Step 1: Stats

Stats are decided in the normal ways, using Point Buy, Standard Array, rolling or any other method your DM allows. Once your stats are decided you can alter them in 1 of the following ways:

• +2 to 1 stat and +1 to another
• +1 to 3 different stats.

Step 2: Race

Your race defines your biological traits. Chapter 3 contains a list of races available. You gain all traits listed by your race. Your DM may offer additional races or disallow some of the races listed.

Step 3: Level 1 Class

Classes are as normal for 5e.

Step 4: Culture

Your character is also part of a culture, which shaped them in some way. Unlike your race, your character does have some choice in how they are molded. You gain 10 + Int modifier culture points which you can spend to get cultural traits from the culture your character is from. You cannot take the same cultural trait multiple times unless otherwise noted. Your DM will tell you what cultures are available. Appendix A contains the cultures I use in my game as example cultures.

Using these culture points you can gain traits listed with your culture or you can become proficient in any skill, tool, language, weapon or armor. Your culture will prefer some of these, listed in the preference section of the culture, making them easier to learn. The costs are as follows:

Step 5: Background

Lastly your background is your characters personal story. From this you gain 50 gp to be spend on equipment as you wish. You also gain traits that equal to a power rating of 2 (meaning as strong as a single proficiency, cantrip or advantage on a rare check/saving throw). Work together with your DM to determine your background traits.

Step 6: Higher Levels

Leveling is as normal for 5e.

Races

The races of chapter 3 can easily be dragged and dropped into your world though you are of course welcome to tinker with them. For a guideline to power scores use Detect Greater Balance created by thoroughlysketchy.

Creating a new Culture

Sadly there is no perfectly mathematical way to create cultures but these are the steps I used.

Rules of Thumb for cultures

Here are some more rules of thumb to aid you for your cultures.

• Have about 3-5 cultures, you can add more later but this is enough to give your players plenty of choice at first. Alternatively ask your players where they are from and only build the mechanical portion of the cultures your player's characters are from, allowing you to involve your players in the creation process.
• Keep each culture limited to 1 page, half for fluff and half for mechanics.
• Adjust the size of your cultures to the size of your world. For example, my cultures span the entire world so most cultures are the size of a country. If the campaign for example would have been limited to a single country, the cultures might be the size of a province. This can go all the way down to a campaign consisting of a single city where the cultures are organizations in this city.

Variant: Cultures as Backgrounds

For short campaigns or for dms that find the added effort of the cultures not worth the added grounding of the player characters, you can also have your cultures function more like an expanded version of 5e backgrounds. Appendix B contains the backgrounds in the Player's Handbook written out in this way.

Alternatively you can allow players to choose one cultural culture and one background culture, keeping only the preferences of their background culture. This allows for way more character expression at character creation but does come at the cost of added complexity.

Aarakocra

From below, aarakocra look like large birds and thus are sometimes called birdfolk. Only when they roost on a branch or walk across the ground is their Humanoid nature clear. Standing upright, aarakocra are typically about 5 feet tall, and they have long, narrow legs that taper to sharp talons. Feathers cover their bodies—usually red, orange, yellow, brown, or gray. Their heads are also avian, often resembling those of parrots or eagles.

Aarakocra Traits

Type. You are a Humanoid.
Age. Aarakocra reach maturity by age 3. They usually don't live longer than 30 years.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Aarakocra are about 5 feet tall. They have thin, lightweight bodies. Your size is Medium.

Soaring Wings (Glide). (3) You have large wings that allow you to glide. When you fall and aren't incapacitated or restrained, you can subtract up to 100 feet from the fall when calculating falling damage, and you can move up to 2 feet horizontally for every 1 foot you descend. You must glide for at least 20 feet (descending 10 feet) during your turn in order to stay aloft.
Soaring Wings Improvement. (1) As an action you can flap your powerful wings to generate lift, ascending up to 20 feet. You do not need to move the 20 feet to stay aloft this turn.
Talons. (2) Your legs end in talons that you can use to make unarmed strikes. When you hit with them, the strike deals 1d6+Str slashing damage, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.
Dive Attack (Talons Improvement). (2) When you dive at least 20 feet straight at an enemy and then hit them with a Talons attack you deal an extra 2d6 damage and if the target is 1 size larger than you or smaller, it must succeed on a strength save (DC 8+Prof+Str) or be knocked prone.

Aasimar Features

Type. (-1) You are a Celestial Humanoid.
Age. Aasimar live about 50% longer than their ancestral race.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Aasimar tend to be slightly larger than their ancestral race. Your size is Medium.

Ancestral Legacy. Your bloodline has a non-aasimar ancestral race. You are considered a halfrace of aasimar and your ancestral race.
Light Bearer. (1) You can manifest a halo. As an action you create a circular light above your head that sheds bright light in a 20-foot radius and dim light for an additional 20 feet. This halo lasts until you dispel it (no action needed) or you go unconscious.
Celestial Resistance. (2) You have resistance to radiant damage.
Healing Hands. (2) As an action, you can touch a creature and cause it to regain a number of hit points equal to your level. Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.
Heavenly Radiance. (4) You can use your bonus action to unleash the divine energy within yourself, you choose one of the following ways it transforms you. Each transformation lasts for 1 minute or until you end it as a bonus action. Once you transform, you can't use this trait again until you finish a long rest.

• Radiant Soul. Your eyes start to glimmer and two luminous, incorporeal wings sprout from your back. You have a flying speed of 30 feet.
• Radiant Consumption. A searing light radiates from you, pouring out of your eyes and mouth, threatening to char you. You shed bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet, and at the end of each of your turns, each other creature within 10 feet of you takes radiant damage equal to your level divided by 2, rounded up.
• Haunting Shroud. Your eyes turn into pools of darkness and two skeletal, ghostly, flightless wings sprout from your back. A creature that starts its turn within 10 feet of you must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw (DC 8+Prof+Cha) or become frightened of you until the start of its next turn. On a success the creature is immune to your Haunting Shroud for the next 24 hours.

Bugbear Features

Type. You are a Humanoid (Goblinoid).
Age. Bugbears reach adulthood at age 16 and live up to 80 years.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Bugbears are between 6 and 8 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Low-Light Vision. (2) You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.
Long-Limbed. (6) When you make a melee attack on your turn, your reach for it is 5 feet greater than normal.

Centaur Features

Type. (-1) You are a Fey Humanoid.
Age. Centaurs mature and age at about the same rate as humans.
Speed. (6) Your base walking speed is 40 ft.
Size. (-1) Centaurs stand between 6 and 7 feet tall, with their equine bodies reaching about 4 feet at the withers. Your size is Large.

Equine Build. (-1) Any climb that requires hands and feet is especially difficult for you because of your equine legs. When you make such a climb, each foot of movement costs you 4 extra feet, instead of the normal 1 extra foot.
Hooves. (2) Your hooves are natural melee weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d6+Str, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.
Trample. (3) When you take the dash action you may run through an amount of spaces occupied by a creature smaller than you up to your proficiency bonus. Each creature whose space you enter this way must succeed on a strength saving throw (DC 8+Prof+Str) or be knocked prone and they cannot make attacks of opportunity against you this turn.

Changeling Features

Type. You are a Humanoid.
Age. Changelings mature and age at about the same rate as humans.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Changelings are build like humans, but slightly leaner. Your size is Medium.

Shapechanger. (2) As an action, you can change your appearance and your voice. You determine the specifics of the changes, including your coloration, hair length, and sex. You can also adjust your height and weight, but not so much that your size changes. You can make yourself appear as a member of another race, though none of your game statistics change. You can't duplicate the appearance of a creature you've never seen, and you must adopt a form that has the same basic arrangement of limbs that you have. Your clothing and equipment aren't changed by this trait. You stay in the new form until you use an action to revert to your true form or until you die.

