Falcons were small birds of prey, often used in hunting.[3]
Description[]
Falcons looked similar to hawks but were smaller in size.[3]
Ecology[]
Diet[]
Falcons were obligate carnivores. Larger falcons were known to prey on small humanoids.[3][5]
Habitat[]
Falcons made their nest in trees and in underground burrows.[3] They could be found in parts of Kara-Tur.[6]
Relationshps[]
Falcons were a favored animal of the Mulhorandi god Anhur and the halfling god Arvoreen. They were sacred to the goddesses Milil and Red Knight as well.[7]
Moon elves had a special fondness for falcons and often kept them as pets.[8] Centaurs within the forest of Cormanthor kept small flocks of falcons for use as guards and scouts.[9] In some human lands, such as Cormyr, formal education among the aristocracy included falconry.[10] Some rangers kept falcons as animal companions.[11]
Usages[]
At the market, a well-trained falcon could be sold for up to 1,000 gp.[3]
Notable Falcons[]
- Gale, the companion of Dura Gerathu
- Sable, the companion of Keren Donnell
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Notes[]
- ↑ The 2nd edition alignment given in the original source is "Nil", which should be read as Neutral according to this Sage Advice answer by Skip Williams in Dragon Magazine Issue #155: "The nil alignment rating is a holdover from an early draft of the Monstrous Compendium material. Originally, a rating of nil indicated that a creature was not intelligent enough to have an alignment at all. However, the nil rating was dropped during rewriting and should have been replaced with the neutral alignment."
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References[]
- ↑ Christopher Perkins, James Haeck, James Introcaso, Adam Lee, Matthew Sernett (September 2018). Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. Edited by Jeremy Crawford. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 53. ISBN 978-0-7869-6625-7.
- ↑ Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins (2014-09-30). Monster Manual 5th edition. Edited by Scott Fitzgerald Gray. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 330. ISBN 978-0786965614.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 David "Zeb" Cook, et al. (1989). Monstrous Compendium Volume Two. (TSR, Inc), p. 63. ISBN 0-8803-8753-X.
- ↑ Skip Williams (March 1990). “Sage Advice”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Dragon #155 (TSR, Inc.), p. {Template:1.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gary Gygax (August 1983). Monster Manual II 1st edition. (TSR, Inc), p. 64. ISBN 0-88038-031-4.
- ↑ Gary Gygax, David Cook, and François Marcela-Froideval (1985). Oriental Adventures. (TSR, Inc), p. 115. ISBN 0-8803-8099-3.
- ↑ Sean K. Reynolds (2002-05-04). Deity Do's and Don'ts (Zipped PDF). Web Enhancement for Faiths and Pantheons. Wizards of the Coast. pp. 10, 13. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2018-09-08.
- ↑ Reynolds, Forbeck, Jacobs, Boyd (March 2003). Races of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 40. ISBN 0-7869-2875-1.
- ↑ James Butler, Elizabeth T. Danforth, Jean Rabe (September 1994). “Cormanthor”. In Karen S. Boomgarden ed. Elminster's Ecologies (TSR, Inc), p. 19. ISBN 1-5607-6917-3.
- ↑ James Lowder (January 1991). Crusade. (TSR, Inc), p. 178. ISBN 0-8803-8908-7.
- ↑ Matthew G. Adkins (July 1999). “Into the Nest of Vipers”. Dungeon #75 (Wizards of the Coast) (75)., p. 66.