Surca los cielos con la nueva carrera Owlin de Strixhaven: un plan de estudios del caos

Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos presenta a los búhos, una nueva raza de humanoides parecidos a búhos, al multiverso de Dungeons Dragons. Descendientes lejanos de los búhos gigantes de Feywild, estos voladores esponjosos son los ratones de biblioteca perfectos de Strixhaven. También pueden encajar en cualquier campaña como héroes que disfrutan esquivando los ataques de los enemigos mientras aletean en el aire y dan sus propios golpes con estridentes gritos.

Aquí tienes un adelanto del búho, junto con algunas ideas para jugar y construir tu propio aventurero aviar.

• Rasgos raciales de Owlin
• La visión de la vida de un búho
• Construyendo un personaje de búho
• Más avances de Strixhaven: Un plan de estudios del caos

Rasgos raciales de Owlin

Los búhos vienen en todas las formas y tamaños y son tan variados como los estrigiformes del mundo real. Algunos pueden tener las majestuosas plumas multicolores de un gran búho cornudo con enormes mechones alrededor de los ojos, lo que les otorga una apariencia distinguida y marchita. Otros pueden parecer sorprendentemente blancos como los búhos nivales o poseer los rostros aparentemente amables de las lechuzas.

Cualquiera que sea su apariencia exterior, todos los búhos están clasificados como humanoides y, a primera vista, sus rasgos raciales se parecen a los aarakocra con forma de águila . Sin embargo, existen algunas diferencias clave, ya que el búho puede venir en tamaño mediano o pequeño. Owlin también posee una velocidad al caminar más rápida de 30 pies.

Los siguientes son otros rasgos raciales notables:

Visión oscura. Los búhos son famosos por sus hábitos nocturnos y los búhos no son una excepción. Pueden ver en condiciones de poca luz a una distancia de 120 pies.

Vuelo. Owlin puede volar a su velocidad de caminar de 30 pies. Sus capacidades de vuelo no son tan poderosas como las de sus primos aarakocra, que pueden volar a 50 pies. Pero ambas razas comparten una desventaja similar: no pueden usar armaduras medianas o pesadas si esperan surcar los cielos. ¡Después de todo, es difícil elevarse en espiral en el aire si tienes una cota de malla que te pesa!

Silent Feathers. Owlin have proficiency in Stealth, which makes perfect sense considering that owls are birds of prey known for snatching mice out of the darkness, making nary a sound.

What about ability score increases?

When you create an owlin using the rules from Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos, you can choose to increase one ability score by 2 and another by 1, or choose to increase three different scores by 1.

An owlin’s outlook on life

Owlin could easily be roleplayed as wise creatures, similar to how their namesakes have been portrayed in ancient Greek and Roman mythology. One can easily imagine groups of owlin delving into the ancient tomes that exist in Strixhaven’s miraculous Biblioplex, mastering all manner of arcane knowledge. The nocturnal nature of some owlin can also make them the sort of Strixhaven students who are prone to pulling all-nighters, or at least sleeping in and missing the occasional class or two.

Their Feywild heritage, however, means that the owlin’s aptitude for studying might be tempered with an underlying current of whimsy and unpredictable mischief, perhaps giving the race something in common with other Fey ancestries like harengon and faeries. Don’t assume that your owlin must be limited to the world of Strixhaven — these birds could be excellent carnival workers in The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, an adventure that would also give them a chance to explore their Fey lineage.

Make your owlin character your own

While common owl stereotypes are a solid start for developing an owlin adventurer, feel free to defy these tropes or look at lesser-known folklore for inspiration. In many myths from African countries, for instance, owls were associated with witchcraft and seen as heralds of death. This is perfect fodder for an owlin who’s a bit grimmer and gothic than one might expect.

Building an owlin character

With the freedom to increase ability scores as you see fit, the owlin race works well for a wide variety of characters and can easily encompass spellcasting and martial archetypes. For a few focused suggestions, consider the following:

• Silent Feathers makes owlin naturally stealth-inclined. An owlin rogue could creep up on an enemy from above and deliver a devastating dive bomb strike, then Disengage as a bonus action to avoid retaliation. Remember that owlin can only fly if they wear light armor, so plan your gear, melee strikes, and escape routes accordingly.
• For those who want to combine spell-slinging with roguish backstabbing, an owlin Arcane Trickster is the way to go. Alternatively, an owlin monk following the Way of the Shadow would be an interesting character with both magic and melee at their disposal, and the Shadow Step ability that allows for teleportation in dim light and darkness works perfectly for a predator of the night. For inspiration, check out the Talon assassins who carry out wetwork for the Court of the Owls, the shadowy organization featured in the Batman comics and the upcoming Gotham Knights video game.
• Going back to African myths regarding owls as harbingers of death, try creating an owlin who utilizes the subclasses from Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft. An owlin with an unnerving face — perhaps fashioned after the Sri Lanka bay owl — who communicates with ghosts as a College of Spirits bard would instantly be a memorable character. If you’re playing as a warlock, perhaps your owlin could even turn his head 180 degrees as he uses a scrying ball to chat with his warlock patron, an ancient lich!

Build your owlin on DD Beyond

When Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos becomes available on DD Beyond, you can purchase the book in the marketplace or simply buy the owlin race separately. Then, use DD Beyond’s character builder to experiment with different builds and classes to bring your vision of these stealthy avians to life.

Study more about Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Owlin aren’t the only new addition to Dungeons Dragons withStrixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos. Releasing December 7, the book contains a host of new backgrounds, spells, and magic items to make your tenure at the most enchanting school across the planes all the more memorable, as well as plenty of monsters to match wits against. Keep your eyes peeled for more previews from DD Beyond!

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Jeremy Blum (@PixelGrotto) is a journalist, gaming blogger, comic book aficionado, and fan of all forms of storytelling who rolled his first polyhedral dice while living in Hong Kong in 2017. Since then, he’s never looked back and loves roleplaying games for the chance to tell the tales that have been swirling in his head since childhood.