Homebrew Cave Dwelling Minawii Species Details

Cave Dwellers

This type of minawii has adapted to a cave/land environment thus they have developed a keen darkvision and the ability to live cofortably on land.

Small and Practical

Most races consider minawii to be oddly cute, which gives them an advantage in confrontations or bartering.

The diminutive minawiis survive in a world full of larger creatures by avoiding notice or, barring that, avoiding offense. Standing about 4 to 5 feet tall, they appear relatively harmless and so have managed to survive for centuries in the shadow of empires and on the edges of wars and political strife. They are inclined to be stout, weighing between 80 and 120 pounds.

Minawiis’ skin typically have a pastel purple to blue tone running along their back to their tail, on top of a white base color that covers their belly, feet, hands and chin. They have brown or hazel eyes. Minawii men often have longer tails with a sharper taper, but sometimes their antennae are longer too, while minawii women have shoter tail with a duller taper and sometimes have no antennae. They like to wear simple, comfortable, and practical clothes, favoring bright colors.

Kind and Curious

Minawii are affable and cheerful. They cherish the bonds of family and friendship as well as the comforts of hearth and home, harboring few dreams of gold or glory. Even adventurers among them usually venture into the world for reasons of community, friendship, wanderlust, or curiosity. They love discovering new things, even simple things, such as an exotic food or an unfamiliar style of clothing.

Blend into the Crowd

Minawii are adept at fitting into a community of humans, dwarves, or elves, making themselves valuable and welcome. The combination of their inherent stealth and their unassuming nature helps Minawiis to avoid unwanted attention.

Minawiis work readily with others, and they are loyal to their friends, whether minawii or otherwise. They can display remarkable ferocity when their friends, families, or communities are threatened.

Minawii dont believe the positive or negative rumors that they have been told. They have more of a find out for themselves atitude.

Pastoral Pleasantries

Most minawii live in small, peaceful communities with large farms and well-kept groves. They rarely build kingdoms of their own or even hold much land beyond their quiet villages. They typically don’t recognize any sort of nobility or royalty, instead looking to family elders or teachers to guide them. Families preserve their traditional ways despite the rise and fall of empires.

Many minawii live among other races, where the Minawiis’ hard work and loyal outlook offer them abundant rewards and creature comforts.

Minawii dont have a discriminatory nature about them they tend to live in communities with mixed traits due to a odd yet common event where the offspring has a trait that nither parent has, like wings, more arms, or a different color pallet.

Exploring Opportunities

Minawii usually set out on the adventurer’s path to defend their communities, support their friends, or explore a wide and wonder-filled world. For them, adventuring is less a career than an opportunity or sometimes a necessity.

Names

A minawii has a given name, but the names dont translate well to most languages (espically common) so most try to get as close as possible or just use a nickname.

 

Cave Dwelling Minawii Traits

Your minawii character has a number of traits in common with all other minawii.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2.

Darkvision

Minawii are known to live in deep oceans and caves thus they have developed a keen darkvision

Speed

Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

Brave

You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.

Nimbleness

You can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than yours.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Halfling. The Halfling language isn’t secret, but halflings are loath to share it with others. They write very little, so they don’t have a rich body of literature. Their oral tradition, however, is very strong. Almost all halflings speak Common to converse with the people in whose lands they dwell or through which they are traveling.