Homebrew Apefolk Species Details

“They move so elegantly through the trees. Swinging from branch to branch with ease. What really blew my mind was when I watched one obliterate a small tree with nothing but it’s fists.” 
                        - Daisy Remn ; Magic Shop Keeper

Hailing from a strange and distant land, wandering apefolk are monkey like humanoids. Living in trees and mountains. Apefolk spend most of their time training in monastic traditions and hand to hand combat. Although some apefolk take a more dramatic approach to combat mostly being the more built apefolk. 

Wandering Outcasts

Most apefolk remain in their distant homeland, content to dwell in small, tight clans. These apefolk hunt for food, train in hand to hand, and largely keep to themselves.

Many apefolk crave the answers to their creation. Who? Why? Specifically when? Apefolk will travel far and wide to find yet an almost insignificant amount of information pertaining to their creation. Their creator has been depicted on tree carvings and cave paintings as an Air Genasi bearing a set of owl wings. Had their ancestors actually witnessed their creator or was he just a product of dream?

Creatures of the Trees and Mountains. 

Apefolk crave the thrill of swinging through the trees and incredible speeds. Spending most of their time above ground hidden in the leafy trees of their homelands. Some hide in the mountains. Living in such cold environments has caused them to evolve to grow more and thicker fur and become larger in build. 

Apefolk value Wisdom and Strength. Their tails perk up when the opportunity to become stronger presents itself.

Although material wealth holds little attraction for the apefolk, they have an insatiable desire to find and learn new religions, combat styles, and wise teachings. 

 

Fighters and Pacifists 

While some Apefolk crave the hand to hand thrill of combat a good portion of them take up arms. Training in armed and even mounted combat many Apefolk go down a dark path of violence and wage war for territory against other Apefolk mostly targeting the pacifistic Apefolk first. 

 

Apefolk Names

 

Apefolk Personality

 

Apefolk Fascination

d8	My PATH is currently fixed on …
1	A god or planar entity
2	A lost piece of apefolk history
3	A lost civilization
4	A magic item
5	A “wise ones” secrets
6	A new monastic tradition
7	A new fighting style
8	A new religions

 Apefolk Quirks

d10	Quirk
1	You miss your tropical home and complain endlessly about the freezing weather, even in summer.
2	You never wear the same outfit twice, unless you absolutely must.
3	You have a minor phobia of water and hate getting wet.
4	Your tail always betrays your inner thoughts.
5	You purr loudly when you are happy.
6	You keep a small ball of yarn in your hand, which you constantly fidget with.
7	You are always in debt, since you spend your gold on lavish parties and gifts for friends.
8	When talking about something you’re obsessed with, you speak quickly and never pause and others can’t understand you.
9	You are a font of random trivia from the lore and stories you have discovered.
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Apefolk Traits

Your apefolk character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase

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

Age

Apefolk mature at the age of 12 and live to be 100 years old. 

Alignment

Apefolk are of mostly neutral alignment. Depending on the path the choose in life. 

Size

Apefolk are taller on average than humans and vary in size. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 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.

Ape Agility

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 deal slashing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength or Dex modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Ape Mind

You have proficiency in the Perception and Stealth skills.

Languages

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