Homebrew Nezumi Species Details
The nezumi-bito, or ratfolk, are a race of white-furred ratlike humanoids that dwell in Kamigawa's Takenuma swampland, as well as in small groups around the cities of other races. Physically, the nezumi are fragile compared to most other races, but they make up for this in cunning and swiftness.
Cunning Mercenaries
The nezumi often find lives for themselves as thieves, ninja, or samurai, working for the highest bidder willing to put up with their underhanded tactics. Nezumi are known for their physical weakness, but their agility makes a nezumi mercenary prized for tasks focused on stealth, infiltration, or assassination. Those going into combat against nezumi are often completely unaware of it.
Nezumi Traits
Your nezumi character has the following racial traits.Ability Score Increases
Your Dexterity score increases by 2 and your Wisdom score increases by 1. Your Constitution score decreases by 1.
Age
Nezumi have a shorter lifespan than humans on average, usually living up to around 60 years.
Alignment
As a people of thieves, soldiers of fortune and assassins, most nezumi are neutral or evil.
Size
With their hunched posture, nezumi generally stand between 4 and 5 feet tall, and weigh between 90 and 120 pounds. Your size is medium.
Darkvision
Dwelling in twilit swamps and acting under the shadow of darkness, you can see in dim light within 60 feet as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern colour in darkness, only shades of grey.
Nezumi Cunning
Knowing you have the best chance of victory against an unaware target, you have trained to be better at killing your enemies before they are aware of you. You have advantage on attacks against enemies that are surprised.
Nimble
Your lightweight body and innate dexterity grant you advantage on Dexterity saving throws. You have proficiency in Acrobatics and Stealth.
Languages
You can speak, read and write Common and Nezumi, a whispered language that crosses over with thieves' codes of Kamigawa.
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