Homebrew Capritus Species Details

Origins: Hailing from the mountains, they once were a smaller group of minotaurs. It took the stars aligning upon those mountains to tap the primordial earthen magic that within the stone. This changed many into what would be known as the Capritus, as well as giving them the abilities to empower their form or even change appearance. As time passed, the Capritus species thrived in societies, becoming known as the "Goats of stone", being accepted as warriors or infiltrators in many wars.

Society: They thrive under a hierarchy, where the strongest has the most authority while the weak must serve the strong. Many of the weak will serve in tasks such as cooking, making clothing, or caring for the young. Meanwhile the strong will serve as builders, warriors, and even blacksmiths. To earn your place in the ranks higher than what you have, you must win a sparring match against a capritus in a rank higher in the hierarchy than you, which you take their rank.

Appearance: Due to the abilities given to them through the earthen magic in them, they can change their form to disguise amongst humans or appear less/more intimidating. However, their natural form consists of a humanoid goat, with fur colors such as brown, grey, white, and black. They possess hooved legs, horns, and a goatlike head and eyes. Most will have visible muscle structure slightly apparent under their fur. They have humanoid-like hands to better handle weaponry. 

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Capritus Traits

These beasts of earthen force get the following traits:

Ability Score Increase

Your strength and dexterity score increases by 1.

Age

You have a lifespan of your minotaur ancestors, being a lifespan of 200 years and mature at age 17.

Size

Your height is around 5-7 feet tall, making you a medium sized creature. You weigh around 200-300 pounds

Speed

You have a walking speed of 30 feet. 

Languages

You can speak, read, and write in common, minotaur, and terran language. 

Earthen Empowerment

You were made by the primordial forces of earth, allowing it to empower you. As an action you can chose to channel the earthen magic into strength. For 1 minute, any athletics or grapple checks you make will gain a 1d4 bonus to the roll. Once used, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Horned Warrior

You have the ability to strike with your horns. As an action you can change a melee attack action into a charging ram into a creature with your horns in melee range, doing 1d6 bludgeoning + strength modifier. Additionally, if you hit the target with this attack, they are pushed 5 feet back from you. 

Body Sculptor

Your body is changeable like stone, thus you can change your appearance. You can change your appearance to that of a medium or small sized human, either being an adult or child in appearance. Regardless of your form, your goat like eyes and horns remain, making it harder to fully be disguised . Additionally, you can instead choose to form into a more bulkier form of yourself or a small sized and almost child like version of your natural appearance, possibly putting creatures off guard.