Homebrew Dreamlands Cat Species Details

Cats traveling the Dreamlands run the full gamut from feral to domestic. However wild they might be, player character cats are assumed to have lived or currently live in and among humanoid communities, making them at least somewhat capable of getting along with other species and likely willing to adventure with them. Unlike other companion animals, cats almost certainly took the first step toward domestication, so it is arguable that cats actually mastered humanoids, rather than the other way around. It has certainly been a successful partnership. In return for protection, shelter, and food, cats keep down the population of rodents and other pest animals in humanoid areas, which helps ward off both disease and famine. In addition, cats provide affection, companionship, elegance, and beauty to their humanoid families—at least on their own terms. And during their languorous periods of rest, watched over by a humanoid family that has learned not to interrupt them, cats can walk the Dreamlands with enhanced mental acuity and reason. Occasionally, a cat decides that it wants to spend its waking hours as well as its sleeping hours as a fully sapient being. When this happens, it becomes what is known as a Dreamlands cat, and becomes a suitable choice for a player character. Any cat may make this decision, and it may spend just a few days as a Dreamlands cat, or remain that way for the rest of its life. Likewise, any Dreamlands cat may decide to return to its normal status of being a mundane cat. For those who know cats well, it will come as no surprise that such decisions seem to be made capriciously. Humanoids cannot tell whether a particular cat is a Dreamlands cat based purely upon outward appearances. Typically, either the cat has to inform them by its own actions, or the humanoid has to figure it out by watching the cat take on tasks that would be impossible for a normal cat of animal intellect and awareness.

Dreamlands Cat Traits

Everyone knows about cats. They’re small, sometimes-obnoxious predators that people often keep as pets or exterminators