Homebrew Lupine Species Details

Lupines are a humanoid wolf race, bearing their ears, tail, and fangs. They're a very freedom-loving people that are close to their primal side while still overall maintaining a civilized culture. These beings can be rowdy but are usually good-natured unless you hurt their family members and pack.

Physical Description

Lupines are tall humanoids who possess a supple and lean body. They walk with simple grace, easy and fluid in most cases. The males of the race are usually larger and more muscled than the females, although they still tend to be lean. Their fur can be a multitude of colors, from white to black, though brown with shades of blonde and red in the fur are more common. Lupines' eyes range in color from gold to orange, and may even be green. They are blue at birth, changing color at around eight weeks of age.

History

Lupines as a race don't really have knowledge as to how they came to be. What is known about them is their love for connections with other people, mostly their families. The earliest know stories have always either had them as nomads or beings who lived in the forest. Many of them were thought to be bad, especially regarding the fact that they were first thought to have Lycanthropy and some people did try to kill them. Over the years though, they have become more stable and safe. With their knowledge, they were often invited to join wandering parties with people trying to be heroes, or even just walking off on their own to explore the world and lead their own lives.

Society

Lupines are an open, fun and caring race, although they are also serious when it is needed. They do show similar hierarchy to that of an actual pack, with alphas and omegas. They have their own rules and such for safety purposes but they tend to go well with any standard of living. When meeting people they tend to be easy and friendly unless they are either proven to be bad or they have a feeling about the person that does not sit well. They usually prefer to pay attention to only one person at a time, but they can pay attention to multiple, switching eyes from each of them to another as they are spoken to. Some etiquette in dealing with lupines is to never touch their tails, since that is a personal thing for the lupines, and reserved for family members and close friends.

Lupine Names

Lupines tend to name their kids after human names or other random ideas they get.

Male: Honduras, Tiber, Helonway, Kite, Yato, Viridian, Echo, Orion, Arthur, Haku

Female: Dex, Wanika, Heidi, Erika, Yona, Vermillion, Song, Riley, Rin, Artemis

Lupine Traits

Ability Score Increase

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity or Strength score increases by 2 and your Constitution increases by 1.

Age

Lupines mature a little slower than humans, going into their teens at around 16-19, and fully maturing at 25. They can live up to about 120 years and can stay quite active into old age.

Alignment

Lupines, living in harmony with nature, have little regard for rules, and so are less likely to be of lawful tendencies and more towards neutral and chaotic. More are good than evil, but quite a few evil-aligned lupines can be found among them.

Size

Lupines are taller than the average human. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

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 cannot discern colors in darkness, only shades of gray.

Heightened Senses

You gain advantage on Perception checks that rely on hearing.

Wild Connection

Because of instincts and living among the wilds, lupines have proficiency in Survival.

Beast Ancestry

You're able to communicate simple ideas, information, and requests to wolves and similar beasts (Dire Wolves, Winter Wolves, wolves, etc. the DM determines if a beast is a wolf or not).

Natural Weapons

Your claws are natural weapons in which you are proficient with. As an action, you can make a melee attack with your claws. On a hit, you deal 1d4 + your Strength or Dexterity modifier slashing damage.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Elvish.