Pueo

From House of Khilat

Description

Pueo is a female Giant Owl, from a burrowing ground owl species that is active both day and night. She is equally at home on the ground as well as flying. Her feathers are medium brown, light brown and white. She has large hazel eyes.
She is quiet, reserved, soft spoken and wise. She observe everything around her and often notices things others overlook.
She will carry riders on occasion at Chiliad's request, or if they are very well known such as certain of Chiliad's friends, henchmen or followers.

Background

Patron Power(s): Sehanine Moonbow, Angharradh, Aerdrie Faenya, Lurue
When Chiliad sought a spirit guide to serve as his totem, Aerdrie sent a young owl to watch over him.
Chiliad’s special animal companions serve like wizard familiars, performing small tasks, including house hold chores, guarding Chiliad in his sleep, and delivering messages.

Stats

Class: Priest (Circle Singer/Starsinger) 12th / Ranger (Explorer/Kingfisher) 9th / Bard (Loremaster) 11th
Race: giant talking owl
Move: 3, Fl 18 (E)
Hit Dice: 5
Intelligence: Exceptional 16 (enhanced to 18)
Languages: Giant Owl, Common, Elvish, Sylvan, Brownie, Treant, Giant Eagle
Priest (12th+1, Wis:18): 8 8 7 5 2 2
Major Spheres: All, Astral, Charm, Divination, Guardian, Healing, Necromantic, Protection, Summoning, Sun, Travelers, Sehanite
Minor Spheres: Numbers, Thought, Wards
Ranger (2nd+1): 2 1
Minor Spheres: Animals, Plants, Aerdrian, Luruean
Bard (10th+1): 3 3 3 1 (Wizardry 6 6 6 2)

Talking Owl Powers

  • Never surprised
  • Magic Resistance: 20%
  • Detect Good
  • Wisdom 21
    • spell immunities (cause fear, charm person, command, fear, forget, friends, hold person, hypnotism, ray of enfeeblement, and scare).

Draconic Moonfire Powers

Moonstone Dragon Moonfire

Familiar Enhancements

Powers granted by the Teuvel'Kiira'Khilat


    • Mantle protections when within 30’ of the kiira.
    • Mind Blank
    • Commune with Nature - personal radius of quarter mile
    • Speak with Animals (owls)
    • I Unseen Servant 1/day - 3 turns + 1 turn per wizard level.

    • Cast 1 wizard spell and 1 priest spell per day. Must be within 30’ of kiira for 1 hour to gain spells.
    • Speak with Animals (birds)
    • Change Self to change size +/- 25%, subtle body features, color, pattern/markings and cloths design at will, including specific practiced Changed Forms.
    • I Detect flesh within 30' 3/day - 1 turn

    • Alter Self to Animal Form form including:
      • any small to medium sized animal
      • alter Demi-Human Class form to any medium sized demi-human form
    • The number of wizard spells learned is doubled for 1st to 5th level spells.
    • Speak with Animals
    • II Comprehend Language 1/day

    • Alter Self to Familiar Class form including:
      • any tiny to small sized special familiar
      • Brownie, or similar tiny fairy being
    • III Speaks with a normal voice.

    • Pay 1 hit point a day for a non-shared set of mantle spells (defensive and utility only) with no distance limit while on the same plane.
    • IV Protection from Normal Missiles, 1/week

    • Sing in harmony with anyone bound to the kiira
    • IV Polymorph to Demi-Human Class form - 3/day 1 turn per wizard level. Includes cloths of cloth, leather and other organic materials; from plain to fancy design.

    • Intelligence 18
    • Cast offensive mantle spells on behalf of master.
    • V Improved Invisibility 1/day

    • Spell Progression and Casting Level for Wizard and Priest spells are increased by 1 level.
    • V Polymorph to Monster Class form - 3/week 1 turn per wizard level.

Magic Items

Associations

Alias

Pueo is most comfortable when having the option to fly, and will almost always choose a disguise at home in the air.

Changed Form

Pui

ground owl
Pui is a the diminutive version of pueo, an island ground owl with a 3 foot wingspan.
Move: 1, Fl 27 (D)

Snow

snowy owl
Snow is a snowy owl with speckled white feathers with a 5 foot wingspan.
Move: 1, Fl 27 (D)

Animal Form

Pōpolo

This is the form she will take when accompanying Eriyin.
magpie, huge
Pōpolo is a huge magpie with typical black coloring with a white breast, bright blue wing feathers that display during flight, deep black eyes and a blue-black beak.
Move: 1, Fl 27 (C)

Animals

While Pueo can assume the shape of nearly any creature from small to large size, she has a number of standard forms she has perfected and routinely assumes.

