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The Felis
History:
The felis are people who have been selected to receive the ultimate blessing from the
god who rules over the lives of cats.

Nobody knows how exactly this selection happens. It is said that felis are born to those
who have greatly impacted the lives of cats for the better, that being felis is a blessing from the
god of cats himself to thank them for their help. There are also cases where a person who cared
for a feline and defended it from harm has a brush with death; the person miraculously survives
it, but they do so having changed into one of the felis, their new form a reminder of how the god
spared their very life as thanks. There are even tales of people who were awful to cats, and are
turned into felis as a punishment, forced to be what they despise most. Nowadays, however,
most felis are just born from the union of two felis parents.

In the same way that their furrier cousins receive a feline trait from the cat deity, the felis
receive feline aspects to their appearance. Most often, it manifests as feline ears like those of a
house cat or a lynx, a feline tail, a cat’s nose, sharp claw-like nails, whiskers, or a combination
of those. Felis believe that the more cat traits one has, the more they are favored by their god.

There’s a distinct culture in felis communities: they are intensely self-reliant. It’s seen as
a great shame for a felis to depend on anyone but themselves, and felis children leave the nest
extremely early in order to make their own luck in the world. It’s not out of the ordinary to see a
felis teen already tending to their own shop or embarking on an adventure. This cultural push to
be independent can make those who do not understand felis to see them as individualistic, even
selfish, but those who form a bond with a felis quickly understand that they enjoy
companionship just as much as anyone else -- they just have their own way of showing it. Their
need to be self-reliant does not mean that felis don’t help each other, though; quite the opposite.
Many cities have wide felis networks that they use to help themselves and other felis flourish.

Felis share with their more cat-like cousins their love of stories, but they use them in a
different way. Felis culture is shared orally, passing down their history through songs, rhymes,
and parables. This cultural appreciation of song, and the way that music is treated as a way to
teach history, often makes felis choose the path of the bard, becoming traveling minstrels who
share felis tales and songs. They are often hired to play and sing in the drawing rooms of
nobles, where their songs are seen as exotic and strange. It’s said that felis presence in noble
houses has given birth to a wide network of felis bard spies who share coded messages
between members through their own version of thieves’ cant in the form of song. Some of these
bard spies, it’s said, even double as assassins if this secret organization requires it of them.

The cultural push towards self-reliance, their love for stories, and their innate curiosity
often push the felis towards a life of adventuring. Many of them believe that in doing so, they are
following in the footsteps of their traveling god, and hope to cross paths with him one day.
Felis Features:
Ability Score Increase: Your Charisma score increases by 2, and your Dexterity score
increases by 1.

Age: Felis have lifespans equivalent to humans.

Size: Felis are of a size similar to humans, not counting the ears. Your size is Medium.

Speed: Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision: You have a cat's keen eyes, especially in the dark. 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.

Feline Agility: Your reflexes and agility allow you to move with a burst of speed. When you
move on your turn in combat, you can double your speed until the end of the tum. Once you use
this trait, you can't use it again until you move 0 feet on one of your turns.

Feline Evasiveness: Your quick thinking and dexterous movements allow you to avoid enemy
attacks. When you move, you can use a bonus action to not provoke attacks of opportunity for
the rest of the turn. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus,
and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Cat’s Tongue: You have proficiency in the Performance and Persuasion skills.

Language: You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice.