Chiropteran

Bat Folk
Chiropteran (or Bat Folk) are small, mostly nocturnal folk
that live in family based communes throughout the dark
places of the world. Most often living in deep forests and
cavernous caves where they can hide themselves away
from prying eyes and threats but allowing them free reign
to fly at night.

Blind and Hidden

Chiropteran do their best to ensure their communes go
unnoticed and are well hidden due to the fact that they’re
almost entirely blind outside of the distance their
echolocation can reach. Their echolocation functions
passively at all times when they’re awake via a sonar
emitting organ embedded deep in their skulls and
magnified by their enormous ears. Their tiny eyes are
really only of use for close focus activities like reading and
interacting with objects in arms reach.

This means that by the time a potential threat has

approached their sleeping location, the only option they
have is to flee immediately. Their best defense is their
ability to hide, clinging to shadowy cave ceilings and dense
branches through the day as they sleep, numb to the
world around them.

Content Isolationists
Bat Folk are most active between sunset and sunrise
meaning they don’t often encounter other cultures. Towns
that have a nearby chiropteran commune will receive
chiropteran traders every week or two who seek to trade
for some few needed items they can’t make themselves.
This is the most common form of interaction chiropterans
have with the greater world, being a mostly reclusive and
self-sufficient race that tend to avoid the bright, loud areas
of the world such as cities.
Chiropteran adventurers are quite rare, as the most
common thing that drives a chiropteran to leave their
commune is tragedy and being that they put so much
effort into being unnoticed, these tragedies themselves
are rare. Even the most aggressive marauding mob may
pass beneath a chiropteran commune, simply never
realising their presence. Chiropterans are so effective at
hiding their homes that many people think the entire race
is a tale told to scare children.
For the chiropteran that does leave their commune, they
are quick to form strong attachments with the next group
of non-threatening people they encounter. This has led
travelling chiropteran to find themselves falling into crime,
working on farms, becoming assistants to researchers,
joining armies, and cults. Anything that gives them a sense
of belonging and purpose. Once they’ve settled, it’s very
difficult to get a chiropteran to see the flaws of their new
attachments as they will make all kinds of excuses to
justify their group.
Chiropteran Traits
Your Chiropteran character has the following racial traits.
Ability Score Increase
Your Dexterity score increases by 2 and your Intelligence
score increases by 1.
Age
Chiropterans have lifespans equivalent to humans.
Alignment
Chiropterans tend towards Neutral alignments.
Size
Chiropterans average about 3 feet tall and weigh about 40
pounds. Your size is Small.
Speed
Your base walking speed is 25 feet.
Flight
You have a flying speed of 50 feet. To use this speed, you
can’t be wearing medium or heavy armour.
Sonar
You are very short sighted, your regular sight extends 5
feet. However, your sonar provides you Blindsight out to
60 feet allowing you to make out shapes and forms but
not colours or patterns. Outside of this range you are
completely blind.

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Sneaky
You are proficient in the Stealth skill.

Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common.

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