Homebrew Arakun Species Details

"The evil wizard Anaxis, in an attempt to take over the Kingdom of Eshia, turned King Harrold and all of the subjects in the castle into humanoid raccoons and then used them as slaves in the  nitratine mines."

-Lash Quizzle, Arakunian Historian

A Place in the World

Arakun occupy an uneasy place in a dangerous world, and they react by lashing out at any creatures they believe they can bully. Cunning in battle and cruel in victory, arakun are fierce and feisty. They are great scavengers and can find food anywhere. Their constitution gives them the ability to consume items of food that would make others ill.

Status Symbols

Arakun love symbols of authority, and as such, leader's of each gaze have such trappings wherever they go. Such a symbol can take a typical form, perhaps a crown or a throne, but also can be a more distinctive objects such as a dazzling staff or colorful boots. Members of each gaze also adopt symbols to indicate membership or kinship, but the symbols used are rarely the same between different gazes and often make little sense to other creatures. Some possible status symbols are given in the Status Symbols table. A gaze or a leader might display more than one of these items.

Status Symbols

d20	Status Symbol
1	Earrings and notches in an ear
2	Rib bones tied into hair
3	A belt made from squirrel pelts
4	A gnome’s boot used as a hat
5	A pouch of toenail clippings from an allied ogre
6	A frog kept in a jar
7	Fragile helmets made from axebeak eggs
8	Nose rings
9	Painted or stained hands
10	Bugs kept in a bag for snacking
11	War cry tattooed on chest
12	Shields made from ankheg chitin
13	Bracelet made of pieces of goblins turned to stone
14	Special breed of rat kept as pet
15	Teeth pulled out in certain places
16	Owlbear-feather cloaks
17	Scars from lashings
18	Orc-tusk lip piercings
19	Umbrellas made from dead darkmantles
20	Cloaks made of scraps from an elven tapestry

 

Arakun Traits

Your Arakun character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase

When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.

Size

Racoons are between 2 1/2 and 3 feet tall and weigh between 30 and 60 pounds. Your size is Small.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet. You have a climbing speed the same as your walking speed.

Nocturnal

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.

Keen Senses

Arakunians have an acute sense of hearing and smell. These senses grant you advantage on Perception checks made with either of them.

Iron Stomach

Arakunians are scavengers, and as such, they have resistance to being poisoned or sickened by anything they eat or drink.

Fury of the Small

When you damage a creature with an attack or a spell and the creature’s size is larger than yours, you can cause the attack or spell to deal extra damage to the creature. The extra damage equals your level. Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Nimble Escape

You can take the Disengage or Hide action as a bonus action on each of your turns.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Arakunian, a language based on sounds and gestures and a simple written language based on symbols.