Goose Martin

Small beast, Neutral Good

Armor Class 12 (natural armor)

Hit Points 13 (3d6 + 3)

Speed 0

STR 12 (+1) · DEX 13 (+1) · CON 12 (+1) · INT 8 (−1) · WIS 14 (+2) · CHA 10 (+0)

Saving Throws Con +3, Wis +4

Skills Athletics +3, Perception +4

Senses passive Perception 14

Languages Understands Common but cannot speak

Challenge 1/4 (50 XP)

Traits

Migratory Endurance. Martin has Advantage on Constitution saving throws made to avoid Exhaustion, reflecting the tremendous stamina he built migrating with the wild geese.

Actions

Wing Buffet. Melee Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d8 + 1) Bludgeoning damage.

Stout Beak. Melee Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2 (1d2 + 1) Bludgeoning damage, and the target is knocked Prone if it is Medium or smaller.

Reactions

Courageous Intercept. When an ally within 5 feet of Martin is targeted by an attack, Martin can bravely step into the fray. He swaps places with the ally, becoming the new target of the attack.

Lore

She is more than a hundred years old, and every wild goose has heard of her and considers it an honor to join her flock. She’s named for Kebnekaise, the tallest and most majestic mountain in northern Sweden, the place her birds fly to every spring in flawless formation.

Akka’s look betrays her great age. From head to tail she’s wrapped in gray feathers, and — unlike younger birds — her plumage is perfectly uniform, without a single lighter spot. The most noticeable thing about her is a damaged wing that never fully unfolds, the relic of an old injury; but the flaw is only cosmetic: it’s never kept her from covering vast distances.

From The Fairy Tale Compendium · Fern Flower Press