Rightyho, sounds good to me mundane crossbow was what I had in mind, and dropping the magic is also fine and just changing it to empathy with animals is also good. Just wanted to know how far I could take this empathy as it was a major part of the idea in my head, can I keep the bird who signals the location of enemies for example, and should I be able to easily approach large animals and possibly have favors returned after helping them even if its more along the lines of I saved its life once, it may save mine if I'm in the same location for instance? (Rather than having it carry out a plan it wouldn't understand, animals act independently of me for the most part though I'm generally allied to them?)
Animals are less likely to attack you (unless you're hunting them or members of their pack, for instance), and you could train specific ones to the level of say peregrine falcons. So a bird that alerts you to danger is acceptable, though his ability to communicate it would be limited by his intelligence and physical ability to communicate (i.e. on the lines of squawking and flicking his head in a certain direction). I'll allow fairy-tale "returned favours" from animals (not on the level of bees building you a wax replica of a palace), but you don't start with any of those favours.
Thanks, alright then here's my finalized character draft:
Percy soared overhead, a grey parrot, typically found further south in warmer climates though Percy was an exception. His master had sent him up into the air for the hunt, eyeing the boar up Percy flies low and lets out a squawk, seconds later an iron bolt flies into the side of it's chase. The boar struggles to escape though collapses after less than a dozen paces and shortly afterwards a dog comes bounding up to the corpse, time for the parrot to return to his master.
BackgroundWhilst serving as a marksman under the rule of King Eric, Meng became severely injured in combat, this left him blind and without his right arm, the field hospital wanting him to continue service fitted the stump with a crossbow attachment before learning his eyesight was never to return.
When this was found out Meng was disbanded from the military and began wandering the wilds with his dog, Buster. On his travels he found an injured grey parrot and after bringing it back into good health trained it as a spotter bird. He has also gained a natural affinity for animals and has speculated after their vital help which occasionally comes his way that they may have souls, though he's probably wrong.
PercyA spotter parrot (modeled on the African Grey Parrot, often thought to be the most intelligent bird), when Meng gives the order "spot" Percy will fly to the target signaled and squawk, giving away their position, he'll then return to Meng for a reward and new target or sit on his crossbow where he often perches.
BusterA loyal attack dog gifted a few months before his incident in the army, they have grown close in the two years they have explored the wild together, his training includes being told to "wait" where he'll stay until his name is called, the other bit of training he's received is that any target Meng shoots, Buster will pursue its target, bringing it back, waiting by it or attacking it as appropriate.
EDIT: Aw crap I suck at wiki editing rather than create new page under the category players I edited the player category to be filled with my description... just trying to fix it at the moment.
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