Homebrew Cervitaur Species Details
Physical Description
Cervitaurs are creatures that are very similar in appearance to centaurs. They have the body of a deer but growing out of the neck is a human torso. Cervitaurs may or may not have antlers.
History
Though they look like centaurs, Cervitaurs hail from the Feywilds. These creatures are more like fey than one would immediately assume. The race has lived in forests for a long time, as protectors.
Society
Cervitaurs live in small herds. Males stay in small herds of 3 to 5, while females live with fawns in larger herds of 5 to 10. They tend to stay in the wilderness and on the fringes of society. They are treated much the same as centaurs, as they share several anatomic likenesses.
Cervitaur Names
Cervitaurs have been known to typically take fey names.
Male: Ailde, Eadan, Rònan, Odiane
Female: Eimhir, Donella, Ellette, Liliana
Cervitaur Traits
Basically a centaur but with deerHooves of Fury
You may attack with your hooves as though they were your unarmed strike. You are proficient with your unarmed strikes, which deal 1d6 bludgeoning damage on a hit.
Deer Half
You cannot wear boots, pants, or anything that is worn on the legs or waist area except for belts and specially made armor and saddles. All armor you wear must be specially made to accommodate you, doubling the cost. You cannot ride mounts.
Ride-able Anatomy
You can willingly serve as a mount for a Medium or smaller creature as long as their additional weight can't cause you to be encumbered. Furthermore, your carrying capacity is multiplied by 1.5.
Ability Score Increase
Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Charisma score increases by 1.
Age
Cervitaurs mature around 2 or 3 years and live up to be up to 200 years old
Alignment
Due to their roles a nature's protectors Cervitaurs are more often good than not, however their wild nature can lead them to be chaotic leaning.
Size
Elves range from under 5 to over 6 feet tall and have slender builds. Your size is Medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 45 feet.
Darkvision
Accustomed to twilit forests and 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.
Fey Ancestry
You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Sylvan. Elvish is the language of the fey.