Beastiary - excerpt
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bydefinitionName: Griffin, Gryphon
Type: Animal
Subclass: Chimera (cat/raptor)
Origins, associated locations: World wide
Description:
Griffins usually have bird-like features along their font half, and cat-like ones towards the back, with the exception of those from Africa, who have purely cat-like bodies[1]. They all sport a pair of wings that spans twice their body length, though despite the legends, they only grow to about 2.5 feet. The coloring and patterns in their coats vary, and will reflect the area in which they live.
They are incredibly intelligent, curious and aggressive, which is likely heightened due to far-sightedness. They're extremely vocal, and have unique calls as identifiers.
They often form small groups that keep together for short periods of time unless they are are pair bonded or family units.
Powers/Abilities:
Deft flyers; achieves lift-off by jumping.
Points of contention:
It's impossible to lie around a griffin, and griffin parts can be used as a deterrent against mistruths. It's more likely that glamors don't work on them, and that it has to due with their own natural energy fields, rather than some intrinsic property. Do they eat pixies or something?
Notes:
Kind of cute, if you can ignore the vicious crazy. The babies look like fuzzballs with beaks.
1. Like the Sphinx?
Type: Animal
Subclass: Chimera (cat/raptor)
Origins, associated locations: World wide
Description:
Griffins usually have bird-like features along their font half, and cat-like ones towards the back, with the exception of those from Africa, who have purely cat-like bodies[1]. They all sport a pair of wings that spans twice their body length, though despite the legends, they only grow to about 2.5 feet. The coloring and patterns in their coats vary, and will reflect the area in which they live.
They are incredibly intelligent, curious and aggressive, which is likely heightened due to far-sightedness. They're extremely vocal, and have unique calls as identifiers.
They often form small groups that keep together for short periods of time unless they are are pair bonded or family units.
Powers/Abilities:
Deft flyers; achieves lift-off by jumping.
Points of contention:
It's impossible to lie around a griffin, and griffin parts can be used as a deterrent against mistruths. It's more likely that glamors don't work on them, and that it has to due with their own natural energy fields, rather than some intrinsic property. Do they eat pixies or something?
Notes:
Kind of cute, if you can ignore the vicious crazy. The babies look like fuzzballs with beaks.
1. Like the Sphinx?
