#grifflets

This one’s for @pigeoninacoffeeshop! I pretty much love their endlessly adorable grifflet species, and decided hey, why not stat them up as a player race for tabletop? I took some liberties as far as size and features, so this might not be totally “canon”, but I like how consistent I could make them across the various systems. Here are the stats for them in three separate games:

Grifflet (Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition)

Ability Scores: +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma or +2 Wisdom Size: Small Speed: 6 squares. Fly 5 squares. You cannot use this fly speed if you are carrying more than a normal load, and you must land at the end of your movement. Vision: Low-light

Languages: Common, choice of one other Skill Bonuses: +2 Acrobatics, +2 Perception Avian Agility: You have the avian agility power. Environmental Adaptation: Choose cold, fire, poison, or radiant. You gain resist 2 and a +5 racial bonus to saving throws against ongoing damage of the chosen type. The resistance increases to 5 at 11th level, and 8 at 21st level. Heartstone: You have a heartstone, a minor magical trinket of intense personal significance. While you are wearing a heartstone, you gain a +1 racial bonus to Will. If your heartstone is lost or destroyed, you can create a new one during an extended rest using 5g worth of materials. Pigeon-Hearted: Stealth is always a class skill for you.

Avian Agility, Grifflet Racial Power Your small stature and natural reflexes makes you a particularly hard target to pin down. Encounter Free Action, Personal Trigger: An enemy makes an attack roll against you Effect: You gain a +3 bonus to all defenses against the triggering attack. If the attack misses, you can shift 1 square as a free action.

Grifflet (Pathfinder)

Standard Racial Traits

Ability Score Racial Traits: Grifflets are frail but light on their feet, and they rely on their well-honed instincts. They gain +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom, and -2 Constitution.

Type: Grifflets are Humanoid creatures with the grifflet subtype.

Size: Grifflets are Small creatures and thus gain a +1 size bonus to their AC, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls, a -1 penalty to their Combat Maneuver Bonus and Combat Maneuver Defense, and a +4 size bonus on Stealth checks.

Base Speed: Grifflets have a base speed of 30 feet.

Languages: Grifflets begin play speaking Common and Sylvan. Grifflets with high Intelligence scores can choose from the following: Auran, Draconic, Dwarven, Elven, Gnome, Goblin, Halfling, and Orc.

Defensive Racial Traits

Flitting: Grifflets receive a +2 racial bonus on Reflex saving throws against spells and abilities with an area effect.

Feat and Skill Racial Traits

Avian Attributes: Grifflets receive a +4 racial bonus on Fly and Perception checks.

Heartstone Crafting: Grifflets receive a +2 racial bonus on Craft: Jewelry checks.

Natural Deftness: Acrobatics and Stealth are always class skills for grifflets.

Senses Racial Traits

Low-Light Vision: Grifflets can see twice as far as humans in conditions of dim light.

Other Racial Traits

Environmental Adaptation: Choose one of the following options:

Boreal Environment: Grifflets adapted to the tundra gain cold resistance 1, a +4 racial bonus on Fortitude saves made to avoid nonlethal damage from cold environments, and take no penalties for moving on ice.

Desert Environment: Grifflets adapted to the desert gain fire resistance 1, a +4 racial bonus on Fortitude saves made to avoid nonlethal damage from hot environments, and a +4 racial bonus on Constitution checks made to avoid nonlethal damage from starvation or thirst.

Grassland Environment: Grifflets adapted to the plains have a base speed of 35 feet and gain a +4 bonus on Constitution checks made to continue running or to avoid nonlethal damage from a forced march.

Wetland Environment: Grifflets adapted to the marsh gain +2 racial bonus on saving throws against disease and poison, a +4 racial bonus on Constitution checks made to hold their breath, and a +4 racial bonus on Swim checks to avoid nonlethal damage from extended swimming.

Grifflet (Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition)

Your grifflet character has a variety of features that define their avian nature.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2. Size. Grifflets average between 2 and 3 feet tall and weigh about 30 pounds. Your size is Small. Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet. You can also use your wings to fly with a speed of 20 feet, but you must land at the end of your movement. Dodge. You can use your reaction to dodge when a creature attacks you or casts a spell that targets you. When you do, you impose disadvantage on all attacks made against you by that creature, and you gain advantage on saving throws against spells cast by that creature. These bonuses last until the start of your next turn, and you regain the use of this feature when you take a short or long rest. Heartstone Crafter. You gain proficiency with jeweler’s tools. Nimble. Acrobatics and Stealth are always class skills for you. Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language. Subrace. Grifflets are found nearly everywhere, and they have adapted to many different environments and cultures. There are three main subraces: grifflets of the moon, grifflets of the sun, and grifflets of twilight. Choose one of these subraces.

Grifflet of the Moon As a grifflet of the moon, you hail from some of the coldest and most inhospitable climates. Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 1. Boreal Resistance. You have resistance to cold damage.

Grifflet of the Sun Grifflets of the sun are from settlements in the plains, deserts, and other lands of endless horizons. Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1. Fleet of Foot. Your base walking speed increases to 30 feet.

a grifflet design I made a little while ago, based off a Saker falcon and a tabby cat

edit: the crested pigeon one didn't look enough like a crested pigeon so I changed the crest, it was supposed to look like a puff of whipped cream in the shape of a crested pigeon's crest but it didn't look feathery enough to me eehhh