Mammals
Avians
Reptiles/Amphibians
  • gecko - Brown speckled scales.
  • iguana - Green 12, Cl 6
  • snake, winged 12, Fl 18 (B)
  • toad 6, Sw 9

Familiar Class

Puki

This is the form she usually assumes when she needs to do tasks better suited to hands.
brownie
Puki has milky pale skin, grey brown curly hair, a hooked nose and large hazel green eyes. She usually wears well made but simple stylish clothing crafted from soft linens, leather and suede.
Puki is industrious, quiet and cheerful. She has a soft cheerful voice when she chooses to speak. She is very attentive to everything going on around her. She is intelligent and often finds more efficient ways to organize and do her tasks.
Move: 12
booka
She has wings with small scale like feathers with patterns and colors resembling butterfly wings. She has a sharp hooked nose.
Move: 12, Fl 18 (A)
sea sprite
She has webbed hands and feet, blue grey skin and her hair takes on a course look with a green brown color. She appears to wear a short speckled brown tunic and stiff skirt, but these are actually short stiff water-repellent brown feathers. When in water she has gills on her neck. She is equally at home in fresh or salt water.
Move: 6, Sw 24

Talynn

This is the guise she will use when accompanying Chiliad into civilization, particularly high class.
elven hawk
Talynn is sleek and has blue grey plumage. She has piercing sky blue eyes. Active and alert, she keeps herself carefully groomed with never a feather out of place.
Move: 1, Fl 39 (B)

Demi-Human Class

Pualani

This is the guise she will use when she feels the need to enter buildings or locations with Demi-humans.
wood elf
Pualani is slim but muscular with long slim muscular arms and legs. She has coppery skin with a warm sheen in the sunlight. Her face is a plump oval with a prominent nose, a medium mouth with average lips and small ivory colored teeth. She has large hazel eyes with rims of copper around the outside of the irises. Her brown eyelashes ring her eyes and she has prominent brown eyebrows that turn up at the ends. She has fluffy shoulder length wavy brown hair with coppery highlights and blond streaks, with small pointy ears often hidden in the hair. She usually wears well made but simple clothing crafted from leather and suede, but can dress up when more formal attire is required.
She is very reserved, with a calm expression and pleasant demeanor, and goes about her business very quietly. She has a soft voice and is full of wisdom. She’ll often have a far-off look to her eyes when her immediate attention is not required.
Move: 12
avariel
She will sprout soft downy white wings and take the appearance of an Avariel while retaining her Wood Elf features. She is as graceful in the air as you would expect any elf to be. She is incredibly agile and capable in aerial battle, perhaps as only a bird of prey and natural born flyer can be.
Move: 9, Fl 18 (C)
aquatic elf
On rare occasions, while retaining the overall look of Pualani, her skin takes on a sea green tinge and her hair is thicker and translucent kelp green. Her hands and feet have webbing. She has several hard to see gill slits hidden behind her ears. She usually wears a short silk skirt over light green short shorts, and a bikini top with lots of colorful shells of various sizes.
Move: 9, Sw 15

Mahina

demi-hyrbrid
Mahina typically prefers this hybrid human owl form, having an owl-like face with oversized hazel eyes, a sharp beak, and ears at the top of her head, feathered wings for arms, a feathered tail and bird-like taloned feet. Most often, her appearance will resemble a snowy owl, but she can choose feather colors matching her natural ground owl plumage.
She is far more aggressive in this form, but remains silent and uses the element of surprise as often as possible. She is much more graceful and agile than this awkward hybrid form will lead opponents to expect.
Move: 9, Fl 18 (C)
Human
Mahina is slim but muscular with long slim muscular arms and legs. She has rich brown skin. She has a round face with a broad nose, small ears, a medium width mouth with full lips and cream colored teeth. Her eyes are large and deep brown with heavy eyelashes and bold dark brown eyebrows. She has long wavy black hair. She often wears a cape or cloak made of brown and golden feathers.

Monster Class

Ruk

While this form is sometimes used for combat, more often Ruk serves as a winged mount or carries large objects in her talons.
roc
Ruk has hawk like features and a 120 foot wingspan. Her plumage is dark brown which creates a foreboding silhouette against the sky.
Move: 3, Fl 30 (D)

Aowyn

hippogriff
Aowyn has the head, upper torso and forelegs of a giant bald eagle and the torso and hind legs of a horse. She has wings of golden brown feathers reaching a wingspan of 25 feet. Her beak is bright yellow with a black hook at the end. Her eyes are bright grey blue. Her wings blend into the speckled brown flank with a long flowing tail golden hair.
Move: 18, Fl 36 (C, D if mounted)
griffon
Aowyn has the head, upper torso and forelegs of a giant bald eagle and the torso and hind legs of a lioness. She has wings of golden brown feathers reaching a wingspan of 25 feet. Her beak is bright yellow with a black hook at the end. Her eyes are bright grey blue. Her wings blend into the dusky gold hind with a long tail ending in a fluff of golden hair.
Move: 12, Fl 30 (C, D if mounted)
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