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Tengu

CR 1/2 Humanoid N Medium
Black feathers cover this crow-headed humanoid, and its hands and legs end in powerful talons.

Tengus are a race of avian humanoids that resemble crows or ravens, and often bear much of the same stigma. Though they frequently choose to live among other races in densely populated cities, their society is tight and closed, and they rarely allow others to see its inner workings. Tengus often band together in small groups to create roosts in vacant warehouses or condemned buildings, and these raucous gathering places are generally assumed to be thieves' guilds by outsiders—an assumption that's correct roughly half the time.

Like the crows they share physical traits with, tengus are naturally covetous, especially of shiny or colorful items, and prone to bouts of good-natured kleptomania if they don't carefully keep themselves in check. Vain and prideful creatures, they are easily persuaded with flattery.

Tengus are defined by their class levels—they do not possess racial Hit Dice. All tengus have the following racial traits.

STR
12
DEX
17
CON
12
INT
10
WIS
15
CHA
8
HP
9 (1d8+1)
AC
15, touch 13, flat-footed 12 (+2 armor, +3 Dex)
Speed
30 ft.
Init
+3
Melee
dagger +3 (1d4+1/19-20), bite -2 (1d3)
Ranged
short bow +3 (1d6/×3)
BAB
+0
CMB
+1
CMD
14
Fort
+1
Ref
+5
Will
+2

sneak attack +1d6

gifted linguist, swordtrained, trapfinding

Acrobatics +7, Appraise +4, Bluff +3, Climb +5, Knowledge (local) +4, Linguistics +8, Perception +8, Stealth +9

Details
Type
Humanoid
Alignment
N
Size
Medium
Environment
temperate mountains or urban
Senses
low-light vision; Perception +8
Languages
Common, Goblin, Halfling, Tengu
Source
Bestiary