Lapine - Player Race
The lapine are a hyper-aggressive race of Leporidae-humanoids that is primarily motivated by an insatiable desire to conquer and oppress. Their society is rigidly feudalistic and has clearly defined class roles that are determined at birth. From the first moment it appears in a birthing cavern, a lapine’s function is established.
The lapine place little value in any individual life. Because they can reproduce at a breathtaking rate, an important aspect of their combat tactics involves overwhelming their foes with sheer numbers. In any battle, masses of the physically frail and small lapine are likely to be slaughtered, but they can always breed more.
All lapine are bred to serve a specific purpose, without deviation or expectation to be anything other than their assigned role. The vast majority of lapine are bred to be peasants and shock troops.
Lapine Heritages
Lapine lead short, highly-regimented lives, most having been bred for a singular purpose. Choose one of the following lapine heritages at 1st level. A lapine's heritage also determines its size, from the massive jackrabbits standing in at nearly 6 feet, to the diminutive troublescryer at barely 3 feet.
Jackrabbit
You have been bred to act as a frontline vanguard, with a well-muscled frame and larger than average stature. Your size is Medium. You count as one size larger for the purposes of determining your bulk and size, and you receive a +1 circumstance bonus to Athletics checks when shoving, grappling, tripping, or forcing open.
Softpaw
You have been bred to act as a scout or messenger, with a smaller, lighter frame. Your size is Small. Your Speed increases by 5 feet.
Broodkeeper
You were bred to train and command the legions of broodhoppers that serve as Lapine shock troops. Your size is Medium. You gain the Group Coercion skill feat. If you roll a success on an Intimidation or Diplomacy to coerce or influence the behavior of another Lapine, you get a critical success instead; if you rolled a critical failure, you get a failure instead.
Warrenbuilder
You were bred with the special purpose of constructing the vast, twisting underground warrens that the Lapine call home. Your size is Medium. You gain a burrow speed equal to half your Speed. You do not need to hold your breath while burrowing, but you leave a tunnel behind.
Troublescryer
You have been bred for your large, especially finely-tuned ears, which are able to detect even the slightest whispers of sound. Your size is Small. As long as you can hear normally, you can use the Seek action to sense undetected creatures in a 60-foot cone instead of a 30-foot cone. You also gain a +2 circumstance bonus to locate undetected creatures that you could hear within 30 feet with a Seek Action.
Hit Points
6
Size
Small/Medium
Speed
30 feet
Ability Boosts
Dexterity
Wisdom
Free
Ability Flaw
Intelligence
Languages
Lapine
Common
Additional languages equal to your Intelligence modifier (if positive) . Choose from Gnomish, Undercommon, Halfling, Terran, Sylvan, or other languages to which you have access (such as the languages prevalent in your region) .
Traits
Lapine
Humanoid
Low-Light Vision
You can see in dim light as though it were bright light, so you ignore the concealed condition due to dim light.
1st Level
Crossbred Heritage [Feat 1]
[Lapine]
While most lapine are bred for one particular purpose, you were bred for a wider scope of usage. Choose a second heritage. Your size does not change, and continues to be decided by your initial heritage.
Special You can take this feat only at 1st level, and you can't retrain out of this feat or into this feat.
Lapine Athleticism [Feat 1]
[Lapine]
Your powerful leg muscles allow you to leap much farther than other humanoids of your size. You receive a +2 circumstance bonus when attempting a long-jump or high-jump, and the distance you cover when successfully long-jumping or high-jumping is increased by 10 feet. You may surpass your speed in distance covered by a long jump.
Fleeting Ritualism [Feat 1]
[Lapine]
Owing to their short lifespan, lapine place a great emphasis on acquiring vast amounts knowledge from elders and recalling it from memory, to pass onto brood young in training. So long as you are trained in the skill, you receive a +2 circumstance bonus to checks to recall knowledge pertaining to society, religion, occultism, nature, medicine, crafting, arcana, or any lore skills.
