Homebrew Fanghorn Fangbears Species Details

The humanoid bear called Fangbears are often oases of calm in the land of Fanghorn. They hum or chant in imposingly deep tones and move slowly or sit in perfect stillness. If provoked to action, Fangbears are true terrors—bellowing with rage, making show of their powerful forces and raising their head in defiance. Their serene wisdom, fierce loyalty, and unwavering conviction are a tremendous assets to any guilds.

Lumbering Giants

Fangbears tower above most other humanoids, standing over 7 feet tall. They have the heads— jaw, fangs, ears, and faces—of bears, and hulking bipedal bodies covered by thick, furry skin. Each of their hands has five thick digits claw, and their standing feet are the flat-bottomed, shaped feet of bears.

Like that of a bear, a Fangbear jaw is a useful supplement of war. In addition to providing a keen sense of smell, the jaw can be used to lift and carry even heavy objects. The jaw can be used to carry, pulling and even act as an unarmed attack weapon.

Gifted Woodworkers

Fangbears are tireless, patient artisans with an unrivaled intuition about their craft. Although they make nurturing spiritual leaders, their gift for Woodwork is so ingrained that they are often at a loss when they try to impart that knowledge to others. Among the forested lands, it primarily falls to Fangbears to build the guild’s magnificent arboretum structures.

Relentlessly Loyal

Fangbears believe in the value of small community and life, and thus are most often found in the forests forgathering. Some find fulfillment in the cause of order by joining the forest Druids of the land or the northern isolated fortress to work has Quartermaster's.

Fangbears believe that the members of a group have a responsibility to look out for each other. Once they have joined a guild or bonded with other individuals in any capacity, Fangbears devote themselves to maintaining that bond. They coordinate their efforts and are often willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the group. They expect reciprocal loyalty and commitment from the other members of their communities and can be severe in their disappointment when their trust is betrayed.

The primary difference between Fangbears who join different guilds is their sense of the size of the community they belong to. For forested Fangbears, their community is the world and all living beings in it—everything valuable, meant to live in harmony, and interdependent. For norterners Fangbears, community primarily means a society of different peoples who need adherence to law and order so they can function together. For those in rural settlements, the community primary goal alone represent the main interest taking priority over those of any other group.

Fangbears Names

A Fangbear name includes subtle barking tones, produced in a Fangbear resonant jaw chamber, that indicate status, family connection, and community role. Since most non-fangbears can’t distinguish these underlying tones, let alone produce them, Fangbears often translate them into titles when interacting with other races.

Male Names: Barkus, Berok, Brook, Kedumak, Dobrunk, Drookh, Golomor, Herur, Romok, Kellar, Koor, Ondrock, Rakdomok, Svetel, Tamur, Throok, Vakool

Female Names: Akj, Boka, Danku, Dooka, Elyuka, Kanoor, Irik, Jakoo, Kakun, Kyooda, Kayja, Radu, Shuka, Sooka, Katoo, Verik, Vekvak, Yooka, Karik, Koorja

Fangbears Traits

Your Fangbear character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Age

Fangbears physically mature at the same rate as humans, but they live about 250 years. They highly value the weight of wisdom and experience and are considered young until they reach the age of 60.

Alignment

Most Fangbears are neutral, believing in the value of a peaceful, ordered life. They also tend toward good.

Size

Fangbears stand between 7 and 8 feet tall. Their massive bodies weigh between 300 and 400 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Powerful Build

You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet, your burrowing speed is 5 feet, you climbing speed is 20 feet, and, your swimming speed is 15 feet.

Fangbears Serenity

You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened.

Natural Armor

You have thick, fury skin. When you aren’t wearing armor, your AC is 12 + your Constitution modifier. You can use your natural armor to determine your AC if the armor you wear would leave you with a lower AC. A shield’s benefits apply as normal while you use your natural armor.

Biting Jaw

You can grasp things with your mighty jaw. It has a reach of 5 feet, and it can pull and hold a number of pounds equal to five times your Strength score. You can use it to do the following simple tasks: lift, drop, hold, push, or pull an object or a creature; open or close a door or a container; grapple someone; or make an unarmed strike. Your DM might allow other simple tasks to be added to that list of options.

Your jaw can’t wield weapons or shields or do anything that requires manual precision, such as using tools or magic items or performing the somatic components of a spell.

Massive Claws

Thanks to your massive claws, you make double the modifying damage on unarmed strike when using them.

Keen Smell

Thanks to your sensitive trunk, you have advantage on Wisdom (Perception), Wisdom (Survival), and Intelligence (Investigation) checks that involve smell.

Languages

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

Fanghorn Fangbears Traits

Your Fangbear has the following racial traits; your Constitution score increases by 2, your Wisdom score increases by 1, keen smell, massive claws, biting jaw and natural armor AC 12 + constitution.