SAURIAN
The generalization ‘Saurians’ encompasses a great
variety of peoples with lizard-like or avian features,
mostly located in the South and Western lands,
such as Nahuac and the Amber Wastes. They
evolved from the archaic saurid creatures of the
Southorn, which would make their evolution
parallel to that of all other peoples.
The only thing that all Saurians have in
common is their reptilian or avian ancestry, but
they are otherwise exceedingly varied in shape,
traits and customs.
Ancestral Peoples
While elves were the first sentient peoples in the
world, saurians had already existed for millennia,
and they kept steadily evolving, achieving
intelligence and a spoken language, and building
their first cities when the elves still lived an idyllic,
primitive life in their forests.
Varied breeds
No two saurian peoples are alike — some are
haughty and magical like elves, some are brutish
and brave like orcs, and yet others are small and
skittering like halflings. There are countless saurian
breeds in the world, but very few have been
actually documented, and fewer still have built
durable civilizations. This is the reason why all their
incredibly varied strains are grouped as a single
‘people’, even though they are as different among
themselves as gnomes are from ogerron. The Saurian
traits presented here are a broad generalization, and
the best known or most widespread saurian breeds
are presented as subraces of the general template.
SAURIAN TRAITS
The following are the only common attributes
shared among saurian breeds.
Ability Score Increase. Saurians come in all sizes,
shapes and innate strengths. Increase any one of
your ability scores by 1 point.
Darkvision. Your reptilian eyes allow you to see in
dim light as if it was bright light, and in darkness
as if it was dim light, out to 60 feet. You cannot see
colors in darkness . only shades of grey.
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Natural weapons. Your unarmed attacks deal
piercing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength or
Dexterity modifier.
People. You belong to a very specific saurian breed,
which is your actual ‘race’ and the people you
identify with. Choose from the options below.
Bendavee
Also known as lizardfolk, bendavee are hardy,
biped lizards from the Southern swamps. They
have many tribes that compete for survival
and make temporary alliances to defend their
common territory.
Bendavee have mostly tribal societies, although
a few have erected swamp or jungle cities in
Nahuac or the Southorn. They believe in daring
and survival; in their culture, a person’s worth is
measured by their hunting and exploring ability.
They prefer skill over wisdom, but some have
mastered K’aab magic.
SWAMP MASTERS
Above all, Bendavee lizardfolk appreciate and
worship their environment, and consider
themselves the appointed protectors of their
ecosystem. Their swamp survival skills are unbeaten
by any other peoples of Valerna.
APPEARANCE
Bendavee resemble squat, hunched, two-legged
lizards, averaging just under 2 meters in height.
Their scaly bodies have camouflage abilities, and
some can regenerate lost limbs, just as smaller
lizards. Bendavee scales are often green, brown or
grey, with lighter or darker tones.
BENDAVEE NAMES
Lizardfolk use descriptive names that exalt their
survival skills, their resemblance to beasts or
natural forces. They often accompany their name
with a nickname that celebrates their deeds or
feats, such as Cozee of the Seven Spears, or Chilai
the Elf-slayer.
 Male names: Chilac, Cí, Co, Cozee, Djo, Dzac,
Dzo, Ezaa, Ghee, Huee, Gúc, Jao, Quee, Tao,
Tajac, Xee, Zac, Zelao, Zibac
Female names: Aji, Ayoli, Bayi, Bezai, Bilai,
Bíni, Chilai, Culi, Cuyai, Donai, Pijai, Pitai, Sha,
Zai, Zobi, Zoqui
BENDAVEE TRAITS
These are in addition to base Saurian traits.
Ability Score Increase. Choose your Strength,
Dexterity or Constitution score. The chosen ability
score increases by 2.
Age. Bendavee can live up to 130 years, but they
are considered mature from 10 years.
Size. Although your form is hunched, you are
long and bulky. Your height at the shoulder is 1.8
meters on average, and your length from head to
tail tip is just under 3 meters. Your size is Medium.
Speed. Your base land speed is 30 feet.
Hard scales. If you’re wearing no armor, your
AC equals 12 + your Dexterity modifier.
Regeneration. When you spend a Hit Die to
heal yourself, you regain additional hit points equal
to your Constitution modifier (minimum of 1
additional hit point).
Natural stalker. Choose one environment
among jungle, swamp or desert. You cannot change
this choice later. When you are in your chosen
environment, you may ignore difficult terrain, and
you gain advantage on Stealth and Survival checks.
Languages. You can speak Common, Boa’a
and Buun.
Boaab
The most ancient and powerful breed of saurians,
the snake-like Boaab used to rule the world before
the rise of humans, and perhaps even before the rise
of mortals. Some boaab claim their kind predated
elves and other sentients, giving them a longer
lineage than any other people in the world.
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Boaab were the masters of humanity in the Lost
Times before the Altanesi Empire, and currently they
hope to regain their dominion through their alliance
with the Scourge Triumvirate of Valerna’s Southorn.
Today, the boaab oversee the law, political
structure and arcane research in the Triumvirate of
Sabaar, in Valerna’s southerlands; in this way the
snakefolk spread their subtle influence through
whispered secrets and mighty rites.
SAURIAN BIRTHRIGHT
Many boaab believe their reptilian ancestry makes
them greater than other peoples. While not all
snakefolk are blindly arrogant, their culture teaches
them to look down on other sentients.
Boaab society is highly structured, with different
castes of people holding different places in society.
The highest status belongs to spellcasters or priests,
which hold the most power – and the greatest
responsibility – in boaab society.
