The Enlightened Beasts originated from more simple, large felines, some faster, like the leopard or jaguar. Some are stronger, like lions or tigers. However, all share the same basic facts. This being that all of these creatures generally run and move on four legs.

You have a Movement Speed of 40. Also, as a result of not having hands, you cannot use most weapons, outside of most weapons with the Finesse and/or Light properties.

A creature with darkvision can see in dim light as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light for a range of up to 60 feet. The creature cannot see color in dim light, only seeing shades of gray.

Due to the difficult origins for the Enlightened Beasts, they have become more hardened and wiser. You increase your Strength, Constitution, and Wisdom by one.

Over the years, the Enlightened Beasts have discovered a number of unique fighting styles that they can use to take advantage of their physiology. This leads to a somewhat unorthodox fighting style that can be just as deadly as a knight with a sword. They can also use other parts of their bodies for the use of magic.

You have proficiency with Daggers, Clubs, Sickles, Shortswords and Scimitars. You are able to use these weapons by holding them in your mouth. As a result, you are not able to cast most magic that requires Verbal components while wielding a weapon. Somatic components can be done through the use of tail movements and paw positioning, including drawing glyphs and symbols for some spells.

The Enlightened Beasts have long had a strength of mind like none other. This is believed to be just one of the gifts given by their god, Nanaki. This particular gift comes in the form of increased psionic strength, and the use of certain abilities similar to known magic. This power manifests as Psi Points, and you have a number of them equal to your proficiency bonus. You regain these points after taking a Long Rest.

At 1st level, you know the Mage Hand cantrip. When used with this trait, you can summon 2 spectral hands, but the effective range on them is halved,

At 2nd level, you know the Shield spell and can cast it with 1 Psi Point instead of a spell slot.

At 9th level, you know the Bigby's Hand spell and can cast it with 2 Psi Points instead of a spell slot.

You can read, speak, and write in Common and Sylvan.

Due to the variety of different cat-like species, your size can vary.

Your size is Medium or Small, which you choose upon creating a character of this race.

Being noble creatures who follow in the pawsteps of the great Nanaki, Enlightened Beasts tend to lean more towards Lawful or Good alignments. They can be both, but it is rare for someone to follow Nanaki that closely.

Members of this race will often choose their own names when old enough to speak on their own. This is due to the nature that children stay close to their mother for a lot of their young lives. Males tend to have longer names, often using the repetition of certain syllables for easy recognition. Females tend to have shorter, more melodic sounding names. As a result, this can make their names somewhat difficult to learn or pronounce.

Male Names: Nanaki, Hikiki, Nagana, Ruruku, Posasa

Female Names: Ulla, Riin, Kaasa, Wiyuu, Piiki