Homebrew Bigfoot (Northern) Race Details

DESCRIPTION
Bigfoot are large, powerfully built beasts covered in hair. They possess a humanoid intellect and are not commonly seen outside their forest realm.

Hair colors reported are black, brown, auburn, cinnamon, and white. Skin shades range from dark gray to light gray and occasionally light beige to tanned-leather brown. Bigfoot have a conspicuous brow ridge with a receding forehead, giving the eyes a deep-set look. Their eyes are hard to see but have been reported to be proportionately larger and further apart than a human's eyes. The average height for the sampled population is 7’ 10, however, alpha males have been reported as tall as 9' - 10'. On average bigfoot are estimated to weigh between 500-800 pounds. 

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND BEHAVIOR
Bigfoot live in a fission-fusion social group consisting of a large community that includes all individuals that regularly associate with one another (up to a few hundred individuals) and smaller, temporary subgroups, or parties. These subgroups are unpredictable and can be highly fluid, changing members quickly or lasting a few days before rejoining the community. the average party size is between five and eight individuals.

DIET
Bigfoot are omnivores whose diet consists of nuts, leaves, berries, fruit, fish, shellfish, crayfish, insects, small rodents, squirrels, rabbits, deer, elk, boars, dire boars, black bear, bison, and domesticated farm animals such as chickens and hogs. Bigfoot hunting behavior probably evolved because of the direct benefits of a protein source in their diets, but it is more than nutritionally important; meat is socially important as well. Meat is social currency used to develop and maintain alliances between adult males; it is usually shared reciprocally and non-randomly.

HUNTING
It is during a hunt where co-operation between bigfoot within a troop is most apparent. A hunting party may trail a herd of elk, caribou or other large prey for days before making its move. Fewer than half of bigfoot on a hunt are actually involved with physically bringing down the prey. The youngest bigfoot frequently do nothing more than observe and learn from the sidelines. Each of the other troop members contributes according to its particular experience and ability. Speedy, lightly built females often take on herding roles, darting back and forth in front of prey, causing confusion and preventing escape. Slower but more powerful males are able to take down a large animal more aggressively and quickly.

HABITAT
Bigfoot tend to live in dense forests with low population density, but can live everywhere, from the stark and frozen north to the hot and swampy south. 

FAMILY
Bigfoot infants and juveniles benefit from the close relationship with their mothers in terms of food, warmth, protection, and the opportunity to learn skills. There is also some evidence that a young bigfoot achieves rank according to his or her mother's status. During the first year of life, infant bigfoot maintain almost continual contact with their mothers. Adolescent females spend some of their time moving between groups and are supported by their mothers during agonistic encounters while adolescent males spend more time with adult males in social activities such as boundary patrols and hunting parties.

THREATS
The greatest threat to most bigfoot is an elite group of trophy hunters paid by super-rich patrons to hunt rare creatures illegally. Sometimes these creatures are sold as beasts of burdens. Sometimes they're trained and forced into gladiatorial-styled combat. Sometimes they simply disappear.

Though the hunting of bigfoot is illegal, the unstable political situation and rampant corruption in many areas translates into little enforcement. Magically (and illegally) modified weapons make poaching these large, strong beings more successful than when using traditional weapons.

RELATIONS WITH OTHER RACES
Bigfoot get along well with druids. They also get along with the wood elves, dwarves, and forest gnomes who share their domain. Juvenile bigfoot can even get along with less agreeable races such as Orcs and Goblins as long as they are not bothering them or their surrounding domains. Despite their overall neutrality to most, possibly all races, those who do threaten a bigfoot will find a formidable and frightening foe.

Bigfoot (Northern) Traits

Your bigfoot character has certain traits deriving from a thousand generations of ancestry adapted to life in the wild.

Forest Camouflage

Bigfoot have an advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide in forest terrain.

Skunk Ape

You create a 10-foot-radius cloud of invisible, nauseating stench centered on your character. Any creature entering the cloud, or completely within the cloud at the start of its turn, must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or become frightened until the start of the creature’s next turn. On a successful saving throw, the creature is immune to Skunk Ape for 1 hour. The smell lasts 3 rounds. A moderate wind (at least 10 miles per hour) disperses it after 2 rounds. A strong wind (at least 20 miles per hour) disperses it after 1 round. Creatures that don’t need to breathe automatically succeed on this saving throw. 

Regression

When a Critical Hit is scored against you, you must succeed on a Wisdom Saving Throw or enter a state of Confusion.
The attacker's Strength Modifier +8 is the DC.

If you fail the Saving Throw, you cannot take reactions and must roll a d10 at the start of each of turn to determine your behavior for that turn.
At the end of each of turn, you can make a Wisdom saving throw. If you succeed, the effect ends. 

Ability Scores

Your Strength score increases by 3. Your Constitution score increases by 1. Intelligence and Charisma scores decrease by 2.

Languages

You can communicate roughly in several languages used by some forest beings including Sylvan, Common, Yeti

Age

Bigfoot mature a little faster than humans, reaching adulthood around age 14. They age noticeably faster and rarely live longer than 75 years.

Darkvision

Bigfoot hunt at night, so you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. 

Alignment

Bigfoot live in complex social groups, but the groups are unpredictable and can be highly fluid so while they're generally neutral, bigfoot can tend toward chaotic.

Size

Bigfoot are larger and bulkier than humans, and they range from 7 to 10 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 40 feet. Bigfoot have long strides. 

Natural Athlete

You have proficiency in the Athletics skill.

Powerful Build

You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.