Felis viator
Veyari are keen-eyed, sure-footed wanderers who treat every unfamiliar road as an invitation to learn.
At a glance
Darkvision 60 ft.
Languages Common, One other language of your choice
Height 5 to 6 feet
Weight 100 to 180 pounds
Lifespan 70 to 90 years, adult at 18
At the table
You have a climbing speed of 20 feet. You can use this speed only on surfaces that can support you, and you must have at least one free hand to climb.
You have proficiency in Perception or Survival. Choose the skill when you select this species.
Your claws can serve as natural weapons for unarmed strikes. When you hit with them, the strike deals plus your Strength modifier slashing damage instead of the normal damage of an unarmed strike.
When you fall, you can use your reaction to reduce the falling damage you take by an amount equal to five times your character level. You can also land on your feet when you take no damage from the fall.
Rhiavena's people often cultivate agility, patience, and keen awareness, tending toward Dexterity and Wisdom. Players assign ability score increases as they wish, such as +2/+1 or +1/+1/+1.
A thick, weather-resistant coat and a calm, deliberate manner in difficult terrain.
At home in forests and uplands, Bramble Veyari are often guides, herbalists, and keepers of secluded paths. Their communities favor shelters blended into the landscape.
Veyari are keen-eyed, sure-footed wanderers who treat every unfamiliar road as an invitation to learn. Their families prize stories, maps, and the useful kindnesses exchanged between travelers, but no two Veyari agree on whether the best discovery is a distant wonder or the secret shortcut just beyond the next ridge. Rhiavena could be a scout, a storyteller, or simply someone who has never quite stopped looking over the horizon.
Veyari are feline-featured humanoids with alert ears, whiskered muzzles, digitigrade legs, and long balancing tails.
Their coats range from short and sleek to dense and plush, in patterns of stripes, spots, rosettes, or unbroken color. Eye shades vary widely, and their pupils narrow in bright light. Their hands are dexterous and clawed, suited to climbing and careful work. Individual builds vary from wiry and long-limbed to broad and sturdy.
From warm savannas and deep forests to crowded port cities, highland trails, and caravan roads.
Many settle wherever paths meet and travelers have news to trade.
Young enough to be learning a craft or setting out under the guidance of an elder.
Considered an adult, trusted to choose a calling and make a name beyond the family hearth.
A mature traveler, often valued as a mentor, storyteller, or keeper of routes and histories.
An elder whose recollections may span generations of journeys and changing homelands.
Veyari communities are shaped by kinship, apprenticeship, and the exchange of knowledge.
A good story is not merely entertainment: it can preserve a warning about a dangerous pass or record who offered shelter in a hard season. Some Veyari travel for years before returning home, while others make their life among settled neighbors. Hospitality is respected, but it is reciprocal, and guests are expected to contribute where they can.
Many honor deities of travel, the wild, luck, craft, or hearth and home.
Others leave small offerings at crossroads, springs, and safe camps without belonging to a formal faith. Their cultures prize personal choice and reciprocity, so no particular alignment is expected.
Veyari often build friendships through shared journeys, practical favors, and exchanged tales.
Some outsiders mistake their curiosity for restlessness or their reserve for aloofness. Veyari communities differ in how readily they welcome visitors, but most respect a guest who listens before claiming to understand a place.
Their settlements are often built around shared courtyards, sheltered rooftops, and elevated walkways.
Homes favor shutters, broad eaves, and easy routes between balconies, while portable camps use layered awnings and clearly marked paths. A community's architecture usually reflects local materials rather than a single ancestral style.
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