Homebrew Apeling Species Details

Apelings are a fusion of human, Ape 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 still 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 are extremely confident, headstrong, and upbeat. Their boastful presence might dismay common folk and be found disrespectful by upper-class citizens, however; apelings hold a firm loyalty to those who have proven themselves.

Apelings usually live in small, closely-held tribal communities. Entire nations or cities of apelings are few and far apart. Leadership roles are often held either by the elders or by the most personally accomplished, however, leaders generally don't have much power as many apelings prefer group decisions over the decisions of one individual. In the traditional sense, apelings do not have "families" and usually have an "all kin are family" mentality.

Apelings found outside the normal communities either from being banished or simply wanderlust have an easy time adjusting to the "easy" life of cities. Finding work in such places comes easy due to the general truthfulness and raw strength of the race. Though work as teachers in any form meets a swift end, due to a simple disinterest in treading the same old beaten path.

Dwarfs and Apelings get along great establishing trades of not only goods but physical feats. Though the boastful attitude Apelings have can be off-putting, Dwarves have long since grown fond of their attitude. Apelings still have trouble distinguishing male and female dwarves.

Through their time with the dwarves, Apelings have adopted similar feelings towards elves. Though contact with elves remains oddly scarce.

Most apeling adventurers tend to be more independent than their kin at home, but still hold on a lot to their sense of family and loyalty. Naturally energetic and overtly eager, spending their time standing still is against their nature.

Apeling Traits

Ability Score Increase. Increase one ability score by 2, and increase a different one by 1, or increase three different scores by 1.

Improvised Weapon Fighting.

anything any everything is a weapon to the Apeling. You gain
proficiency with improvised weapons, additionally
improvised weapons now deal 1d6. Damage typing for an
improvised weapon is up to the DMs discretion.

Skills of the Primate

You have proficiency in either Acrobatics or Athletics. 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.

Adept Climbers

 Your natural agility gives you a climbing speed equal to your walking speed. You can also climb across ceilings, as long as you have something to hold on to.