Homebrew Koun'na Tabaxi Species Details

Wandering the land with no place to call home, they seek some form of fulfillment for their lives. Their bodies like Tabaxi kitlings, they often find ill respite in the adoration of others. With them they bring a scarcity of luck that vanishes the moment they are gone. Some may think they find themselves cursed, but they do not view their lot this way. Koun'na Tabaxi try to find the light in their situation where they can.

— Strings, The Higher Being's Guide to Rare and Unusual Sentient Races

Koun'na Tabaxi, known in unsavory circles as "Teacup Tabaxi", are a rare race of Catfolk that are the descendants of a loving Halfling and Tabaxi duo. As they grow they appear to be normal Tabaxi until they hit a certain point where they become stuck in their young adult years forever. They are oft clumsy, yet somehow, they always manage to land on their feet, precariously holding everything they knocked over in their paws.

Vertically Challenged Cats

Outwardly, Koun'na Tabaxi resemble adorable miniature Tabaxi young adults. Their proportions are similar to normal Tabaxi but when compared to them, Koun'na have a slightly different head-to-body ratio and overall have a sort of cuter appearance. Koun'na Tabaxi possess fur of many colors and patterns such as silvery fur, orange with black spots, or even fur that's black as pitch. Their eyes can be any color, and often have a faint glow to them. They stand on powerful, digitigrade legs that bring them to an average of 3 feet tall, with the smallest recorded reaching a height of 2'6" and the tallest around 3'10". They often live to be around a century old, persevering in their endeavors to the very end.

Koun'na Tabaxi Names

Unlike most other races, Koun'na Tabaxi often name themselves. Typically, they choose the same name as their favorite thing, object, or phenomenon. Due to this, their names may seem silly to others, but they take great pride in them. They often stick with this name even if it doesn't match their current favorite thing, only ever changing it if they feel they have overcome some major event in their life that requires them to reinvent themselves to a degree.

Example Names: Ale, Ball, Fast Light, Flute, Glimmer Rock, High Tide, Meat, Metal Melt, Platinum Coin, Shiver Star, Snow, Thunderclap, Tickle, Tinderbox

Koun'na Tabaxi Traits

Your mixed racial inheritance nets you features of both Halfling and Tabaxi origins that you share with other Koun'na Tabaxi.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Charisma score increases by 1.

Age

Koun'na Tabaxi tend to live longer than the average human thanks to their halfling heritage, reaching adulthood in their late teens and living for around a century and a half.

Alignment

Koun'na Tabaxi are often drifters and tend not to have any specific alignment. Through heritage, however, they might lean more towards good or chaotic.

Size

Koun'na Tabaxi average at around 3 feet tall and weigh around 40 pounds. Your Size is Small.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

Darkvision

You have a cat's keen senses, especially in the dark. 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 gray.

Feline Luck

When you roll a 1 on the d20 for an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll.

Feline Nimbleness

You can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than yours.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice.

Feline Talent

You may choose one proficiency from either Acrobatics, Perception, or Stealth.

Kitten's Claws

Because of your claws, you have a climbing speed of 20 feet. In addition, your claws are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you can deal slashing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier or your Dexterity modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike. For the purposes of other abilities, your unarmed strikes are counted as a finesse weapon.