Homebrew Commoner Species Details

Oi  get back to work you prick — Your boss

In the reckonings of most worlds, humans are the youngest of the common races, late to arrive on the world scene and short-lived in comparison to dwarves, elves, and dragons. Perhaps it is because of their shorter lives that they strive to achieve as much as they can in the years they are given. Or maybe they feel they have something to prove to the elder races, and that’s why they build their mighty empires on the foundation of conquest and trade. Whatever drives them, humans are the innovators, the achievers, and the pioneers of the worlds. However, you're just a dude, maybe a farmhand? Maybe a barmaid? maybe a shopkeep? either way, you are completely unremarkable. 

Completely Un-remarkable

All your attributes are 10

A Broad Spectrum

Humans come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Some are large and strong, some are small and quick, you're not though, you suck.

Variety in All Things

Humans are the most adaptable and ambitious people among the common races. You however are doing nothing to make the other races jealous of your human heritage. 

EVERYONE'S SECOND-BEST FRIENDS

Just as readily as they mix with each other, humans mingle with members of other races. They get along with almost everyone, though they might not be close to many. Humans serve as ambassadors, diplomats, magistrates, merchants, and functionaries of all kinds.

Dwarves. “They’re stout folk, stalwart friends, and true to their word. Their greed for gold is their downfall, though.”

Elves. “It’s best not to wander into elven woods. They don’t like intruders, and you’ll as likely be bewitched as peppered with arrows. Still, if an elf can get past that damned racial pride and actually treat you like an equal, you can learn a lot from them.”

Halflings. “It’s hard to beat a meal in a halfling home, as long as you don’t crack your head on the ceiling—good food and good stories in front of a nice, warm fire. If halflings had a shred of ambition, they might really amount to something.”

Having said that, nobody thinks your special and nobody particularly wants to talk to you.

Lasting Institutions

Where a single elf or dwarf might take on the responsibility of guarding a special location or a powerful secret, humans found sacred orders and institutions for such purposes. While dwarf clans and halfling elders pass on the ancient traditions to each new generation, human temples, governments, libraries, and codes of law fix their traditions in the bedrock of history. Humans dream of immortality, but you don't have a chance you pathetic scrubbo, stop wasting your time with this pipedream and get back to ploughing the fields or your boss is going to break your legs and plough your wife. 

Exemplars of Ambition

Humans who seek adventure are the most daring and ambitious members of a daring and ambitious race. You don't live up to these features though, I bet you'd piss your pants if you saw a goblin you ******* little piss baby.

Human Names and Ethnicities

Having so much more variety than other cultures, humans as a whole have no typical names. Having said that though I bet you go for something like Steve or Karen.

Commoner Traits

It’s hard to make generalizations about humans, but your human character has these traits.

Ability Score Increase

 Your ability scores each increase by 0 because you're nothing special.

Age

Humans reach adulthood in their late teens and live less than a century.

Alignment

 Humans tend toward no particular alignment. The best and the worst are found among them.

Size

Humans vary widely in height and build, from barely 5 feet to well over 6 feet tall. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common.