Avian

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Avian traits

Your Avian character has certain characteristucs in common with all other Avians.   Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Strength score decreases by 1.   Age. Avians mature slightly faster than humans, and are considered of age at 15. They have a similar lifespan to humans, living at most around a century without magical enhancement.   Alignment. Avians run the full scope of alignments, if with a slight disfavour towards evil. Those who are willing to go out into the wilderness tend towards Chaotic, however.   Size. Avians tend to grow to about five feet, and are never taller than five and a half. Your size is Medium.   Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.   Flight. You have a flying speed of 50 feet. To use this speed, you can’t be wearing medium or heavy armor.   Focused flying. At the start of your turn, you can choose to cut your flight speed to 15 feet. If you do so, all attacks until your next turn have a +2 to hit.   Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice.   Subrace. Avians have many individual subraces with tiny variations, but there are three main ‘families’:  

Birds of Prey (Hawks, eagles, falcons)

Hunters, trappers, scouts, and soldiers are all common careers for these subraces, as they naturally trend to being slightly hardier than their fellow Avians, along with better sight for spotting prey, and nimbleness in the air. That’s not to say you wouldn’t find a baker or smith among their numbers, but they certainly trend towards more violent vocations, and the least-tamed frontiers.   Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 2.   Eagle eyes. You gain proficiency in the perception skill and advantage on perception checks that rely on sight.   Flyby. You do not provoke opportunity attacks when you fly out of an enemy’s reach.  

Corvidae (Ravens, crows)

Always with a reputation for mischief and magic, these subraces are most disproportionately found among the magical population of an Avian settlement. They seem to excel at wizardry in particular, and there are few soldiers on the battlefield who wish to face the hail of aerial fireballs an Avian warmage can rain like hail. They are also (perhaps unfairly) well-known for having an affinity for sneakiness, and some can’t seem to just pass by if they see something shiny.   Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 2.   Quiet flight. You have advantage on Stealth checks based on hearing while flying.   Naturally gifted. You gain one free cantrip from the Wizard spell list. Your casting Ability for this cantrip is Intelligence.  

Columbidae (Pigeons, doves, sparrows, ‘standard’ birds)

The majority of the Avian population belongs to these subraces, and as a result trend towards the ‘keeping’ of Avian settlements, performing the many civil and trade jobs that keep them running. Despite the stereotypes, there have been many Columbidae soldiers of note as well as healers or guild-members. Some of the most well-known members of these subraces are famous for their courier work, delivering vital messages in peace as well as war- one of the most famous Columbidae, Cher Ami, flew for three days straight in order to deliver a vital shipment of medicine to an ailing settlement.   Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 2.   Guilds of a feather. Proficiency in any one skill and any one artisan’s tool.   Air mail. Once a day, you can dash as a bonus action for one minute.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice.