Homebrew Felyne Species Details

Well, well, look what the felyne dragged in. Meowdy there!

— Kotori, Felyne Merchant

Originally discovered in a string of archipelagic tropical islands, felynes are diminutive, curious, catlike humanoids that walk all sorts of life-paths. Anything the other humanoid races can do, felynes will pursue as well. While some are content to live a lazy life, others strive for glory as renowned warriors called Palicoes.

Mistaken Origins

Many people mistake felynes for a small subrace of tabaxi, standing at an average of 3 feet tall and often weighing about as much as a common housecat. However, this is no more true than bugbears are goblins, related but different.

Perhaps something that contributes to this is that many felynes are also known to revere The Cat Lord, the divine figure responsible for the creation of the tabaxi.

On very rare occasions, an anomalous felyne may grow up to double their standard height and weigh as much as a human, closely resembling a tabaxi but remaining distinct. These individuals are typically much stronger and are readily welcomed into adventuring parties or mercenary companies should they seek glory there.

Jacks of All Trades

Felynes are already making up for their relatively recent appearance by striking out from the tropical paradises they prefer to call home and pursue a trade in many communities. A felyne can become as skilled as a chef as they may a merchant, a tinkerer, or even a warrior. If their strangely inherent skill in nearly all things wasn't incentive enough to hire them on, they are just so undeniably cute, and there are few who can resist.

Good Kitty, Bad Kitty

Felynes, much like the cats they resemble, are mercurial creatures and can be fickle. Felynes trend towards chaos, but are not particularly inclined towards good or evil.

Felyne Names

Each Felyne is given a name at birth, determined by clan. Amusingly but purely by coincidence, many of these tend to be names one might give their own housecat. Although if a felyne finds a new name or is given one they prefer, they will adapt to it very quickly.

Some felynes are content to simply go by their job titles, and will respond to either.

The following list provides some examples of felyne names.

Felyne Names: Chicory, Tater, Fleur, Whiskers, Florian, Milo, Pepper

Based on Occupation: Meowscular Chef, Grandmeowster, Transpurrter, Purr-prietress, Gourmew Chef, Headwhiskress

Felyne Personality

A quirk that many felynes possess is a strange manner of speaking, swapping out entire words or parts of them to include cat-related jargon. Some may call it an impediment, others just think the felynes love corny puns. "Perfect" may become "purrfect", "cause" may become "claws", etc. Of course, not all felynes speak this way, some taking themselves far too seriously, or perhaps they've simply overcome it.

Otherwise, felynes act similarly to very curious humans, often involving themselves in situations that require zero felynes. Charmingly, they also share a love for affection and attention with the housecats they resemble.

Felyne Traits

Your felyne character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2.

Age

Felynes have lifespans equivalent to humans.

Size

Felynes stand at an average of 3 feet tall and often weigh an average of 40 pounds. Your size is Small.

On very rare occasions, an anomalous felyne may grow up to double their standard height and weigh as much as a human of a comparable size, closely resembling a tabaxi but remaining distinct. If your Dungeon Master allows you to do this, your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

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.

Felyne Agility

Your reflexes and agility allow you to move with a burst of speed. 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 Claws

Because of 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 or Dexterity modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Felyne Ingenuity

You gain proficiency with a set of artisan's tools of your choice.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice.