Homebrew Dohwar Species Details

Dohwars are short, pudgy, flightless avians that look and move like penguins. Dohwars migrate from the Feywild to Wildspace, where they are typically encountered. They conduct their affairs in secrecy, preferring to meet in dark alleys and out-of-the-way places even when their business isn't illegal or dangerous. They tend to dress in a garish mishmash of clothing, but many of them also shroud themselves in hooded cloaks.

The average dohwar stands 3 feet tall and has bright plumage matching a particular color in the rainbow spectrum. This color can change at unpredictable times in the dohwar's life, often in response to the dohwar experiencing an overwhelming emotion. Instead of wings, it has arms and tiny hands.

Dohwars prefer to communicate through a form of telepathy they call merging, in which two dohwars stay in mental contact while both are telepathically linked with a third creature.

Dohwar Traits

Your dohwar character has these traits.

Ability Score Increase

Your Wisdom score increases by 2,  and your Dexterity and Charisma scores each increase by 1.

Size

Your size is Small.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 20 feet, and you have a swimming speed equal to your walking speed.

Merging

You can have a telepathic conversation with another dohwar and a third willing creature of your choice, provided all three are within 30 feet of one another.

Bite

In place of an unarmed strike, you can make a bite attack which deals 1d4 piercing damage. This attack uses your Dexterity instead of your Strength.

Psionic Spellcasting

Using your psionic power, you can cast the detect thoughts spell requiring no spell components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability. You can do this up to three times per long rest.

Bonus Proficiencies

You are proficient in Deception, Insight, and Persuasion.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Dohwar. You also have Telepathy up to 30 ft.