Homebrew Arcturum Species Details

After a failed experiment from an ancient Druid, a tribe of bears gained a level of intelligence as humans. The Druid decided to teach them common language and eventually they learnt how to speak common. He then decided to teach them all about the world in which they live. After a long 3 years, a hunter came to the Druid after hearing noises coming from his abode and found the Arcturum. When the Druid told him to not hurt them, the hunter lashed out in anger and stayed the father figure of this small tribe. As you can expect, they lashed out at the hunter and murdered him. Without a leader, the oldest of the tribe stood up to become the new leader and got them all to move far away so they don’t lose anymore of their family. This tribe eventually split of into different parts of the world to create different cultures and adapted versions in their environment. Some eventually made it to cities and towns and began living there. The Arcturum have many different appearances and behaviours depending on their home but in the end are all a mishap that created new life.

Arcturum Traits

You are a bipedal bear with intelligence rivalling that of a human.

Ability Score Increase

Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Intelligence score increases by 1.

Age

Young Arcturum grow slowly. They walk months after hatching, attain the size and development of a 10-year-old human child by the age of 15, and reach adulthood by 30. They live to be around 240.

Alignment

Arcturum are usually a very passive people who use their brute strength when necessary although some tribes are much more aggressive depending on where they are in the world. They are usually chaotic good as they will do anything to protect their own even if the methods are unorthodox.

Size

Arcturum are taller and heavier than humans, standing well over 8 feet tall and averaging almost 150 pounds. Your size is Large.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 45 feet.

Darkvision

Thanks to your animal heritage, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of grey.

Animal Instinct

While you now have near human intelligence, you still are a animal meaning that if you are in trouble your animal instinct will help guide you, this allows you to reroll the dice when you roll a 1 on a saving throw

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Druidic.