THE BEAVER FOLK
"One more beaver fever joke, and I (beep) swear to Gawd..." Small anthropoid Beavers. With Cajun accents. Just because.
BEAVER SPECIES TRAITS · +2 Con, -2 Wis
· Size Class: Small. +1 Size Bonus to Armor Class and Attack Rolls. +4 Size Bonus to Hide Checks. -4 Size Penalty to Bull Rush, Grapple, Overrun, and Trip Checks. Lifting and Carrying Limits are half those of a Medium character. Space is 5', Reach is 5'.
· Monstrous Humanoid, giving you Darkvision 60 ft..
· Base Land speed 20 ft.
· Base Swim speed 20 ft.
· +1 Natural AC Bonus
· Hold Breath (Ex): Beavers can hold their breath underwater a number of rounds equal to 4 times their Constitution Score before they risk drowning.
· Beavers have a Primary Bite Attack doing 1d4 plus Strength Modifier.
· Beavers have a +8 Racial Bonus to Swim Checks, and can always Take 10 on a Swim Check. They may use the Run Action while swimming in a straight line. They also gain a +4 Racial Bonus on Craft (woodworking) and Survival Checks.
· Automatic Languages: Common and Furry. Bonus Languages: Bonus languages generally depend on who or what lives nearby.
· Level Adjustment: +0
· Favored Class: Scout
STARTING AGE Adulthood: 14
Barbarian, Rogue, Sorcerer: +1d4
Bard, Fighter, Paladin, Ranger: +1d6
Cleric, Druid, Monk, Wizard: +2d6
AGING EFFECTS Middle Age: 30
Old: 45
Venerable: 60
Maximum Age: +2d10 years
HEIGHT AND WEIGHT Base Height: Male: 3'0" Female: 2'10"
Height Modifier: +2d4"
Base Weight: Male: 40 lbs. Female: 35 lbs.
Weight Modifier: x1 lb.
BEAVER CHARACTERS If you want to play a small, hardy semi aquatic race the Beaver is a go. The extra Con makes them decent tanks even if they will need some help with their Will Saves.
Adventuring Race: Usually you only adventure to right some perceived wrong against you or your loved ones, or because you reeeeally need money. You don't like leaving the community unless need or danger makes it necessary.
Character Development: You're a common, hard working folk. You keep your nose out of other peoples business, and they do the same for you. Or they get whooped. You may not much care for outsiders or people different from yourself, but you believe in hospitality and are willing to accept anyone who doesn't cause trouble.
Character Names: Males: Albert, Andre, Etienne, Henri, Jacques, Jean, Justin, Louis, Maurice, Papite, Paul, Raoul, Remy, Sebastion, Theophile, Zachary. Female: Ada, Adele, Adrienne, Anne, Betty, Claire, Claudine, Clemntine, Clothilde, Deborah, Dee, Enola, Francine, Georgette, Laurie, Madeline, Marie, Mattie, Odette, Olive, Sarah, Sharon, Sherri, Tami, Therese. Surnames: Allain, Arcenaux, Aucoin, Babin, Babineaux, Bellefontaine, Benoit, Bergeron, Bernard, Blanchard, Boudreaux, Bourque, Bourgeois, Boutin, Brasseaux, Braud, Breaux, Broussard, Brun, Bujeau, Castille, Chiasson, Comeaux, Cormier, Cyr, Daigle, Derouen, David, Doucet, Dugas, Dupuis, Foret, Gaudet, Gautreaux, Giroir, Godin, Granger, Gravois, Guidry, Guilbeau, Hebert, Jeansonne, La Bauve, Landry, Langlinais, LeBlanc, Leger, LeJeune, Guidry, Martin, Melancon, Mire, Mouton, Naquin, Orillon, Part, Pellerin, Pitre, Poirier, Prejean, Richard, Rivet, Robichaud, Rodrigue, Roger, Roy, Savoie, Sonnier, Thériot, Thibodeaux, Trahan, Vincent.
ROLEPLAYING A BEAVER There are a fair amount of misconceptions about your race and it's culture, and it can be tedious to deal with them. Then there are the jerks who make fun of your teeth or your tail. The teeth won't be so damn funny when they're being used to bite your opponent in the behind.
Personality: Beavers are fairly laid back and patient. It takes a bit to tick them off usually, other than violating their privacy. Beavers are a very private folk and don't tolerate invasions of such well. Even then, they prefer a good old fashioned fistfight to actual lethal combat.
