Lore
Native to Graecia centaurs have the body of a great horse topped by a humanoid torso, head, and arms. Roamers at heart, centaurs love open spaces and the freedom to travel. As much as they can, centaurs run. They race the wind, hooves thundering and tails streaming behind them. They tend to avoid conflict as best they can but fight fiercely when pressed.
They stand around 9 feet tall and normally weigh 950 kilograms. Centaurs are a strong and proud race. Although they typically strive to find peace and balance with nature, they can act with violence when the need arises. Despite this desire for balance, centaurs have to eat a lot to fuel their large bodies and are known to overindulge, especially with wine and ale. A drunken centaur is much more prone to aggressive and violent behavior.
Although some are solitary, centaurs generally live in tribal hunter-gatherer societies. Those that feel a sense of wanderlust to explore the world made excellent companions and occasionally would offer a ride to allies. The suggestion that they be used as pack animals however is met with derision.
Traits
Your Centaur character has the following racial traits.
Ability Score Increase: Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1.
Age: Centaurs mature and age at about the same rate as humans.
Alignment: Centaurs are inclined toward neutrality. Lagonna centaurs tend to be more lawful, while Pheres centaurs are more often chaotic.
Size: Centaurs stand between 6 and 9 feet tall, with their equine bodies reaching about 6 feet at the withers. you are a medium creature.
Speed: Your base walking speed is 40 feet.
Fey: Your creature type is fey, rather than humanoid.
Charge: If you move at least 30 feet straight toward a target and then hit it with a melee weapon attack (pike attack) on the same turn, you can immediately follow that attack with a bonus action, making one attack against the target with your hooves.
Hooves: Your hooves are natural melee weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.
Equine Build: You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push or drag.
In addition, any climb that requires hands and feet is especially difficult for you because of your equine legs. When you make such a climb, each foot of movement costs you 4 extra feet instead of the normal 1 extra foot.
Survivor: You have proficiency in one of the following skills of your choice: Animal Handling, Medicine, Nature, or Survival.
Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common and Sylvan.
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