Raesokeran Marsupialus (5e Race)

Marsupialus

"Ow ya goin' Tommie boy," the Kangaroo muttered through the single straw hanging from his lip. His speech could barely be considered common, and I approached in a futile attempt for clarity.

"I'm sorry? Could you say that again?"

"Oy, juss chuckin' a goss, mate." The roo chuckled and slapped my back with deceptively high strength. I stumbled forward and regained my balance, avoiding the puddle of muddy water in the road. "Ar ya goin, Tommie?"

I could tell the Roo was speaking basic words, but my mind couldn't grasp the context. "What? I don't understand. Um. My name's not Tommie..."

"Ya boogin me, lad?" The roo's expression soured as if it was I who was speaking in riddles and heavy slang. He pointed toward the tavern just up the road and wrapped an arm around my shoulders. "Pull the snake out ya ears n come gander 'for the dronk takes yer nelson."

Physical Description

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Marsupialus are anthropomorphic kangaroos, opossums, Wombat, gliders, and Thylacine Devils. Each of these subraces are vastly different from each other except for the pouch they all have. They raise their young inside that pouch until they're old enough to crawl. Some mothers still carry their offspring in their pouch until adolescence.

Kangaroos are tall with strong legs similar to rabbits built for jumping long distances and moving at great speeds with the help of their thick tail used for balance. Their fur is generally red, brown, or gray. Their hands and feet are covered in fur with rough calloused pads and non-retractable claws. Opossums are short and reminiscent of rats with their bare fleshy hands, feet, and long thin tails. The tail is prehensile and strong enough to support their weight The fur on their face is usually white while the rest is gray.

Wombats look like bulky mice with long faces. Their pouch is upside down, an evolutionary trait that kept soil from getting inside while burrowing. Their fur ranges between various shades of brown.

Gliders are very similar to opossums except their tails are furred and not prehensile and they have a flesh membrane, or patagium, extending from their ankles to their wrists used for gliding.

Thylacine Devils are stalky and muscular, similar to wolverines with a broad and short rat-like face. Their fur is usually black with irregular white patches on the chest.

History

Due to such short pregnancies, Marsupialus brains do not develop as well as other mammal races. As a result, they were among the last of the beastial races to develop sapience.

By the time the Beast War began, Marsupialus had been tribal for only five generations. Koalas were the first race to become extinct after their only source of food was destroyed entirely during the war. Most of the Marsupialus races fled and hid before they could be slaughtered by the Shahallan forces. Thylacine Devils were the exception, and many were hired as mercenaries to protect other tribes in exchange for food, shelter, and what luxuries tribal living offered. A single  group of five devils was enough to halt a whole battle-company of Shahallan soldiers due to their ferocity and their ear shattering cries.

When the war ended, Udraykeland offered refuge to many tribes. Most marsupialus accepted and now few Marsupialus tribes still exist. Those that do still employ thylacine devils as champions.

Society

The vast majority of Marsupialus have integrated into other societies, blending in with laborers, soldiers, farmers, and other similar pursuits. Very few have the capacity for careers that require much study. Some are natural sorcerers, but almost none are wizards or bards.

Kangaroos blended in best as sentries, warriors, soldiers, or monks.

Opossums more commonly dwell with rodentia in the sewers or underground. They are more often than not drawn to be warlocks or sorcerers, bringing the arcane arts to the black markets when they're not reclusive druids in the swamps.

Gliders live anywhere chiropterus or elves are common, preferring homes high in the trees to caves.

Wombats stay close to the ground, if not beneath it, with the dwarves, edentatus, or fennecs as laborers, builders, miners, and diggers.

Thylacine devils are commonly mistaken for wolverines and thus most don't live anywhere humans do. Those that aren't championed to a tribe either live as hermits or mercenaries.

Language

Due to the vast differences between Marsupialus subraces, their language is riddled with dialects as different as common and undercommon. Despite this, their pronunciations remain the same. Their verbiage uses many elongated dipthongs, a lack of strong "r" sounds. This odd language results in a peculiar accent upon learning common or teaching it to their offspring. Any long "a" sound such as in "way" ends up sounding like "wye". "Ou" sounds such as in "ground" end up sounding like "grand." To make them even more difficult to understand, the Marsupialus common is filled with slang and odd figures of speech. For example, if you were to ask a Kangaroo which direction to the next town, he may point and say, "Head yonder fifty K's South'a woop woop n' bobs yer uncle. "

Marsupialus Names

Marsupialus are named in adolescence by the birth parents. While they're growing in the pouch, their gender is unknown so they go by Joey. The actual naming convention for Marsupialus is odd and doesn't seem to follow any set formula. Some names are just a bastardization of names in other languages while others are made up words with no real meaning.

