William

The mighty gryphon is a fierce and majestic mount favoured by many famous adventurers. While nobles may prefer the grace of a pegasus, the fearsome gryphon is capable of both defending and providing for itself making it an obvious choice for adventuring in the wild. As with all flying mounts however, an owner must always remember to NEVER fly them over the The Heartstone Mountains as the wyverns present in those peaks will make short work of anything in their territory!

Personality Traits

Has a knack for getting other gryphons to do its work for it

Homebrew

Black Gryphon CR: 2 (450 XP)

Large beast, chaotic neutral

Armor Class: 13 (Basic Saddle)

Hit Points: 59 ( 7d10+21 )

Speed: 30 ft , fly: 80 ft

STR

16 +3

DEX

15 +2

CON

16 +3

INT

2 -4

WIS

13 +1

CHA

12 +1

Skills: Perception +5 1d20+5

Senses: Darkvision 60 ft.

Challenge Rating: 2 (450 XP)

Keen Sight The gryphon has Advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
Twin Tactics The gryphon has Advantage on its first attack roll against a creature that its twin, the White Gryphon, took an attack action against its previous turn.

Actions

Multiattack The gryphon makes two attacks: one with its Beak and one with its Claws.

Beak Melee Weapon Attack: +5 1d20+5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d8+3 piercing damage.
Claws Melee Weapon Attack: +5 1d20+5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2d6+3 slashing damage.

Reactions

Help Me Out! When this gryphon takes damage from an attack it can use its reaction to have an allied creature move within range (up to its maximum movement) of the creature that damaged it and make an attack against it. This feature can be used a number of times equal to this gryphon's Challenge Rating per day.

Power Generation

Meat - The gryphon requires 20lbs. of fresh meat a day or 40lbs of hard tack in order to travel. These amounts are halved if the gryphon is stabled. A gryphon is able to hunt for its food without its rider. It takes the gryphon 2 hours to gather and eat its food.

Communication Tools & Systems

Whistle - Each gryphon is trained to be called by its own unique brass whistle. The range of the whistle is 10km and it will take the gryphon some time to return to its owner. Gryphons travelling in a pack have been known to distinguish the whistles that call their pack mates and respond to those as well.

Gender
Male

Manufacturer

Minders' Mounts & Tack

Owning Organization

The Three Crows Adventurer's Guild

Price

550gp

Rarity

Uncommon for most people, but a common mount for prolific adventurers

Width

3ft

Length

6ft

Height

5ft

Weight

250 lbs

Speed

80ft/round
60km/day

Complement / Crew

1

Cargo & Passenger Capacity

190lbs (in addition to the weight of the driver and a 25lbs saddle, but not the gear the driver is carrying)