Player > Ancestry > Lizardfolk
8
Medium
25 feet
Strength
Wisdom
Free
Intelligence
Common
Iruxi
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Lizardfolk
Humanoid
Your sharp claws offer an alternative to the fists other humanoids bring to a fight. You have a claw unarmed attack that deals 1d4 slashing damage and has the agile and finesse traits.
Your reptilian biology allows you to hold your breath for a long time. You gain the Breath Control general feat as a bonus feat.
Lizardfolk are consummate survivors, heirs to empires considered ancient even by the elves.
Lizardfolk move through the societies of other humanoids with the steely reserve of born predators. They have a well-deserved reputation as outstanding rangers and unsentimental fighters. Though lizardfolk have adapted to many different environments, many of them still prefer to remain near bodies of water, using their ability to hold their breath to their advantage. As a result, lizardfolk usually prefer equipment that is not easily damaged by moisture, eschewing leather and metal for gear made of stone, ivory, glass, and bone.
Lizardfolk vary depending on their environment, but share toothy snouts and long and powerful tails. Those from temperate or desert regions tend toward gray, green, or brown scales that aid in camouflage, while those from tropical climes are brightly colored. Many sport dorsal spikes or garish neck frills that hint at their clan lineage. Lizardfolk reach physical adulthood at age 15 and live up to 120 years. The average lizardfolk stands 6 to 7 feet tall, but grows throughout their lifetime, gaining strength and size with age.
Known among themselves as iruxi, lizardfolk are raised communally from the
moment they break from their shells. They have an oral tradition stretching
back thousands of years, brought to life through epic poems, evocative carvings,
and ancestral rites performed among fields of fossilized bone. Lizardfolk are
passionate astrologers with one eye on the future. If they seem slow to act,
it is because their long history has taught them the value of patience.
The
simple villages most outsiders associate with iruxi are the homes of migrants
in outlying regions. True iruxi settlements are often overlooked, as they are
partially or mostly submerged in water. These glass and stone complexes bear
the mark of every generation of lizardfolk that lived within them, and lizardfolk
bones often adorn the walls, as many lizardfolk believe these remains can be
animated by ancestral spirits when the residents are in danger.
Most iruxi are unconcerned with heavy questions of morality and are therefore usually neutral in alignment. Adventuring iruxi who leave their people to travel might have any number of reasons for doing so and can be of any alignment. Iruxi religion plays a large role in their culture, but it is heavily practical, blending animism and ancestor worship with druidic rites. Of the gods, only Gozreh is commonly revered, but lizardfolk may call upon other powers devoted to ancient wyrms, astrology, nature, rivers, and might of arms, from kindly Desna to cruel Hanspur and certain demon lords.
Lizardfolk names come from their ancient language and tend to be traditional. Names are typically chosen by the clan’s astrologer in accordance to omens and which star signs are ascendant when an iruxi egg hatches, though occasionally an iruxi’s parents may name a hatchling for an ancestor or a beloved historical hero.
Arasheg, Barashk, Essaru, Enshuk, Gishkim, Hazi, Inishish, Kutak, Nasha, Shulkuru, Tizkar, Utakish, Zelkekek
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