Lapine Weapon Familiarity [Feat 1]
[Lapine]
In combat, you favor thrusting weapons that augment your powerful forward leaps, and prove maneuverable in cramped warren tunnels. You become trained in the filcher's fork, trident, ranseur, light pick, pick, and shortbow. These weapons acquire the [Lapine] trait for you.
You also become trained in rabbit claws. These are one-handed martial weapons in the knife group consisting of three metal blades extending forward over the hand that deal 1d6 slashing damage on hit, with the agile and deadly 1d6 traits.
For you, martial lapine weapons are simple weapons, and advanced lapine weapons are martial weapons.
5th Level
Lapine Agility [<] [Feat 5]
[Lapine]
Your swift legs and inbred sense for danger allow you to dance around your opponent, avoiding attacks. If you would be hit by an attack of opportunity as the result of a move action, you may force the attacker to roll another attack against your reflex DC, with the following success and failure conditions:
Critical Success The attack hits as normal.
Success The attack hits as normal.
Failure The attack misses.
Critical Failure The attack misses and the opponent becomes flatfooted until the start of their next turn.
Lapine Swarm Tactics [Feat 5]
[Lapine]
You are adept at fighting in the classic lapine fashion of surrounding and swarming enemies, and you are not afraid of taking on opponents larger than yourself as you do so. The circumstance penalty to AC that a flanked opponent takes from the flat-footed condition increases to -3 for you. You receive a +1 circumstance bonus to will saves against fear effects, so long as you are flanking the source of the fear effect.
Lapine Weapon Flurry [Feat 5]
[Lapine]
Prerequisites Lapine Weapon Familiarity
You are bred to handle the weapons of your kind and are particularly deadly when using them. Whenever you critically hit using a lapine weapon or one of the weapons listed in Lapine Weapon Familiarity, you apply the weapon’s critical specialization effect.
9th Level
Jackrabbit Vanguard [Feat 9]
[Lapine]
Prerequisites Jackrabbit Heritage
You are a veteran of long marches through conditions that would kill weaker lapine, and you do not let exhaustion, fatigue, or other maladies get the better of you. You cannot gain the fatigued condition except through magical means, and whenever you would be sickened, it is one degree less severe.
Softpaw Scout [Feat 9]
[Lapine]
Prerequisites Softpaw Heritage
Your quiet gait makes it incredibly difficult for the unsuspecting to notice you. You gain the Terrain Stalker skill feat, and are under its effects at all times, regardless of the terrain.
Broodkeeper Warden [Feat 9]
[Lapine]
Prerequisites Broodkeeper Heritage
You've spent time leading others, and your presence commands fear and respect. The point out action becomes a free action for you, and you gain the Battle Cry skill feat, even if you are not a master in intimidation.
Warrenbuilder Adept [Feat 9]
[Lapine]
Prerequisites Warrenbuilder Heritage
Your frame has become well-muscled from your time spent digging, and you can clear soil at a record pace. You gain a burrow speed equal to your speed.
Troublescryer Oracle [Feat 9]
[Lapine]
Prerequisites Troublescryer Heritage
Your sense of hearing is second to none, and you are able to determine the location of even the slightest disturbances and vibrations. Hearing becomes a precise sense for you, and you aren't flat-footed to hidden, undetected, or flanking creatures of your level or lower, or creatures of your level or lower using surprise attack. However, they can still help their allies flank.
13th Level
Incredible Athleticism [Feat 13]
[Lapine]
Prerequisites Lapine Athleticism
Regular training has left your legs in peak performance, able to carry your body terrifying distances with each leap and bound. Your circumstance bonus when attempting a long-jump or high-jump increases to +4, and you leap twice the distance on a success or critical success. You may surpass your speed in distance covered by a leap, long jump, or high jump.
Lapine Weapon Expertise [Feat 13]
[Lapine]
Your lapine affinity blends with your training, granting you great skill with lapine weapons. Whenever you gain a class feature that grants you expert or greater proficiency in certain weapons, you also gain that proficiency in filcher's fork, trident, ranseur, light pick, pick, shortbow, and rabbit claws.