Homebrew Filolial Royal Species Details

Filolial are a race of large flightless birds. Filolial royal, however, possesse a heightened intellect and are able to transform between a humanoid and bestial form at will. All types of filolial possess an inherited hatred for dragons, violently attacking any they come across.

Filolial Royal Traits

Filolial are a race of large flightless birds. Filolial royal, however, possesse a heightened intellect and are able to transform between a humanoid and bestial form at will. All types of filolial possess an inherited hatred for dragons, violently attacking any they come across.

Ability Score Increase

Your Wisdom score increases by 2, and your Strength score increases by 1

Age

Filolial royal age quickly, taking only 3 months to completely mature. They live to be around 400 years old.

Alignment

A filolial royal's alignment varies depending on the creatures that raised it. In the care of other filolial, they may be neutral, while goodness can influence one cared for by a hero.

Apperance

Filolial royal's are large birds with puffy soft feathers. Within their hybrid form, they mostly resemble young slender humans with wings on their backs.

Beast

Your creature type is beast, rather than humanoid. You can speak, read, and write common. You can also communicate with other filolial.

Dragon Sense

You always know if any creature you can see within 60 feet of you is a dragon.

Fluffy Tail

Your feathers are able to slow and cushion falls. You can reduce any fall damage you take by 10.

Shapeshift

As an action, you can shapeshift between a filolial and hybrid form at will. Your shapeshifting with this feature cannot be dispelled, nor do you revert to your filolial form after dropping to 0 hit points.

While in hybrid form, your size is medium and your speed is 30 feet. you possess a pair of small feathered wings on your back and a mostly human appearance.

While in filolial form, your size is large and your speed is 40 feet. Additionally, your talons are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal slashing damage equal to 1d8 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

When shapeshifting, you choose whether your equipment falls to the ground in your space, merges into your new form, or is worn by it. Worn equipment functions as normal, but the DM decides whether it is practical for the form to wear a piece of equipment, based on the anatomy.

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