Homebrew Varúlfur Species Details
The Varúlfur are wolf-like race of humanoids that naturally have a very keen sense of smell and hearing. They have the innate ability to hear and smell things most others would not. Moreover, they are naturals at surviving in the wild, especially colder environments.
Varúlfur Traits
Your Varúlfur character has the following traits.Ability Score Increase
Your Constitution score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1.
Keen Senses
The Varúlfur has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) and Intelligence (Investigation) checks that rely on hearing or smell.
Age
Varúlfur mature at the same rate humans do and reach adulthood around the age of 20. They live much longer than humans, however, often exceeding 120 years
Size
Varúlfur are slightly larger than humans, ranging from 6 to 7 feet tall. Your size is Medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Languages
Varúlfur can speak, read, and write Common and Winter Wolf. Winter Wolf is a harsh guttural language comprising of mostly rumbling growls and deep barks. These traits cause Varúlfur to have deep, rumbling voices when speaking other languages.
Alignment
Varúlfur are usually lawful, believing firmly in the benefits of a well-ordered society.
Bite
Varúlfur have a fanged maw as a natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with it, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.
Pack Tactics
Varúlfur have advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the wolf's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated.
Wild Born
Varúlfur are natural survivalists and have proficiency with the Survival skill. Their innate instincts allow them to track, hunt, and navigate any environment with ease.
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Posted Oct 2, 2018You should include a section for their names
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Posted Oct 5, 2018This is exactly what i was looking for!
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Posted Nov 26, 2018Nice job on the traits of this race.
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Posted Dec 25, 2018Just a small point of order, excluding what others here have said, the language section should be dropped to the end of the racial trait ordering.
Bite
Replace the "Varúlfur" in this and all preceding traits with "you" to keep in line with the systems wording. I would also increase the bite die to 1d6, to be in line with the lizardfolk bite attack.
Pack Tactics
I would just copy and past the text from the kobold's pack tactics trait.
"You have advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of your allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn’t incapacitated."
Wild Born
"Your innate instincts allow you to track, hunt, and navigate any environment with ease. You gain proficiency in the Survival skill."
Outside of these tweaks, everything seems balanced and ready for play. Have a good day and happy brewing!
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Posted Jan 18, 2019I think this is a great race. Keep up the good work!