Male:Aigan, Arvo, Bobby, Boomer, Brek, Drongo, Ijit, Goog, Jo, Muso, Nong, Wyatt, Zyairoh

Female:Ana, Baba, Culotta, Gidjit, Lillie, Lollie, Nina, Sammie, Sheelah, Whinge, Yakka, Zelda

Marsupialus Traits

Anthropomorphic Kangaroos, opossums, wombats, Gliders, and Thylacine Devils from the continent of Raesokera.
Ability Score Increase. Your dexterity score increases by 1
Age. Marsupialus take a long time to reach maturity. They reach adulthood at 20 and live up to 50 years.
Alignment. None, with the exception that Thylacine devils tend to lean toward chaos.
Size. Your size is medium unless otherwise specified.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Darkvision. 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.
Pouched. You have advantage on Sleight of hand checks to conceal small items in your pouch that could otherwise fit in a pocket.
Down under developed. You have disadvantage on insight skill checks.
Languages. you can speak read and write common and Marsupialus.
Subrace. Choose one between Kangaroo, opossum, wombat, glider, and Thylacine Devil

Kangaroo

Ability Score Increase. Your dexterity and Charisma scores both increase by 1
Boxer. You are proficient in unarmed attacks. You also have advantage on Dexterity saving throws against combat maneuvers to be knocked prone or moved against your will.
Flat Chat. Your walking speed is increased to 35 feet. In addition, you're always considered to have a running start when using Athletics to jump.

Opossum

Ability Score Increase. Your wisdom score increases by 2
Feign Death. You can use Feign Death as the spell on yourself once per rest. This ability is wisdom based.
Prehensile Tail. Your tail is strong enough to hold items up to 20 pounds but cannot be used for attacking. It is also strong enough to hold your weight plus twenty pounds while using it to hang upside down. You have advantage on agility checks to remain balanced if you can use your tail to aid you. If you fall, you can make a dexterity save with the same DC as the agility check at disadvantage to catch yourself with your tail.
improved darkvision. you can see in dim light up to 120 feet and complete darkness up to 60 feet.

Wombat

Ability Score Increase. Your constitution score is increased by 2
Digger. You have a burrow speed of 15 feet.
Tough as a gobber. whenever you gain a level, your maximum hit points go up an additional 1 point. In addition, your unarmored AC is 12 + Dex modifier due to your naturally armored backside.
Always full as a goog. Your metabolism is very slow. You are only required to eat once a week and you can survive without eating for a month before having to make constitution saves.

Glider

Ability Score Increase. Your dexterity and Charisma scores increase by 1
Gliding epidermis. As long as you have both arms and legs free when falling, you can spread them to glide 30 feet horizontal per 5 feet vertical. When gliding, you move at 60 feet per round.
climber's grip. You have proficiency in Athletics for the purpose of climbing. In addition, opponents have disadvantage when using a combat maneuver to disarm you.
Small size. Your walking speed is reduced to 25 feet and you cannot use heavy weapons.

Thylacine Devil

Ability Score Increase. Your constitution and strength scores increase by 1
sharp claws. you have a natural attack that deals 1d4 damage.
Savage Beaut. You reroll any damage dice that roll a 1,but you must take the second result.
Big Galah. you have proficiency and advantage on Intimidation checks.
'Avin a fair go. once per long rest, when your hp would drop to 0 due to damage or death effects, it instead drops to 1 and you remain conscious. Until the end of combat, you have advantage on all attacks against the last source of damage.

Random Height and Weight

Base Height	Height Modifier*	Base Weight	Weight Modifier**
5′ 6″	+3d8	180 lb.	× (5 x 2d10) lb.
*Height = base height + height modifier **Weight = base weight + (height modifier × weight modifier)

Base Height	Height Modifier*	Base Weight	Weight Modifier**
3′ 9″	+3d6	120 lb.	× (5 x 1d20) lb.
*Height = base height + height modifier **Weight = base weight + (height modifier × weight modifier)

Base Height	Height Modifier*	Base Weight	Weight Modifier**
3′ 9″	+2d6	140 lb.	× (5 x 4d8) lb.
*Height = base height + height modifier **Weight = base weight + (height modifier × weight modifier)

Base Height	Height Modifier*	Base Weight	Weight Modifier**
2′ 6″	+4d4	50 lb.	× (5 x 4d6) lb.
*Height = base height + height modifier **Weight = base weight + (height modifier × weight modifier)

Base Height	Height Modifier*	Base Weight	Weight Modifier**
5′ 0″	+3d8	160 lb.	× (5 x 4d8) lb.
*Height = base height + height modifier **Weight = base weight + (height modifier × weight modifier)

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