Faun
Cow or deer ears and tails, horns and legs like a goat separate Fauns from humans; as well as their predisposition. These Fey-ancestry humanoids are light-hearted and prone to taking it easy. They range in height from the shortest at 3.5 feet to the tallest at just over 6, with most at about 5.5, and they run the gamut of hair colors and styles. They are native to everywhere from steep mountain ranges to deep forests to wide-open plains and have adapted to their surroundings over long periods of time. They breed often and stay fertile most of their lives, having litters of 2-8 kids every decade or so. A Faun would be most contented working as a craftsman or researcher or farmer, though their innate nimbleness makes them fantastic hunters and fighters.
Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2.
Age. Fauns mature at about the same rate as humans, or a little slower. They can generally expect to live up to 150-200 years.
Alignment. Most are generally kind and gracious in nature, making them tend to be good, and do not usually stray towards either lawfulness or chaos.
Size. Fauns vary well in build, some being stocky and wide, others being willowy and thin. Generally, your height will be around 5 and a half feet. Your size is Medium.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
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 can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Fey Ancestry. You have advantage against saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep.
Trance. Fauns sleep very lightly compared to other races, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.
Artisans Tools. Fauns are naturally drawn to creating and crafting. You gain proficiency with one set of artisan tools of your choice.
Languages. You can speak, read and write Common and Sylvan.
Subrace. Fauns differ depending on the environment they grew up in or were born into. The types of faun are Forest, Mountain, or Plains.
Forest Faun
As a Forest Faun, you have a deep understanding of the great woods and their denizens both plant and animal. Your hind legs may appear more deer-like than goat-like, and your hair is likely to be brownish, with or without white spots. Bows and slings feel right in your hands and hunting comes naturally.
Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.
Natural Camouflage. You can attempt to hide even when you are only lightly obscured by foliage, heavy rain, falling snow, mist, and other natural phenomena.
Forest Magic. You know one cantrip of your choice from the Druid spell list. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for it.
Mountain Faun
More mountain goat than domesticated goat, these Fauns are at home on the uneven and extremely steep terrain of mountains. These Fauns tend to be deeper thinkers and scholars, preferring botany over bushcraft and animal husbandry over hunting. They still consider themselves close to nature, but they see it in an academic approach.
Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 1.
Spear Culture. Most races favor swords. Yours favor spears as the king of weapons. Spears do one damage die larger in your hands, their one-handed damage die becoming a d8, and their two-handed damage die becoming a d10.
Nimble Footed. Since mountain fauns are well suited to difficult terrain, they ignore the extra movement cost of non-magical difficult terrain.
Plains Faun These Fauns are more rural, preferring an agrarian lifestyle in villages or small towns farming and living off the land. These Fauns are more antelope-like than the others, being able to jump great heights and run very fast to catch their prey and avoid becoming it. Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1.
Strider. Your legs are naturally better at jumping, your jump distance is doubled.
See Them Coming. You have advantage on initiative rolls while in plains, grasslands and other open natural environments.
Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2.
Age. Fauns mature at about the same rate as humans, or a little slower. They can generally expect to live up to 150-200 years.
Alignment. Most are generally kind and gracious in nature, making them tend to be good, and do not usually stray towards either lawfulness or chaos.
Size. Fauns vary well in build, some being stocky and wide, others being willowy and thin. Generally, your height will be around 5 and a half feet. Your size is Medium.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
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 can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Fey Ancestry. You have advantage against saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep.
Trance. Fauns sleep very lightly compared to other races, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.
Artisans Tools. Fauns are naturally drawn to creating and crafting. You gain proficiency with one set of artisan tools of your choice.
Languages. You can speak, read and write Common and Sylvan.
Subrace. Fauns differ depending on the environment they grew up in or were born into. The types of faun are Forest, Mountain, or Plains.
Forest Faun
As a Forest Faun, you have a deep understanding of the great woods and their denizens both plant and animal. Your hind legs may appear more deer-like than goat-like, and your hair is likely to be brownish, with or without white spots. Bows and slings feel right in your hands and hunting comes naturally.
Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.
Natural Camouflage. You can attempt to hide even when you are only lightly obscured by foliage, heavy rain, falling snow, mist, and other natural phenomena.
Forest Magic. You know one cantrip of your choice from the Druid spell list. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for it.
Mountain Faun
More mountain goat than domesticated goat, these Fauns are at home on the uneven and extremely steep terrain of mountains. These Fauns tend to be deeper thinkers and scholars, preferring botany over bushcraft and animal husbandry over hunting. They still consider themselves close to nature, but they see it in an academic approach.
Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 1.
Spear Culture. Most races favor swords. Yours favor spears as the king of weapons. Spears do one damage die larger in your hands, their one-handed damage die becoming a d8, and their two-handed damage die becoming a d10.
Nimble Footed. Since mountain fauns are well suited to difficult terrain, they ignore the extra movement cost of non-magical difficult terrain.
Plains Faun These Fauns are more rural, preferring an agrarian lifestyle in villages or small towns farming and living off the land. These Fauns are more antelope-like than the others, being able to jump great heights and run very fast to catch their prey and avoid becoming it. Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1.
Strider. Your legs are naturally better at jumping, your jump distance is doubled.
See Them Coming. You have advantage on initiative rolls while in plains, grasslands and other open natural environments.
Basic Information
Anatomy
They range in height from the shortest at 3.5 feet to the tallest at just over 6, with most at about 5.5, and they run the gamut of hair colors and styles.
Genetics and Reproduction
They breed often and stay fertile most of their lives, having litters of 2-8 kids every decade or so.
Additional Information
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
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 can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Civilization and Culture
Naming Traditions
Faun names are generally nature-inspired, borrowed from other races, or go by nicknames or earned names. Name changes are typical when a Faun comes of age, to better reflect them as a person.
Male: Leaf-Hair, John, Oak, Resting Bear Face, ThunderFoot the Magnificent.
Female: Ocean-Eyes, Urania, Valis, Head-In-The-Clouds, Maria-Who-Hates-Kids.
Male: Leaf-Hair, John, Oak, Resting Bear Face, ThunderFoot the Magnificent.
Female: Ocean-Eyes, Urania, Valis, Head-In-The-Clouds, Maria-Who-Hates-Kids.
Genetic Ancestor(s)
Origin/Ancestry
Fey
Lifespan
Fauns mature at about the same rate as humans, or a little slower. They can generally expect to live up to 150-200 years.
Average Height
Fauns vary well in build, some being stocky and wide, others being willowy and thin. Generally, your height will be around 5 and a half feet.
Geographic Distribution
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