Homebrew Deerfolk Species Details

Creatures of the Forest

The Deerfolk are naturally drawn towards the natural places of the land. Whether this be springs, clearings, and so on. However they are always drawn to heavily wooded areas. The woods they live in are protected by tribes of deerfolk.

Deerfolk Tribes

Deerfolk tribes are lead by a druid who will make many decisions for the tribe, with the assistance of various advisers. They tend to roam the forest with no specific settlements or villages. The times they do settle down are few and far between, these villages often use trees as natural components of the structures.

Appearence

The Deerfolk are deer like humanoids with the legs and ears of a deer, yet the rest of them are mostly human like. Males grow and shed antlers throughout the seasons.

Deerfolk Names

Deerfolk names tend to be the names of various natural parts of the world. Sometimes these names will be in Sylvan, other times in Common.
Male Names: Summer, Mountain, Oak, Birch, Fir, Thinna, Nordh, Miin, Winde, Niwin

Female Names: Spring, Winter, North, Glen, Valley, Brethil, Nalda, Tuile, Selde, Finde

Deerfolk Traits

As a Deerfolk you get the following traits:

Ability Score Increase

Your Wisdom increases by 2 and your Dexterity increases by 1

Deerfolk Combat Training

You gain proficiency with simple weapons

Dexterous Fighters

Deerfolk fight quickly with complex dodges and jumps. Due to this, you can use quarterstaffs, sickles, handaxes, and spears as finesse weapons.

Sages of the Woodlands

You are knowledgeable about things of nature give you proficiency with Nature checks, and Animal Handling checks.

Languages

You can speak, read and write in Common, and Sylvan

 

Deerfolk Traits

Many of the Traits of the Deerfolk are gained through magical means. The power of the natural world flows through the Deerfolk like a river, meaning they will often use Druidic magics.