Once you've used this trait you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.
Shapechanger Improvement. (3) Shapechanger recharges after a short or long rest.
Second Shapechanger Improvement. (3) You can use Shapechanger at will.

Dhampir Features

Type. You are a Humanoid.
Age. Dhampir's grow up as fast as their ancestral race but easily live 5 times as long.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Dhampir's are as tall as their ancestral race. Your size is Medium.

Ancestral Legacy. Your bloodline has a non-vampire ancestral race. You are considered a halfrace of dhampir and your ancestral race.
Low-Light Vision. (2) You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.
Darkvision (Low-Light Vision Improvement). (2) You can see in darkness within 60 feet of you as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Climbing Speed. (2) You have a climbing speed of 30 ft.
Spider Climb (Climbing Speed Improvement). (2) You can move up, down, and across vertical surfaces and upside down along ceilings, while leaving your hands free.

Dragonborn Features

Type. (-1) You are a Dragon Humanoid.
Age. Dragonborn grow up quickly, reaching adulthood at 15 and living for up to 80 years.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Dragonborn are slightly larger than humans and have more bulk, standing between 5,5 and 7 feet. Your size is Medium.

Draconic Ancestry. You have a dragon ancestor, granting you a special magical affinity. Choose one kind of dragon from the Draconic Ancestry table. This determines the damage type for your other traits, as shown in the table.
Draconic Resistance. (2) You have resistance to the damage type associated with your Draconic Ancestry.
Breath Weapon. (3) When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can replace one of your attacks with an exhalation of magical energy in a 30-foot line that is 5 feet wide or a 15 foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a Dexterity saving throw (DC 8+Prof+Con). On a failed save, the creature takes 2d10 damage of the type associated with your Draconic Ancestry. On a successful save, it takes half as much damage. This damage increases by 1d10 when you reach 5th level (3d10), 11th level (4d10), and 17th level (5d10). Once you use this trait, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.
Breath Weapon Improvement. (4) Your Breath Weapon recharges on a short or long rest.

Draconic Ancestry

Dragon Color	Dragon Type	Damage Type
Black	Chromatic	Acid
Blue	Chromatic	Lightning
Green	Chromatic	Poison
Red	Chromatic	Fire
White	Chromatic	Cold
Amethyst	Gem	Force
Crystal	Gem	Radiant
Emerald	Gem	Psychic
Sapphire	Gem	Thunder
Topaz	Gem	Necrotic
Brass	Metallic	Fire
Bronze	Metallic	Lightning
Copper	Metallic	Acid
Gold	Metallic	Fire
Silver	Metallic	Cold

Dwarf Features

Type. You are a Humanoid.
Age. Dwarves reach adulthood at 18 and live for about 350 years.
Speed. (-2) Your base walking speed is 25 ft.
Size. Dwarves are a stout race, standing between 4 and 5 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Low-Light Vision. (2) You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.
Dwarven Resilience. (2) You have advantage on saving throws against poison.
Sturdy. (2) You have advantage on checks and saving throws against being pushed back or knocked prone.
Subrace. Choose a subrace. A dwarves subrace depends on where the stone used to create them originates from. Hill dwarves are made from the weathered rock of the surface while duergar come from the magic infused stones in the deep caves.

Hill Dwarf

Dwarven Toughness. (4) Your hit point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 every time you gain a level.

Elf Traits

Type. You are a Humanoid.
Age. An elf reaches adulthood at 18, chooses it's ancestor tree at 100 and lives for up to 750 years.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Elves range from under 5 to over 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Trance. (1) Elves don't need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day.
Trance Improvement. (1) Magic can't put you to sleep.
Child of Cyndelius. (2) You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed.
Low-Light Vision. (2) You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.
Subrace. Choose a subrace, an elven subrace depends around what ancestor tree they performed their coming of age ritual, or Shadar Kai if they have not performed it.

Uanna (High)

Arcane Sense. (2) The Uanna elves are naturally in tune with magic. As an action you can determine if an object or creature you touch is magical and/or affected by any spells and you learn its school of magic, if any.

Fairy Traits

Type. (-1) You are a Fey Humanoid.
Age. Fairies slowly reach maturity at 40 years old and commonly exceed 800 years of age.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Fairies are some of the smallest sentient races, standing 2 to 3 feet tall. Your size is Small.

Fairy Flight. (3) Your wings are to small to carry your weight, but they can make you fall slower. As long as you're not incapacitated or restrained you can harmlessly fall down at 60 feet per turn.
Fairy Flight Improvement. (4) As long as your size is Tiny or smaller you have a flying speed equal to your movement speed and can hover.
Fairy Magic. (2) As an action you can call on your innate magic to decrease your size for 1 minute or until you end it as a bonus action. During this time you gain the following effects:

• Your size is Tiny.
• You have disadvantage on strength checks and saves.
• Your weapon attacks deal 1d4 less damage.

Once you've transformed you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.

Firbolg Traits

Type. (-1) You are a Fey Humanoid (Giant).
Age. As other fey, firbolgs have a long lifespan. Growing to be an adult at 30 and living up to 500.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. (-1) As a giant you are larger than most, standing between 7 and 9 feet tall. Your size is Large.

Low-Light Vision. (2) You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.
Hidden Step. (3) As a bonus action, you can magically turn invisible until the start of your next turn or until you attack, make a damage roll, or force someone to make a saving throw. Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.
Hidden Step Improvement. (3) Hidden step recharges on a short or long rest.
Dimmunition. (2) As an action you may have yourself seem up to 3 feet shorter than you are. A creature can make an Intelligence (Investigation) check (DC 8+Prof+Wis) to see through the illusion. The illusion lasts until you go unconscious or end it (no action needed).

Genasi Traits

Type. (-1) You are an Elemental Humanoid.
Age. Genasi live as long as their ancestral race.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Genasi are as tall as their ancestral race. Your size is Medium.

Ancestral Legacy. Your bloodline has a non-genasi ancestral race. You are considered a halfrace of genasi and your ancestral race.
Subrace. Choose a subrace. A genasi's subrace depends on the type of elemental that possessed them.

Water

Deepsight. (1) You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light, but only underwater. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Acid Resistance. (3) You have resistance to acid damage.
Amphibious. (1) You can breathe air and water.
Swim. (2) You have a swimming speed of 30 feet.
Control Water. (2) As an action you can move a 5 foot cube of water 5 feet or bend it into a shape or you can freeze it or thaw it if it is already frozen.

Gith Traits

Type. You are a Humanoid.
Age. Gith mature and age at about the same rate as humans.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Gith are slightly large than humans, standing between 4'11" and 7'. Your size is medium.

Telekinetic. (2) As an action you can target an object that you can see within 30 feet that weighs less than 20 lbs and take a mental hold of it until the start of your next turn. At the start of your next turn you can use your action to extend the hold for another round. As part of the same action to take or maintain your hold, you can interact with the object or move it up to 30 feet. When you lose your hold on the object, it falls.
Telekinetic Leap (Telekinetic Improvement). (1) As an action you can use your telekinetic abilties to fling yourself or an ally you can see within 30 feet. You can move the target for 30 feet, this movement does not have to be along the ground. Once you've done so you can't use this trait again until you finish a long rest.

Telekinetic Leap Improvement. (1) Telekinetic Leap recharges after a short or long rest.
Telepathic. (4) You can speak telepathically to any creature you can see, provided the creature is within 60 feet of you. You need to share a language with the creature for it to understand your telepathic utterances.

