Harpy Perks

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Race Overview

Inherent Abilities:

• You can see up to 1 mile away with no difficulty and are able to discern finer details as if you were standing no more than 100ft away.
• You are both a Humanoid and a Monstrosity. Effects that apply to one type also apply to you.
• You have a set of wings that can sprout from your arms that allow you to fly. As a bonus action or a reaction to falling more than 20ft, you may sprout or retract your wings. While your wings are sprouted, you gain a flight speed of 30ft. You cannot fly if you are wearing medium or heavy armor, and your flight ends if your movement speed is reduced to 0. While your wings are out, you may choose to glide if you fall. While gliding, you fall at 60ft per round and move 2ft for every 1ft you fall.
• You take no penalties from high altitude, as long as it is below 45,000ft above sea level, and may move continuously at your glide speed when at an altitude above 2,000ft.
• You have talons that act as natural weapons that do 1d4 Piercing damage. You may carry objects with your talons while flying, but you cannot use them normally.

Point Balance: 21
Size: Medium
Speed: 20ft
Language: You know International, International Elvish, and Auran
Age: Clarasen are considered mature at 20 years old, and live up to 80 years.
Physical Description: Harpies stand shorter than the average Elf and weigh far lighter. Harpies can have the coppery or brownish skin tone of their Elvish ancestors. All Harpies, however, have leaf-shaped ears like many Elves do. Their legs are similar to the feet of birds of prey and have feathers further up. Their arms appear like any other Elf or Humans, but can sprout wings on command that allow them to fly.
Social Difficulty: 3. Many people dislike the Harpies due to how many of them become bandits. Many of them can also be found working alongside the increasingly bellicose Paltian Empire as scouts and skirmishers. Despite that, many soldiers on both sides have a grudging respect for the Clarasen due to their maneuverability and their sharp eyes. The difficulty score of a Harpy might increase to 4 or 5 around a Grayskin, since many Harpies serve alongside Elven pirates off the coast of Ilunabaren.

Perks

Perk	Cost	Boon
Flying Speed I	3	Your Flying Speed is now 35ft when your wings are out.
Plumage	3	Your feathers are visually appealing. You may give yourself advantage on a Deception, Persuasion, or Performance check on one creature that can see you. You may not use this ability on the same creature more than once per 24 hours.
Sky Camouflage	3	While flying or gliding, you have advantage on Stealth checks.
Fly Speed II	5	Your Flying Speed is now 40ft when your wings are out.
Strong Wings	8	You may fly even if you have Medium Armor on.

Origin/Ancestry

Isanian

Lifespan

150 years

Average Height

4'10"

Average Weight

75 lbs.