Behaviors: Your fairly calm for the most part, unless someone butts in on your business. Then you politely tell them to sod off or fight. Other than that you enjoy the simple pleasures of life such as food and drink. Fishing is also quite the common past time as are building competitions.
Language: Beavers speak their own dialect of Furry, much like the other Furry races.
BEAVER SOCIETY Beavers are well known for their native cuisine, music, and religious beliefs. Since their tightly knit communities don't interact much with others beyond holidays and trade, many nearby cultures find them fascinating.
Alignment : Beavers are generally Neutral with the more fun loving sort drifting towards Chaotic or Good tendencies.
Lands : Beavers live near lakes and rivers, usually in cold or temperate areas.
Settlements : Beavers rarely settle, and usually only in places with access to water.
Beliefs : Beavers usually worship the Furry Pantheon or the Nature Pantheon, and are fairly devout.
Relations: Given their reputation as fun loving craftsmen, the Beavers get along well with others. And if they don't, they dam up your river and dry up your water supply! But seriously, as long as you aren't foolish they're kinda hard to offend in the long term.
BEAVER ADVENTURES · A passing Balor called your mama names, and that just ain't right.
· Local humanoids are damming the river upstream. That's your job. Time they were reminded of that.
· Your uncle Louie's moonshine could put down a Frost Giant. But it's all gone missing. Time to find out how before Louie has a stroke, cause he ain't passed on the recipe!
BEAVER SPECIES SUBSTITUTION LEVELSBARBARIAN Level 1: Replace Rage with Whirling Frenzy from Unearthed Arcana.
RANGER Levels 2, 6, 11: Gain a new Combat Style option: Gnaw
Combat Style: 2nd Level gives you Gnaw, 6th Level gives you Improved Gnaw and 11th Level gives you Superior Gnaw.
Level 4: Replace Animal Companion with Self-Sufficient
Self Sufficient: You gain a +2 Bonus on Climb, Craft, Heal, Survival and Swim Checks.
SCOUT Levels 3 and 11: When you get Fast Movement you can choose to apply it to your land speed or your swim speed.
BEAVER FEATSCraft MoonshineYou can brew the potent restorative known as moonshine.
Prerequisites: Beaver, Brew Potion, Must be able to cast Cure Light Wounds, Delay Disease, Delay Poison, and Lesser Restoration.
Benefits: A shot of Moonshine automatically wakes up sleeping or unconscious creatures, and stabilizes them if they are dying. It also conveys the benefits of Delay Disease and Delay Poison, and heals 1d4 ht points in damage. Unfortunately it is also a potent DC 15 alcohol (see Arms and Equipment Guide). It is brewed in batches of 10 potions at a time. A batch cost 75 GP and 3 xp to make. It takes 10 days to brew in the still.
Dam-BuilderItems you build are durable.
Prerequisites: Beaver, Craft 4 ranks
Benefits: Items you craft have their hit points increased by 60%.
Master CraftsmanYou're the best there is at what you do.
Prerequisites: Beaver, Craft 4 ranks
Benefits: You gain a +2 Bonus on Craft Checks, and the Craft DC for making Masterwork items is the same as it is for crafting the item. For example a crossbow is normally a DC 15 Craft Check with the Masterwork portion being DC 20. With this Feat, both are DC 15.
GnawYou have sharp teeth.
Prerequisites: Beaver, Mouse, Gopher, Packrat or Rat, Weapon Focus (Bite)
Benefits: Your bite attack ignores the first 2 points of Hardness or DR/-.
Improved GnawYour teeth hurt
Prerequisites: Gnaw
Benefits: Your bite attack does x3 damage on a confirmed critical.
Supreme GnawYou go through wood like butter.
Prerequisites: Improved Gnaw
Benefits: Your bite threatens a critical on an 18-20.
River ShamanYou have a talent for water magic.
Prerequisites: Beaver
Benefits: An innate talent for magic grants you the following spell-like abilities as a first level caster 1x/day: Create Water, Know Direction, Wave Blessing (Stormwrack).
Wood ShamanYou have a talent for nature magic
Prerequisites: Beaver
Benefits: An innate talent for magic grants you the following spell-like abilities as a first level caster 1x/day: Shillelagh, Mending, Naturewatch (see Spell Compendium).
