Dungeons & Dragons 5e Race/Species : Puca
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Puca
The puca are a mysterious shapeshifting race with strong connections to nature and rather wild chaotic tendencies.
ability score increase:
Your Charisma score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1.
age:
Puca mature at age fifteen
alignment:
They can be any alignment but do tend to lean toward the chaotic varieties of different alignments
Size:
Medium
speed:
30 ft
Languages:
Common, Sylvan, and one language of your choice
race features:
Shapechanging The puca are a shapeshifting race of people who can take a human form as well as being able to shapeshift into a horse, cat, rabbit, raven, fox, wolf, goat, goblin, or dog. The puca can take on all of these forms provided that they grew up in puca society where they could have been trained in shifting up until their age of maturity at fifteen. At first level a puca begins with 5 shifting points. Their first shift after a long rest does not take up any shifting points. Similarly, shapechanging into a creature of similar size does not take up any shifting points (ex. a rabbit into a raven). Changing into a shape that is of a different size takes up a shifting point (Ex. a rabbit into a wolf). Changing into a shape of a markedly smaller to a markedly larger, or vice versa, takes up two shifting points (Ex. A rabbit into a horse). Regardless of the form, returning to a human form only takes up one shifting point. However, turning from human form back into another form, the same shifting point rules listed above apply. When a puca has used up all their shifting points they cannot change form again until completing a long rest. If they attempt to shift again after using all shifting points they will have to make a Constitution saving throw and be rendered unconscious for the duration of a long rest if they fail. If they succeed the saving throw they will be able to transform but will be rendered exhausted until completing a long rest. When in this state a puca will move at half speed and roll with disadvantage on all Dexterity, Strength, and Intelligence rolls. At each new level gained a puca may gain one more shifting point with a max of 24 at level 20. At levels 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20 a puca may gain one new animal form to shift into provided they have put enough training into gaining an affinity with this animal. While in animal form a puca cannot utilize human speech unless that animal is already capable of speech or they have learned the proper magic to be able to speak in their animal forms. They are capable of communicating with other animals of their same type while transformed (Ex. Cats can communicate with cats, wolves can communicate with wolves, etc.) With the exception of a goblin form, which is not an animal, and already capable of speech.
Slight Builds As a smaller race in their humanoid forms, puca roll with advantage on dexterity and skills related to dexterity but roll disadvantage on strength and skills related to strength. The only exception to this rule is if a puca has focused on their strength. In which case these rules would be reversed with a puca rolling with disadvantage on dexterity and skills related to dexterity and advantage on strength and skills related to strength.
Animalistic Abilities Puca will sometimes have certain abilities granted to them in their human forms that are related to their animalistic qualities they are born with. For example, a puca might be born with claws.
Wild Nature The puca are often said to be quite mischievous, playful, and lively in nature. They are often regarded as quite volatile and dangerous. They can have very wild tempers and motivations. This can result in puca being innately rather impulsive in certain situations.
Supernatural Perception They seem to have a supernatural perception to perceive the true nature of others. Puca have an expertise in Insight.
Masters of Deception Puca are masters of deception which they can use to help or harm. Puca have an expertise in Deception.
Darkvision Thanks to your heritage, 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.
Shapechanging The puca are a shapeshifting race of people who can take a human form as well as being able to shapeshift into a horse, cat, rabbit, raven, fox, wolf, goat, goblin, or dog. The puca can take on all of these forms provided that they grew up in puca society where they could have been trained in shifting up until their age of maturity at fifteen. At first level a puca begins with 5 shifting points. Their first shift after a long rest does not take up any shifting points. Similarly, shapechanging into a creature of similar size does not take up any shifting points (ex. a rabbit into a raven). Changing into a shape that is of a different size takes up a shifting point (Ex. a rabbit into a wolf). Changing into a shape of a markedly smaller to a markedly larger, or vice versa, takes up two shifting points (Ex. A rabbit into a horse). Regardless of the form, returning to a human form only takes up one shifting point. However, turning from human form back into another form, the same shifting point rules listed above apply. When a puca has used up all their shifting points they cannot change form again until completing a long rest. If they attempt to shift again after using all shifting points they will have to make a Constitution saving throw and be rendered unconscious for the duration of a long rest if they fail. If they succeed the saving throw they will be able to transform but will be rendered exhausted until completing a long rest. When in this state a puca will move at half speed and roll with disadvantage on all Dexterity, Strength, and Intelligence rolls. At each new level gained a puca may gain one more shifting point with a max of 24 at level 20. At levels 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20 a puca may gain one new animal form to shift into provided they have put enough training into gaining an affinity with this animal. While in animal form a puca cannot utilize human speech unless that animal is already capable of speech or they have learned the proper magic to be able to speak in their animal forms. They are capable of communicating with other animals of their same type while transformed (Ex. Cats can communicate with cats, wolves can communicate with wolves, etc.) With the exception of a goblin form, which is not an animal, and already capable of speech.
Slight Builds As a smaller race in their humanoid forms, puca roll with advantage on dexterity and skills related to dexterity but roll disadvantage on strength and skills related to strength. The only exception to this rule is if a puca has focused on their strength. In which case these rules would be reversed with a puca rolling with disadvantage on dexterity and skills related to dexterity and advantage on strength and skills related to strength.
Animalistic Abilities Puca will sometimes have certain abilities granted to them in their human forms that are related to their animalistic qualities they are born with. For example, a puca might be born with claws.
Wild Nature The puca are often said to be quite mischievous, playful, and lively in nature. They are often regarded as quite volatile and dangerous. They can have very wild tempers and motivations. This can result in puca being innately rather impulsive in certain situations.
Supernatural Perception They seem to have a supernatural perception to perceive the true nature of others. Puca have an expertise in Insight.
Masters of Deception Puca are masters of deception which they can use to help or harm. Puca have an expertise in Deception.
Darkvision Thanks to your heritage, 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.
The puca are a shapeshifting race of people who can take a human form as well as being able to shapeshift into various animal forms. Though puca most often transform into a horse, cat, rabbit, raven, fox, wolf, goat, goblin, or dog. In their human forms they most commonly have dark brown, black, dark grey, light grey, silver, or white hair. In their human forms puca typically range in height from four to five feet tall with lithe builds. Their skintones vary between the range of average human skintones. They will also often have some sort of animalistic features to them in their human forms. Their animal forms will often take on fur colors similar to their hair colors in their human forms.
The puca are often said to be quite mischievous, playful, and lively in nature. They are often regarded as quite volatile and dangerous. They can have very wild tempers and motivations. The puca can be great allies or terrible enemies. They also seem to have a supernatural perception to perceive the true nature of others. They are masters of deception which they can use to help or harm.
The puca typically settle in small villages within forests. Outside of these settlements in forests there are also plenty of cases of puca setting out on their own and traveling. Opinions on this race vary quite widely. This is due to the large variety of behaviors one may encounter from this race. They are a people that is quite hard to predict.
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