Rät (5e Race)
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This page is incomplete and/or lacking flavor. Reason: This fluff is extremely lacking. It may sound like filler, but it can help a person decide how a race fits into a world and interacts with it. Did this race of humanoid rats just appear from the ether? Would that not have scared some people into killing them at least?
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This page is of questionable balance. Reason: Burrowing speed is very very dangerous for PCs, same as flying speed. Burrowing speed will allow a player to essentially gain cover very easily, and it is not limited in any way here, in contrast to the rakaka or dao subrace of the genie race. Additionally, their speed and supposed size is strange, since if they were Small, having a speed as fast as 35 feet is weird. There could be more flavorful traits injected here.
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Rät[edit]
Rät is pronounced Reht with a rolled r
Physical Description[edit]
Räts are look like humanoid rats. They're scrawny, with wiry, scraggly fur. Their large, beady eyes are very dark in color. Their fur color ranges from black to red to white in a variety of patterns. They don't have that much muscle mass and are often underweight.
History[edit]
Räts don't have much history, but once were in small tribes and communities, causing trouble for others in small raids and jokes. Räts have always been troublemakers, and aren't included much in history and stories, as they didn't do too much during that time. They don't have much stories or songs to tell later generations, other than achievements of the community leader.
Society[edit]
Räts often live in large cities. They're often found in alleyways or living modestly in any inn that allows them in. They don't have a larger society, or any history of Rät kingdoms. There are small groups and communities of Rät criminals in cities, sometimes even cells throughout a city or occasionally across multiple cities. Community leaders are decided by who is the tallest. Räts are cunning, with quick thinking skills, and are good at persuasion and deception, and are often quite fast. They often are Urchins. Ones that are good often assist others, to help survive as a community. Communities often have secret meetings, ceremonies, and other things underground in large burrows large enough for even the tallest Räts.
Rät Names[edit]
Räts are named at birth by the parent,often the names are inspired by what the parent believes the child is to grow up to be, or what they will do. In a community, the baby is named by the leader in a certain ceremony. It is not known what this ceremony consists of. If asked to present themselves as a group, a community will use the communities name.
Male: Con, Strength, Bash, Tricker, Goal, Befriend, Deceit.
Female: Speed, Wit, Hope, Future, Tricky, Screech, Sweet.
Communities: Tricky Thieves, Charity Räts, Survive & Conquer, Swift Sorcerers, Rodent Rescuers, Scruffy Squeaks, Bad Boys.
Rät Traits[edit]
Räts are smart and cunning, with quick thinking and good charisma skills.
Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 2 and your Charisma score increases by 1.
Age. Räts mature at 10 years and live to around 95 years.
Alignment. Räts tend towards chaotic alignments, and though they can be any alignment, it's sometimes difficult to find a good one.
Size. Räts are scrawny, and weigh from 30lbs to 160lbs, and range from 2.5 feet to 5 feet tall, and don't have much muscle mass. Your size is either Medium or Small.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 35 feet. Your base burrowing speed is 20 feet.
Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 80 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.
Keen Senses. You are proficient in the Perception skill, and you have advantage on Perception checks related to hearing and smell.
Troublemaker. Räts are often mischievous and often need to get themselves out of sticky situations. You are proficient in either Persuasion or Deception.
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Rät(pronounced like Rayt with a rolled r), which is comprised of various squeaks, sniffs, squeals, and grunts.
Random Height and Weight[edit]
| Base Height |
Height Modifier* |
Base Weight |
Weight Modifier** |
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| 2′ 3'' | +3d10 | 20 lb. | × (5) lb. |
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*Height = base height + height modifier | |||
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