Bird Maiden
Medium-sized Shapechanger
Hit Dice	2d8-2 (7 hp’s)	
Initiative	+0	
Speed	Landbound 30ft (Human) or 5ft (Bird form), Fly 15ft (Average)	
AC	13 (Studded Leather in human form or +3 natural in bird form)	
Attacks	By weapon +1 (melee and ranged), or Beak +1 (melee), Claw –4 (melee)	
Damage	By weapon, Claw 1, Beak 1d3	
Face/Reach	5 x 5ft/ 5ft	
Special Attacks	Spells	
Special Qualities	Spells, SR 4, DR 5/+2, Bird Form	
Saves	Fort +2, Ref +3, Will +6	
Abilities	Str 10, Dex 10, Con 8, Int 10, Wis 12, Cha 10	
Skills	Heal +5, Knowledge (Kahina) +5, Listen +7, Sense Motive +5, Spot +7	
Feats	Alertness, Iron Will	
Climate/Terrain	Tropical Mountains	
Organization	Solitary 	
Challenge Rating	1	
Treasure	Standard, plus a token that allows them to shapechange	
Alignment	Varies	
Advancement Range	By character class	

See the 2E AD&D Monstrous Manual for more information.

Combat:
Bird Maidens rarely use their bird forms when fighting, since they are largely ineffective.  Many arm themselves and fight as clerics (as most are), though they cannot wear armor heavier than hide and still use their innate spells.  

Spell Resistance: Bird Maiden spell resistance goes up 1 every level gained.

Bird Form: Bird Maidens can assume a myriad of bird forms, but cannot become a giant bird (ie. giant eagle) until level 8.  They have a token like swanmays that allows them (and only them) to assume bird form.  These tokens are always either shimmering cloth shaws or cloaks of feathers.  Only their shaws shapechange with them, so gear must be hidden away when assuming bird form.  If their token is ever destroyed, the bird maiden dies.

Spells: Bird Maidens no matter their class gain the spells of a 2nd level cleric.  If the character is of the cleric class, these spells count against the character’s total spells.

Society:
See the 2E AD&D Monstrous Manual for more information.

Characters:
Nearly all bird maidens are exclusively clerics, though some druids exist as well.  They do not worship any specific power, but instead believe in the divinity of all things.  Obviously, this leads to great variation in beliefs from one bird maiden to another.  They have access to the following domains: Plant, Protection, and Sun.