Raccoon

Your raccoon character has a variety of abilities that come being nimble and ready for anything!

• Ability Score Increase: You’re a savvy animal and surviving—on anything and by any means—is a speciality. Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1.
  
• Age: Raccoons reach maturity around four months old and live to be about 4 or 5 years. That’s for unawakened animals, of course. Your lifespan might be longer!
  
• Alignment: You know there are laws. You’ve definitely heard about them. Maybe even seen a book of them once or twice. Of course, they don’t apply to you. You’ve got much more important things to be worrying about than rules. Like… who is going to open that dustbin to get all that delicious food. Raccoon tend towards chaotic alignments, but they’re usually good-natured and friendly creatures.
  
• Size: Raccoons tend not to get too big. You’re usually around 2 feet in length. Your size is Small.
  
• Speed: Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
  
• Darkvision: You can see in dim light within 30 ft. as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You cannot discern colour and see only in shades of grey through this feature.
• Keen Senses: You gain advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing or smell.
• Nimble Critter: When it comes to escaping, no one is quite as good as you. Getting out of tough situations? Well, you call that a normal day of the week. Evading someone out for your blood? Relax, you do this all the time. If being pursued or chased, raccoons gain advantage on Dexterity (Hide) and Dexterity (Stealth) checks.
  
• Survivor: Raccoons are experts at getting-by, finding food in the unlikeliest of places, and generally putting up with whatever conditions they’re in, uncomplainingly. You can get through anything. You always do. Raccoons gain proficiency in the Survival skill.
  
• Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common and speak one other animal language. Raccoons don’t have their own tongue, but they’re very quick at picking up the language of others.
  

Standard Racial Traits

• Ability Score Modifiers: Raccoon characters gain a +2 racial bonus to Dexterity, and +2 racial bonus to Wisdom. (2 RP)
  
• Type: Raccoons are the Animal type. (2 RP)
  
• Size: Raccoons are Tiny creatures, and gain a +2 size bonus to Dexterity and a –2 size penalty to Strength. Tiny races gain a +2 size bonus to their AC, a +2 size bonus on attack rolls, a –2 penalty on combat maneuver checks and to their CMD, and a +8 size bonus on Stealth checks. Tiny characters take up a space of 2-1/2 feet by 2-1/2 feet, so up to four of these characters can fit into a single square. Tiny races typically have a natural reach of 0 feet, meaning they can’t reach into adjacent squares. They must enter an opponent’s square to attack it in melee. This provokes an attack of opportunity from the opponent. Since they have no natural reach, they do not threaten the squares around them. Other creatures can move through those squares without provoking attacks of opportunity. Tiny creatures typically cannot flank an enemy. (4 RP)
  
• Base Speed: Raccoons have a base speed of 20 feet, and a climb speed of 20 feet. (1 RP)
  
• Languages: Raccoons don’t have their own tongue, but they’re very quick at picking up the language of others. They speak two languages of your choice. Raccoons with high Intelligence scores can learn any languages they want (except Druidic and other secret languages). Do note that as creatures of the Animal type, if they learn languages spoken by humanoids, they are physically incapable of speaking those languages without some sort of magical aid. (1 RP)
  

Defense Racial Traits

• Natural Armor. Raccoons gain +1 Natural Armor. (2 RP)
  

Offense Racial Traits

• Bite: Raccoons gain a primary bite attack that deals damage according to their size. (1 RP)
  

Senses Racial Traits

• Low-Light Vision. Raccoons can see twice as far as humans in conditions of dim light. (1 RP)
• Scent. Raccoons gain the scent ability. (4 RP)
  

Other Traits:

• Quadruped: Raccoons walk on all fours and have no arms - much less thumbs - with which to use weapons. Raccoons gain a +4 racial bonus to CMD against trip attempts, and  take a -4 penalty with man-made weapons, even ones they are trained in, unless they take a Weapon Focus feat. (0 RP)

Alternate Racial Traits

Feat and Skill Racial Traits

• Focused Study. At 1st, 8th, and 16th level, Raccoons gain Skill Focus in a skill of their choice as a bonus feat. Most Raccoons take these in either Climb, Sleight of Hand, Stealth, or Survival. This trait replaces Scent. (4 RP)
  
• Gift of Tongues. Some Raccoons are more skilled linguistically than athletically. These raccoons gain a +2 racial bonus on Bluff and Diplomacy checks, and they learn one additional language every time they put a rank in the Linguistics skill. This trait replaces Focused Study. This trait replaces Scent. (4 RP)