Homebrew Alloran Species Details

A Diverse Lot 

With an almost innate urge to migrate and conquer, allorans are more physically diverse than other races. An individual can stand from 5 feet to a little over 6 feet tall and weigh from 125 to 250 pounds. Alloran skin shades range from nearly black to very pale, and hair colors from black to blond, with all kinds of styles and types. Males might sport facial hair that is sparse or thick. Allorans reach adulthood in their late teens and rarely live even a single century.

Variety is the Spice of Life

Allorans are the most adaptable races. They have widely varying tastes, morals, and customs in the many different lands where they have settled. When they settle, though, they stay: they build cities to last for the ages, and great kingdoms that can persist for long centuries. An individual alloran might have a relatively short life span, but an alloran nation or culture preserves traditions with origins far beyond the reach of any single alloran’s memory. They live fully in the present—making them well suited to the adventuring life—but also plan for the future, striving to leave a lasting legacy.

Alloran Names and Ethnicities

Having so much more variety than other cultures, allorans as a whole have no typical names. Some alloran parents give their children names from other languages, pronounced more or less correctly, but most parents give names that are linked to their region’s culture or to the naming traditions of their ancestors.

The material culture and physical characteristics of allorans can change wildly from region to region, and their names/ethnicities come largely from where they grew up.

Alloran Traits

It’s hard to make generalizations about allorans, but your alloran character has these traits.

Age

Allorans reach adulthood in their late teens and live less than a century.

Size

Allorans vary widely in height and build, from barely 5 feet to well over 6 feet tall. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Many Possibilities, Many Futures

Due to the sheer diversity of allorans, you pick one of the following traits for your character to have during character creation. This choice is permanent. The flavor text for these choices are guidelines, and not a hard rule on the conditions in which you were raised.

• You grew up in either of the extreme climates, and have resistance to fire damage or cold damage because of it.
• You were raised by ruffians, give yourself proficiency in either intimidation or improvised weapons.
• You grew up among spellcasters, pick any cantrip.
• Your upbringing was in a cave, give yourself either darkvision for 60 feet or blindsight for 10 feet.
• You grew up in marshlands, you ignore difficult terrain due to water and mud.
• You were raised by scholars, you know an extra language.
• You fought hard growing up, give yourself proficiency in either martial weapons, or medium and heavy armor.
• Your upbringing contained more gambling than it probably should have, give yourself either proficiency in playing cards and dice or deception.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. Allorans typically learn the languages of other peoples they deal with, including obscure dialects.