Homebrew Nekomata Species Details

Nekomata Traits

Nekomata have the following racial traits

• Ability Score Increase: Your Dexterity score increases by 2.
• Size: Nekomata stand between 4 and 5 1/2 ft. tall and average about 90-110 lbs. Your size is Medium.
• Alignment: Nekomata are usually Chaotic in alignment. However, a single Nekomata maybe any alignment they wish.
• Age: Nekomata mature at about the same rate as humans do but live about 150-200 years.
• Speed: Your base walking speed is 30 ft.
• Languages: You can speak, read, and write common, and one other language of your choice.
• Darkvision: You can see in dim light within 60 ft 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.
• Keen Senses: Nekomata have exceptional senses. You have proficiency in the Perception skill.
• Feline Flexibility: You have proficiency in Acrobatics, and take half of any fall damage from heights from about 20 ft.
• Feline Agility: Your reflexes and agility allow you to move with a burst of speed. When you move on your tum in combat, you can double your speed until the end of the tum. Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you move O feet on one of your turns.
• Claws: Because of your claws, you have a climbing speed of 20 ft. In addition, your claws are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal slashing damage equal to ld4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike. Hit: 2 (ld4) slashing damage.
• Catshape: At 3rd level as an action, you may polymorph into a Cat with a tail split in two. You may only use this ability once per long or short rest. Beginning at 7th level you can choose to polymorph into a Saber-toothed Tiger with a tail split in two instead.

Nekomata Traits

The Nekomatas are medium sized humanoids with cat ears, a tail that splits in two before reaching the body, and occasionally have whiskers. They are usually slender and lithe in build, and are also known to have a vast array of hair and eye color of almost any known combination.

Ability Score Increase

Your ability scores each increase by 1.

Age

Humans reach adulthood in their late teens and live less than a century.

Size

Humans 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 30 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.