Homebrew Vanara Species Details

Kind Pests
Vanara are often viewed with amusement or even exasperation by mem- bers of other races, who find their personalities childish and irritating. They are curious in the extreme, frequently badgering people with questions (sometimes very personal questions), picking small items up to examine them, opening doors to see where they lead, and generally exploring places where the human sense of propriety and order would demand they not go. They also tend to be bluntly honest, never couching a negative opinion in gentle terms or hiding their true feelings about anything. At the same time, they are incredibly loyal, undeniably brave when they have to be, and genu- inely kind.

The Simple Life
The vanara revere spirits of nature - spirits of the sun, the highest moun- tains, the oldest forests, and the widest rivers. They revere these spirits with deep personal devotion, offering prayers and songs to them at least daily.
Vanara are very fond of humans, admiring them and respecting their power while laughing quietly at their conservative stodginess. They get along well with other good-aligned races as well, as long as the other race will tolerate them. They loathe evil, however, and their opinion of an entire race or kind can be soured by their experience with one wicked individual.

Vanara Names
A vanara receives a name within a week after birth, as soon as the parents observe some sign or portent that suggests an appropriate name for the child. The vanara keeps this name through life, and considers it shameful to use any other name, such as a nickname or honorific.
Male Names: Amanu, Khanu, Mindra, Rava, Thetsu, Vaki, and Vindu.

Female Names: Aki, Kiri, Ghuna, Lakshi, Sitha, Tani, and Vina.

Vanara Traits

Vanara Traits

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2 and your Intelligence score increases by 1.

Age

Vanara reach maturity around age 30, and can live to a little over 200 years old.

Alignment

Vanara are fiercely chaotic, but never evil. They show little or no respect for social mores, rules with no purpose they can understand, or codes of discipline, and hate tyranny and oppression. Their only concession to social order is their acceptance of caste systems. Their religion allows for the possibility that different divine gifts might be given to different people, although it rejects any different valuation of those gifts. Vanara, there, might respect that religion is the province of the priestly caste among humans, but do not necessarily accord that caste the respect and veneration human priests might expect.

Size

Vanara are usually 4 to 5 feet tall. Your size is medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Powerful Grip

You have a climbing speed of 30 feet.

Prehensile Tail

You can use your tail to hold objects no larger than half a cubic foot, weighing no more than 4 lbs. You cannot wield a weapon or shield with your tail. You have advantage on Dexterity (acrobatics) checks while you aren’t holding an object with your tail.

Brave

You have advantage on saving throws against spells and effects that attempt to frighten you.

Brash Honesty

You have disadvantage with Charisma (deception) and Charisma (persuasion) checks.

 

Languages

You can speak Vanera and read, speak and write Oriental.