Guarded. The Leng folk has advantage on initiative rolls. Humanlike. Whenever the Leng folk makes an Intelligence check with a disguise kit to disguise itself as human, it is
considered proficient with disguise kits and adds twice its proficiency bonus to the check, instead of its normal proficiency bonus. It can attempt the check even with
improvised tools so long as something covers its hooves, tail, and horns.
Sneak Attack (1/Turn). Once per turn, the Leng folk deals an extra 3 (1d6) damage when it hits a target with a weapon attack and has advantage on the attack roll, or when the target is within 5 feet of an ally of the Leng folk that isn’t incapacitated and the Leng folk doesn’t have disadvantage on the attack roll.
Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage.
Description
The folk of the plateau of Leng are distant relatives of humanity, being the same size and shape and possessing the same basic abilities. They are individually no more formidable than a normal human, have their own culture and religions, and build villages in their homeland. There the resemblance ends, however, for the almost-humans of
Leng are morally repulsive, with dark desires and dubious inclinations.
What You See You had initially taken this creature for a human, but now that its disguise has fallen away, you see it has hooves instead of feet, furred legs, small horns, and an unsettlingly wide mouth. More than once, the denizens of Leng have fallen under the sway of moonbeasts in the Dreamlands, serving as slaves, food, and emissaries to other, more natural humanoid races (who typically would balk at dealing with
moonbeasts). They are known to have waged wars against the Leng spiders, and the two are bitter enemies.
Despite their bestial features, denizens of Leng are human enough to disguise themselves as true humans. To pass for full human, they must wear a hat, wrapping, or turban to cover their horns, and long pants and foot-coverings to hide their hooves and tails. A Leng folk thief moves alone or in small groups discretely among other humans, identifying potential slaves and gathering useful intelligence. They might also crew slaver ships.
A necromancer of Leng makes additional use of dead slaves and slain enemies, sometimes leading crews of Leng folk thieves on slave ships.
Note: This is from Sandy Peterson's Cult of Cthulu book
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