Homebrew Bantam Species Details

"Every bantam has different reasons for being so careful around other races. Me personally, I find the biology of smaller creatures fascinating. How do creatures small as frogs or even spiders function? And then there are halflings and dwarves with their sentient brains and fascinating way of making homes. I hope to learn more about all of these."

Alexia, Anthropologist—

A Broad Spectrum

Bantams are more physically diverse than other races. Bantam skin shades range from nearly black to very pale, and hair colors from black to blond (curly, kinky, or straight); males might sport facial hair that is sparse or thick. Bantam can be anywhere from 8 feet to 16 feet. Bantams reach adulthood at about 50 and live about a millennia.

Gentle Touch

The Bantam love all life and will often take extra measures to not injure other creatures. If they need to though, they can be fierce warriors. Sort of the 'mouse in the corner' mentality. They try to avoid combat though and much prefer making friends.

Attempted friendships:

Halfling: They tend to be the most scared of us due to the height difference. It's a shame really because they are so cute!

Human: Considering that they look the closest to us, I'd have to say that they are nice to be around.

Elf: They tend to not like us walking into or near their homes when they see their first one. Once they learn what we are like, we often like to talk about nature or magic.

Calm Demeanor

 With not wanting to bring harm to most creatures, the Bantam have learned how to keep themselves and others calm. They tend to not show anger or other such emotions, although they still experience them. When dealing with creatures smaller than themselves, they do their best to display that they are not going to harm them. Another thing is that they are careful around settlements, weaving through buildings carefully.

Bantam Traits

Bantams as gentle giants have the following traits.

Bantam Magic

As a Bantam, you are able to cast Shield of Faith once without a spell slot before a short or long rest.

Ability Score Increase

 Your Strength score increases by 2 and your Charisma score increases by 1

Age

Bantam reach adulthood by the age of 50 and live to be about 1000 years old.

Alignment

Bantam love socializing and rarely wish harm on others which tends to lend them to good alignments. A few are neutral and a very rare few, if any, are of evil alignment.

Size

Bantam are just about as unique as they come when it comes to size, standing anywhere from 8-16 feet tall. Your size is considered Large.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet out of fear of crushing anyone underfoot. If there's no threat of crushing someone underfoot, your movement speed is 50 feet.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. Bantam love interacting with other races, and usually pick up a word or two from another language.

Bantam Charm

The Bantam over years of living with smaller races have learned how to calm people down. You have advantage with persuasion when attempting to calm someone down. In addition, you have proficiency with persuasion.