Mapach

Stole this!? You think I STOLE this? No no no... it was on discount. The five finger discount. Look! A distraction!

— Harried Houdinky, Voleur Extraordinaire

Naturally curious, mapachs are a medium-sized racoon-like race. They are crafty, hearty, and tough, but their true strength lies in the potential they see when looking at the world around them. Mapachs have incredibly light hands and a great degree of fine motor control that doesn’t diminish with age. They are also adept at climbing and sneaking. This, combined with their love of trinkets, has earned them an undeserved reputation as thieves. While there are exceptions, most mapachs are quite good-natured, if a little eccentric.
Mapachs are adept at surviving tough woodland conditions, and at intuiting the right course of action when faced with a problem. They are also inveterate opportunists. Some may consider them brash, but mapachs know that opportunities rarely present themselves and are quick to act on them. Mapachs are alert and have a keen awareness of their surroundings. Only the truly foolhardy among them are taken in by obvious traps.

• Reputation: Mapachs are often perceived as opportunistic and eccentric scavengers, with a reputation for thievery stemming from their love of trinkets and adeptness at sneaking and climbing.

General Information

Scientific name
Homo procyon lotor
Geographic Distribution
Feywild
Languages
Common

Physiologie

Average Lifespan
60 years
Size
Medium
Average Height
1.2-1.5 m
Average Weight
40-70 kg

Others

Culture

One of the traits mapachs are most well-known for is their ability to find a use for just about anything. This knack for creating functional or useful items out of debris, junk, or on-hand materials is known as “scroungecraft”, and is a cultural staple among mapachs. This activity is considered an art form among mapachs, on par with the high art of other peoples. Scroungecrafting demonstrates creativity, ingenuity, and resourcefulness, but is misunderstood by outsiders who see it as primitive or crude. Genius ideas created by mapach hands frequently began as scroungecraft prototypes. Many who have built such interesting or unique creations achieve celebrity status among mapachs, going on to showcase their skills in loosely-organized scroungecraft fairs.

Mapach Bandit by Paul Canavan