The art is a bloke with some wings glued on - whereas I think the art should evoke more of an alien, avian, feel. This image doesn't feel kinetic, or birdlike, or evoke the speed and maneuverability that its combat tactics bear out. I feel there's a real lack of movement, though.

The Aarakocra is strident, standoff-ish, which I like - very much a Neutral good creature working out your intents.

It doesn't have a brand - which opens it up to any tinkering you want to do with it. It does have a good mouth-feel though - the word 'Aarakocra' has an innate birdiness that is hard to deny.īut it's cool! The Aarakocra, despite being a staple of the game for many editions, isn't immediately recognisable. It's not a name with the immediate resonance of an Orc. One of those names sufficiently bereft of English inspiration that I have a kind of selective dyslexia about, and will called Aarakcockra or Arkarockra without ever holding the name properly in the brain. Firstly, it took me about three tries to get that spelling correctly, and it's one of those strange names where pronunciation for your players will be all over the place.

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