Kenku

Kenku are cursed avian humanoids who have lost their wings and voices. They are skilled mimics and often live as thieves and tricksters in urban environments.

Ability Score Increase

• 2024: +2 to one ability score and +1 to another, or +1 to three different ability scores
• 2014: Dexterity +2, Wisdom +1

Age

Kenku mature around age 12 and live to about 60 years.

Size

Medium (about 5 feet tall)

Speed

30 feet

Key Features

Expert Duplication

When you copy writing or craftwork produced by yourself or someone else, you have advantage on any ability checks you make to produce an exact duplicate.

Kenku Recall (2024)

Thanks to your supernaturally good memory, you have proficiency in two skills of your choice. Moreover, when you make an ability check using any skill in which you have proficiency, you can give yourself advantage on the check before rolling the d20. You can give yourself advantage in this way a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Mimicry (2014)

You can mimic sounds you have heard, including voices. A creature that hears the sounds can tell they are imitations with a successful Wisdom (Insight) check opposed by your Charisma (Deception) check.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Auran. Kenku cannot speak in their own voice but can perfectly mimic sounds and voices they have heard.