Homebrew Avian Species Details

 

 

Exemplars of Ambition

Avians who seek adventure are the most daring and ambitious members of a daring and ambitious race. They seek to earn glory in the eyes of their fellows by amassing power, wealth, and fame. 

 

Long before the world fell to ruin, there lived a people known as the Alatimus. The Alatimus were once the pinnacle of scientific advancement-- Being almost completely isolated, they were free to spend their days focusing on building the collective knowledge of their people instead of needing to worry about things like war or conflict. Their society prioritised intellect above all else. For many years, they stood at the top of the world's knowledge, but wound up nearly completely wiped out by plague long before the rest of the world collapsed.

They are naturally long-lived, and appear mostly as regular humans save for their pointed ears, oddly colored eyes, and-- of course-- massive wings on their backs. Where their wings were once surgically grafted onto them, they found a way to genetically alter themselves to make them naturally grown. The color of the wings is seemingly random, and has little importance. Their wings are generally narrow when fully out-stretched, and mostly designed for soaring as opposed to high-speed or precision flight. They were introduced into the genome for the sake of maximizing travel efficiency.

Avian Traits

Avians have a few less powerful abilities then other races.

Gliding

You have innate slowfalling.

Vegetarian

Avians cannot eat meat

Ability Score Increase

Your ability scores increase by 1.

Age

Avians reach adulthood in their late twenties and live a little over a century or two.

Size

Avians vary widely in height and build, from barely 5 feet to well over 6 feet tall. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 60 feet.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. Humans typically learn the languages of other peoples they deal with, including obscure dialects. They are fond of sprinkling their speech with words borrowed from other tongues: Orc curses, Elvish musical expressions, Dwarvish military phrases, and so on.