Homebrew Lepusine Species Details

Descendants of the common rabbit, lepusine have evolved from their ancestors to be more dexterous with opposable thumbs and more intelligent, capable of learning and understanding complex languages, crafting their own tools, building their own structures, cooking their own food and creating their own food. Most will live out peaceful lives in their tightly-knit communities but some will set out on their own paths and seek lives of adventure.

Rabbit Ancestry

Lepusine are clear descendants of the rabbit, with large, sensitive ears, powerful legs, short fur, prominent front teeth and small fluffy tails. They stand short at 3 to 4 feet and weigh between 70 to 90 pounds. 

They're famed for being incredibly cute and pride themselves in how approachable and kind-looking they are.

Simple Folk

Lepusine are born into tightly-knit communities, often tending farms and having ground-level shops and services for travelers to visit but they almost always live in sprawling underground burrows, each with their own quaint homes.

Passivists

Lepusine are brought up to be gentle creatures, avoiding conflict where they can and diffusing hostile situations, violence being a last resort. However, Lepusine are proud folk by nature and will hold silent grudges against those who insult them or their kind and often fail to see the faults within their own communities.

Lepusine Names

Lepusine can take the names from any species but often settle with simpler naming conventions similar to humans.

Lepusine Traits

The combination of your rabbit ancestry and natural evolution gives you these traits

Ability Score Increase

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

Age

Lepusine mature slightly earlier at 13 years old and often live until they are 45 years old.

Alignment

Lepusine are often passive creatures at heart, taking little notice for others outside of their species. They won't stir up any trouble if they can help it and will often lean towards lawful neutral.

Size

Lepusine grow anywhere between 3 to 4 feet. Your size is Small.

Speed

You have a walking speed of 35 feet and a burrowing feet of 15 feet.

Darkvision

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 colour in darkness, only shades of grey.

Naturalborn Agility

Your rabbit decadency gives you advantage on athletics check that involve running and acrobatics checks that involve jumping.

Bunny Charm

Your rabbit-like features make you more charming to most folk, giving you proficiency in persuasion

Languages

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