most dedicate themselves to traditional

Castorin Castorin endeavours such as logging,

They all saw it this time, a whiskered furry
face which had looked out at them from
behind a tree. But this time it didn't
immediately draw back. Instead, the animal
put its paw against its mouth just as humans
put their finger on their lips when they are
signalling to you to be quiet. Then it
disappeared again. The children all stood
holding their breaths…
"I know what it is," said Peter, "it's a
beaver. I saw the tail."
"It wants us to go to it," said Susan, "and it
is warning us not to make a noise."
"I know," said Peter. "The question is are
we to go to it or not? What do you think, Lu?"
C.S. Lewis, The Lion the Witch and the
Wardrobe
The lumber camps of the world resonate with
the sound of saws and the smell of sawdust. If
you follow the river into the forest, you might
be lucky enough to encounter a very different
type of logging activity. The Castorin thrive on
the joys of forestry and woodworking and
often locate their camps near towns and
villages where they can sell lumber, wood
carvings, and other goods.
Community and Craftsmanship
carpentry, or woodcarving. These skills are
taught to children at an early age and
although some Castorin will pursue other
crafts as they come of age, all who have grown
up in a lodge will have woodcraft skills more
developed than the average person.
Give and Take with Neighbours
Once a community grows too large to
continue to live in the same lodge, the group
will split, with the more adventurous
members of the community setting out to
find a place to build a new home. These brave
souls will typically seek out an outside
community populated by other races where
they can live side by side. Castorins will learn
the local language in order to begin building
relationships with their neighbours.
Often the communities will form a local
symbiosis with the Castorin trading their
lumber and woodworking for other goods.
More frequently, a lodge will form trading
relationships with nearby towns, utilizing
canoe travel and portage across local river
networks to maximize their reach.
However, in some cases, the host

Most at home in their woodworking shops

and the lodges they build along riverways, the
Castorin are traditionally a kind and
unassuming folk. Resembling beavers in
appearance, their stout build and large tail
leave them unsteady while travelling on land,
but adept swimmers.
More adept in building structures than
other animal folk, the Castorin diligently
construct large communal lodges wherever
they choose to set up camps. Instead of
adhering to rigid family structures, Castorin
communities consider all members of the
settlement to be kin, sharing
accommodations, chores, and child rearing
duties equally within the lodge.
Although members of a lodge are A Castorin bandit poses for the city guard’s portrait
encouraged to pursue their own interests, artist after being arrested.
communities do not take kindly to the arrival
of the Castorin particularly where the
construction of a new lodge interferes with
the flow of a river or local farmland.
Castorin lodges with positive relationships
often thrive with their member further
developing their skills and growing large,
tightknit communities. Lodges with negative
relationships often fall into violent conflicts for
which they are unprepared, resulting in the
collapse of the community, and the survivors
finding themselves either isolated, or joining
the larger, more diverse communities.
Castorin Traits
Age. Castorin have short lifespans than other
species. They reach maturity at around 10
years old and can live to 50.
Alignment. Castorin tend to be unconcerned
with the intricacies of morality and order
resulting in most of them being generally
neutral. Those who move from their
settlements to live with other species often
struggle to understand the purpose of laws so
long as they don’t actively harm others and fall
into chaotic neutral alignment.
Size. Castorin are between 3 and 4 feet tall
and average around 50 pounds. Your size is
Small.
Speed. You have a walking speed of 20 feet
and swimming speed of 30 feet.
Ability Scores. Your Wisdom score increases
by 2 and your Constitution score increases by 1.
Woodcraft. You gain proficiency with your
choice of Carpenter’s Tools or Woodcarver’s
Tools.
Languages. You can speak and write
Common and one other language of your
choice that has some connection to an area or
culture outside that has engaged in trade with
your home settlement.
Beaver Lodge. Once per day, as long as
sufficient natural building materials (e.g sticks,
logs, stones) are available, you can create a 10
foot radius structure. This structure is large
enough to house nine creatures of Medium
size or smaller. The structure can protect those
inside from the weather and is immune to
attacks from Beasts of Medium size or smaller.
The shelter is otherwise unremarkable.
Backgrounds
Forester
You are equally at home making camp among
the trees, or spending your day removing
them altogether. Experienced with woodcraft,
you may have spent your time felling trees,
harvesting them for bark, sap and edibles, or
perhaps even caring for saplings to ensure
that the next generation of trees is healthy.
Whatever your specific calling, you are
comfortable in the world of rugged
lumberjacks, nimble log drivers, and diligent
forest stewards.
Skill Proficiencies: Nature (Intelligence),
Survival (Wisdom)
Tool Proficiencies: Your choice of Carpenter’s
Tools or Woodcarver’s Tools
Equipment: Your choice of Carpenter’s Tools
or Woodcarver’s Tools, a set of common’s
clothes, a small whittling knife, and a pouch
containing 5 GP.
Feature: Sustainable Forestry
Without the bounty of the forest, your trade
wouldn’t be able to continue, so you have
learned how to take just the right amount of
resources from nature, and how to replant
properly to ensure that the forest will continue
to thrive long after you are gone. When you
forage for food, water, or other natural
resources, if you leave half of what you find
behind, the ecosystem thrives and a beast of
CR 0 will follow you for the rest of your day.
The type of beast is up to your DM. It cannot
speak any language, but can follow simple
commands outside of combat. During
combat, it cannot attack or take the help
action.

