Homebrew Alamour Species Details

I shit you not! Just this morning I saw one, a messenger of the gods. I was out near the cloud roots, and I see this small speck in the air., right right…And the sun was beaming down so bright blinding me that for a split second I couldn’t see but when I turned away, I heard a loud splash and right there in the water it was. Small and furry a long tail and clothed in robes! I asked if it needed any help, but it just rolled on its back and said it had an important mission to go on and to not bother him else I would suffer the wrath of the gods for interfering…Don’t Laugh! It’s true!!

 

                        -Ramblings of Myiol;

Three Points Tavern

The call of adventure is what beats the heart for most Alamour. Home is a concept foreign to them, and nothing fuels their desire to live more than exploration. Many Alamour tend to venture forth alone beating the drum to their own song of adventure, but many more tend to find residency among adventuring groups or as well established for hire adventures in guilds. While the call for adventure is strong, Alamour do also find thrills in their downtimes as well; known for being the life of many a celebration, and often the cause for many shambled taverns. Regardless of if you've found an Alamour in a tavern or for hire at your local guild, you've found a brave, loyal companion and a blast of a traveling mate.

Kind hearted tricksters

Alamour inhabit many places throughout Fienus, but are most commonly found near the land-locked sea Coraven. It is here where they got known for something other than being adventurous. When they first began explorations out of Roeran, and first made contact with the below dwellers, the Alamour told the people they encountered that they delivered messages to the gods. Soon the legends spread of the intelligent rodents that were carriers. While a harmless lie, the Alamour fell into guilt about it and began promising a message to the gods if the person they met helped them. Of course, they could not deliver the actual message but would instead, provide whatever favor or good dead the person asked for to them, no matter how long it took to come back.  

While there are many who still believe the Alamour to be messengers of the gods, many have seen through the lies. Nonetheless, you can be assured that if you encounter an Alamour it has tricked you at least once but has given you payment for it. 

 

Creatures of Obsession

Alamour often exhibit signs of the following strange behaviors. The options below can help build out some personality traits your character might exhibit.

1- I become extremely anxious if I must take a path that does not have something I can walk against.

2- My teeth are extremely important, I must spend exactly 15 minutes every day, and not a second more grinding them down by gnawing on something hard.

3- The cold means it is time to burrow and sleep, no adventuring for me today.

4- Any time I make camp I must bury my food. That way I know exactly where to go for my multiple late-night snacks. 

Tiny but Mighty

The size of Alamour is deceiving. Despite their diminutive size, they are brave adventurers. Often the first time empty the lair of a Beholder, or ride on the back of a Giant into to battle.  

Sitting is Boring

 Most Alamour begin to become antsy if they stay in one place for too long. They live short lives and the call of adventure is too strong for them to ignore it. There is a saying among the Alamour:  If I sit my tail will fall off.

Alamour don't often like to rest for long periods of time, often thinking their life to short to waste on being boring or repetitive.

 

If I sit my tail will fall off and I'd much rather have a slobbering mauw remove it then my own ass.

-An Alamour Saying 

 

Alamour Names

An Alamour has a given name, and possibly an adventuring name. Adventuring names are often some object or thing they like and a glorious title

Male Names: Matthias, Hertson, Klasty, Dewert

Female Names: Juniper, Lelium, Zesker, Nullyn 

Adventuring Names: Sunflower Knight, Cheese Lord, The Gnawing Slayer, Thimble Mage 

 

Alamour Traits

Your alamour character has a number of traits in common with all other alamours.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2.

Your Intelligence score increases by 1. 

Your Strength score decreases by 2

Age

An alamour reaches adulthood at the age of 1 and generally lives into their 30s.

Most Alamour pass due to misadventure and other travel consequences so no one is very sure how long they could live. 

Size

Alamour range from 8 to 12 inches in height and when about 15 pounds. Your size is Tiny.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 20 feet.

Heightened Senses

 

Even though bright light leaves you mostly blind it has no hindrance on your ability to move or act normally. 

When you are in Dim or Dark light you have superior Darkvision which grants you vision up to 120 feet. 

You gain an advantage on perception checks that rely on hearing or smell. 

 

 

Call to Adventure

You are immune to being frightened.

Squeeze

You can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than yours and can squeeze through a space that is no smaller than a 3in by 3in space 

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Chiterien. The Chiterien language isn’t only used within the Alamour race, but it is scarcely found outside of it.  The written language of Chiterian has historically been written so small that few creatures can read it even if they do have the capacity to speak it. Common has been picked up as a form of the Alamour to communicate more openly. 

Due to the Alamours desire for travel, they tend to be quite Worldly which grants them the ability to select another language of their choice.