Homebrew Cervitaur Species Details

Cervitaurs have a reputation for keeping to themselves, they often stay deep in the woods and travel in herds to ward off any would-be predators such as orcs. Not many wander into the bustling towns or cities, not only because they are typically quite shy creatures, but because their build makes it difficult to get around in places built for humanoids.

Cervitaurs are deeply in tune with emotions, their own and others, so they can often tell when something is wrong and will do as much as they can to fix it.

They believe that life is very precious and must be protected at all costs, even if that life is their enemy's.

Nature Born

Cervitaurs are a mix of chaotic humanoid and docile, peaceful animal. Many humanoids grow and change, but Cervitaurs prefer to embrace their docility and their ties to nature. They are often disgusted by the things humanoids to to the land, but take no action to stop it. They care about letting life prosper and believe in peace.

Peaceful to a Fault

Most Cervitaurs believe in peaceful inaction. They prefer to spend their days grazing and traveling through the deep woods, discovering new places they hadn't seen before. Even when attacked, they prefer to flee from combat rather than fight for themselves. Much of the land that once belonged to the Cervitaurs was taken from them by humanoids taking advantage of their peaceful nature.

The Next Generation

The newest generation of Cervitaurs are tired of being walked on, tired of being peaceful and tired of letting the humanoids run them off their land. Many of them have formed new herds to try and take back the land that was once theirs. They use their knowledge of the complicated terrain to gain the upper hand, they fight dirty and inspire chaos wherever they go. They are bringing change to the Cervitaurs, whether the elders like it or not.

 

Cervitaur Traits

Your Cervitaur character has the following racial traits.

Cervine Build

You have disadvantage on acrobatics checks.

Ability Score Increase

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

Age

Cervitaurs can live up to 200 years, though most only make it to 120. Most Cervitaurs reach maturity around age 25.

 

*If your character is going to develop antlers, they will start to grown in around age 13 and will have fully grown into a 12 point rack at age 30.

Alignment

Most elder Cervitaurs are inclined towards lawful alignments, while the youth of many herds are inclined towards chaos.

Size

Cervitaurs range from being 6 to 7 feet tall when standing fully upright. Their Cervine bodies often stand at about 2 to 3 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Here’s how to determine your height and weight randomly, starting with rolling a size modifier:

Size modifier = 2d8

Height = 6 feet + your size modifier in inches

Weight in pounds = 250 + (2d4 × your size modifier)

Speed

Your base walking speed is 40 feet. Once between long rests, you may use a dash action to temporarily increase your speed to 100 feet for two rounds.

Fey

Your creature type is fey, rather than humanoid.

Gore

You can use your antlers to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d10 + your Strength modifier.

Magic Resistance

You have advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Buck

If a target is within 5 feet of you, you can choose to make an unarmed attack against them with your hooves. They must make a Dex saving throw or take 1d8 + your strength modifier in bludgeoning damage. On a successful save, they take half damage.

Wild Spirit

You can choose to have proficiency in two of the following skills. 

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Sylvan.