Enormous, powerful, and often quiet, the mighty ursinin can silence a room just by walking in. Hailing from the icy forests of
Ranesh, the ursinin have made homes for themselves wherever they can be close to nature. Though they typically prefer to live alone and may not make many friends, when an ursinin's community is threatened they'll take immediate - and deadly - action.
Giant Strength
Standing at least head taller than almost all other species on average, ursinin tower over their neighbors. Their massive size gives off an aura of strength and sheer power, an impression that's accurate more often than not. Underneath their thick fur coats lie layers of muscle and fat that make the ursinin not only astoundingly strong, but also incredibly hardy. They're known for living in some of the coldest and most remote places in the World - and thriving there in a way no other species could. Men are typically five or six inches taller and 30-40 lbs heavier, but women are often just as strong. There's a popular saying referring to urisinin mothers that alludes to this: don't come between a mother bear and her cubs.
Ursinin fur tends to come in dark, earthy reds, browns, and blacks, but occasionally blonde or white-furred ursinin are born. Those with black fur sometimes have white splotches or patterns across their chests, faces, and necks.
Quiet Tradition
Old customs die hard in ursinin culture. You do things the way your parents did, and their parents before them, and theirs before them. It's not uncommon for a single ursinin family to have a completely unique holiday tradition they've stuck to for decades, simply because they're doing what their ancestors did with what they had available. It's considered poor form to question your family's traditions, and worse to question another's. You don't change a religious custom without great necessity - it's unnecessary at the least, and shameful to your ancestors at the worst.
Ursinin households are typically organized in a traditional structure as well - mother raises the cubs, makes the home, and tends to the garden and livestock; while father hunts, gathers, labors, or is at a job all day. Children don't typically receive an education, but are taught to aid with matters of the house from a young age. Most ursinin parents have one or two children only, so ursinin population has remained low compared to that of other species.
Forces of Nature
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Ursinin Names
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Female Names: Ceres, Eos, Minerva, Nike, Rhea.
Male Names: Apollo, Atlas, Helios, Somnus, Vulcan.
Pride Names: Blackeye, Greymane, Nightplain, Redpaw, Sharpclaw.
Ursinin Traits
Your character has the following species traits:
Ability Score Increase
Your Constitution and Strength scores increase by 2, but your Dexterity decreases by 1.
Age
Ursinin reach maturity by 20 years of age, and live somewhat longer than most species.
Alignment
Ursinin lean towards lawful alignments.
Size
Your size is medium.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Darkvision
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.
Huge Strength
Your carrying capacity and feats of strength count as one size larger. You may wield two-handed weapons with one hand.
Huge Size
You have disadvantage on Stealth and Sleight of Hand checks, but advantage on Athletics and Intimidation checks.
Natural Toughness
Your hit point maximum increases by 1 at level one, and increases by 1 at every level after. You also have resistance to cold damage.
Claws
You have large, powerful paws, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit while unarmed, you deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d8 + your Strength modifier.
Language
You speak Common and Grizzlish.
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