Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and two other ability scores of your choice increase by 1.

You can speak, read, and write Common, Aquan, and one extra language of your choice.

Aquan is a flowing, musical language that carries well underwater. When it has a written form, the Elvish script is usually used.

You can breathe air and water.

Merfolk range from 7 to 9 feet long, but their upper body is the same size as a human's. Your size is Medium.

Your base swimming speed is 40 feet. On land, your speed is 10 feet, and you are always considered prone.

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. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Merfolk tribes are self-sufficient, and they teach skilled craftsmanship from a young age. You are proficient with the tools of one of these crafts: carpenter, cartographer, cook, jeweler, leatherworker, weaver, or woodcarver.