Gnome Traits

Type. You are a Humanoid.
Age. Gnomes live longer than most, becoming an adult at 40 and living up to 500 years.
Speed. (-2) Your base walking speed is 25 ft.
Size. Gnomes are a small race, even dwarfed by dwarves, standing between 2'11" and 3'7". Your size is Small.

Low-Light Vision. (2) You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.
Gnome Cunning. (2) You have advantage on all Intelligence saving throws against spells.
Gnome Cunning. (4) You have advantage on all Wisdom saving throws against spells.
Gnome Cunning. (2) You have advantage on all Charisma saving throws against spells.

Goblin Traits

Type. You are a Humanoid (Goblinoid)
Age. Goblins are some of the shortest living races, reaching adulthood at 8 and almost never making it past 60.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Goblins are between 3 and 4 feet tall. Your size is Small.

Low-Light Vision. (2) You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.
Slippery. (4) When you take the Disengage action it lasts until the start of your next turn. In addition when an enemy ends its turn within 5 feet of you during this time, you may move 5 feet away from them.
Fury of the Small. (1) When you damage a creature with an attack or a spell and the creature's size is larger than yours, you can cause the attack or spell to deal extra damage to the creature. The extra damage equals your level. Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest. Fury of the Small Improvement. (1) Fury of the Small recharges after a short or long rest.

Goliath Traits

Type. You are a Humanoid.
Age. Goliath mature and age at about the same rate as humans.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Goliaths are massive, standing between 6 and 8 feet. Your size is Medium.

Powerful Build. (1) You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.
Stone's Endurance. (3) You can focus yourself to occasionally shrug off injury. When you take damage, you can use your reaction to roll a d12. Add your Constitution modifier to the number rolled, and reduce the damage by that total. After you use this trait, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.
Stone's Endurance Improvement. (4) Stone's Endurance recharges after a short or long rest.

Grung Traits

Type. You are a Humanoid.
Age. Grungs mature to adulthood in a single year, but have been known to live up to 50 years.
Speed. (-2) Your base walking speed is 25 ft.
Size. Grungs stand between 2,5 and 3,5 feet tall. Your size is Small.

Amphibious. (1) You can breathe air and water.
Poison Resistance. (3) You have resistance to poison damage.
Poison Resistance. (2) You have advantage on saves against poison.
Poisonous Skin. (4) Any creature that grapples you or otherwise comes into direct contact with your skin must succeed on a Constitution saving throw (DC 8+Prof+Con) or become poisoned for 1 minute. A poisoned creature no longer in direct contact with you can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Hallfing Traits

Type. You are a Humanoid.
Age. A halfling reaches adulthood at the age of 20 and generally lives into the middle of their second century.
Speed. (-2) Your base walking speed is 25 ft.
Size. Halflings are between 2,5 and 3,5 feet tall. Your size is Small.

Halfling Nimbleness. (2) You can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than yours.
Halfling Nimbleness. (3) Attacks of Opportunity against you have disadvantage.
Naturally Stealthy. (5) You can attempt to hide even when you are obscured only by a creature that is at least one size larger than you and you have advantage on the stealth check when there are 3 or more of such creatures within 5 feet of you.

Harengon Traits

Type. (-1) You are a Fey Humanoid.
Age. Harengon mature and age at about the same rate as humans.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Harengon come in a large variaty of size going from 2 to 7 feet. Your size is Small or Medium.

Always Prepared. (2) You may add your proficiency bonus to initiative checks.
Lucky Footwork. (2) When you fail a Dexterity saving throw, you can use your reaction to roll a d4 and add it to the save, potentially turning the failure into a success. You can't use this reaction if you're prone or your speed is 0.
Rabbit Hop. (2) As a bonus action, you can jump a number of feet equal to five times your proficiency bonus, without provoking opportunity attacks. You can use this trait only if your speed is greater than 0. Once you use this trait, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.
Rabbit Hop Improvement. (3) Rabbit Hop recharges after a short or long rest.

Hexblood Traits

Type. (-1) You are a Fey Humanoid.
Age. Hexbloods live as long as their ancestral race.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Hexbloods are as tall as their ancestral race. Your size is Medium.

Ancestral Legacy. Your bloodline has a non-hexblood ancestral race. You are considered a halfrace of hexblood and your ancestral race.
Eerie Token. As a bonus action, you can harmlessly remove a lock of your hair, one of your nails, or one of your teeth. This token is imbued with magic until you finish a long rest. Once you create a token using this feature, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest, at which point your missing part regrows.
Eerie Token Improvement. (2) While the token is imbued with magic, as an action, you can send a telepathic message to the creature holding or carrying the token, as long as you are within 10 miles of it. The message can contain up to twenty-five words.
Eerie Token Improvement. (2) If you are within 10 miles of the token and the token is imbued with magic, you can enter a trance as an action. The trance lasts for 1 minute, but it ends early if you dismiss it (no action required) or are incapacitated. During this trance, you can see and hear from the token as if you were located where it is. While you are using your senses at the token's location, you are blinded and deafened in regard to your own surroundings. When the trance ends, the token is harmlessly destroyed.
Hex Curse. (2) Your promises of ill fortune are more potent than others. As a bonus action you may curse a creature within 60 feet that can hear you for 1 hour. Choose Attacks, Checks or Saving throws, the creature removes 1d4 from any roll it makes of the chosen kind. Once you've done so you can't use this trait again until you finish a long rest.
Hex Curse Improvement. (3) Hex Curse recharges after a short or long rest.

Hobgoblin traits

Type. You are a Humanoid (Goblinoid).
Age. Hobgoblin mature and age at about the same rate as humans.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Hobgoblins are as tall as humans, being between 5 to just over 6 feet tall.

Low-Light Vision. (2) You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.
Hobgoblin Resilience. (4) Whenever you are under an effect that allows you to make a saving throw at the end of your turn to end it, you can make that saving throw at the start of your turn instead.
Always Prepared. (2) You can add your proficiency bonus to your initiative checks.

Human Traits

Type. You are a Humanoid.
Age. Humans become an adult at 18 and live for up to a century.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Humans are between 5 and just over 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Cultural Adaptation. (5) Choose a culture other than your own. You gain 5 culture points for it. (see Chapter 1: Character Creation→Step 4: Culture)
Cultural Adaptation Improvement. (3) Choose a third culture. You gain 3 culture points for it.

Kalashtar Traits

Type. You are a Humanoid.
Age. Kalashtar live as long as their ancestral race.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Kalashtar are as tall as their ancestral race. Your size is Medium

Ancestral Legacy. Your bloodline has a non-kalashtar ancestral race. You are considered a halfrace of kalashtar and your ancestral race.
Dual Mind. (2) You have resistance to Psychic damage.
Telepathic. (4) You can speak telepathically to any creature you can see, provided the creature is within 60 feet of you. You need to share a language with the creature for it to understand your telepathic utterances.
Telepathic Improvement. (2) As an action you can establish a bond with a creature you can see within 60 feet of you. While the bond persists you no longer need to see the creature to speak telepathically to it but it still must be within 60 feet, it can speak telepathically with you and you must make concentration checks as if you were concentrating on a spell. The bond lasts until you go unconscious, lose your concentration or choose to end it (no action required).

Kenku

Type. You are a Humanoid
Age. Kenku live fast, being an adult at 12 and never making it past 60.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Kenku are slightly smaller than humans, going from 4,5 to 6 feet in size.

