Homebrew Chakat Species Details
Chakats
Chatkats have a torso of a normal Tabaxi, with a large feline lower half. They stand on 4 legs and walk simpler to other large cats.
Chakats Names
Chakats have a similar naming convention of the tabaxi. Each chakat has a single name, determined by clan and based on a complex formula that involves astrology, prophecy, clan history, and other esoteric factors. Tabaxi names can apply to both males and females, and most use nicknames derived from or inspired by their full names.
Clan names are usually based on a geographical feature located in or near the clan’s territory.
The following list of sample chaket names includes nicknames in parenthesis.
Tabaxi Names: Cloud on the Mountaintop (Cloud), Five Timber (Timber), Jade Shoe (Jade), Left-Handed Hummingbird (Bird), Seven Thundercloud (Thunder), Skirt of Snakes (Snake), Smoking Mirror (Smoke)
Tabaxi Clans: Bright Cliffs, Distant Rain, Mountain Tree, Rumbling River, Snoring Mountain
Chakat Traits
Your chakat character has the following racial traits. These traits are also suitable for the centaurs of other worlds where there are chakats of fey origin. These chakats are smaller than the non-fey centaurs that roam in some realms.Darkvision
You have a cat’s keen senses, especially in the dark. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Ability Score Increase
Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1.
Age
Centaurs mature and age at about the same rate as humans.
Alignment
Centaurs are inclined toward neutrality. Those who join the Selesnya are more often neutral good, while those who join the Gruul are typically chaotic neutral.
Size
Centaurs stand between 6 and 7 feet tall, with their equine bodies reaching about 4 feet at the withers. Your size is Medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 40 feet.
Fey
Your creature type is fey, rather than humanoid.
Claws
Your claws are natural melee 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 bludging damage normal for an unarmed strike.
Equine Build
You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push or drag.
Your climb speed remains the same. Due to your body type, some climb checks or dex checks may be at disadvantage.
Survivor
You have proficiency in one of the following skills of your choice: Animal Handling, Medicine, Nature, or Survival.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Sylvan. Sylvan is widely spoken in the Selesnya Conclave, for it is rich in vocabulary to describe natural phenomena and spiritual forces.
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