Snakefolk believe that serving them is better
than freedom, and often take prisoners from other
peoples, expecting them to obey of their own free
will, understanding that it is a privilege.
PSYCHIC POWERS
Boaab have incredibly powerful minds, which grant
them a measure of control over Id magic. Nearly
all snakefolk develop psychic abilities upon coming
of age, although their power levels vary. For this
reason, psychic powers are not really a part of boaab
daily life, being more a staple of grand rituals and
high-stakes political dealings, which are usually the
province of the more powerful psychics. The average
boaab citizen uses their psychic abilities sparingly
and respectfully, as frivolous displays are considered
bad taste at best, and a criminal offense at worst.
For the most part, boaab avoid using Id magic
to control their servants and prisoners, as forcefully
invading an ally’s mind is the gravest crime someone
can commit. Boaab may look down on their servants,
but they understand they are sentient, and respect
their inner worlds and thoughts, even if they are not
as perfect as those of snakefolk. The boaab expect
their servants to accept their authority, under threat if
necessary, but never under mental coercion.
APPEARANCE
Boaab resemble gigantic snakes with humanoid
torsos and two or four lizard-like claws. Their scales
are green, brown, red or grey, and they grow to
lengths surpassing the four-meter mark from head
to tail.
BOAAB TRAITS
These are in addition to base Saurian traits.
Ability Score Increase. Choose from your
Intelligence, Wisdom or Charisma score. The
chosen ability score increases by 1.
Age. Snakefolk can live for centuries, averaging
350 years, and being considered mature by 33.
They grow by shedding their skin, which they
consider an ordeal and a test of strength.
Size. You are a human-sized snake, over 3
meters in length. Your size is Medium. Every time
you gain a level, you shed your skin, gaining a few
centimeters in size.
Growth and Mutation. Whenever you would
gain a feat or an ability score increase from level
advancement, you may forgo the feat or ability
score increase to gain one of the following benefits:
• You become Large (see the Large Creatures
sidebar), or
• You gain a second set of arms, which gives you
the ability to wield up to four weapons or items
at the same time. Whenever you wield three
or more weapons, you gain the benefits of the
Two-Weapon Master feat.
Speed. Your base land speed is 30 feet.
Poison. If your unarmed strike deals damage to
a target subject to poison damage, the target must
succeed on a Constitution saving throw (DC equal
to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Constitution
modifier) or become poisoned for 1 hour.
Psychic abilities. You know the message
cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you may cast
the charm person spell once per day. When you
reach 5th level, you may cast the suggestion spell
once per day. Your spellcasting ability for these
spells is Intelligence, and you need no somatic or
material components to use them.
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Languages. You may speak, read and write
Common, Boa’a and Sabaari.
Buunkun
A wise and ancient breed of humanoid birds, the
Buunkun, or birdfolk, were present during the
rise of humanity from cave-dwellers to empire
builders, and according to some traditions even
oversaw it, or at least helped it along. They
are masters of lore and wisdom, with a great
understanding of Fai magic.
Virtually all buunkun live in the Realm of
Nahuac, scattered among their own high-placed
settlements and lowland human tribes. Itzána,
the third most important city in Nahuac, is the
Buunkun capital.
FLYING COLORS
Buunkun have most varied appearances and sizes,
with some tribes being small and others large,
with greatly varying wingspans, and myriad colors
and feather arrangements. Tribes name themselves
by their physical traits, such as Crest buunkun,
Longfeather buunkun, Fantail buunkun, and so on.
All birdfolk can fly, and love to streak across the
Westerland skies displaying their plumage, crests
and ltails.
ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE
Buunkun tribes were the first people to record and
measure the coming of dragons, and the first to
transcribe the dragon language and try to establish
communication with the Great Wyrms.
From this research, Buunkun developed the
arcane lore that drove the development of all
mortal cultures in the Southorn, which would lead
to the establishment of the Altanesi Empire and the
Nahuac Coalition.
Buunkun invented astronomy, linguistics,
mathematics and advanced architecture long before
the Altanesi Empire existed, and they established
the complex numerology that today rules the sacred
number magic of Nahuac.
APPEARANCE
Buunkun resemble biped birds, roughly as tall
as humans, though they can be much shorter
or much taller. They use clothing not to cover
themselves, but merely as decoration, if ever. They
often arrange and adorn their feathers in fancy or
ritual styles.
BUUNKUN NAMES
Names are sacred for the Buunkun, and they give
symbolic significance to each letter as well to the
number of letters and syllables used. They have no
clan names, but often add their city or tribe at the
end of their personal name.
Male names: Baaka, Braana, Branód, Buuk,
Cáa, Kaaba, Calód, Duuna, Gáulod, Huud,
Huuna, Itzaa, Shaa, Uuba
Female names: Aachan, Aaman, Baalan, Baan,
Braan, Chén, Kaan, Kaaban, Kuulan, Schaan, Si’an
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BUUNKUN TRAITS
These are in addition to base Saurian traits.
Ability Score Increase. Choose your
Intelligence, Wisdom or Charisma score. The
chosen ability score increases by 1.
Age. Buunkun may live up to 120 years, and
they are assumed as adults from age 13.
Languages. You can speak Common, Buun
and Náhuinn.
Size. Depending on your ethnicity, you may be
as short as 80 centimeters or as tall as 2 meters, or
any height in between. You are Small or Medium
(your choice).
Speed. Your base land speed is 20 feet.
Ancestral Lore. You have proficiency in the
History skill.
Bird’s Eye. You have advantage on any
Perception checks that involve sight.
Flight. You have a fly speed of 60 feet. You may
only use this speed while wearing light or no armor.
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