Ancestry: Ratfolk
Ratfolk are a clever, adaptable, and fastidious ancestry who happily crowd their large families into the smallest of living spaces. They are a communal people who prefer cramped conditions, with up to 100 individuals living in a given house. If they can’t find homes in town, the Ratfolk may instead live in caves and cavern complexes, as these provide great storage for the many and varied goods they bring back from trading expeditions. Outside of their homes, Ratfolk often accompany merchant caravans, picking up odds and ends along the way for their vast hoarded collections.
Ratfolk are small humanoids with rat-like features. They have whiskered snouts, large ears, and hairless tails. Their eyes are black or red eyes. They have short brown or black fur, but vary considerably, however; even a single family group can exhibit substantial variation in hair color, eye color, or size.
Ratfolk Traits
Ability Score Increase. One ability score of your choice increases by 2, and another by 1, to a maximum of 20.
Age. Ratfolk mature by age 5 and live to be around 50.
Alignment. Ratfolk are naturally curious and explorative, tending towards chaotic alignments.
Creature Type. You are a Humanoid. You are also considered a Beast for any prerequisite or effect that requires you to be a Beast.
Size. Ratfolk range from under 3 to over 4 feet tall. Your size is Small.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.
Darkvision. Accustomed to dark warrens and caves, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. 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.
Bite. Your sharp teeth are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with it, you deal Piercing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the Bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.
Nimble. You can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than yours.
Furniture Climber. You have a climbing speed equal to your walking speed.
Ratfolk Skill. You have proficiency in the Stealth and Survival skills.
Languages. You can read, speak, and write Common and Squeak.