Homebrew Apeling Species Details

Apeling are a fusion of human and monkey traits. This relation is evident in their fur, tails, fangs and other traits. However, their intelligence, larger size, and more bipedal posture suggest some closeness to humanity. Apelings are slightly smaller than humans, but are sill medium. They usually have more defined muscles than monkeys, though they are still rather slender, keeping a very athletic appearance. Fur colors include black, brown, red, orange, and grey. White fur is usually a "sign" of inherent greatness. Apelings age fast, reaching full adulthood in only 12 years. Although apelings only have a slightly longer lifespan than humans, their active nature and lifestyle mean they burn through their years faster than a human, putting their average lifespan at 100 years. Few careful and quieter apelings may live to see 150 and usually hold roles as tribal leaders and chiefs. Despite ageing fast, apelings do not feel the usual effects of old age until months before their death, many still adventuring within the last year of their life.

A race of nimble and strong monkey-like people.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Charisma score by 1.
Age. Apelings mature faster than humans, reaching adulthood by the age of 12, and commonly live to be around 150 years old.
Alignment. Apelings' love for adventure and energetic personalities often cause them to be more chaotic.
Size. Apelings are shorter but weigh about as much as most humans. Your size is Medium.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 35 feet.
Adapt Climbers. Your natural agility gives you a climbing speed of 30 ft. You can also climb across ceilings, as long as you have something to hold on too.
Eager Mind. If you find someone who has a skill proficiency you don't have and they agree to teach you, you can spend a short or long rest learning that skill proficiency. You lose that skill proficiency after a long rest. You can only have one new skill proficiency learned this way at a time. -->
Empty Stomach. You burn through your energy faster than most humanoids and must eat twice as much as a normal human requires each day.
Heavy Slumber. During a long rest, anyone trying to wake you up must make a DC 15 Charisma ability check. Taking damage will wake you up as will being thrown into or splashed with water.
Limit Break. Apelings are always striving to push themselves. As a reaction, when you fail Strength, Dexterity or Constitution ability check or saving throw, you can remake the check and take the new result. Once you use this ability, you can't use it again until you complete a long rest.
Skills of the Primate. You have proficiency in either Acrobatics or Athletics, as well as expertise in the same skill. You can use your feet and tail as if they were hands. If you use both of your feet simultaneously to interact with an object, your speed becomes 0.
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 color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Languages. You can speak, read and write Common and one other language of your choice.

Apeling Traits

Apelings are the evolved form a monkey who walks, talks and acts like humans

Ability Score Increase

Your ability scores each increase by 1.

Age

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

Alignment

Humans tend toward no particular alignment. The best and the worst are found among them.

Size

Humans 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.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. Humans typically learn the languages of other peoples they deal with, including obscure dialects. They are fond of sprinkling their speech with words borrowed from other tongues: Orc curses, Elvish musical expressions, Dwarvish military phrases, and so on.