Homebrew Atir Species Details

A giant among others with blue skin, huge horns and a heavy, flicking tail. Three eyes that pierce your soul with both intimidation but also camaraderie. They resemble tieflings at a glance but they invite you into their lives with open arms rather than skepticism. I don't know where they came from, or how they got here. They say they're like nomads of the stars and never elaborate further. I came back to where they were camping out after a month of me leaving and there was no trace of them... they disappeared as soon as they landed. I sometimes wonder if what I experienced living among them was real at all.

— An anonymous human journalist who lived in an Atir colony for a year

Atir are an eccentric and highly advanced species inhabiting the world they landed on in small, peaceful colonies. They live among nature, never on top of it, and value every world's natural life cycle without interference. They never take more than they need and always give back to the world. Atir are a people of art, science, teaching, learning, and love and compassion.

Otherworldy Alien

Atir are highly intelligent space travelers who come from another world within the universe. They have settled on multiple planets for knowledge, trade, and to share the technology of their homeworld. They are highly in tune with nature, not disturbing or disrupting their home planet's ecosystem being a huge part of their core beliefs as a species.

Despite their humanoid proportions, they have distinct alien traits that separate them from all other races. Their third eye, horns, huge prehensile tail, and hooved digitigrade legs make them stand out in a crowd; standing at or well over 8' tall has them peering over most races heads.

Their fuzzy skin comes in a variety of blues, purples, and teals and will often have natural markings adorning their extremities or body and face. Stripes of a color darker or lighter than their skin's hue are the most common marking as it is helpful with camouflage on their home planet, but splotches, rosettes, vitiligo, countershading, and a mixture of multiple are also observed. In stark contrast to their skin, Atir almost always have off-white hair-like fur atop their heads, white eyelashes, and light-colored irises. Fur dying is common.

Highly Adapted

Each subrace of Atir are adapted strongly to certain climates. Coming from a heavily diverse ecosystem on their home planet with a much higher oxygen level than most planets, they are able to survive and thrive just about anywhere. Their skin is tough and thick, with a translucent layer of fuzzy fur that protects them from the cold and reflects the sun's hot rays of light, and their ears are large and flexible which helps them regulate temperature. On top of it all, Atir have a very strong skeletal structure protected by layers of muscle and insulating fat. Despite being an opportunistic predator on their home planet, they were far from the top of the food chain and needed to evolve to survive anything nature threw at them.

Their tails are also double as fat reserves, which not only helps them keep warm on cold nights or to wrap around their loved ones, it lets Atir go long periods of time on little to no sustenance. This is great for long years of travel through space awake or in cryosleep.

Opening The Third Eye

Every Atir species has three (or more, in case of mutation) eyes. They evolved this way due to an inability to focus their sight at will or involuntarily. So, their two primary eyes are nearsighted while the top third eye is farsighted. By having all their eyes open, they can imitate most creatures' normal vision, but their far-sighted eye can be open on its own to see extremely far distances in clear view.

Atir Names

Atir names can be easily translated into the common tongue of any planet they reside on. They often choose their own names later in life; names are just as fluid as their gender expression, they will choose their names based on something they like/a hobby they enjoy, a name they've heard and resonated with, something from a world they traveled to, or even something they've accomplished in their lives.

Masculine Names: Aspen, Art, Bailey, Fern, Laurel, Rook, Zachariah

Feminine Names: Amile, Brier, Dahlia, Eytelia, Zen

Neutral Names: Amaranth, Aster, Bernadette, Creek, Legacy, Oleander

Atir also don't traditionally have surnames but some groups will take the name of their parent plus an extra syllable to represent themselves as a surname. They will also take where they are from as a surname. And lastly, some Atir will have a title instead of a surname.

Titles: the Fruitful, the Steady, the Life-Bringer, the Future-Seer

GENEROUS AND GREGARIOUS

Atir always leave their mark on the worlds they inhabit with gifts and tales of their acomplishments. Be that of gifts of knowledge, culture, or friendship, it is hard to say no to an Atir wanting to share their love of something with you. They are quick to befriend and are great mediators as they have seen all walks of life all over the galaxy.

Atir Traits

Atir traits corolate with their high intelligence and advanced homeworld technology.

Ability Score Increase

Your Intelligence score increases by 2, and your Dexterity or Wisdom score increases by 1.

Age

Atir mature a bit faster than humans and can live on average to about 200 years old. Sixteen in human years is the equivalent of a twenty-year-old in Atir years and they will stay in their young and spry prime after turning seventeen for 100 years. They don't start actually looking "old" until they are in their 170s.

Size

Atir are much taller than most humanoids and tend to have a bulkier build. The average height for most subraces is 8' tall and they can grow up to 10'5" tall. Their tails are the same length as their body. Your size is Large.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 40 feet.

Darkvision

Thanks to your interesting evolution of specialized eyes and coming from a planet that embraces the beauty of the night, your eyes adapt quickly to darkness. 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. Your ability to discern color in darkness depends on your subrace, you are able to see desaturated colors by default.

Skill Versatility

You gain proficiency in two skills of your choice.

Mild Shapeshifting

All Atir are intersex and have the ability to change their outward and inward gender expression at any point after they reach maturity. It takes one long rest to change your sex. If it is done too frequently you will become exhausted and have disadvantage on Constitution and Strength saving throws.

Prehensile Tail

Every Atir has a tail as long as they are tall that their body uses for fat storage, and that they use as a tool for combat, climbing, carrying, or comfort. You are able to use your tail as a bonus action or reaction each turn. It can't move without you though, so your character must be in a position to use it comfortably.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Atiri, and two extra languages of your choice due to your quick ability to learn.