b'Bird, Read \n'b'  Small   beast ,  neutral good  \n'b'  Armor Class  12 \n'b' Hit Points  13 (3d6) \n'b' Speed  10 ft., fly 60 ft.\n'b' STATS STR: 10 (+0) DEX:  15 (+2)  CON:  12 (+1)  INT:  16 (+3)  WIS:  16 (+3)  CHA:  12 (+1)  \n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'  Saving Throws   Intelligence  +5,  Wisdom  +5 \n'b' Skills   Arcana  +5,  History  +5,  Insight  +5,  Investigation  +5,  Nature  +5,  Perception  +5,  Religion  +5 \n'b' Condition Immunities   exhaustion  \n'b' Senses  passive  Perception  15 \n'b' Languages  Common and seven other languages \n'b' Challenge  1/8 (25 XP) \n'b' SPECIAL TRAITS \n'b'\n'b'  Beast of Burden . The read  bird  is considered to be a Medium animal for the purpose of determining its carrying capacity. \n'b'  Familiar . With the GM\xe2\x80\x99s permission, the find familiar spell can summon this creature. \n'b'\n'b' ACTIONS \n'b'\n'b'  Claw .  Melee Weapon Attack : +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.  Hit : 4 (1d4 + 2) slashing damage. \n'b'\n'b' ABOUT \n'b' This  bird  has a head and bill rather like a duck\xe2\x80\x99s, a body shaped and colored like a parrot, but much larger, while its tail opens out into an enormous fan. \n'b' Read birds are highly educated talking birds who ally themselves with a humanoid for life. They are often in the royal courts of island nobility, where they can read aloud for hours at a time without growing hoarse or weary. They are seafarers at heart and with their keen wit and clever mind, make excellent travel companions and able shipmates. \n'b'  Rare Breed . Read birds are rare avians that have been bred by the Kings of Octagon Island. Read birds imprint at birth upon the first creature they say and adopt their language, but their facility for learning goes far beyond that. Each generation of kings is assigned their own read  bird , bred from a clutch of otherwise normal birds who can  mimic   human  speech but are not capable of comprehending the Common tongue. \n'b'  Counting to Eight . Read birds are quite bright, and their facility to count to eight determines the king\xe2\x80\x99s next royal  bird . Once selected, the read  bird  is exposed to various languages. Given that Octagon Island is a land of eights, it is up to the eight scholars to train the royal read  bird , each training it in a particular tongue. Read birds speak eloquently and at great length, and since they don\xe2\x80\x99t speak using a larynx like humans, they can read for hours on end. \n'b' They are also surprisingly strong for their  size , which is useful when read birds go on adventures to distant lands.'