Homebrew Birdfolk Species Details

Birdfolk are humanoid bird creatures that have long wings for arms and legs that end in sharp talons. They are able to walk or run on their bipedal legs but are also strong enough to take flight. Most birdfolk are not native to our desert world, but this does not mean that they are unheard of. Subraces can be chosen based on the type of bird the birdfolk resembles. Native to the dessert are Chickens, Owls, Roadrunners, Hawks, and Vultures. Any other bird creature will take after the regular race. Come up with a reason a bird native to the dessert would be here. 

Birdfolk can have feathers of many different colors and wingspans of different sizes. Their body is covered  in feathers except for their beak, eyes, and talons. They don't need to wear clothes, but they totally can. They have certain characteristics in line with regular birds such as squawking in speech. They also can live in nests and feed on bird seed, but due to their humanoid nature they don't have to. 

Birdfolk Traits

Birdfolk have many racial traits:

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2.

Talons

Your talons are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal slashing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Language

You can speak, read, and write Common and Birdfolk. 

Bird Deviation

Over time, the Birdfolk have slowly adapted to different environments resulting in many different variations of Birdfolk that developed characteristics specific for their needs.