Homebrew Festering Clan Ratmen Species Details

"All decent folk find the common rat repulsive. Harbinger of disease, it scavenges on our waste-heaps and frightens our children. How immeasurably worse then is the foul Clan Ratmen - standing on its hindlegs in foul parody of a human. Rats as tall as man, and blessed with the most vile intellect and cunning.

They are the dark side of our souls, come to destroy us for our sins."

— Someone now in a Clan Ratmans Stomach

Skittering and Scattering

The Clan Ratmen are known to be the vermin that live beneath the earth and in the ruins of man, they are shrt dwarf sized creatures who have been mostly ignored because of their sickly appearance and the fact that they are hard to get rid of in their underground cities. they are light starved creatures who weigh about 35 to 45 pounds.

Clan Ratmen are usually covered in a fur coat from head to toe, but because of their difficult life styles they are often pachy from old wounds and scars. They mostly have black or brownish eyes but rare instances of red or green eyse have been seen. Clan Ratmen take good care of their claws because those are one of their most valuable assets when in a dire situation, Clan Ratmen dislike wearing bright colored clothing because it brings them unwanted attention.

Clan Ratmen are greedy critters because its in their nature to hoard and scavange to find anything they can. They are very possessive of the things they have nomater their price, if a clan Ratman has found something it likes and has said "Mine, Mine!" then you'd best not stand in the way of its prize whatever it may be.

Cowardly yet Curious

Clan Ratmen are easily one of the most cowardly people out there they fear almost anything bigger than them and almost always run to hide themselves in the shadows or a hole of somekind, but that dosen't stop the Ratmen from finding out what makes the target tik, it will stalk the thing that frightens it until they know what the frightening things fears and weaknesses are. They are also a scavenging race that live off of others spoils and trash, its not uncommon to see a legion of Clan Ratmen scour the battlefielt for the lost weapons armour and other trinkets that may interest them.

Clan Ratmen are quick to abandon theyr clansmen to save their own hide even if it means leaveing the ones that trusted them most.

Shunned by others

Clan Ratmen are allround disliked by all others but their existance is still tolerated in citys, they live with constant fear of the next time they are attacked so they hide in back alleys and some wait to ambush an unsuspecting traveler to become their next meal if desperate.

Clan Ratmen are schemers by nature, they only help if there is something in it for them, any Clan Ratman that offers to help you is the most dangerous friend you can have.

Burrow Dwellers

A Clan Ratman is most comfortable in a confined space with at least two exits they are used to living in terrible conditions like damp, wet and dark caves or old abandoned city ruins, but thanks to this they are comfortable in most climates (excluding desert unless underground) and thanks to thanks to living underground they have developed Darkvision.

 

Explorers of unspeakable horrors

When Clanrats mature and feel restricted in their current habitat they try to leave the clan and start a new one of their own, most Clan Ratmen that choose to leave their clan are insane madmen who murder, kill and eat anything that stands in their way.

 

Festering Clan Ratmen Traits

Ratmen

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2 and Strength by 1

Age

A Ratman reaches adulthood at the age of 8 and generally lives for a total of 50 years.

Alignment

Most Clan Ratmen are chaotic by nature but no real alignement to good or bad, though they tend to go bad as they reach the later years in life.

Size

Ratmen average about 5 feet tall and weigh about 40 pounds. Your size is Small.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 35 feet.

Coward

You have disadvantage on saving throws against being frightened.

Ratman Nimbleness

You can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than yours.

Languages

You can speak and possibly read common, but since Ratmen have no form of education you have not learned to write. Ratmen may also speak with othe rodent like creatures they encounter with various chitters and squeeks

Darkvision

Clan Ratmen have grown up in the deepest and darkest depths to which they have adapted darkvision and a keen sense of navigation in the dark

Poison and Disease Tolerance

You are immune to most life threatening poisons and diseases, this doesn't mean you can't get sick or get put to sleep by some drug, it means you are unlikly to do so.