Homebrew Bearfolk Species Details

 

The hulking bearfolk are intimidating creatures. Brutish and powerful, they combine features of humanoid beings and bears. Their heads are ursine with heavy jaws and sharp teeth. Dark fur covers their bodies, which are packed with muscle. Adult bearfolk stand at least 8 feet tall and weigh more than 700 pounds.

Passionate and Volatile.

Boisterous and jovial, the bearfolk are a people of extremes. They celebrate with great passion and are quick to explosive anger. Settling differences with wrestling matches that leave permanent scars is common, as is seeing two bloodied bearfolk sharing a cask of mead and a raucous song after such a scuffleFair Play

 

Survival of the Fittest

Among Bearfolk, any adult who can’t contribute to the tribe is expelled. A lone Bearfolk has little chance of survival, especially an older or weaker one. Bearfolks have little pity for adults who can’t take care of themselves, though a sick or injured individual is treated, as a result of the Bearfolk concept of fair play.

A permanently injured Bearfolk is still expected to pull his or her weight in the tribe. Typically, such a Bearfolk dies attempting to keep up, or the Bearfolk slips away in the night to seek the cold will of fate.

In some ways, the Bearfolk drive to outdo themselves feeds into the grim inevitability of their decline and death. A Bearfolk  would much rather die in battle, at the peak of strength and skill, than endure the slow decay of old age. Few folk have ever meet an elderly Bearfolk , and even those Bearfolk's who have left their people grapple with the urge to give up their lives as their physical skills decay.

Because of their risk-taking, Bearfolk  tribes suffer from a chronic lack of the experience offered by long- term leaders. They hope for innate wisdom in their leadership, for they can rarely count on a wisdom grown with age.

 

Bearfolk Traits

The hulking bearfolk are intimidating creatures.

Ability Score Increase

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

Age

Bearfolks have lifespans comparable to humans. They enter adulthood in their late teens and usually live less than a century.

Alignment

Bearfolk society, with its clear roles and tasks, has a strong lawful bent. The Bearfolk sense of fairness, balanced with an emphasis on self- sufficiency and personal accountability, pushes them toward neutrality.

Size

Bearfolk are between 8 and 10 feet tall and weigh between 600 and 800 pounds. Your size is Medium to Large.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Keen sence

Bearfolks has very keen senses and because of these they have proficiency in perception and survival

Powerful Build

You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

Savage Bite

Your Bite is a natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you can deal Piercing damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Languages

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