Homebrew Avarai Species Details
The Avarai are a people of the open air, their lives shaped by wind currents, vast horizons, and the unspoken language of the sky. Neither beasts nor simple birdfolk, they are a fully realized culture whose physiology allows them to move freely above the ground while remaining deeply connected to the lands below.
Their bodies are light and efficient, built for balance and controlled motion rather than raw power. Feathers, wings, and keen eyes define their silhouettes, though coloration and form vary widely between lineages and regions. Many Avarai possess strong legs and narrow frames, allowing them to land, leap, and take flight with practiced ease.
Avarai society values awareness above aggression. From an early age, they are taught to read weather patterns, track movement across vast distances, and recognize danger long before it arrives. This mindset fosters caution rather than cowardice, and decisiveness rather than recklessness. While capable combatants, Avarai prefer mobility and positioning to direct confrontation.
To ground-bound peoples, Avarai are often seen as aloof or distant, but this perception stems from their perspective rather than arrogance. They see the world not as borders and walls, but as currents, paths, and open space. Freedom of movement is sacred to them, and anything that restricts it—heavy armor, rigid hierarchy, confinement—is viewed with deep discomfort.
Whether soaring above battlefields, scouting distant lands, or navigating treacherous cliffs, the Avarai embody a simple truth: the sky is not a place to conquer, but a place to belong.
Avarai Traits
Avarai possess traits born of avian physiology and skybound living, granting flight, heightened awareness, and unmatched mobility in open terrain.Ability Score Increases
Increase your Dexterity score by 2, and increase one other ability score of your choice by 1.
Creature Type
You are a Humanoid.
Size
Avarai vary in stature depending on lineage and nesting culture.
Small Avarai typically stand between 3½ and 4½ feet tall, while Medium Avarai stand between 5 and 6½ feet tall.
You choose whether your Avarai is Small or Medium when you select this species.
Your size choice does not affect your flying speed or other racial traits.
Speed
Your walking speed is 30 feet, and you have a flying speed of 40 feet.
You can’t use your flying speed while wearing medium or heavy armor.
Skybound Awareness
Accustomed to open skies and distant horizons:
You have proficiency in the Perception skill.
You have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
You can see twice as far as normal when determining visibility in clear outdoor conditions.
Avian Physiology
Your body is adapted for flight and rapid movement.
You have advantage on Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks.
You reduce any fall damage you take by an amount equal to five times your proficiency bonus.
Avian Agility
When you move at least 10 feet on your turn, opportunity attacks against you are made with disadvantage until the start of your next turn.
Dive Assault
You know how to turn height into lethal momentum.
If you descend at least 20 feet straight downward immediately before making a melee weapon attack, you gain a +2 bonus to the damage roll.
You can use this trait a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all uses on a long rest.
Sky Sentinel
You are accustomed to scanning wide horizons for threats.
You gain proficiency in Investigation.
While in open terrain with an unobstructed view of the sky, you have advantage on initiative rolls.
Windreader
You are trained to read air currents and shifting pressure.
You have advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks related to weather, navigation, or tracking through open terrain.
You can accurately predict natural weather changes up to 6 hours in advance.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Auran.
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