Animal's Essence - Playable BeastFolk Race

Animal's Essence - Homebrew BeastFolk RaceBRINGING CATGIRLS TO A CAMPAIGN NEAR YOU ;)

Originating from the Deep Wilds, BeastFolk are a mystical race of humanoids imbued with the essence of animals. Able to pass entirely as a human, it is quite possible they exist in droves throughout the cities of Faerûn. Due to their mysticism, each subrace of BeastFolk are able to cast a collection of spells with fewer resources.

Introduction

While I was in the midst of creating a new campaign for a longtime OC of mine, I realized that she desperately needed to exist with cat-like abilities. I've had so much fun playing in the custom races and classes the BG3 modding community has made that I wanted to share some of my own work, and that's how my first mod came to life!

This mod is meant to give some fun new combinations when it comes to combat encounters. We're playing fast and loose with animal classifications. Human, elf, and half-elf visuals are available for your customization. If you'd like animal ears/tails, I recommend the supported mods Bunny Ears, Fox Ears & Cat Tails, and Fluffy Ears.

This mod was designed around Tactician/Honor mode combat encounters so it may be significantly OP in Explorer/Balanced modes. The unique passive, Natural Caster, is balanced with spell cooldown requirements (once per battle, once per short rest, once per long rest depending on spell's power). The Kitsune subclass is overpowered by design, particularly if it is paired with a melee combat class.

BeastFolk currently has the Baldurian, Human, Druid, and Ranger tags for dialog.

Subraces:

Main Race (BeastFolk)

Unique Passive - Natural Caster

• []Your veins flow heavily with nature's blessing, you may cast all spells learned from the Deep Wilds without a spell slot.

  Nekojin (Cat Folk)

  Unique Spells:

  []BeastShape: magically transform into your beast counterpart. As this form is part of your identity, it requires no extra resources to cast. BeastShape forms are designed to be combat viable at all levels. As with wildshape, reaching 0 HP in this form will revert you back to your natural appearance.

  [*]Neko Form: Transform to your animal form as a cat that can avoid