Race: Tabaxi (Variant)

In most worlds, the tabaxi are all one race, with a shared culture and set of physical traits that does not vary greatly between individuals. However, on Uresh, various cultural and environmental factors have caused the tabaxi to split into multiple subraces. Each of these subraces resembles one type of wild cat, and is commonly referred to by the name of the cat they most resemble.

The tabaxi subraces presented here are an alternative to the official tabaxi race, as described in Volo's Guide to Monsters.

Tabaxi Traits

All tabaxi, regardless of subrace, have a certain number of traits in common.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2.

Age. Tabaxi have lifespans equivalent to humans.

Alignment. Tabaxi tend toward chaotic alignments, as they let impulse and fancy guide their decisions. They are rarely evil, with most of them driven by curiosity rather than greed or other dark impulses.

Size. Tabaxi are taller on average than humans. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision. You have a cat's keen senses, especially in the dark. 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 see color in darkness, only shades of grey.

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

Feline Stealth. You have proficiency in the Stealth skill.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Beast Speech. Beast Speech is a guttural language of grunts,

growls, and bellows, derived from the primeval tongue of the animals. Its written form uses the Draconic script.

Subraces. In the world of Uresh, tabaxi are divided into three subraces: lion tabaxi, tiger tabaxi, and leopard tabaxi. Choose one of these subraces.

Lion Tabaxi

Lion tabaxi are the largest of their kin, with lean, muscular bodies covered in tawny fur. Male lion tabaxi look even larger, due to the manes of fur surrounding their heads, necks, and shoulders.

Tabaxi of this subrace live in the savannahs found to the southwest of the Five Kings Valley. They dwell in groups called "prides", which are composed of several males, each of those male's multiple wives, and their children. They feed primarily upon the beastfolk with which they share these plains, a fact that often horrifies members of more humanoid races, but that both the lion tabaxi and the beastfolk see as a fact of life.

From the moment they are born, lion tabaxi work together in all things. Their ability to cooperate and coordinate with others makes them stalwart allies on the battlefield, and they are not afraid to utilize their menacing predatory presence to turn the tide of battle.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 1.

Pride Hunter. Lion tabaxi hunt in packs, and excel on capitalizing on the strikes made by others. When a friendly creature you can see scores a critical hit with a weapon attack, you have advantage on all attack rolls you make against the same target on your next turn.

Lion's Roar. As an action, you can unleash a mighty roar to strike fear into your enemies' hearts. Each hostile creature within 30 feet of you that can hear you must make a Wisdom saving throw, the DC for which equals 8 + your Charisma modifier + your proficiency bonus. On a failed save, a creature is frightened of you until the end of your next turn.

Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before you can do so again.