Homebrew Bovine [Beastworld] Species Details

“No fair. Yours had a head start.”
-Magnolia McGuire, to her angus friend Benny after badly losing a contest to see which of them could grow the tallest sunflower.

Bovines are born with an innate connection with the flora of the Beast World--they hear the earth and know the soil. Angus and bison beasts use this ability to turn fallow, dusty land into rolling pastures. Adventuring bulls and cows glean life-saving knowledge from “conversations” with the mosses that thrive in the Dungeon. They live anywhere with wide open spaces, but anguses are most common in Allemance and most bison dwell in the deserts of the Beylik.

Bovines are ill-suited for many of a crew's needs. They aren't naturally equipped to spot monsters moving in shadows or untangle finer mechanical puzzles. If a crew requires someone to squeeze into a tight crevasse, it's best to call on a nimbler species.

However, if they need the unshakable fortitude of a battering ram on legs, bovines offer this and more. Unlike an equine's powerful legs, bovine power is in their arms. An angus can throw their weight into a fight harder than anyone, and the bison physique is suited to wield their enormous weapons. Woe be unto an unlucky drunk in a barfight with a bull.

Bovine [Beastworld] Traits

Creature Type

Creature Type

You are a humanoid.

Speed

Your walking Speed is 30 feet.

March on Hooves

You have advantage on saving throws you make to avoid suffering exhaustion from a forced march.

Powerful Build

You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift

Head Down, Feet Forward

 If you move at least 10 feet in a straight line toward a creature as part of your turn, your first melee attack against that creature is made with advantage. If this attack scores a critical hit, you can roll one of the weapon's damage dice one additional time and add it to the extra damage of the critical hit.

Root Connected

As an action, you can touch a plant to communicate with it for 1 minute. You can ask about events within the past day that happened in a 30-foot radius around the plant, or as far as its roots reach underground (whichever is farther).

A plant knows how many Small or larger creatures traveled through the area, and can also describe anything that disturbed its home soil. It can provide a rudimentary visual description of things within range. For example, it knows the color of clothing and the species of a creature, but can't distinguish individuals.You can also determine whether the plant is having difficulty growing, and why.