The Goodfeathers

A pair of pigeons had built a nest for themselves on the ductwork above the back door at my new job. Something (or maybe someone) had dragged the nest out and destroyed the eggs within. The pigeons were understandably upset by this turn of events and took to divebombing passersby in an ultimately futile act of defiance and/or revenge.

This reminded me of this dude I used to work with. He was Obsessed with pigeons...well, maybe not Obsessed but he certainly spent a lot of time talking about them and would, on occasion, wax philosophical about them and posit that perhaps pigeons were secretly super-intelligent and only pretend to be dumb to further whatever incomprehensible yet nefarious schemes they have in motion.

And all of THAT got me to thinking about Bobby, Pesto, and Squit - the Goodfeathers and the topic of today's post.

(Bobby, Squit, and Pesto; left to right)

Pigeon (3.5e)

Neutral Tiny Animal

HD: 1/4d8 (1 hp)

Spd: 10', fly 40' (ave)

AC: 14 (+2 size, +2 Dex), t: 14, ff: 12

BAB/Grap: +0/-13

Attack: +4 melee Claws: 1d2-5

SQ: Low-Light Vision

Saves: Fort +2, Ref +4, Will +2

Str: 1, Dex: 15, Con: 10, Int: 2, Wis: 14, Cha: 6

Skill: Listen +6, Spot +6

Feats: Alertness, Weapon Finesse (b)

Environment: Any land (especially cities)

Organization: Pair, Flight (2d4), Flock (5d10)

Pigeons as familiars: Standard plus its master gains a +2 circumstance bonus to Gather Information checks after spending 24 hours in a city.

AD&D stats
AC: 7
MV: 1, Fl36 (B)
HD: 1d2 hp
THAC0: 20
#att: 1
Dmg/Att: 1
Morale: Average (8-10)

Bobby, Pesto, and Squit: as above but increase Intelligence to 3, make Pesto's alignment CN and since they have teeth, include a bite attack that deals the same damage as their claws. It could also be argued that Pesto has Barabarian Rage as a special attack as he was once able to more than hold his own in a fight with a human (the umpire) during a baseball game.

All three hold the Godpigeon (an older, fat, mumbling pigeon)  in awe and rush to do his bidding whenever he asks (even though he often asks for things simply to mess with them) and only Bobby is able to understand anything the Godpigeon says.