Homebrew Beast Folk Species Details

Beast folk, what and who are they? No one really knows. Did some great, ancient mage magically combine beasts and humanoids? Did a God or Goddess bless the beasts with sentience that led them to become the amazing creatures they are today. We will likely never know, but we know they are amazing. 

They come in all shapes and sizes and from all places and regions of the world, mostly favoring the lands their beast self would have favored. They will work with the people and protect the wilder lands. They are generally considered goodly folk, but like all races, some may not be as good as others.

Ability Score Increase: Increase one ability score by 2 and another one ability score by 1.
Age: Beastfolk age as humans do.
Alignment: They tend towards neutral more than evil or good.
Size: Beastfolk are small or medium.
Speed: Your basic walking speed is 30.
Languages: Beast folk begin able to read and write, Common and 1 other language of your choice and are able to speak Beastspeech. Beastspeech can only be learned by Beastfolk, and when speaking it they can communicate with animals as if they were under the effects of the spell speak with animals.
Reflective Eyes: gain Darkvision up to 60 feet.
Wild and Free: First Beast folk trait.
All Creatures Under the Sun: Second Beast folk trait.
Tooth and Claw and Beastly Ways: Third Beast folk trait.

Beast Folk Traits

Each Beast folk can choose 1 trait from each of the following lists. WILD AND FREE: High Flier, Adept Climber, Burrowing, Scaled skin, Long strider. ALL CREATURES UNDER THE SUN: Echolocation, Long-Limbed, Powerful Build, Jumper, Natural Armor. TOOTH AND CLAW AND BEASTLY WAYS: Keen Senses, Natural Weapons, Natural Talent, Kin to Beasts, Additional Ability Score Increase.

Ability Score Increase

• Ability Score Increase: Increase one ability score by 2
  and another two ability scores by 1 each. 

Languages

Languages: Beast folk begin able to read and write, Common and 1 other language of your choice and are able to speak Beastspeech. Beastspeech can only be learned by Beastfolk, and when speaking it they can communicate with animals as if they were under the effects of the spell speak with animals.

Reflective Eyes

• Reflective Eyes: gain Darkvision up to 60 feet.

Wild and Free

Wild and Free:

High Flier: The Beastfolk now has a fly speed of 30 feet. You cannot fly when you are carrying more than half of your encumbrance rating weight. While flying you can make attack rolls and ability checks at disadvantage, cannot maintain concentration on spells, and can not cast spells. 

Adept Climber: Gain proficiency in Athletics or Acrobatics. You Have a climb speed of 30.

Burrowing: While the Beastfolk has two free hands, the Beastfolk now has a burrowing speed of 30.

Scaleskin: Beastfolk gains swim speed of 30 feet and can breathe in air and water.

Longstrider: your basic walking speed is 40.

 

All Creatures Under the Sun

ALL CREATURES UNDER THE SUN: Echolocation, Long-Limbed, Powerful Build, Jumper, Natural Armor

Tooth and Claw and Beastly Ways

Tooth and Claw and Beastly Ways: Keen Senses, Natural Weapons, Natural Talent,  Kin to Beasts, Additional Ability Score Increase.

Size

Size: You can choose to be either small or medium.