Homebrew [HM] - Kachina (Halfling) Species Details

The Kachina are a diminutive tribal people. They usually wear tanned hides and leathers, and are famous for their boatmanship. The Kachina mainly occupy a large settlement, Awelo, in the Thornlands at the confluence of several rivers. Their town is built partly on the ground and partly in the trees with walkways between.

They are obsessed with their ancestor spirits and they strive at all times to act in ways that exemplify their greatest forebears, who they believe watch over them, and perform rituals and trances to seek guidance from their ancestors.

The Kachina believe that one day all their ancestors will be resurrected physically by the gods on the Last Day, and particularly revere the goddess Faenil who they consider to be their maker and mother.

They are skilled sailors and active in river trade between the Thornlands and the Southland.

Kachina culture revolves around a personal narrative of one’s predecessors, and personal shrines are ubiquitous, and cover themselves, and even their faces, in tattoos depicting the great deeds of their predecessors. They honour their ancestors by continuing the occupation or role of their father or mother.

Some younger Kachina would like to do things differently or make their own choices.

Their cultural touchstone is the Native Americans and the Maori.

 

[HM] - Kachina (Halfling) Traits

The Kachina are diminutive tribal people - known for boatmanship and ancestral culture.

Ability Score Increase

+1 Dexterity, and +1 to two other ability scores (max +2 to any one attribute), or a feat.

Skill Proficiencies

You gain proficiency in athletics, nature, and 1 skill of choice.

Other Proficiency

Other Proficiency - one of the following: a culturally relevant artisan kit (smith, leather worker, weaver, potter, carpenter, brewer, cooking, herbalist), water vehicle, a language, a gaming set or a musical instrument.

Cultural Expertise

Choose 1 expertise in 1 skill you are proficient with.

Naturally Stealthy

You can attempt to hide even when obscured only by a creature that is one or more size larger than you.