Homebrew Swiftstride Species Details

Shifters are sometimes called the weretouched, as many believe that they are the descendants of humans and lycanthropes. They are humanoids with a bestial aspect; while they cannot fully change shape they can temporarily enhance their animalistic features – a state they call shifting. Whatever their origins, shifters have evolved into a unique race. A shifter walks on the knife’s edge between the wilds and the world around them. Do they embrace their primal instincts or the path of civilization?

• Beasthide often signifies the bear or boar: stoic, stubborn and thick-skinned.
• Longtooth shifters typically have lupine traits and prefer to run with a pack.
• Swiftstride are often predatory and feline, but a swiftstride could also be a cunning rat who darts through the shadows.
• Wildhunt shifters are born from any creature that tracks its prey.

Swiftstride Traits

Swiftstride are often predatory and feline, but a swiftstride could also be a cunning rat who darts through the shadows.

Creature Type

You are humanoid with a bestial aspect.

Size

Shifters range from 5 to almost 7 feet tall, depending on their subrace. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Age

Shifters are quick to mature both physically and emotionally, reaching young adulthood at age 10. They rarely live to be more than 70 years old.

Alignment

Shifters tend toward neutrality, being more focused on survival than concepts of good and evil. A love of personal freedom can drive shifters toward chaotic alignments.

Darkvision

You have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. 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.

Graceful

You have proficiency in the Acrobatics skill.

Swift Stride

Your walking speed increases by 5 feet.