Homebrew Tabaxi (Cheetah) {V2} Species Details

 

• Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Charisma score increases by 2, your stregnth score decreases by 2. 

• Age. Cheetah Tabaxi reach sexual maturity and are of marrying age at 14. They live up to 80 years 

• Alignment. Tabaxi tend toward chaotic alignments, as they let impulse and fancy guide their decisions. They are rarely evil, with most of them driven by curiosity rather than greed or other dark impulses.

• Size. Cheetah tabaxi are a bit shorter than other Tabaxi  from 5'-6.5' on average and are relatively slender. Your size is Medium.

• Speed. Your base walking speed is 40ft

• Darkvision. You have a cat's keen senses, especially in the dark. You can see in dim light within 30 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in 60 ft of darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

• Feline Agility. Your reflexes and agility allow you to move with a burst of speed. When you move on your tum in combat, you can double your speed until the end of the tum. Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you move 0 feet on one of your turns.

• Cat's Claws. Because of your claws, you have a climbing speed of 35 feet. In addition, your claws are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal slashing damage equal to 1d4 + your dexterity modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

• Cat's Talent. You have proficiency in the Perception and Stealth skills.

• Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice. 

• Cheetah Pounce. As a bonus action, yyou can leap up to 20 feet to an unoccupied space that you can see. Should you land within 5 feet of a a creature, it does not provoke opportunity attacks. This does not count as your movement action. 

Tabaxi (Cheetah) {V2} Traits

The faster relative of the Tabaxi species. They focus more on agility than on strength. They lose out a bit on darkvision and swimming, however.

Ability score adjustments

Dexterity +2

Charisma +2

Stregnth -2

AC+1

Cheetah's Claws

You may deal slashing damage as an unarmed attack. 1d6+DEX modifier

Feline Agility

Your reflexes and agility allow you to move with a burst of speed. When you move on your turn in combat, you can double your speed until the end of the turn. Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you move 0 feet on one of your turns.

Low Light Vision

You can see in dim light within 30 feet of you as if it were bright light.  You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.
You can see into 60 feet of darkness as if it were dim light.

Feline Talent

You gain automatic proficiency in Stealth and Perception.

Cheetah Pounce

As a bonus action, you can leap up to 20 feet to an unoccupied space that you can see that is within 5 feet of a creature. This movement does not provoke opportunity attacks.