Expert Forgery. (1) You can duplicate other creatures' handwriting and craftwork. You have advantage on all checks made to produce duplicates of existing objects.
Mimicry. (2) You can mimic sounds you have heard, including voices. A creature that hears the sounds can tell they are imitations with a successful Wisdom (Insight) check opposed by your Charisma (Deception) check.
Flock Tactics. (4) When you use the Help action you add 1d6 to the helped roll.

Kobold Traits

Type. (-1) You are a Dragon Humanoid
Age. Kobolds grow up fast, being adult at 6 but can live a long life, living up to 120 years.
Speed. You have a base walking speed of 30 ft.
Size. Kobolds are between 2 and 3 feet. Your size is Small.

Low-Light Vision. (2) You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.
Bite. (2) Your teeth are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you can deal piercing damage equal to 1d6+Str, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.
Lesser Draconic Heritage (Bite Improvement). (2) Choose a chromatic or metallic draconic heritage (see Dragonborn). When you hit with a bite attack, you can deal 1d6 extra damage of your draconic heritage type. This damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6). Once you use this trait, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.
Lesser Draconic Heritage Improvement. (3) Lesser Draconic Heritage recharges after a short or long rest.

Leonin Traits

Type. (-1) You are a Fey Humanoid.
Age. Leonin mature and age at about the same rate as humans.
Speed. (2) Your base walking speed is 35 ft.
Size. Leonin are larger than humans, being between 6 and 7 feet. Your size is Medium.

Low-Light Vision. (2) You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.
Daunting Roar. (2) As a bonus action, you can let out an especially menacing roar. Creatures of your choice within 10 feet of you that can hear you must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw (DC 8+Prof+Con) or become frightened of you until the end of your next turn. Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.
Daunting Roar Improvement. (3) Daunting Roar recharges after a long or short rest.

Lizardfolk Traits.

Type. You are a Humanoid
Age. Lizardfolk mature at 14 and live up to 60 years.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Lizardfolk are a few inches taller than humans. Your size is Medium.

Swimming Speed. (2) You have a swimming speed of 30 feet.
Bite. (2) Your fanged maw is a natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with it, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d6+Str, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.
Hold Breath. (1) You can hold your breath for up to 15 minutes at a time.
Natural Armor. (2) You have tough, scaly skin. When you aren't wearing armor, your AC is 13 + your Dexterity modifier. You can use your natural armor to determine your AC if the armor you wear would leave you with a lower AC. A shield's benefits apply as normal while you use your natural armor.
Flexible Tail. (1) Your tail is not just for show, you can use it to perform simple object interactions like pulling levers or opening doors. It cannot perform any action that requires dexterity or fingers and it cannot hold objects.

Locathah Traits

Type. You are a Humanoid.
Age. Locathah mature to adulthood by the age of 10 but have been known to live up to 80 years.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Locathah stand between 5 and 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Swimming Speed. (2) You have a swimming speed of 30 ft.
Amphibious. (1) You can breath air and water.
Wet Skin. (-5) You need to be submerged at least once every 4 hours to avoid suffocating.
Leviathan Will. (2) You have advantage on saves against charmed.
Leviathan Will. (2) You have advantage on saves against frightened.
Leviathan Will. (2) You have advantage on saves against paralyzed.
Leviathan Will. (2) You have advantage on saves against poisoned.
Leviathan Will. (2) You have advantage on saves against stunned.

Loxodon Traits

Type. You are a Humanoid.
Age. Loxodon are an adult at 18 and live up to 450 years.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. (-1) Loxodon are large creatures, standing between 6,5 and 8 feet tall. Your size is Large.

Natural Armor. (2) You have thick, leathery skin. When you aren't wearing armor, your AC is 12 + your Constitution modifier. You can use your natural armor to determine your AC if the armor you wear would leave you with a lower AC. A shield's benefits apply as normal while you use your natural armor.
Trunk. (2) You can grasp things with your trunk, and you can use it as a snorkel. It has a reach of 5 feet, and it can lift a number of pounds equal to five times your Strength score. You can use it to do the following simple tasks: lift, drop, hold, push, or pull an object or a creature; open or close a door or a container; grapple someone; or make an unarmed strike. Your DM might allow other simple tasks to be added to that list of options. Your trunk can't wield weapons or shields or do anything that requires manual precision, such as using tools or magic items or performing the somatic components of a spell.
Keen Smell. (3) Thanks to your sensitive trunk, you have advantage on Wisdom (Perception), Wisdom (Survival), and Intelligence (Investigation) checks that involve smell.
Earth Shake. (1) As an action you can stomp the ground, making it shake. Each creature within 10 feet of you must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw (DC 8+Prof+Con) or be knocked prone. Once you done so you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.
Earth Shake Improvement. (1) Earth Shake recharges after a long or short rest.

Minotaur Traits

Type. (-1) You are a Monstrous Humanoid.
Age. Minotaurs become an adult at 17 and live up to 150 years.
Speed. Your base movement speed is 30 ft.
Size. (-1) Minotaurs are larger than humans, standing between 5,5 and 7 feet. Your size is Large.

Horns. (2) Your horns are natural melee weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d6+Str, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.
Hammering Horns. (4) Immediately after you hit a creature within 5 feet of you that is your size or smaller with a melee attack on your turn, you can use a bonus action to attempt to shove that target with your horns. Unless it succeeds on a Strength saving throw (DC 8+Prof+Str) you push it up to 10 feet away from you.
Charge. (4) If you move at least 20 feet straight toward a target and then hit it with a melee attack on the same turn, that melee attack deals an extra 2d6 damage.

Orc Traits

Type. You are a Humanoid.
Age. Orcs are tought to live short lives, most not seeing the second half of their first century.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Orcs are slightly larger than humans, standing between 5,5 and 6,5 feet. Your size is medium.

Low-Light Vision. (2) You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.
Powerful Build. (1) You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.
Relentless Endurance. (5) When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead. You can't use this feature again until you finish a long rest.

Reborn Traits

Type. You are a Humanoid.
Age. Reborn do not age.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Reborn are the same size as their born race. Your size is Medium.

Ancestral Legacy. No one is born Reborn. You are considered a half-race of Reborn and your born race.
Thick Blood. (2) You have advantage on saving throws against poison.
Restless Death. (1) You don't need to sleep. You can finish a long rest in 4 hours if you spend those hours in an inactive, motionless state, during which you retain consciousness.
Restless Death Improvement. (1) Magic can't put you to sleep.
Undead Nature. (1) You don't need to eat or drink.
Undead Nature. (1) You don't need to breath.
Already Dead. (2) You have advantage on death saving throws.

Satyr Traits

Type. (-1) You are a Fey Humanoid.
Age. Satyrs are an adult at 18 and live up to a century.
Speed. (2) Your base walking speed is 35 ft.
Size. Satyr's are as large as humans, being between 4,5 and 6 feet Your size is Medium.

Lure of enchantment. (3) As a bonus action you may sing a tune, attempting to charm a creature within 30 feet of you that can hear you. It must succeed on a wisdom saving throw (DC 8+Prof+Cha), on a fail it is subjected to 1 of the following effects (your choice):

• You move the creature up to 15 feet, but not in a way that would provoke attacks of opportunity or into hazardous terrain.
• The creature falls asleep for 1 minute or until it takes damage or another creatures uses an action to shake them awake.
• The creature is frightened of a creature or object of your choice for 1 minute, it can retry the save at the end of each of its turns.

Once you use this trait, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.
Lure of Enchantment Improvement. (4) Lure of Enchantment recharges after a long or short rest.

Shifter Traits

Type. (-1) You are a Fey Humanoid.
Age. Shifters are an adult at 10 and live up to 70 years.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Shifters are slightly smaller than humans, being between 4,5 to just under 6 feet. Your size is Medium.

