Homebrew Canids Species Details

Fierce, cuning and loyal, canids come from many parts of the world in different shapes and sizes depending by their subraces. They are built to fit in many kind of environment and society, despite looking very different from one another. Many may first mistake a canids as a werewolf or magical beast, only to find a loyal and longlasting companion. A Canids will aim to avoid dissapointing those they respect above all else and most of the subraces tend to form a strong bond with groups or friends. 

• Distinct and diverse

Canids appear to have been molded by their envirornments, providing more physical diversity than other humanoid races. Unlike their animal counterpart, canids mature similarly to humans, reaching adulthood in their early teens and can live up to almost a century. Their fur can range from short and fine to long and coarse, having one or two layers. This fur can range from greyscale colors, to hues of brown, yellow, and red. A Canids can be 5 to almost 7 feet tall, weighing anywhere from 100 to 300 pounds. While most other humanoid races perceive the world surrounding them mostly through sight, canids vision of what surrounds them is equally shared between sight and a keen sense of smell. While they do see all colors, they tend to perceive better yellows and blue tones, while all the others are desaturated to a greyish tone; while their smell is more developed and they can perceive even emotions or physical/corporal peculiarities with it. 

• Variety in collectives

Canids continually drive for self-improvement and the success of their group or family, valuing skill and excellence in all they do. They hate to fail or dissapoint, pushing themselves to find success in some aspect of their lives. Other races who share strong commitments to skill and groups will find success in earning the respect of a Canids. Canids intelligence is the ability to perceive informations and retain it as knowledge for applying to solve problems, they are very aware of their surroundings and can adapt more or less easily to any kind of environment, depending by their subrace peculiarities.

• Canids peculiarities

Ability Score Increase: Increase an ability score +2 and another +1 by depending by the subrace.

Alignment: Canids tend towards lawful and neuteral alignments, as they let loyalty and morality guide thier decisions.

Subraces: Canids are divided amongst the lineages they belong to: Wolf, Sporting and Non-sporting, Hound, Working, Terrier, herding and Toy.
Wolf (like a husky, malamute, wolfdog) wisdom score is increased by 2 and constitution by 1. Sporting (labrador, golden retriever) intelligence score is increased by 2 and constitution by 1, while Non-sporting (poodle, bulldog)  wisdom score is increased by 2 and charisma by 1. Hound ( bloodhound, greyound) constitution score is increased by 2 and dexterity by 1. Working (rottweiler, boxer) strenght score is increased by 2 and constitution by 1. Terrier (jack russell, scottish terirer) wisdom is increased by 2 and dexteritiy by 1.  Herding (german shepherd, border collie) dexterity score is increased by 2 and intelligence by 1. Toy (corgi, pug) charisma score is increased by 2 and wisdom by 1.

Canids Traits

It’s hard to distinguish them from gnolls or werewolves, sometimes... not their fault! Just check if the tail wags.

Darkvision

You have a canine's keen senses, especially in the dark. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray, which gives disadvantage on perception throws based on sight.

Keen smell

As long as you use your nose on something or someone you have advantage on perception throws.

Ability Score Increase by subrace.

Subraces: Canis are divided amongst the lineages they belong to: Wolf, Sporting and Non-sporting, Hound, Working, Terrier, herding and Toy.
Wolf (like a husky, malamute, wolfdog) wisdom score is increased by 2 and constitution by 1. Sporting (labrador, golden retriever) intelligence score is increased by 2 and constitution by 1, while Non-sporting (poodle, bulldog)  wisdom score is increased by 2 and charisma by 1. Hound ( bloodhound, greyound) constitution score is increased by 2 and dexterity by 1. Working (rottweiler, boxer) strenght score is increased by 2 and constitution by 1. Terrier (jack russell, scottish terirer) wisdom is increased by 2 and dexteritiy by 1.  Herding (german shepherd, border collie) dexterity score is increased by 2 and intelligence by 1. Toy (corgi, pug) charisma score is increased by 2 and wisdom by 1.

Age

Canids have lifespans equivalent to humans.

Size

Canids are on average taller or on par with humans but can also be slightly shorter. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 35 feet.

Languages

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