Homebrew Golden-Mane Species Details
Golden-Mane are half lion, half human people created by magic for the purpose of being the army of their king. They are a good, proud people who wish nothing more than justice and the safety of their home.
The Lion's Pride
Golden-mane share many traits of lions, males have large manes and females do not. They tend to be much stronger than other races and are very tactical on the battlefield. In day-to-day life, golden-mane are beloved by civilians and very few dislike them, despite their unnatural creation. They are a very proud race, and know the reason for their creation and embrace it. To let down the king would be to let down their people.
The people have very strong bodies, and are more tough than most races tend to be. They have the ability to let out a terrifying roar, causing great fear in those they face in combat. With that, they also have very sharp claws and are able to climb things much more easily than most other races.
The Kingdom's Safety
To golden-mane, home is more than that. Their home is their duty to protect. In the king's kingdom, all guards and soldiers are golden-mane, and they normally wish to live down this path. Golden-mane soldiers tend to be Paladins, sworn by oath to protect all that is just. Golden-mane tend to naturally group into packs of 4-5 members. This group is inseparable, and a death is devastating. The death of a loved one or friend is considered the worst failure possible for golden-mane, and as such their funerals are immense and powerful. Most golden-mane would prefer their own death over another, and as such tend to risk their lives to save people.
Golden-Mane Names
Dragonborn have personal names given at birth, but they put their clan names first as a mark of honor. A childhood name or nickname is often used among clutchmates as a descriptive term or a term of endearment. The name might recall an event or center on a habit.
Male Names: Bidunoc, Galatos, Gales, Gomekes, Jeronen, Kaga, Koyar, Romaces, Sevot, Votedac
Female Names: Ceti, Danyra, Fidia, Hedeasa, Hyze, Jeyec, Mihefy, Nitede, Sadea, Tiatire
Childhood Names: Big-Ear, Climber, Curious, Jumper, Shield-Scratcher
Golden-Mane Traits
Your strong, proud heritage gives you determination and power.Ability Score Increase
Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1.
Age
Young golden-mane grow at a similar rate to humans, but a little slower. A golden-mane usually reaches adulthood around their early twenties and live to be about 120 years old.
Alignment
Golden-mane are always Lawful. Their heritage just simply doesn't let them really understand why they would ever want to be chaotic. The vast majority of golden-mane are also Good. Those that aren't are mostly Neutral, with the small handful of them that choose to be Evil.
Size
Golden-mane are larger than humans. Males tend to be around 6'4-6'6 and females around 6'0-6'2. Males are usually around 275 lbs and females around 225 lbs, due to their strong bones. They are Large.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet, and you have a base climbing speed of 10.
Lion's Roar
Golden-mane have the ability to let out a ferocious roar, terrifying those around them. Each creature in a 20-foot circle around you must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or drop whatever it is holding and become Frightened for up to one minute or one turn, whichever is applicable. The DC for this saving throw equals 8 + your Strength modifier + your proficiency bonus. The radius increases to 25-feet at 6th level, 30-feet at 11th level, and 35-feet at 16th level, and Frightens for two turns after the 11th level. This ability can only be used once every hour or once per combat, whichever is applicable.
While Frightened by this ability, a creature must take the Dash action and move away from you by the safest available route on each of its turns, unless there is nowhere to move. If the creature ends its turn in a location where it doesn't have line of sight to you, the creature can make a Wisdom saving throw. On a successful save, the effect ends for that creature.
Righteous Anger
When an ally of a golden-mane - whether that is a party member, a loved one, or even just a fellow soldier on the battlefield - dies in combat in their sight, the golden-mane enters into a frenzied state. While in this state the golden-mane gains a +1 bonus to all ability scores, and gets to roll additional d6 on every attack roll. At the 6th level the ability score bonus increases to +2, the 11th level it increases to +3, and at the 16th level it increases to +4. At the 6th level the bonus dice becomes a d8, at the 11th level it becomes a d10, and at the 16th level it becomes a d12. This can only happen once per combat, and lasts for that entire combat.
Thick Fur
Because of your thick lion fur, you have resistance to cold damage.
Sharp Claws
Golden-mane have sharp claws. As such, you deal 1d4 slash damage when using an unarmed strike.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Felian. Felian is the language that golden-mane created to communicate with each other, usually for political matters like talking about prisoners. Felian is rarely used over Common, even among fellow golden-mane.