Shifting. (2) As a bonus action, you can assume a more bestial appearance. This transformation lasts for 1 minute, until you die, or until you revert to your normal appearance as a bonus action. When you shift, you gain temporary hit points equal to half your level, rounded up, plus your Constitution modifier (minimum of 1 temporary hit point). You also gain additional benefits that depend on your shifter subrace, described below. Once you shift, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.
Shifting Improvement. (5) Shifting recharges after a short or long rest. If you don't have a shifter subrace this trait has a powerscore of 3.

Wildhunt

Shifting Feature. (2) While shifted no creature within 30 feet of you can make an attack roll with advantage against you, unless you're incapacitated.

Simic Hybrid Traits

Type. (-1) You are a Monstrous Humanoid.
Age. Simic hybrids age slightly faster than their ancestral race.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Simic hybrids are as large as their ancestral race. Your size is Medium.

Ancestral Legacy. Your bloodline has a non-simic hybrid ancestral race. You are considered a halfrace of simic hybrid and your ancestral race.
Animal Enchancement. (3) Your body has been altered to incorporate certain animal characteristics. Choose one of the following options:

• Glide. You have ray-like fins that you can use as wings to slow your fall or allow you to glide. When you fall and aren't incapacitated or restrained, you can subtract up to 100 feet from the fall when calculating falling damage, and you can move up to 2 feet horizontally for every 1 foot you descend. You must glide for at least 20 feet (descending 10 feet) during your turn to stay aloft.

• Nimble Climber. You have a climbing speed equal to your walking speed.

• Underwater Adaptation. You can breathe air and water, and you have a swimming speed equal to your walking speed.

Animal Enhancement Improvement. (6) Choose one of the options you didn't take for Animal Enhancement (if you do this trait has a power score of 3), or one of the following options:

• Grappling Appendage. You have two special appendages growing alongside your arms. Choose whether they're both claws or tentacles. As an action, you can use one of them to try to grapple a creature. Each one is also a natural weapon, which you can use to make an unarmed strike. If you hit with it, the target takes bludgeoning damage equal to 1d6+Str, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike. Immediately after hitting, you can try to grapple the target as a bonus action. These appendages can't precisely manipulate anything and can't wield weapons, magic items, or other specialized equipment.

• Carapace. Your skin in places is covered by a thick shell. You gain a +1 bonus to AC when you're not wearing heavy armor.

• Acid Spit. When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can replace one of your attacks with a spray of acid from glands in your mouth, targeting one creature or object you can see within 30 feet of you. The target takes 2d10 acid damage unless it succeeds on a Dexterity saving throw (DC 8+Prof+Con). This damage increases by 1d10 when you reach 5th level (3d10), 11th level (4d10) and 17th level (5d10). Once you use this trait you can't do so again until you finish a short or long rest.

Tabaxi Traits

Type. You are a Humanoid.
Age. Tabaxi are an adult at 18 and live for about a century.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Tabaxi are slightly larger than humans, standing from just below 5 to 6,5 feet. Your size is Medium.

Feline Agility. (5) Your reflexes and agility allow you to move with a burst of speed. When you move on your turn in combat, you can double your speed until the end of the turn. Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you move 0 feet on one of your turns.
Cat's Claws. (1) your claws are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal slashing damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.
Climbing Speed. (2) You have a climbing speed of 30 ft.

Tiefling Traits

Type. (-1) You are a Fiendish Humanoid.
Age. Tieflings age as fast as their ancestral race.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Tieflings are as large as their ancestral race. Your size is Medium.

Ancestral Legacy. Your bloodline has a non-tiefling ancestral race. You are considered a halfrace of tiefling and your ancestral race.
Fiendish Tongue. (1) You may have your voice boom 3 times as loud and/or talk with 2 voices at once.
Hellish Resistance. (3) You have resistance to fire damage.
Infernal Wrath. (2) As a reaction when you are damaged by a creature you can call on your infernal occupier for revenge. The creature must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw (DC 8+Prof+Cha) or take 2d10 fire damage, half on a success.

Once you used this trait you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.
Infernal Wrath Improvement. (3) Infernal Wrath recharges after a short or long rest.

Tortle Traits

Type. Your are a Humanoid.
Age. Tortles are a short lived race, becoming an adult at 15 and not seeing the second half of a century.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Tortles are about as large as humans, standing between 5 and 6,5 feet. Your size is Medium.

Shell Amor. (2) Due to your shell and the shape of your body, you are ill-suited to wearing armor. Your shell provides ample protection, however; it gives you a base AC of 14 (your Dexterity modifier doesn't affect this number). You gain no benefit from wearing armor, but if you are using a shield, you can apply the shield's bonus as normal.
Shell Armor Improvement. (3) The AC of Shell Armor is increased to 16.
Second Shell Armor Improvement. (3) The AC of Shell Armor is increased to 17.

Triton Traits

Type. You are a Humanoid.
Age. Triton are already an adult at 15 and live up to 2 centuries.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Tritons stand between 4,5 and 6 feet.

Superior Deepsight. (2) You can see in dim light within 120 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light, but only underwater. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Swimming Speed. (2) You have a swimming speed of 30 feet.
Amphibious. (1) You can breathe air and water.
Guardians of the Depths. (3) Adapted to even the most extreme ocean depths, you have resistance to cold damage.

Vedalken Traits

Type. You are a Humanoid.
Age. Vedalken age slowly, being an adult at 40 and living for 5 centuries.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Vedalken stand between 5,5 and 7 feet. Your size is Medium.

Mental Preperations. (3) When you hold an action you may choose to also hold your bonus action. When the held action is triggered, you choose if the bonus action or action occurs first.
Eureka. (2) You have moments of genius. When you make an ability check that uses a skill you are proficient in, you can roll a d6 immediately after seeing the number on the d20 and add the number on the d6 to the check. Once you use this feature, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.
Eureka Improvement. (3) Eureka recharges after a short or long rest.

Warforged Traits

Type. (-2) You are a Construct Humanoid.
Age. Warforged don't age.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Warforged heights vary wildly depending on their purpose. Your size is Small or Medium.

Living Construct. (1) You can be affected by healing spells that normally can't affect constructs.
Constructed Resilience. (2) You have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned.
Constructed Resilience Improvement. (1) You are immune to disease.
Veins of Wood. (3) You have resistance to poison damage.
Machine Metabolism. (1) You don't need to eat or drink.
Endless Breath. (1) You don't need to breath.
Sentry's Rest. (1) You don't need to sleep, when you take a long rest, you must spend at least six hours in an inactive, motionless state, rather than sleeping. In this state, you appear inert, but it doesn't render you unconscious, and you can see and hear as normal.

Yuan-Ti Traits

Type. (-1) You are a Monstrous Humanoid.
Age. Purebloods mature at the same rate as humans and have lifespans similar in length to theirs.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
Size. Purebloods match humans in average size and weight. Your size is Medium.

Low-Light Vision. (2) You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light.
Poison Resistance. (3) You have resistance against Poison damage.
Poison Resilience. (2) You have advantage on saving throws against poisons.
Venom Spray. (2) As an action you can spray venom out of your mouth against a creature within 10 feet. The creature must succeed on a Constitution Saving throw (DC 8+Prof+Cha) or take 1d12 poison damage, This damage increases by 1d12 when you reach 5th level (2d12), 11th level (3d12), and 17th level (4d12).

