Faun - Playable Race

Faun Race Details

Fauns have a well-earned reputation for their good spirits, gregarious personalities, and love of revels. Most Fauns are driven by simple desires, to see the world and to sample its every pleasure.
While their spontaneity and whimsy sometimes put them at odds with more stoic peoples, Fauns rarely let the moodiness of others hinder their own happiness.
Life is a blessing from the gods, after all, and the proper response to such a gift, as far as most Fauns are concerned, is to accept it with relish.

Born of the Wild

In their physical forms, Fauns embody a fusion of humanoid civilization with the freedom of wild beasts. Generally, they look similar to humans, with a range of builds and features. But their goatlike horns, pointed ears, and furred lower bodies sharply distinguish them. Fauns’ solid horns connect to their heads at the base of their skulls, while their legs end in sturdy hooves. Thick fur covers their bodies from the waist down, shorter at the waist and longer below the knees. Short, soft hair grows down their neck and spine, along their shoulders, and on their forearms.

Embracing Life

Most Fauns believe that the other peoples of Theros are woefully burdened with the plague of seriousness. Fauns scoff at the efforts of polis-builders with their laws and right angles, and they poke fun at philosophers with their endless theories and interminable discourse. Fauns feel that life is to be lived and experienced with all the senses. Fauns see the world and everything in it as a book of delights, and they want to explore every page. See chapter 3 for more details on the Faun homeland, the Skola Vale.

The Art of the Revel

The humans of the poleis generally think of Fauns’ revels as raucous bacchanals, where anything and everything might happen. This picture isn’t wrong, but it’s incomplete: there’s more to a revel than debauchery. For Fauns, revelry is a way of life. It’s the delight in small things: the song of a bird, a warm breeze, the smell of a tasty pie, relaxing by a river in the sunshine. Life freely offers these gifts, and for a Faun, they are more valuable than gold or glory. To revel means to forget the constraints of time, to let go of the future and past, and to be wholly in the present moment. For Fauns, encountering life with all the senses honors the gods, and—most importantly—it feels really good. Driven by instinct and intuition, most Fauns prove unpredictable, following their sense of wonder wherever it leads.

Very Odd Indeed

Fauns are known for their eccentricities. Some people spend too much time worrying over why Fauns behave as they do. But Fauns themselves simply are as they are, feeling no need to understand what drives them, much less explain it to others. The Faun Eccentricities table suggests a few tastes or proclivities your Faun character might possess
Faun Eccentricities d8 Characteristic 1 Flowers are the most amazing things ever. I want to pick them, wear them, and discover their silent secrets. 2 There isn’t a tree or statue that isn’t fun to climb. 3 Nothing wards off bad luck like a jolly dance. 4 Sometimes talking to a plant really helps. 5 If stumped, I smoke a pipe. And if I’m going to smoke a pipe, it’s going to be a splendid pipe. 6 I imagine that my clothes are my glorious soul on display for all the world to behold, and I dress accordingly. 7 Having horns is the best. They are fun to decorate, and they can pop open an amphora, no problem. 8 If I have something really important to say, I always make sure to sing it. Myth of Xenagos the Faun God
The Faun Xenagos savored his reputation for presiding over the most raucous revels his people had ever known. However, when fate led him to discover the nature of the gods and how they were beholden to mortals for their very existence, the whole order of the world felt like a joke—one at his expense.
With immortal power no longer feeling so out of reach, Xenagos set into motion a plan that would propel him to godhood. His victory shook the pantheon, but his victory was short-lived. Heliod dispatched his champion, Elspeth, who faced many trials but ultimately killed the god-Faun by driving the spear, Godsend, through his heart.
Many Fauns remember Xenagos as a Faun who lived life to the fullest and who played tricks that stirred up even the gods. Yet, he’s also an example of how bitterness can turn a great trick nasty and how schemes that get out of hand aren’t fun for anybody. What Faun wants the responsibility of being a god anyway?

Faun Traits

Your Faun character has the following racial traits.
Ability Score Increase
Your Charisma score increases by 2, and your Dexterity score increases by 1.

Age
Fauns mature and age at about the same rate as humans.

Alignment
Fauns delight in living a life free of the mantle of law. They gravitate toward being good, but some have devious streaks and enjoy causing dismay.

Size
Fauns range from just under 5 feet to about 6 feet in height, with generally slender builds. Your size is Medium.

Here’s how to determine your height and weight randomly, starting with rolling a size modifier:

Size modifier = 2d8

Height = 4 feet + 8 inches + your size modifier in inches

Weight in pounds = 100 + (2d4 × your size modifier)

Speed
Your base walking speed is 35 feet.

Fey
Your creature type is fey, rather than humanoid.

Ram
You can use your head and horns to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier.

Magic Resistance
You have advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Mirthful Leaps
Whenever you make a long or high jump, you can roll a d8 and add the number rolled to the number of feet you cover, even when making a standing jump. This extra distance costs movement as normal.

Reveler
You have proficiency in the Performance and Persuasion skills, and you have proficiency with one musical instrument of your choice.

Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Sylvan.