Canid

Humanoid, Medium

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Racial Traits

Speed
Age Mature at 12 years, live up to 70
Languages Common, Canid
Alignment Tendencies Lawful Neutral, Lawful Good, Neutral

Ability Score Increases

Wolfkin
STRENGTH
+2
CONSTITUTION
+1
OR
Dingokin
DEXTERITY
+1
WISDOM
+2
OR
Painted Hound
CONSTITUTION
+1
CHARISMA
+2

Racial Features

Hyper-Scent

You have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell. You can detect and identify creatures and objects by scent within 60 feet, and you have advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks made to track a creature if you have smelled it within the past 24 hours. Strong winds or intervening barriers may limit this sense at the GM's discretion.

Usage: Always available

Endurance Relay

Your body is built for long-distance travel. You ignore the effects of the first level of Exhaustion caused solely by a Forced March. When you take the Dash action, you can choose one willing ally within 30 feet that can see or hear you; that ally can also take the Dash action as a reaction. Once you grant this benefit, you cannot do so again until you finish a Short or Long Rest.

Usage: Once per short or long rest

Pack Law

You are bound by unbreakable social codes of hierarchy, loyalty, and shared purpose. You gain proficiency in the Insight skill. In addition, when you and at least one allied Canid (or a creature you have designated as pack through a short ritual lasting 1 minute) are within 30 feet of each other, you have advantage on saving throws against being Frightened.

Usage: Always available

Cartographer's Memory

You can perfectly recall any path, trail, or route you have traveled in the last 7 days, including landmarks, scents, and relative distances. You have advantage on ability checks made to create or interpret maps of regions you have personally traversed.

Usage: Always available

Rules Compatibility

Primary Ruleset D&D 5.5 / SRD 5.2
Compatible Rulesets D&D 5.5 / SRD 5.2, D&D 5e / SRD 5.1
Ability Scores Flexible 5.5-style: base species grants no fixed increases; each lineage grants a complete +3 package (+2/+1) so every playable combination totals exactly +3 with no more than +2 in one score.
Balance Notes Comparable to official SRD species such as orc, goliath, or dragonborn: moderate speed increase, strong non-combat utility (scent, mapping, social), limited combat resources tied to proficiency bonus or rests, and no flight, innate spellcasting, or stacked resistances at level 1.

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