Homebrew Centaur (Savannah) Species Details

Centaurs from the open grasslands tend to be larger and more powerfully built than their fey counterparts. They may have the body of a wild ass, zebra, water buffalo, antelope, or other African ungulate.

Centaur (Savannah) Traits

Your centaur character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase

Choose one ability score to increase by 2.

Age

Centaurs reach adulthood in their late teens and live around than a century.

Alignment

Savannah centaurs often lean towards neutral or lawful alignments.

Size

Savannah centaurs stand between 6 and 7 feet tall, resembling that of a gazelle, antelope, zebra, wild ass, wildebeest, or water buffalo. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 40 feet.

Charge

If you move at least 20ft. straight toward a target and hit with a melee attack on the same turn, the target takes an extra 1d6 damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC (8+STR modifier+proficiency bonus) Strength Saving Throw or be knocked prone. 

This damage is increased by 1d6 when you reach 5th level (2d6), 11th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6).

Hooves

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 1d4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Powerful Equine Build

Your equine body makes climbing very difficult. Climbing may cause you an additional 4 extra feet of movement (instead of the normal 1 extra foot) and/or a skill check depending on the obstacle’s difficulty. 

Additionally, small creatures may ride you with your permission and you count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push or drag.

Survivor

You have proficiency in one of the following skills of your choice: Athletics, Medicine, Nature, Perception, or Survival.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Plainspeak and one other language of your choice.

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