Centaur

Alignment

Centaurs are include towards neutrality. Those who join the Selesnya are more often neutral good, while those who join the Gruul are typically chaotic neutral.

Centaur

Ability Score Increase Str +2, Wis +1.

Size Medium

Speed 40ft

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Charge: If you move at least 30ft straight towards a target and then hit with a melee weapon 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: Natural melee weapons, can make unarmed strikes. On a hit, deal 1d4 + strength modifier.
Equine Build: You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push or drag.
Climbing that requires hands and feet costs an extra 4ft movement (instead of extra 1ft as normal).
Survivor: Proficient in either Animal Handling, Medicine, Nature or Survival.

Languages. Common, Sylavn.

Basic Information

Biological Traits

They love to run when they can.
They have an affinity for nature, favour rocky areas or plains over cramped spaces such as tunnels.
They feel a close kinship with wild animals. Enjoy running alongside other herds and packs of wild beasts.

Growth Rate & Stages

Mature at the same rate as humans

Ecology and Habitats

They can live in cities, but love wide open spaces and freedom to travel.

Additional Information

Social Structure

Sense the interconnectedness of the natural world, thus celebrate family and community as microcosms that are greater than connection.
Gruul have a strong clan identity. Selesnya are fiercely loyal to the individual communities as well as their guild as a hole.
They are more likely than other Ravnicans to join the same guild than their parents did.

Facial characteristics

Human facial features, slightly pointy ears but faces are wider and squarer than elves.

Civilization and Culture

Naming Traditions

Centaurs given names are passed down through their family lines. They name bestowed on a new foal is typically the name of the most recently deceased family member.

Major Language Groups and Dialects

Sylvan is widely spoken in the Selesnya Conclave, for its rich in vocabulary to describe natural phenomena and spiritual forces.

Common Dress Code

Most centaurs style their hair and tails in a similar way. Selesnya centaurs favour long flowing hair. Gruul centaurs cut their hair in rough spiky stiles.

Culture and Cultural Heritage

They fill similar roles as cavalry warriors, messengers, outriders and scouts.

Common Customs, Traditions and Rituals

Centaurs celebrate life and growth, and the birth of a foal is always cause for festivities.
Both Gruul and Selesnya revere past traditions, passing down stories from their history, preserving old ways, and keeping alive legends of ancestral heroes.

Lifespan

Same as humans.

Average Height

6 to 7ft tall

Average Length

up to 4ft at the withers.

Average Physique

Centaurs have the upper bodies down to the waist of muscular humans.
Bellow the waist they have the bodies of small horses.
They are smaller than a human rider mounted on a horse.

Body Tint, Colouring and Marking

Above the waist they display all human varieties of skin tones.
Bellow the waist they have similar range of coloration as horses - from various shades of chestnut or bay to dappled or even zebra-like striped patterns.