Homebrew Apeling Species Details

Apelings are a fusion of human and monkey traits. This relation is evident in their fur, tails, fangs and other traits. However, their intelligence, larger size, and more bipedal posture suggest some closeness to humanity. Apelings are slightly smaller than humans, but are sill medium. They usually have more defined muscles than monkeys, though they are still rather slender, keeping a very athletic appearance. Fur colours range from common black and brown to the more exotic colors such as pink or green. White fur is usually a "sign" of inherent greatness. Apelings age fast, reaching full adulthood in only 12 years. Although apelings only have a slightly longer lifespan than humans, their active nature and lifestyle mean they burn through their years faster than a human, putting their average lifespan at 100 years. Few careful and quieter apelings may live to see 150 and usually hold roles as tribal leaders and chiefs. Despite ageing fast, apelings do not feel the usual effects of old age until months before their death, many still adventuring within the last year of their life.

Apeling Traits

2 Dexterity 1 strength

Adapt climber

Your natural agility allows you to climb at full speed +5, rather than half. You can also climb across ceilings, as long as you succeed on either a DC 12 Athletics or Acrobatics check; failing causes you to lose your grip and fall.

Empty stomach

You burn through your energy faster than most humanoids and must eat twice as much as a normal human requires each day.

Heavy slumber

During a long rest, anyone trying to wake you up must make a DC 15 Charisma ability check. Taking damage will wake you up as will being thrown into or splashed with water.

Limit break

Apelings are always striving to push themselves. As a reaction, when you fail Strength, Dexterity or Constitution ability check or saving throw, you can remake the check and take the new result. Once you use this ability, you can't use it again until you complete a short rest.

Skills of a primate

You have proficiency in either Acrobatics and Athletics, as well as expertise in the same skill. You can use your feet and tail as if they were hands. If you use both of your feet simultaneously to interact with an object, your speed becomes 0.

Monkey rage

Once every long rest you can activate a rage like a barbarian but can only stop when eating or knocked unconscious. If you target anyone you get an extra attack on that person and you have to make a wisdom save to change targets or be attacked by another by that person.