Homebrew Caprinoid Species Details

 

"Tales of the caprinoids have once been only known as fairy tales. However, it was soon known that they were not just myths. The caprinoids live isolated from common civilizations, and tend to trade with other caprinoids, however, they are more than happy to do business with customers of distant lands. Whatever the mountains offered, changed them.They are forever tied in a struggle between societies who value freedom for all and an opportunity to take control of one's own destiny, and societies seeking financial power fueled by the weak, be it through exploitative monopolies enslaving the poor, independent crime organizations from within or even brute conquest."

Merchants of the Mountains

Caprinoids are world-renowned merchant societies built for trade. They tend to make their own arms and militias, should they need to defend themselves. The wealthiest often get to call the shots in terms of large scale building projects in order to scale their businesses, and often have enough disposable capital to hire personal militia guards, or even create a government system of their own for their societies.

"What the Mountain Offers Changes the Horned Ones."

Caprinoid society is heavily shaped by what the mountains offer them. If it offers them an earthy home with fertile soil, you will see more dryads and clerics who feel at home with the nature, ample sunlight and plentiful herbs for healing alchemy and the religious clerics who worship the light. If the mountains are hilled, calm-flowing volcanoes, you will more likely see forge caprinoids who specialize in using their ample ore for blacksmithing, perhaps trading amongst copper dragonborn and fire genassi, containing the volcano's lava , mining it for obsidian, and using its blazing hot temperatures to power their cities, fireproofed to perfection. If the mountains are dusted in white, then those in tune with the snowy terrain and frequent, windy blizzards will feel right at home. The caprinoids there will be found to have much thicker fur and apparel, and tend to offer treasures hidden within the neighboring gargantuan glaciers just beyond the city line.

Caprinoid Names
Male: Bahtu, naraanbahtar, Ibaht-Erdene
Female:Ohtgonbahya, nurgubahna, bahtruia

 

"No matter who you are, no matter what your intent, if you buy from us, then we can pay our rent!"

Whatever helps pay the bills! A caprinoid is no stranger to mingling with all walks of life in the name of financial security. However, some are willing to offer discounts to look out for their own kind.

Dwarves. “Well, they do like their gold! If it's an ore, chances are that the mountains have it."

Humans. "Humans may have unpredictable intent, but for what it's worth, most of them mean well. Besides, they tend to be our most regular customers for our ore reserves, willing to come from lands afar to get a hold of our precious ores."

Tieflings. "The Tieflings are not accursed beings in our eyes. They simply seek for purpose. Besides, it's always entertaining to see a fellow caprinoid and a tiefling lock horns at the tavern as a friendly competition!"

 

Caprinoid Traits

The caprines who evolved and thrived.

bahtracite-imbued hooves

imbued with the coveted shock absorbing polymer bahtracite, the most coveted ore of the caprine mountains, a caprinoid's hooves can stick to any surface at will, and will allow them to climb the steepest surfaces and land their feet on the ground with the weight of a feather.

Windborne Pocket Patron

The windborne spirit, while small, guides the wind in your favor. Ordinary caprinoids possess a windborne spirit that removes the disadvantages of incoming weak,medium, and strong winds respectively. If no wind is present, this will be an advantageous weak wind at level 3, a medium wind at level 7 and a strong wind at level 11. Elemental subraces will incur additional benefits, however  this skill will develop slower, at levels 7, 11 and 15.

Ability score increase

Your Dexterity increases by 2.

horizontal pupils

you gain a panoramic view of the world. Attacks from the side no longer can have an advantage, and attacks from behind have an advantage of 50% of its original value, as your peripheral vision can now reach from behind you. However, your depth perception is skewed as a result of your vertical blindness, and you can only see half the world that a human's pupil would. It would take some luck to look up in time to dodge an attack from directly above. Fast moving enemies directly above you will have a 50% higher advantage than normal.

Age

Capranoids on average live twice as long as humans, up to 200.

Alignment

Capranoids leaning towards alignments depends on what the mountains bring them, and who runs their societies. A majority of them are any kind of neutral or good.

Size

Caprines tend to range from 4 to 6 feet tall.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and goat's bleat. Caprinoids may sometimes attempt to learn a third language if they need to break a language barrier between them and a potential regular customer.