Homebrew Badgerfolk Species Details

Badgerfolk are semi-solitary usually found alone or in the company of a small close knit family, with vast tunnels and burrows connecting to neighbouring families to form an underground community. The thing that matters most to Badgerfolk is loyalty, courage, and nobility. They do not care for fancy titles, they do not want to be known as something higher than what they are. As such, their society abandons most social titles, instead relying on a complex system of scent detection to tell the story of an individual and assess their worth. They generally dont care much for outsiders and seem aloof at the idea of friendship, but if you ever manage to earn the trust and respect of one they will protect you like you are there own flesh and blood. Badgerfolk have a deep respect for the forest and all its inhabitants and tend to act as a reluctant and ill tempered guardian to all that dwell in it. 

Age. Badgerfolk age as humans do.

Size. Badgerfolk range between 3-5 feet in height

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30. you can burrow for 20 provided you are not holding anything. 

Alignment. Badgerfolk are true to their own hearts more than any law or code of ethics making them more often than not chaotic. They tend towards neutral more than evil or good.

Languages. You begin with Common and Beastspeech. Beastspeech can only be learned by Beastfolk and, when speaking it, they can communicate with animals as if under the effect of the spell, speak with animals.

 

Badgerfolk Traits

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Darkvision

Accustomed to life underground or the night sky, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. 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.

Hunters ancestry

 Your ancestors would hunt through the dark relying on nothing but their nose to seek out prey, You gain proficiency in the Perception skill. You gain advantage on smell based Perception and Investigation checks. 

Small but Mighty.

despite your diminutive stature, your life style has caused you to develop a powerful, stocky build, you are a miniture wrecking ball. Increase your strength score by 1, your size is small. 

Forest dwellers

life in the forest can be tough, and is only for the quick and hardy. You've got to keep your wits about you and take what you can get. Increase intelligence and a constitution by 1.