Blessed Ancestry (Chromatic)

Prerequisite: Chromatic Dragonborn
Your chromatic ancestry flows harder in you then most, you gain the following benefits:

• Your strength or charisma is increased by 1.
• As an action, you can channel your draconic energy to protect yourself. For 1 minute, you become immune to the damage type associated with your Chromatic Ancestry. Once you use this trait, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.

Blessed Ancestry (Gem)

Prerequisite: Gem Dragonborn
Your gem ancestry flows harder in you then most, you gain the following benefits:

• You can send telepathic messages to any creature you can see within 30 feet of you. You don't need to share a language with the creature for it to understand these messages, but it must be able to understand at least one language to comprehend them.
• You can use a bonus action to manifest spectral wings on your body. These wings last for 1 minute. For the duration, you gain a flying speed equal to your walking speed and can hover. Once you use this trait, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.

Blessed Ancestry (Metallic)

Prerequisite: Metallic Dragonborn
Your chromatic ancestry flows harder in you then most, you gain the following benefits:

• Your strength or charisma is increased by 1.
• You gain a second breath weapon. When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can replace one of your attacks with an exhalation in a 15-foot cone. Whenever you use this trait, choose one:
  • Enervating Breath. Each creature in the cone must succeed on a Constitution saving throw (Con) or become incapacitated until the start of your next turn.
  • Repulsion Breath. Each creature in the cone must succeed on a Strength saving throw (Con) or be pushed 20 feet away from you and be knocked prone.

Once you use this trait, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.

Vampiric Bite

Prerequisite: Dhampir
Your fanged bite is a natural weapon, which counts as a simple melee weapon with which you are proficient. You add your Constitution modifier, instead of your Strength modifier, to the attack and damage rolls when you attack with this bite. It deals 1d6 piercing damage on a hit. While you are missing half or more of your hit points, you have advantage on attack rolls you make with this bite.

Additionally when you hit a creature a that isn't a Construct or an Undead, you can empower yourself in one of the following ways of your choice:

• You regain hit points equal to the piercing damage dealt by the bite.
• You gain a bonus to the next ability check or attack roll you make; the bonus equals the piercing damage dealt by the bite

Once you've empowered yourself this way, you can't do so again until you finish a short or long rest.

Step of Changing Seasons

Prerequisite: Eladrin
As a bonus action you can magically teleport up to 30 feet.

An additional effect occurs depending on what season the Eladrin is currently alligned with:

• Autumn. Immediately after you teleport, up to two creatures of your choice that you can see within 10 feet of you must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by you for 1 minute, or until you or your companions deal any damage to it.
• Winter. one creature of your choice that you can see within 5 feet of you before you teleport must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or be frightened of you until the end of your next turn.
• Spring. You can touch one willing creature within 5 feet of you. That creature then teleports instead of you, appearing in an unoccupied space of your choice that you can see within 30 feet of you.
• Summer. Immediately after you teleport, each creature of your choice that you can see within 5 feet of you takes fire damage equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1 damage).

When you use this feature you can't do so again until you finish a short or long rest.

Burrows

Majority Races: Halfling

The rural community of the burrows is one of simple people and simple pleasures.

A Cavalcade of Gods

To the people in the burrows, every village, every family and every landmark has their own gods. Asking for aid and giving praise to dozens, and telling many stories about the relations between all of them. After identifying over 30.000 mentioned deities, empire archivist have given up on cataloging all of them.

Burrows Cultural Traits

Preferences

Preferred Skills: Animal Handling, Nature, Persuasion, Religion, Stealth
Preferred Tools: Carpenter's Tools, Cook's Utensils, Herbalism Kit, Musical Instrument, Potter's Tools, Woodcarver Tools
Preferred Languages: Common, Halfling, Human
Preferred Simple Weapons: Sickle, Light Hammer, Handaxe, Spear
Preferred Martial Weapons: Hand Crossbow
Preferred Armor: None

Traits

Brave. (2) You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.

Easily Dismissed. (2) Other folk don't tend to take much notice of people from the burrows. When you are in a highly trafficed area you may take the Hide action. On a success you aren't hidden but other creatures simply don’t take particular notice of you, even though they can see you. This trait does not work on observers who have already seen you perform obtrusive or notable actions.

Looking out for the Community. (2) The small communities of the burrows take care of each other. You have advantage on wisdom (Insight) checks to determine if a friend of you is charmed, frightened or hiding wounds, be they physical or mental.

Sling Mastery. (3) The burrows favor the sling as a weapon, though most simply use their belt and any ammunition they can find. You can load any item that weighs 2 lbs or less into the sling. When you hit with such makeshift ammunition you deal the normal sling damage along with any extra effects from the flung item (like setting the target on fire with alchemist fire).

Lucky Charm. (4) You have a lucky charm that gives luck to anyone you give it to. When you give this lucky charm to another creature they become lucky for 24 hours or until they give it to someone else. While a creature is lucky, if they roll a 1 on an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, they can reroll the die and must use the new roll.

The Power of Names

Names are an incredibly sacred concept to the Centauri tribes. To give another a name is to claim dominance over them, and to accept is to accept subservience. Centauri names are in the form of "name" given by "giver" (e.g. Pelos given by Eudotis). A rare few Centauri who desire freedom above all else give themselves names, though to do so is to shun the clan. Others, who leave their clan involuntarily, may change their name to reflect the reason of their absence, along with the clan or individual who forced them out, in the form "clan/person reason" (e.g. Thunderhooves Warmonger).

The Gods

The Gods of the Centauri are beings of eternal knowledge and wisdom, trying to change their opinion with prayer or offerings is a fools errand. Instead simply do and you will know when they favor you. The gods of the Centauri are aptly nameless, as to attempt to name a god is to attempt to place yourself above them, a crime worthy of death in Centauri culture.

Centauri Cultural Traits

Preferences

Preferred Skills: Athletics, Animal Handling, Intimidation, Medicine, Perception, Survival
Preferred Tools: Herbalism Kit, Leatherworker's tools, Potter's tools, Woodcarver tools
Preferred Language: Sylvan
Preferred Simple Weapons: Spear, Javelin, Greatclub, Shortbow
Preferred Martial Weapons: Greatsword, Glaive, Lance
Preferred Armor: Light

Traits

Living of the Land. (2) You know how to take care of yourself. While traveling you can acquire food and water for an amount of people up to your proficiency bonus, if enough edible plants, wildlife and water is available in the area you are traveling through.

Savage Attacks. (2) When you score a critical hit with a melee weapon attack, you can roll one of the weapon's damage dice one additional time and add it to the extra damage of the critical hit.

Favored by the Gods. (3) When an attack misses you or you succeed on a saving throw, you may see that as a sign of the Gods favor, reinvigorating you for the fight. As a reaction you regain an amount of hitpoints equal to your level. Once you do so, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.
Favored by the Gods Improvement. (4) Favored by the Gods recharges after a long or short rest.

Aggressive. (4) As a bonus action, you can move up to your movement speed toward a hostile creature you can see or hear. You must end this move closer to the enemy than you started.

Saving Face. (2) Centauri are a proud people that do not want to show weakness If you miss with an attack roll or fail an ability check or a saving throw, you can gain a bonus to the roll equal to the number of allies you can see within 30 feet of you (maximum bonus of +5). Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.
Saving Face Improvement. (3) Saving face recharges after a long or short rest.

Living in the Now

Githyanki do not tend to care much about tomorrow or yesterday. All that matters is today, if you're hungry, go raid a village. Need water, move to an oasis. What once was can never be again and what might be may never be, so just enjoy today fully and worry about tomorrow when tomorrow becomes today.

Loose Connections

Githyanki have no solid social structures. While they tend to gather in fleets, no ship leads the others. Any ship can leave the fleet at any moment and any person can swap ship at anytime. This freedom also applies to their familial bonds, partners, siblings and parents can be changed on the daily depending on how the githyanki feel that day.

Githyanki Cultural Traits

Preferences

Preferred Skills: Athletics, Acrobatics, Investigation, Intimidation, Perception, Survival
Preferred Tools: Carpenter's Tools, Navigator Tools, Land Vehicles
Preferred Language: Common, Gith
Preferred Simple Weapons: light crossbow
Preferred Martial Weapons: shortsword, longsword, greatsword
Preferred Armor: Light

Traits

Desert Adaptation. (1) You spend most of your life in the hot desert, giving you some extra resistance against the sundering heat. You have advantage on saving throws against exhaustion from heat.

Gith Sign Language. (1) You have learned the sign language of the gith. This sign language consists of exagerated arm waving, which while not exactly stealthy does allow for long range silent communication over the Gladsian dunes.

Need for Speed. (3) The exhilaration of going fast makes you less susceptible to mind altering effects. You have advantage on saves against the charmed or frightened condition if you moved 30 or more feet in your last turn.

Telekinetic. (2) You have learned how to move an object with your mind. As an action you can target an object that you can see within 30 feet that weighs less than 20 lbs and take a mental hold of it. At the start of your next turn you can use your action to maintain the hold for another turn or release it. As part of the same action to take or maintain your hold, you can move the object 30 feet.
Telekinetic Improvement. (3) You can take hold of an object that weighs less than 100 lbs but if you do so you can only move it 20 feet and you must make concentration checks as if you were concentrating on a spell. When you lose concentration, you lose your hold and the object falls.
Second Telekinetic Improvement. (3) You can take hold of an object that weighs less than 1000 lbs but if you do so you can only move it 10 feet, you must make concentration checks as if you were concentrating on a spell and your movement speed becomes 0 for as long as you are concentrating this way. When you lose concentration, you lose your hold and the object falls.

Towards a Better Tomorrow

The current fate of the Githzerai is a poor one, stuck in a harsh desert, their reputation ruined by the Githyanki. That doesn't stop them from moving on. The turmoils of today are nothing compared to the glories of tomorrow. They've spend generations replanting a desert and have actually made a few small oasis this way.

For the Next Generation

Githzerai tend to take on large projects, requiring lifetimes to complete, knowing they will most likely never see the end result or receive any benefits from it. But their children or the children of their children may, and that's enough.

Githzerai Cultural Traits

Preferences

Preferred Skills: Arcana, History, Investigation, Insight, Medicine, Nature, Persuasion
Preferred Tools: Calligrapher's Tools, Cobbler's tools, Glassblower's tools, Painter's Supplies, Potter's Tools, Musical Instrument
Preferred Language: Gith
Preferred Simple Weapons: Spear, Shortbow
Preferred Martial Weapons: Whip, Shortsword, Morningstar, Maul
Preferred Armor: None

Traits

Desert Adaptation. (1) You spend most of your life in the hot desert, giving you some extra resistance against the sundering heat. You have advantage on saving throws against exhaustion from heat.

Gith Sign Language. (1) You have learned the sign language of the gith. This sign language consists of exagerated arm waving, which while not exactly stealthy does allow for long range silent communication over the Gladsian dunes.

Inner Calm. (2) You have spend years meditating, finding inner peace. When you are under an effect that charms or frightens you that allows you to make a save at the end of your turn, you may make a save against that effect at the start of your turn as well. If you do your movement speed is 0 until the start of your next turn.

Telepathic. (4) You can speak telepathically to any creature you can see, provided the creature is within 60 feet of you. You need to share a language with the creature for it to understand your telepathic utterances.
Telepathic Improvement. (2) As an action you can establish a bond with a creature you can see within 60 feet of you. While the bond persists you no longer need to see the creature to speak telepathically to it but it still must be within 60 feet, it can speak telepathically with you and you must make concentration checks as if you were concentrating on a spell. The bond lasts until you lose concentration, create another bond or end it (no action required).
Second Telepathic Improvement. (3) When you establish a bond, you can do so with a number of creatures up to your proficiency bonus. When a creature speaks telepathically to you, all other creatures in the bond that are within 60 feet of you hear it as well.

A relic of the past.

The Gladsian culture is an ancient one, or at least that's what the gladsians believe. Surrounded by ancient relics they keep pointing at as proof of a glorious past, one lost so long ago, no one can put a date on it.

Tech beyond understanding

The gladsians use many of these ancient relics in their daily life, machines that provide heating, light etc.. While many know how to operate these machines, none now how they actually function. This means any machinery is important, on the edge of being holy. When one breaks... it is lost forever so be careful with all you have.

Gladsia Cultural Traits

Equality for All

The Human Realms value equality highly and are more than happy to spread this value, by force if needed. They tend to see themselves as a glorious savior, bringing their enlightened values to the less advanced masses with science, magic and the well-oiled Redking Empire military.

Scientia Verberat Ignorantiam

Or science trumps ignorance. The many religions all have their own stories, most of which are plainly impossible, which are used to control the population and instill inequality. Czilstrix uses it to impose a caste system, Raudiria for a matriarchy. The Human Realms believe that the progression of science and better schooling will do away with such silly ideas. While religion isn't banned anywhere, it is openly mocked.

Human Realms Cultural Traits

Preferences

Preferred skills: Sleight of Hand, Arcana, History, Investigation, Persuasion
Preferred Tools: Alchemist Supplies, Navigator Tools, Cartographer tools, Land Vehicles, Sea Vehicles
Preferred Language: Common, Human
Preferred Simple weapons: Javelin, Spear, Shortbow
Preferred Martial Weapons: Shortsword, Longsword
Preferred Armor: Medium

Traits

Arcane Teachings. (2) You learned the basics of magic. You learn a cantrip from the wizard spell list. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for it.

You can take this trait more than once, choosing a different cantrip every time.

Schooling. (2) You went to one of the many goverment elementary schools. You add 1d4 to any intelligence check to recall information.
Schooling Improvement. (2) You've had higher education, when you make an intelligence check to recall information, you add 1d6 instead.

Alchemical Formulae. (3) You have learned 1 alchemical formula. You start with 1 use and can make more using alchemist supplies over the course of a day of downtime and 25 gp of materials.

• Polycervis: The liquid in this vial constantly changes color and taste. A creature that uses it's action to drink this liquid transforms into an animal with CR 1/2 or less (your choice when you brew this), retaining their mental stats and ability to speak. The transformation lasts for 1 hour, the consumer goes unconcious or they end it early as a bonus action.
• Pulvis Ferreus: This silvery powder hardens on contact with skin, making it look like a diamond. As an action you can throw this dust on a creature within 5 feet of you. Until the dust is washed off, it's AC cannot be lower than 16.
• Ampulla Fulgur: This clouded bottle sparks with electricity inside it. You can make a ranged weapon attack with this bottle to throw it at a creature within 20 feet of you. On a hit it takes 3d6 lightning damage and they cannot take reactions until the start of their next turn.

You can take this trait more than once, choosing a different formula every time.

Acolyte

You have spent your life in the service of a temple to a specific god or pantheon of gods. You act as an intermediary between the realm of the holy and the mortal world, performing sacred rites and offering sacrifices in order to conduct worshipers into the presence of the divine. You are not necessarily a cleric—performing sacred rites is not the same thing as channeling divine power.

Were you a lesser functionary in a temple, raised from childhood to assist the priests in the sacred rites? Or were you a high priest who suddenly experienced a call to serve your god in a different way? Perhaps you were the leader of a small cult outside of any established temple structure, or even an occult group that served a fiendish master that you now deny.

