Bejuk
Bejuk
BEJUK TRAITS
Any bejuk character you make will have the following traits in
common with the other members of their race.
Ability Score Increase. Your \Wisdom score increases by
1, and another ability score of your choice increases by 2. A
bejuk is always expected to become the apprentice of a crafts-
person, hunter, trader, lorekeeper, scout, warrior, or caretaker
~ so that their abilities can be specialized by their carly 20s.
Age. Bejuk mature in their early teens and live a bit over a
century, typically between 125 and 135 years.
Alignment. Most bejuk cultures preach social neutrality as
a virtue. The fact that they interact with as many races as
they can further reinforces it as a necessity. Even if a bejuk
becomes evil, lawful, good, or chaotic, they will usually keep
= some attributes of their neutral upbringing.
BEJUK b Size. Bejuk heights vary greatly between 5 and 7 feet tall
and shorter ones are known to have larger horns, on average.
The sight (and scent) of bejuk caravans are not casily ignored
Regardless of your specific dimensions, your size is Medium.
Homed and antlered humanoids with bestial cyes and ears
Speed Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
ride atop fantastic animals, each decorated with trinkets,
Darkviston. Accustomed to long nights of work, you have
dyes, and other adoraments that celebrate bejuk aesthetics.
supcrior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in
Once a caravan stops at a city to trade goods and information,
dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in
young bejuks feed and clean the mounts while the adults
darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in
handle transactions until they all quictly pack up and move
darkness, only shades of gray.
on. They do not own land, nor do they wish to do so: their Baubles, You have proficiency with your choice of jeweler's
caravan holds all their needs and all they care for. tools, weaver's tools, or woodcarver's tools. Using these tools,
you can spend 1 hour and 2 sp worth of raw materials to craft
SILKEN ROADS a Tiny bauble worth 3 sp, such as a string of beads, a clothing
Migration is a necessity for the bejuk. They seek to collect all patch, or an earring. Ifa creature that is not hostile to you
beautiful things that the world and its races have to offer. accepts one of your baubles as a gift, you gain advantage on
This goes for their beasts of burden as well, which they often all Charisma and Wisdom checks directed at that creature
treat better than thomsolves. It is common to seo a bejuk's for the next minute. You can carry up to 2 baubles at once.
mount cating a more colorful meal than its rider. And while Bojuk Composure. You have advantage on saving throws
bejuks can't digest meat, they are happy to hunt and provide against being frightened, as well as any saving throw that a
it for their carnivorous and omnivorous friends. This is made beast forces you to make.
all the more impressive after sccing that bejuk caravans hold Stotting. When you make a standing long or high jump,
some of the largest beasts in the known world If necessary, you jump as if you had made a running start. Additionally,
bejuks will subsist on bark and grasses in order to feed them. your jump height is doubled, which often helps with mounting
creatures that are much larger than you.
BEJUK NAMES Tamers Touch. Whenever you make a Wisdom (Animal
Handling) check related to taming a wild animal or riding a
The nomadic bejuks take great care in naming their children. tamed one, you are considered proficient in the Animal
Many variables matter: the locations of celestial bodies at the Handling skill and add double your proficiency bonus to the
time of birth, the first animal to approach the newborn, check, instead of your normal proficiency bonus.
where the umbilical cord was cut, etc. It is exceedingly rare Languages. You know how to speak, read, and write
for a bejuk to be named on their parents’ whim alone. Common, Bejuk, and two other standard languages of your
Because family structures are loose and monogamy is rare, choice. Most people hear the Bejuk tongue as a gibberish
bejuk sumames match the name of the community they hail dialect of Common. In reality, it is a sublanguage composed
from. A two-letter “bridge” connects their given name to this of idioms, metaphors, slang, and other figures of speech that
summame and expresses how long an individual has been require months of daily exposure to understand fully,
apart from their community. Therefore, an example of a full
bejuk name would be Itala sa Zerutz.