Mothborn

Mothborn are a colorful and delicate race hailing from faraway forest lands. Despite seeming haughty to outsiders, they are a friendly and intelligent people.

Expert Craftsmen

Mothborn are well-known for their ability to naturally produce and weave very fine silks. Rulers of great empires tend to turn to Mothborn for all of their silk needs, as no other society can compare to their silkweaving skill.

Cities of Many

The society of Mothborn is based on a tier of respect and typically has a very interconnected community. Mothborn typically have very close ties with their community, even if they have left.

Mothborn cities are built in tiers based upon their flight, and it may be difficult for strictly terrestrial folk to navigate and reach areas within their cities.

Lives of Insects

Like non-humanoid moths, Mothborn go through a larval and pupal stage, being mostly helpless between those two. These stages last for 10 years, and afterwards the "pre-adult", basically a smaller adult, takes 6 more years to fully mature.

Mothborn have excellent senses of smell, and their native language of Mothspeak is based mostly on sending and recieving pheromones. Most Mothborn know both Common and Mothspeak, as Mothspeak is a limited language with very few concepts.

Mothborn Names

Mothborn, being simple folk, tend to have short, singular names, with only one syllable. Mothfolk names are not linked to gender or any other characteristic or word, and are picked arbitrarily simply to whatever sounds the best to them.

Mothfolk Names: Arl, Cra, Eur, Fri, Lor, Mar, Oor, Ro, Vaa

Mothborn Traits

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Intelligence score increases by 1.

Age. Mothborn reach adulthood at age 16 and typically live for three quarters of a century.

Alignment. Mothborn society is based upon age-old ideals of an heirarchy of respect. Mothborn tend towards lawful alignments because of this.

Size. Mothborn range from 4 to 5 feet tall and tend to weigh between 60 and 80 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Flight. Mothborn are known for having poor but sufficient flight. You have a flying speed of 30 feet. To use this speed, you can’t be wearing medium or heavy armor.

Darkvision. Accustomed to life underground, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. 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.

Four-Armed. Your second set of arms may be used to hold small items. With your second set of arms, you may perform any action requiring them while the others are used. You require only 2 arms for somatic components of spells, but cannot cast spells while holding a 2-handed weapon. Lifting and dragging capacity increases by a quarter of its regular amount if all four arms are used. Any strength checks using solely the second set of hands uses half of your strength modifier rounded down. They cannot aid in grappling.

This also means that armour for Mothborn must be specially made, and is triple the regular price.

Speak With Moths. By speaking Mothspeak, you may communicate simple ideas with moths, and you can understand their speech as well.

Sensitive Antennae. You have advantage on Perception checks requiring smell.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Mothspeak. Mothspeak, while also written, is primarily a language of transmitted pheromones. This makes it very difficult for non-Mothborn to learn or even comprehend, although it is possible with magic. Most Mothborn regardless of origin tend to speak both Common and Mothspeak.





























































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