. +13 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target Hit: target takes 16 (2d8+10) slashing damage.

 Roar (Recharge 5-6). Each creature within 60 ft. of the nundu must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turn, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature’s saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the nundu’s roar for the next 24 hours. All creatures within range also take 24 thunder damage and are deafened for 1 minute.

Poison Breath (Recharge 5-6). The nundu exhales a poisonous gas in a 100 ft. cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC Constitution saving throw. On a failed save the target takes 70 (7d10+20) poison damage and the target is poisoned. On a success, the target is not poisoned and only takes half of the damage. The cloud dissipates after 1 minute normal wind.

The Swooping Evil

With a name like swooping evil you’d expect this thing to be pretty terrifying, but it is basically just a cross between a lizard and a butterfly. It’s also venomous and feeds on brains so that might serve to back up the creature’s less than endearing name. I built the swooping evil to be a fast moving terror that can stay on the go striking with its poisonous bite and then flying away.

Swooping Evil

Small beast, neutral

Armor Class 14 (natural armor)

Hit Points 60 (8d10+10)

Speed flying 40 ft.

Str 12 Dex 16 Con 10 Int 8 Wis 8 Cha 8

Damage Immunities poison

Condition Immunities poisoned

Skills Initiative +6, Intimidation +6, Perception +6, Stealth +9

Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 9

Languages –

Challenge 3 (700 XP)

Cocoon. Whenever it is not flying the swooping evil folds into a spiny green cocoon. The cocoon is a small size and while in this form the swooping evil has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks.

Magic Resistance. The swooping evil has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Spell Deflection. When a spell of level 6 or lower (or cast using a 6^th level spell slot) misses the swooping evil or it makes a successful saving throw against the spell the spell is reflected back up the caster.

Actions

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack. +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: target takes 8 (1d6+3) piercing damage, and the target must make a DC 14 Constitution saving throw, taking 6 (2d4+1) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much on a successful one. The swooping evil can move up to half its movement after making this attack.

The Thunderbird

One of my favorite creatures from Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them is the thunderbird. This enormous bird is native to the deserts of Arizona and it creates storms by flying. Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry also uses the thunderbird as the symbol of one of its houses. Since it plays a prominent role in Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them I don’t want to spoil much about it so I will stick to the design aspect. I tried to play up the storm creation aspect while I was making the thunderbird, so I gave it ability to alter the weather at will, and I gave it immunity to thunder and lightning damage.

Thunderbird

Huge beast, chaotic good

Armor Class 19 (natural armor)

Hit Points 215 (18d12+100)

Speed 15 ft., flying 100 ft.

Str 24 Dex 26 Con 30 Int 10 Wis 12 Cha 8

Damage Resistance bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from non-magical weapons.

Damage Immunities lightning, thunder

Condition Immunities exhausted

Skills Acrobatics +12, Athletics 11, Intimidation +6, Perception +8

Senses passive Perception 13

Languages Understands Common but cannot speak.

Challenge 17 (18,000 XP)

Keen Sight. The thunderbird has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks made that rely on sight.

Magic Resistance. The thunderbird has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Storm Caller. The thunderbird can cast Control Weather without using components any number of times per day with the following modification. The thunderbird can only use the this ability to create storms, and rather than taking effect after 1d4x10 minutes the weather is altered immediately. It can also alter the weather by 2 levels rather than 1.

Actions

Multiattack. The thunderbird makes three attacks: one with its beak and two with its talons.

Beak. Melee Weapon Attack. +11 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: target takes 16 (2d8+8) piercing damage.

Talon. Melee Weapon Attack. +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: Target takes 13 (2d6+8) slashing damage.

Legendary Actions

Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions).  The thunderbird beats its many wings. Each creature within 10 feet of the thunderbird must succeed on a DC 19 Dexterity saving throw or take 12 (2d6 +7) bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. After beating its wings this way, the thunderbird can fly up to half its flying speed.