Advice on my Homebrew Races

I am working on a homebrew campaign setting and I made up a few new races. Take a look at them and tell me if they look ok to you. Thanks!

Lizard Folk

Your basic lizardman.

Abilities: +2 Strength, -2 Intelligence
Medium Sized
Movement: 30 feet
+2 Natural Armor
+3 racial bonus to Swim and Leap skill checks
Natural weapon: Bite (1d4 damage)
Hold Breath (can hold its breath for a number of rounds equal to four times his constitution score without risk of drowning.)
Favored Class: Hunter

The desert variety of Lizard Folk has the Endurance feat instead of Hold Breath and it loses the racial bonus to Swim checks.


Chucou

A tree dwelling humanoid reptile.

Abilities: +2 Dexterity, -2 Constitution
Small Size
Movement 30 feet
+8 racial bonus to Balance and Climb skill checks.
Can take 10 with Balance and Climb even if distracted.
+2 racial bonus to any one Craft Skill and Spot skill checks.
Low Light Vision
Favored Class: Guardian


Xill

A four armed savage humanoid of the plains and deserts.

Abilities: +2 Constitution, -2 Wisdom
Medium Sized
Movement: 30 feet
Natural Weapons: 4 Claws (1d3 damage).
Multi-Weapon Fighting
+2 Racial bonus to Climb and Ride skill checks.
Favored Class: Fighter


Pygmy Folk

A small furred humanoid that lives in the deep jungle.

Abilities: -2 Strength, +2 Dexterity.
Small Size
Movement 20 feet
+3 racial Bonus to Move Silently and Listen skill checks.
Poison use
Craft (Poison) is a class skill.
Low Light Vision
+1 racial bonus to attack rolls with Blowguns and Short Bows.
Favored Class: Scout

Nice they all look balanced to me and I particularily like the Chucou *Yoink* (although I'm confused why a Craft skill)

Can I suggest however that you simply give a Chucou a Climb speed (Movement: Climb 30) (rather than the +8 to Balance and Climb skill checks and can always take 10)

Tonguez said:

Nice they all look balanced to me and I particularily like the Chucou *Yoink* (although I'm confused why a Craft skill)

Can I suggest however that you simply give a Chucou a Climb speed (Movement: Climb 30) (rather than the +8 to Balance and Climb skill checks and can always take 10)

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When I was going over the race in my mind I figured that they were good with their hands, hence they were good craftsmen. So I added the craft bonus.

As for the Climb, I look at the stats for a Monkey and Ape in the Monster Manual and that's how they handled their climbing abilities.

Regarding the Chucou: Small creatures have a default base speed of 20', not 30'. Think carefully before upping the speed - the slower move is one of the drawbacks of being small.

Michael Morris said:

Regarding the Chucou: Small creatures have a default base speed of 20', not 30'. Think carefully before upping the speed - the slower move is one of the drawbacks of being small.

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I think your right about the Chucou's movement. So I changed it to 20 feet. I am not sure about it's Low Light Vision and it's Claws. I dropped the damage to 1d3 but I think I might just get rid of it all together.

trilobite said:

I think your right about the Chucou's movement. So I changed it to 20 feet. I am not sure about it's Low Light Vision and it's Claws. I dropped the damage to 1d3 but I think I might just get rid of it all together.

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Personally I'd leave the Spd at 30 (Goblins are small and have speed 30) and it makes senses for an Arboreal creature to be small and quick (like a monkey).

I agree you should drop the claw attack entirely but keep lowlight vision

(NB when I use it I'm probably going to add proto-feathery down and have it look something like this:

Kobolds are small with a speed of 30 also. Ok, I am going to drop the claw attack. I am still thinking on their speed.

I love the picture. Here is my inspiration for the Chucou.




I noticed that three of the four races had a dexterity bonus. So I am changing the Xill's bonus ability to Constitution. They are a more war like race so a bonus CON will work better for them.