Caprin
Honest, welcoming, and humble to a fault, the athletic caprin are at home on mountain peaks or in the valleys below. Caprin clans are tight-knit communities made up of several families, totally self-sufficient and never needing from others they might not know. Still, many caprin dream of a life outside their small clan, and wander the world to explore its wonders.
Alpine Living
Caprin are perfectly suited to the mountainous region of Honamaya, where their magical evolution took place. They have thick, wooly fur that keeps out the cold and dries quickly, and comes in a variety of neutral colors and patterns. Both adult men and women grow horns, but the women's tend to be shorter and straight to a narrow point, while men's can curve, twist, and bend all sorts of directions as they get longer, often twice as long as women's. Their legs narrow to hooved feet and enable their amazing climbing ability and balance. Caprin can easily leap from boulder to boulder, clamber up the side of a steep slope, and hike mountains trails without worrying about slipping or twisting an ankle. The exceptional balance and stability that caprin have was put to great use in their original mountain homeland. Caprin villages tend to sprawl up and down mountainsides or rest on terraced ground with winding, steep streets between. Homes are often multiple stories; connected by ladders, stairways, and rooftop patios. Triplets are exceptionally common among caprin, and homes typically have a large nursery for the kids.Keep it Simple
Caprin culture places great value on honest living. The ideal caprin household is self-sufficient: growing their own food in a garden and caring for their own livestock. Any excess you produce is expected to be donated to the community, or clan, for use in hard times or during an especially brutal winter. Seeking power and wealth is frowned upon, and as such wealthy caprin or caprin nobles are exceptionally rare. One's home should provide everything they need, and you can go to your clan for the rest, why hoard wealth?Watch for Witches
Caprin, mostly those from rural communities, are known for being skeptical and wary of those who use magic, especially other caprin. There's a lingering belief that magic brings bad luck when used too often or for the wrong things, and that all magic comes back to those who cast it. A shaman might prepare a ritual for clear skies, but the local caprin will claim that it will only invite worse storms later. Rumors persist about covens of caprin witches living in the wilderness, performing dark magic rituals under the moon and inviting supernatural forces into the World. Caprin who wish to study magic or make use of it in their day-to-day, as many other species commonly do, often find themselves leaving their home villages to avoid scorn and unsavory rumors. Ask any magical caprin you meet, however, and they'll tell you plenty of folk in their hometowns use it when they think no-one is looking. You can use the caprin profession table to find a profession your caprin character had before adventuring, or to inspire one of your own.Names
Caprin names consist of a given name and a clan name, which the entire village often shares. The clan name tells other caprin where you're from and who you're connected to, conveying plenty of information at first meeting. Within their clans or friend group, most caprin simply go by their given name. Clan Names: Buckley, Donne, Thanagan, Moghrain, Rordian. Female Names: Brigid, Fionah, Moira, Siovhan, Sorsha. Male Names: Anghus, Cian, Eoin, Padraig, Wille.Traits
Your caprin character has the following species traits: Ability Score Increase Your Constitution score increases by 2, and your Dexterity score increases by 1. Age Caprin live similar lifespans to other sapient species. Alignment Caprin trend towards good and chaotic alignments. Size Your size is medium. Speed Your base walking speed is 30 feet. Sturdy Hooves Caprin are naturally gifted climbers. You ignore difficult terrain and are proficient in either Acrobatics or Athletics. Hearty Headbutt Immediately after you hit a creature with a melee attack as part of the Attack action on your turn, you can use a bonus action to attempt to shove that target with your horns. The target must be no more than one size larger than you and within 5 feet of you. Unless it succeeds on a Strength saving throw against a DC equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength modifier, you knock the target prone. Wooly Coat You have resistance to bludgeoning and cold damage. Honest Living Gain an additional tool proficiency of your choice.Ol' Papa Winter
In the old folktales of Honamaya, each winter begins with Papa Winter (pictured as an elderly caprin with a long, white beard) leaping from roof to roof, sprinkling snow out of his magical bag. Young caprin in the region are also told that if they're good all summer and help tend the fields or keep the home tidy, Papa Winter will leave them a toy when he brings snow. Many adult caprin fondly remember waiting all night to see if they could hear Papa Winter's hooves land on the rooftop. Of course, the snows in Honamaya don't melt until summer and begin falling again in autumn, but the image of Papa Winter bringing the first snowfall is part of the cultural consciousness in the region today.Sidebar 2
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