Homebrew Tabaxi (Pantherine) Species Details

Unlike your wilder cousins prowling distant jungles, Pantherine Tabaxi have kept to themselves and as such removed themselves of many feral instincts the usual Tabaxi hold, choosing instead to attempt assimilation with urban society while not fully "domesticating" themselves. Your sleek black coat goes to match with your stealthy, natural curiosity. You still carry the lithe build and keen night vision of a panther, but your claws are more often put to work carving intricate woodwork or strumming delicate strings than tearing through jungle or even prey.

Many pantherine Tabaxi weave themselves tightly into city life, forming close-knit clans of artisans, scholars, and occasional scavengers who delight in uncovering forgotten trinkets in market stalls. Though you’ve embraced roofs and cobblestones over treetops and vines, a spark of wanderlust lingers—enough to send a few of your kind on gentle adventures, seeking out new prospects beyond civilization, where your other Tabaxi brethren roam. At heart, you remain a creature of refined curiosity, prowling civilization’s hidden corners with the same patient watchfulness that once guided your forebears through the jungle night.

• Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity increases by 2, and your charisma increases by 1.
• Age. Equivalent to humans.
• Alignment. Tend toward chaotic alignments.
• Size. taller than humans, slender, yet still holding muscle. Your size is Medium
• Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
• Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice.

Your Pantherine natural provides you the benefit of your ancestors.

Darkvision

You have a feline hunters keen senses in the darkness. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you.

Feline Agility

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.

Cat's Talent

You have proficiency in the Perception and Stealth skills.

 

Pantherine Claws

Due to your claws, you have a climbing speed of 20 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 Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.