Feathren - Traits

Your Feathren character has a variety of natural abilities as a result of its unique mix of avian and feline ancestry.

Your ability scores increase depending on your Feathren ancestry. Use the Feathren Ancestry tables to determine your combination of physical features and corresponding ability score increases, choosing one Avian option and one Feline option.

Young feathren are born from eggs and mature more quickly than humans do, reaching maturity by age 8 and typically living to be around 70.

Feathren can be mercurial and admire variety and expression, and as a result tend to lean towards the gentler aspects of chaos. They are more often good than not, although some allow their vanity to turn to greed and evil.

Feathren typically range from under 5 to over 6 feet tall with a range of builds based on their ancestry, usually weighing between 100 and 200 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Your mix of predatory blood has given you eyes that can cut through darkness. 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.

You have proficiency in two artisan's tools of your choice, and can gain proficiency in a new tool in half the normal amount of time.

Your talons are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal slashing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Due to your curious lineage stemming from the Astral Plane, you have a limited ability to magically harness the stardust that exists within all things. You can cast identify and enhance ability with this trait, without requiring material components. Once you cast either spell, you can't cast that spell again with this trait until you finish a long rest.

You have the ability to communicate in a limited manner with cats and birds that are Large or smaller, including griffons. They can understand the meaning of your words, though you have no special ability to understand them in return. You have advantage on all Charisma checks you make to influence them.

You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. When choosing a language to study, feathren tend to value the sounds they make more highly than their practicality.