Tabaxi
Hailing from a strange and distant land, wandering tabaxi are catlike humanoids driven by curiosity to collect interesting artifacts, gather tales and stories, and lay eyes on all the world's wonders. Ultimate travelers, the inquisitive tabaxi rarely stay in one place for long. Their innate nature pushes them to leave no secrets uncovered, no treasures or legends lost. Tabaxis blend the qualities of humanoids and cats, tabaxi are a varied people in both attitude and appearance. In some lands, tabaxi live like the cats they resemble, naturally curious and at home in playful environments. Tabaxi’s appearance is as varied as their attitudes. Some tabaxi have features or patterning in their fur like tigers, jaguars, or other big cats, while others have appearances more like a house cat. Still others have unique patterns or might style their fur to their preferences — or might even be hairless.
- 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. You can't raise any of your scores above 20.
- Creature Type. You are a Humanoid.
- Size. You are Medium or Small. You choose the size when you select this race.
- Speed. Your walking speed is 30 feet, and you have a climbing speed equal to your walking speed.
- Cat's Claws. You can use your claws to make unarmed strikes. When you hit with them, the strike deals 1d6 + your Strength modifier slashing damage, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.
- Cat's Talent. You have proficiency in the Perception and Stealth skills.
- Darkvision. 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 discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.
- Feline Agility. Your reflexes and agility allow you to move with a burst of speed. When you move on your turn in combat, you can double your speed until the end of the turn. Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you move 0 feet on one of your turns.
- Languages. Your character can speak, read, and write Common, Aniken, and one other language.
Basic Information
Anatomy
Tabaxi’s appearance is as varied as their attitudes. Some tabaxi have features or patterning in their fur like tigers, jaguars, or other big cats, while others have appearances more like a house cat. Still others have unique patterns or might style their fur to their preferences — or might even be hairless. Their average height range is between 3.5’ and 7’. Their average weight varies from 65-175lbs.
Genetics and Reproduction
Tabaxi are compatible with most races, as long as the race is compatible with them. Any resulting offspring will favor the mother in appearance.
Growth Rate & Stages
Tabaxi age at the same rate as humans.
Additional Information
Facial characteristics
All tabaxi have faces that are feline in appearance. Some resemble big cats with broad snouts and small ears, while others take on a small cat appearance with large ears and small snouts. Leonins, while deriving from the same root species, are not tabaxi. Their sense of pride and selective breeding have established themselves as a separate species.
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
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 discern colors in that.
Civilization and Culture
Naming Traditions
Different groups of Tabaxi have different naming conventions and structures. Some chose to adopt the naming customs of the larger region they are in, while other groups, like the Tabaxi of Jovicarys, have strict traditions that all tabaxi in the area are expected to follow. Tabaxi from Jovicarys choose names based on signs that the region’s natural magic provides.
Jovicays Tabaxi name examples: Phantom of the Eclipsing Sun (Phantom), Echo of the Thundering Storm (Echo), Bee That Flits in Clover (Bee or Clover)
Broader Tabaxi Names: Mortimum Jones, Zagrea Pym
Beauty Ideals
Tabaxi can find beauty in all the usual places. Some prefer physical beauty, while others see inner beauty as preferable.
Major Language Groups and Dialects
Common and Aniken. Many tabaxi will learn a third language that is commonly spoken from wherever they hail.
Interspecies Relations and Assumptions
Tabaxi seemingly are very adaptive being easily integrated into most communities. Leonin come from the same root, but due to pride and selective breeding leonin are not tabaxi.
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