Homebrew Dohwar Species Details

Dohwars are short, pudgy, flightless avians that look and move like penguins. They are inveterate merchants, always looking for an opportunity to turn a profit. Dohwars conduct their dealings in secrecy, preferring to do business in dark alleys and out-of-the-way places even when the items being bought or sold aren’t illegal or dangerous. They tend to dress in a garish mishmash of clothing, but many of them also shroud themselves in hooded cloaks. A group of dohwars is called a cartel.

The average dohwar stands 3 feet tall and has bright plumage. Instead of wings, it has arms and tiny hands.

Dohwars prefer to communicate through a form of telepathy they call merging, in which two dohwars stay in mental contact while both are telepathically linked with a third creature.

Dohwars have their own pantheon of deities, made up entirely of gods of commerce and wealth. These deities include Waukeen, Abbathor, and Zilchus. By focusing on the worship of such deities, the dohwars hope to become the best merchants in the multiverse without alienating or offending any god in particular.

Dohwar Traits

As a dohwar, you have certain traits that make you vital to your cartel.

Avid Swimmer

You have a swimming speed equal to double your walking speed. This is halved if you are wearing medium armor. You cannot swim if you are wearing heavy armor.

Merging

You and another dohwar can have a telepathic conversation with a third willing creature, provided all three of you are within 30 feet of one another.

Dohwar Psionics

You can cast the spell detect thoughts with this trait an amount of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell when you cast it with this trait (choose when you select this race).

Shady Business

As a merchant of all kinds of goods, you have proficiency in the Deception, Insight, and Persuasion skills.

Creature Type

You are a Fey

Size

The average dohwar is 3 feet tall, making your size Small.

Speed

Your walking speed is 20 feet.