Giant ravens were a species of very large ravens.[2]
Description[]
Giant ravens resembled common ravens save for their size; they typically had a wingspan of 6 to 10 feet (1.8 to 3 meters).[5]
Behavior[]
Giant ravens were particularly clever creatures, far smarter than their smaller cousins.[2] Some were known to be capable of speaking as many as a hundred words in Common and communicate with meaningful phrases.[5]
However, these creatures were also well known to be pugnacious[5] and mischievous trouble-makers. Domesticated ravens were prone to thievery and often played practical jokes on their handlers.[2] They also had a fondness for glittering and shiny objects.
Combat[]
While they only attacked other creatures while under duress, giant ravens pestered their foes with hit-and-run maneuvers made while in flight.[2]
Ecology[]
Giant ravens generally traveled in flocks and were only rarely seen alone. Those traveling ahead in a flock would act as scouts, warning the rest of any creature that might threaten them. If such a creature were to be encountered by a scouting giant raven they would maintain a safe distance, but keep track of them and report on their movements to the rest of their flock.[5]
Diets[]
Much like their smaller cousins, giant ravens were an omnivorous species and obtained most of their food through scavenging.[5]
Habitats[]
Giant ravens were known to be found all throughout northwestern Faerûn.[2]
Beyond the Prime Material plane, they could be found in the Domains of Dread[6] and on Yggdrasil.[7]
Relationships[]
A giant raven in the Frostfell alongside a rider.
These creatures were considered very easy to train, at least if raised from a hatchling. Combined with their combative nature, this led many people to utilize them as guards or messengers.[5]
History[]
Throughout their history, the Black Raven tribe of the Uthgardt reared the birds whose name they adopted as their own. They cared for the ravens from the time they hatched until they could be ridden as aerial steeds.[2]
Black raven eggs and hatchlings fetched steep prices. As of the Year of Wild Magic, 1372 DR, eggs could be sold for as much as 1,500 gp while newborn chicks commanded upwards of 3,000 gp.[2]
Trivia[]
The wolveraven, a successful form of duhlarkin, was made by mixing a giant raven with a wolverine.[8]
Appendix[]
See Also[]
Appearances[]
- Adventures
- Dungeon #15, "The Glass House" • Undermountain: Stardock • Storm King's Thunder • Curse of Strahd
- Novels
- Son of Thunder
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Christopher Perkins, et al. (September 2016). Storm King's Thunder. Edited by Kim Mohan, Michele Carter. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 66. ISBN 978-0-7869-6600-4.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Ed Greenwood and Jason Carl (July 2002). Silver Marches. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 121. ISBN 0-7869-2835-2.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wolfgang Baur, James Jacobs, George Strayton (September 2004). Frostburn. Edited by Greg Collins. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 148. ISBN 0-7869-2896-4.
- ↑ Doug Stewart (June 1993). Monstrous Manual. (TSR, Inc), pp. 27–28. ISBN 1-5607-6619-0.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 Gary Gygax (August 1983). Monster Manual II 1st edition. (TSR, Inc), p. 105. ISBN 0-88038-031-4.
- ↑ William W. Connors (1996). Monstrous Compendium - Ravenloft Appendices I & II. (TSR, Inc.), p. 71. ISBN 0786903929.
- ↑ Wolfgang Baur, Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel (April 2007). Expedition to the Demonweb Pits. Edited by Michele Carter, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 40. ISBN 978-0-7869-4038-7.
- ↑ Monstrous Compendium included in Ed Greenwood, Steven E. Schend (July 1994). City of Splendors. (TSR, Inc.). ISBN 0-5607-6868-1.