Leopard-kin

Leopard-kin stand just over five feet tall, and rarely break 100 lbs. Their fur comes in several colors: black, yellow, or white, all with dark spots known as rosettes that can cover much of their body. They have small pointed ears, and their eyes are often shades of bright, piercing blues, and greens.

Leopard-kin speak a very secret language known as Beastwhisper. The Leopard-kin developed this language to fit two purposes. First they wanted to be able to communicate among themselves and give commands to the Herd without outsiders being able to understand. Secondly, to have a language that maintains a calm, soft sound so as to create a peaceful tone around their animals.

Leopard-kin will not teach their language to outsiders, and when a beast from the Herd is purchased they will spend a few days training it to understand new commands in the buyer’s tongue before handing it over. While Beastwhisper is not considered a secret language (as something like Druidic) it is very difficult to find a Leopard-kin willing to teach it to outsiders.

Leopard-kin are carnivores and always have a flock of livestock that accompany the Herd. These creatures provides food for both the Leopard-kin and the predator beasts they’re training.

Leopard-kin Traits

• Ability Score Modifiers: +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom, -2 Charisma: Leopards are agile and wise, but are notoriously shy around hybrids they don’t know.
• Type: Leopard-kin are Humanoids with the Feline subtype.
• Size: Leopard-kin are Medium creatures and receive no bonuses or penalties for size.
• Speed: Leopard-kin have a base speed of 30 feet.
• Senses: Darkvision. Leopard-kin can see in the dark up to 60 feet.
• Trainer of Be-ta: Leopard-kin are the world’s foremost experts in training war mounts. Leopard-kin receive a +2 to Handle Animal checks, and it is always an in class skill for them.
• Mountain-Folk: Leopard-kin spend most of their lives in the mountains and know how to maneuver over them. Leopard-kin are immune to altitude sickness and never lose their AC bonus when making Climb checks or Acrobatics checks to move across narrow or slippery surfaces.
• Animal speaker: Leopard-kin with Charisma scores of 11 or higher also gain the following spell-like abilities: 3/day–speak with animals, charm animal. The caster level for these effects is equal to the Leopard-kin’s level. The DC for these spells is equal to 10 + the spell’s level+ the Leopard-kin’s Charisma modifier.
• Weapon Familiarity: Leopard-kin are proficient with the shortbow and any weapon with the word “Leopard-kin” in its name.
• Languages: Leopard-kin begin play speaking Common and Beastwhisper. A Leopard-kin with a high Intelligence score can choose from the following languages: Yipyap, Esparatu, High Cavy, Meowori, Roarish, and Birdsong.

Favored Class Bonuses

• Barbarian: Add a +1/2 bonus to trap sense or +1/3 to the bonus from the surprise accuracy rage power
• Bard: Reduce arcane spell failure chance for casting bard spells when wearing medium armor by +1 %. Once the total reaches 10%, the bard also receives Medium Armor Proficiency, ifhe does not already possess it.
• Cavalier: Add +1 hit point to the cavalier’s mount. If the cavalier ever replaces his mount, the new mount gains these bonus hit points.
• Cleric: Select one domain power granted at 1st level that is normally usable a number of times per day equal to 3 + the cleric’s Wisdom modifier. The cleric adds +1/2 to the number of uses per day of that domain power.
• Druid: Add a +1/2 bonus on Diplomacy and Intimidate checks to change a creature’s attitude.
• Inquisitor: Add a +1/2 bonus on Intimidate checks and Knowledge checks to identify creatures.
• Monk: Add +1/4 point to the monk’s ki pool.
• Ranger: Add DR I/magic to the ranger’s animal companion. Each additional time the ranger selects this benefit, the DR/magic increases by +1/2 (maximum DR IO/magic). If the ranger ever replaces his animal companion, the new companion gains this DR.
• Rogue: Add +1 to the number of times per day the rogue can cast a cantrip or 1st-level spell gained from the minor magic or major magic talent. The number of times this bonus is selected for the major magic talent cannot exceed the number of times it is selected for the minor magic talent. The rogue must possess the associated rogue talent to select these options.