Homebrew Falcon Species Details
Strong and Stoic
Falcons are known for their strength and good hunting skills. Falcon society is nomadic, and they follow their prey around. They are able to fly high in the air, and when they see prey, they are known to dive down to attack them.
Appearance
Falcons have sharp teeth, tan-colored skin, yellow/orange eyes, protruding brows, and larger hooked noses. Falcons have excellent vision and night vision as well, with large round eyes. Falcons have thin lips, and their hair is brown/blonde normally, sometimes red. They are typically tall, with females averaging at about 2.05 cm(6' 9"), and males averaging about 1.70 m (5' 7"). Falcons are Dimorphous, and male falcons typically have brighter feathers, with more reds and yellows, whereas females have more browns. Their hair is wavy or curly, growing only to about shoulder length. Their hair is kept in ponytails when on duty. Their nails and talons are long and sharp.
Society
Falcon society is very Matriarchal, and also very militaristic. Strength and the ability to wield weapons such as spears, harpoons, boulders, and nets, is highly valued in their society. Women are the leaders, soldiers, and hunters, while the men are the foragers, child rearers, and those who make clothing and food. Their clothing is made of hides, furs, and bone, all gathered from their prey. They refuse to waste any part of their prey. Instead of houses, they have covered hammocks that can be hung from trees. They sleep in these hammocks and socialize with other Falcons in and around their hammocks. Often, they have large fires by the bases of the trees that they gather around. Women typically have multiple partners and nests, while men typically only have one nest, with 2-4 kids per nest. Female Falcons live up to 150, while male Falcons live up to 130. Falcon kids become adults at 20. While unable to fly, young Falcons learn to climb trees and are carried and protected by their fathers during hunts. Falcons, especially female Falcons, wear hardened leather armor with sap or bone elements. Their society is 40% women, and 60% men.
Family and Clans
A child's family is defined by who their mother is, and female Falcons with multiple male partners will travel together with their partners. Falcon clans, which consist of 5 to 30 people, are formed from extended families. Falcons identify each other by their clan names and their matrilines. When men reach adulthood, they most often part from their clans and search for a partner in another clan, taking on that clan's name in front of their own. Children do not take their father's clan name, only their mother's. Family and clan symbols are found as decorative elements in Falcon armor. From a young age, female and male Falcons are taught their respective gender-normative skills, though everyone is taught the basics of how to hunt. Ancestor cloaks are made of the feathers of a strong and powerful ancestor of the clan, often a fierce warrior, and lined with their down. Their cloaks also have many pockets for weapons and tools. They are given their cloak by their mother when they reach adulthood. Men will often band together to raise the kids communally, especially the kids with the same mother, so much so that often young Falcons are not sure who their father is, which does not matter that much to them.
Falcon Names
Falcons have multiple names. As a child, they are given a name by their father, and once they reach adulthood, the matriarch of their clan chooses their names. Women's names are longer and have more hard consonants than men's names, which are typically 1 or 2 syllables max and have softer sounds. Falcons also have the last names of their clans. Mated men take on the clan name of their mate before their own clan name, leaving them with 3 names total.
Falcon Traits
As a Falcon, you have the following racial traits.Creature Type
You are a Humanoid.
Size
You are Medium creature.
Speed
Your walking speed is 30 feet, and you have a climbing speed equal to your walking speed.
Falcon Claws
You can use your claws to make unarmed strikes. When you hit with them, the strike deals 1d6 + your Strength modifier slashing damage, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.
Hunter's Talent
Trained Eye
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 discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray. You also have advantage on Perception checks to spot things from far away.
Flying Agility
Your reflexes and agility allow you to move with a burst of speed. When you are flying on your turn in combat, you can double your speed until the end of the turn. Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you move 0 feet on one of your turns.
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