Voyageur
Adventurous and outgoing, you make your
way trading with settlements up and down
the waterways. Your travels have taken you to
many places where you have met many
different people. Along the way, you have
learned to navigate through the wilderness
and how to negotiate to buy and sell goods at
a small profit. Comfortable on the frontier or in
settlements, you represent the best of both
worlds.
Skill Proficiencies: Persuasion (Charisma),
Survival (Wisdom)
Tool Proficiencies: Navigator’s Tools, vehicles
(water)
Equipment: Traveller’s clothes, fishing tackle,
a mess kit, two empty sacks, and a pouch
containing 15 GP from your most recent
trading trip.
Feature: Rugged Charm
Perhaps it’s your comfort in the woods, or
maybe it’s your natural “musk”, but either way,
something about you emanates with the
charm of a rugged outdoorsman. While in the
wilderness, other travellers are more likely to
trust you and will willingly share their supplies
with you and your party for the night.
Mundane & Magic Items
Log Driver’s Hook
Simple Melee Weapon, (reach) 1d6 piercing.
On a hit, you can use a bonus action to twist
the hook and attempt to grapple the target
until the end of your next turn.
Toque of the Voyageur
Wondrous Item, Common
This simple hat is worn by Castorin explorers
who travel by canoe to search out places to
build new lodges. When wearing this hat, you
have advantage on Survival (Wisdom) checks
to navigate through the wilderness.
Instant Tree Tapper
Wondrous Item, Uncommon
This tool is empowered with a strong druidic
energy that allows it to harvest sap from trees
without damaging them, and instantly cook
the sap into a magical syrup. Once per day,
you can use it to harvest enough tree sap to
produce one bottle of syrup which when
consumed heals 1d4+4 hit points.
Canoe
Waterborne Vehicle, 30 GP, 1 ½ mph
This small boat can fit up to three medium
creatures and their equipment. It is light
enough to be carried overland by two
medium creatures at a slow pace. If the
creatures carrying the canoe are unarmoured,
they can instead travel at a normal pace.
Songwood Branch
Wondrous Item, Rare
This branch has been taken from a rare tree
native to the feywild. Once per day, you can
spend 30 minutes singing to the branch about
an object. When you do this, the branch
transforms to take the shape of any object you
sing about as long as it is no larger than the
branch. At the end of the day, the branch
reverts to its original form. If you transform the
branch into a weapon in this manner, it
functions as a +1 weapon. If the branch takes
the shape of an otherwise magical object, it
does not gain the magical properties of that
object.