Homebrew Bearfolk Species Details
The Bearfolk are a generally solitary race, preferring gatherings and villages of a few dozen or a hundred at most. They understand the need of strength in numbers, but most have strength to spare. They hail from mostly mountainous forests near the edges of civilization. When they are in human settlements, they are mostly there to work for coin or to trade the natural resources of their land.
Most Bearfolk adventurers have gotten bored with their simple lives and wish to add some spice to it in combat and with more coin.
Bearfolk Traits
As a Bearfolk, you have the following traits and features.Bearkin Tongue
You can speak with bears as if you were under the effects of the speak with animals spell.
Powerful Build
You are considered one size larger than you are for the purposes of determining carrying capacity and the amount you can push, drag, or lift.
Natural Weapon
Your claws can be used as a natural weapon. When you make an unarmed strike, you can choose to add your Strength or Dexterity to the attack roll. If you hit, you deal slashing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength or Dexterity modifier.
Keen Senses (Smell)
You have proficiency in the Perception skill. In addition, you gain advantage on Perception rolls that utilize smell.
Ability Score Increase
Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.
Age
Bearfolk age at about the same rate as humans.
Alignment
Bearfolk live in smaller communities or live alone in forests. They tend to not know much about human laws, but very few would knowingly harm others. Bearfolk tend to be Neutral.
Size
Bearfolk have the same size range as Goliaths. Your size is Medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Beastfolk.