Acolytes are shaped by their experience in temples or other religious communities. Their study of the history and tenets of their faith and their relationships to temples, shrines, or hierarchies affect their mannerisms and ideals. Their flaws might be some hidden hypocrisy or heretical idea, or an ideal or bond taken to an extreme.

Charlatan Traits

Variant Criminal (Spy)

Although your capabilities are not much different from those of a burglar or smuggler, you learned and practiced them in a very different context: as an espionage agent. You might have been an officially sanctioned agent of the crown, or perhaps you sold the secrets you uncovered to the highest bidder.

Criminal Traits

Variant Entertainer (Gladiator)

A gladiator is as much an entertainer as any minstrel or circus performer, trained to make the arts of combat into a spectacle the crowd can enjoy. This kind of flashy combat is your entertainer routine, though you might also have some skills as a tumbler or actor. Using your By Popular Demand feature, you can find a place to perform in any place that features combat for entertainment–perhaps a gladiatorial arena or secret pit fighting club. You can replace the musical instrument in your equipment package with an inexpensive but unusual weapon, such as a trident or net.

Entertainer Traits

Folk Hero Traits

Variant Guild Artisan (Guild Merchant)

Instead of an artisans' guild, you might belong to a guild of traders, caravan masters, or shopkeepers. You don't craft items yourself but earn a living by buying and selling the works of others (or the raw materials artisans need to practice their craft). Your guild might be a large merchant consortium (or family) with interests across the region. Perhaps you transported goods from one place to another, by ship, wagon, or caravan, or bought them from traveling traders and sold them in your own little shop. In some ways, the traveling merchant's life lends itself to adventure far more than the life of an artisan.

Guild Artisan Traits

Hermit Traits

Noble Traits

Outlander Traits

Sage Traits

Variant Sailor (Pirate)

You spent your youth under the sway of a dread pirate, a ruthless cutthroat who taught you how to survive in a world of sharks and savages. You've indulged in larceny on the high seas and sent more than one deserving soul to a briny grave. Fear and bloodshed are no strangers to you, and you've garnered a somewhat unsavory reputation in many a port town.

Sailor Traits

Soldier Traits

Urchin Traits

Adding Improvements

All abilities listed here will only list the 1/long rest variant. If you wish to be allowed to make more use of an ability you can use the following formula:
1/short rest: (2xbase)+1
ability mod/long rest: (3xbase)-1
prof/long rest: 3xbase

Aggressive (4)

As a bonus action, you can move up to your movement speed toward a hostile creature you can see or hear. You must end this move closer to the enemy than you started.

Alchemical Formulae (3)

You have learned 1 alchemical formula. You start with 1 dose and can make more using alchemist supplies over the course of a day of downtime and 25 gp of materials and can have a max number of doses equal to your proficiency bonus.

• Polycervis: The liquid in this vial constantly changes color and taste. A creature that uses it's action to drink this liquid transforms into an animal with CR 1/2 or less (your choice when you brew this), retaining their mental stats and ability to speak. The transformation lasts for 1 hour, the consumer goes unconcious or they end it early as a bonus action.
• Pulvis Ferreus: This silvery powder hardens on contact with skin, making it look like a diamond. As an action you can throw this dust on a creature within 5 feet of you. Until the dust is washed off, it's AC cannot be lower than 16.
• Ampulla Fulgur: This clouded bottle sparks with electricity inside it. You can make a ranged weapon attack with this bottle to throw it at a creature within 20 feet of you. On a hit it takes 3d6 lightning damage and they cannot take reactions until the start of their next turn.

You can take this trait more than once, choosing a different formula every time.

Animal Totems (2)

You have a wood carving of an animal, lending you its power. If you lose the totem you can fashion a new one over 1 day of downtime using Woodcarver's Tools and 5 gp of materials.

• Python: The python lies in wait, then strikes fast. Your movement speed is increased by 10 during your first turn of combat.
• Fox: The tricksy fox knows when it's being fooled. You have advantage on checks and saves against illusions.
• Mule: The stuborn mule only moves when it wishes to. Whenever you are moved you can choose to be moved 5 feet less (to a minimum of 5 feet).

You can take this trait multiple time, choosing a different totem every time.

Arcane Songs (2)

You know 1 song listed below and can start singing it as an action. While singing these songs you must make concentration checks as if you were concentrating on a spell and you must sing them at full volume, making you unable to talk or provide the verbal components of spells. When you start singing you can designate a number of creatures within 60 feet of you that can hear you as listeners up to your proficiency bonus. The song lasts for up to 10 minutes and ends early if you stop singing or drop concentration. Once you've sung a song this way you can't do so again until you finish a long rest. Choose one of the following:

• Song of Concentration: A song keeps people concentrated on their task. Listeners can add 1d4 to any skill check they make.
• Song of Travels: A relentless rhythm moves the legs. Listeners have their movement speed increased by 10.
• Song of Hidden Meanings: The lyrics of this song hide a secret message, disguised by magic. Listeners are the only one that can understand the secret message if the song is sung in a language they understand and can send their own hidden messages back to you.

You can take this trait multiple time, choosing a different song every time.

Armor training (1)

Your speed is not reduced by wearing armor.

Battlefield Medicine (4)

As an action you can quickly patch up an ally, applying some salve or stitching up a wound. An ally within 5 feet of you can spend a hit die. That ally cannot gain the benefits of Battlefield Medicine again until it finishes a long rest.

Guild Member Improvement (3)

You are not just any member of the guild, having crawled your way further up the ladder than most. You are able to set up meetings with other prominent members of the guild and with other people of high standing as a representative of your guild. The guild will also fund your funeral if needed and legal fees should you be accused of a crime. As a representative you are expected to not take any actions to lower your reputation, and by doing so the guilds. A representative with a low reputation might find their guild quickly distancing themselves.

Dark Vision (Low-Light Vision Improvement) (2)

You can see in darkness within 60 feet of you as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Pocket Space Improvement (1)

You have more of these hidden pockets on your body, allowing you to hide up to 10 lbs in them. They are not as convenient as your sleeve pockets and follow the normal rules for pulling out and stowing items.

Researcher Improvement (3)

Your studies went further then just books, giving you some practical abilities as well. You have advantage on ability checks using a stat of your choice when they are related to your subject. In case of doubt the DM decides.

You can take this improvement multiple times, choosing a different stat every time.

Schooling Improvement (2)

You've had higher education, when you make an intelligence check to recall information, you add 1d6 instead.

Telekinetic Improvement (3)

You can take hold of an object that weighs less than 100 lbs but if you do so you can only move it 20 feet and you must make concentration checks as if you were concentrating on a spell. When you lose concentration, you lose your hold and the object falls.

Second Telekinetic Improvement (3)

You can take hold of an object that weighs less than 1000 lbs but if you do so you can only move it 10 feet, you must make concentration checks as if you were concentrating on a spell and your movement speed becomes 0 for as long as you are concentrating this way. When you lose concentration, you lose your hold and the object falls.

Telepathic Improvement (2)

As an action you can establish a bond with a creature you can see within 60 feet of you. While the bond persists you no longer need to see the creature to speak telepathically to it but it still must be within 60 feet, it can speak telepathically with you and you must make concentration checks as if you were concentrating on a spell. The bond lasts until you lose concentration, create another bond or end it (no action required).

Second Telepathic Improvement (3)

When you establish a bond, you can do so with a number of creatures up to your proficiency bonus. When a creature speaks telepathically to you, all other creatures in the bond that are within 60 feet of you hear it as well.

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