Skavarot

''“All decent folk find the common rat repulsive. Harbinger of disease, it scavenges on our waste-heaps and frightens our children. How immeasurably worse then is the foul skavarot - standing on its hindlegs in foul parody of a human. Rats as tall as man, and blessed with the most vile intellect and cunning. They are the dark side of our souls, come to destroy us for our sins.&quot;''

Anton of King’s Glade, Burned at the stake, AS 10643 for pernicious declamation

This race was heavily influenced by the Skaven from the Warhammer Fantasy.

The skavarot race often represents all the things that the typical good-natured citizenry of the Empire despise. As a whole, the skavarot is, at its base, a very selfish and unloving creature, raised within a turbulent society that only promotes violence, cunning, and the need for survival. As such, each and every skavarot has a mindset that is singularly focused on survival, which offers little room for remorse or pity, not even for close "friends" or even siblings or kin. Not only are the skavarot a petty and jealous race, they are also devious and sly in their attitude to one another.

Engineering Geniuses
Although their tinkering can be compared to that of gnomes, they disregard safety entirely. They make impressive contraptions and are very inventive, but their inventions are as dangerous to others as they are to themselves. Some inventions the skavarot have made are replacement arms, legs, or an eye, and large energy weapons such as cannons or artillery.

Cautious Rodents
To a skavarot, life is a complex web of plots and intrigues designed by his enemies for the sole purpose of harming him and him only. A cautious skavarot, however, never attracts more attention than is necessary, for fear of becoming a tempting target for an upstart underling or a suspicious superior. It is common for skavarot to show their superiority towards their underlings by showering them with shrill abuse on a regular basis. These actions are as much as to inflate a skavarot’s ego as to deter potential rivals. Thus, while the failures of a skavarot are due to the weaknesses or the machinations of others, their achievements are nevertheless the result of his own incredible talents. To a skavarot, if a group assault decimates the enemy, it would be thanks to his brilliant planning. If a skavarot horde emerges in the right place, it is thanks to his genius that they have discovered the right path. Whether it’s the right time, the right place, or the perfect weather, a skavarot would always believe that he is a master of strategy, logistics and politics beyond anyone else in the entire Under-Empire.

Skavarot Traits
The different subraces of the skavarot share these core traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2.

Age. Skavarot have an expected lifespan of about a handful of years or less; that said, were it not for the (often violent) internal competition of their species, they might live to be in their 20’s. More powerful members of skavarot society tend to live longer, even hundreds of years.

Alignment. Skavarot are mostly built on chaos, but some gifted skavarot are good at complex mathematics and engineering, bending them a bit more to the lawful side. Their alignment is usually Chaotic or Neutral.

Size. Skavarot are large bipedal rats, they are between 4 and 5 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 35 feet.

Superior Darkvision. Accustomed to the depths of caverns and caves, including the Underdark, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 120 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.

Skavarot Resilience. You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you have resistance against poison damage.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Undercommon.

Subrace. Two main subraces of skavarot populate Xhoria: brown-fur and grey-fur. Choose one of these subraces.

Brown-fur skavarot
Brown-fur skavarot are the most common subrace of skavarot. They are skilled in combat and used in large amounts in skavarot military.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1.

Agressive. As a bonus action, you can move up to your movement speed toward a hostile creature you can see or hear. You must end this move closer to the enemy than you started.

Skavarot Weapon Training. You are trained for combat. You have proficiency with the shortsword, scimitar, hand crossbow and heavy crossbow.

Grey-fur skavarot
Grey-fur skavarot are an uncommon kind, prized amongst skavarot litters. They are smarter than a normal skavarot, often becoming an engineer or inventor in skavarot society.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 1.

Artificer’s Lore. Whenever you make an Intelligence (History) check related to magic items, alchemical objects, or technological devices, you can add twice your proficiency bonus, instead of any proficiency bonus you normally apply.

Arcane Knowledge. You have proficiency in the Arcana skill.

Extra Language. You can speak, read, and write one extra language of your choosing.