Homebrew Bearfolk Species Details
Bearfolk were originally created to serve as shock troops, designed to embody their animal forebearers. Revering strength and endurance over all they spend their youth engaged in competitions designed to test and challenge these attributes to the extreme. Fiercely loyal to friends and quick to dispatch their enemies they make for powerful allies and formidably foes.
Bearfolk Traits
Your bearfolk character has certain traits deriving from your bear ancestry.Age
Bearfolk reach adulthood at age 16 and live up to 100 years.
Alignment
Bearfolk tend towards chaotic alignments.
Powerful Build
You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.
Relentless Endurance
Years of endurance training has taught them to shrug off blows that might kill other creatures. When you are reduced to 0 Hit Points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a Long Rest.
Ursine Build
You posses powerful paws capable of dealing grievous wounds without the aid of weapons. Your claws and teeth are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal slashing damage or bludgeoning damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier.
Ursine Toughness
Your hit point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 every time you gain a level.
Keen Smell
Bearfolk have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell.
Ability Score Increase
Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.
Size
Bearfolk are between 6 and 7 feet tall and weigh between 250 and 350 pounds. Your size is Medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Dwarvish.
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