Content authored by Kelly Pawlik.
Hailing from coastal rainforests, rain creeper heritage characters are well suited to lives of adventure. Their skills allow them to move quickly, even amid the exposed tree roots of their homes, and to stay hidden from other predators. Rain creeper settlements range from collections of tents and lean-tos, to semi-permanent …
Mud runner heritage characters hail from lizardfolk communities located in bogs and swamps. The mud runner lizardfolk are widely regarded as the descendants of the ancient lizardfolk empires. Their oral tradition stretches back millennia and their storytellers are welcome in all lizardfolk communities. From a young age, mud runners are …
Long before mammals exerted their dominance over the world, reptiles thrived—and evolved. Lizardfolk were among the first reptilian humanoids, and the traits they developed to survive the primordial eras are largely unchanged today. Lizardfolk range in appearance, but they are all scaled bipeds who stand slightly taller than a human …
Characters of the mangrove regent heritage have been raised among a community of mangrove dryads and carry its values and customs. When gales and hurricanes rage across the oceans of the fey realms, the neighborhoods of mangrove dryads provide the first line of protection to their communities. The mangroves themselves …
Pine scion heritage characters carry the best aspects of the dryad communities into the world, at least as they see it. Unlike the snobbish oaks or gossiping teaks, the dour ashes or airy corks, pine scions are easy to understand and get along with. To their credit, the pine scions’ …
Characters of the inheritor of the future heritage bear one of the time-warping staves developed by eonics. Most are eonics granted their staff before setting out to save their people, though these artifacts have fallen into other hands over time, and the bearers carry on the mantle. Regardless of lineage, …
Characters of this heritage are not native to the world they live in. Through some event, intentional or accidental, they emigrated. Their true home shares the same name and largely the same geography as this one, but the histories differ in subtle ways. The first mirror worlders were eonics whose …
Time-lost drifter heritage characters have a crystal belt. Dangling from it at irregular intervals are the crystals that give it its name. They also carry a collection of ephemera gathered from different ages. Most time-lost drifters come from the eonic lineage, but over time, crystal belts have fallen into other …
Eonics hail from a dying civilization in the far future. To save their people, a small number took to the timestream to get help from ages before and after their own. Their crystal belts allow them to travel through time, but a flaw in the belts’ construction prevents them from …
Gnolls look like hyenas given humanoid bearing. Their powerfully built bodies are covered with short brown or dull yellow fur spotted in darker brown. The claws on their hands and feet, while often painted or decorated with whorls, are brittle and ill-suited as weapons. Gnolls find most clothing restrictive and …
