Animus Human

Long ago, when gods made the races, they gifted humans with two great conflicting desires - desire for companionship, and wanderlust. One of the gods felt sorry for them, and thus gifted the humans with a companion - the animus - that will be with them their whole lives until they die. Animus is a literal manifestation of human’s soul. Ever since, these so-called animus humans wander lands to their heart’s desire, knowing they will always have a faithful companion with them wherever they may end up. Surely human companions are necessary too, but whenever they have a problem, they have someone much more intimate to discuss them with.

Animus Human Names

Animus humans use any names other humans would use.

Animus Human Traits

It's hard to make generalizations about humans, but your human character has these traits.

Ability Score Increase. One ability score of your choice increases by 2, and another ability score of your choice increase by 1.

Age. Humans reach adulthood in their late teens and live less than a century.

Alignment. Humans tend toward no particular alignment. The best and the worst are found among them.

Size. Humans vary widely in height and build, from barely 5 feet to well over 6 feet tall. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Skills. You gain proficiency in two skills of your choice.

Animus. You have a familiar as per find familiar spell, with several key differences. You can choose one of the normal forms for your familiar or one of the following special forms: faerie dragon, homonculus, sprite, tressym or velociraptor. You can't dismiss it temporarily or permanently. You share your hit points with your familiar, and it adds your proficiency bonus to its AC, as weIl as to any saving throws and skills it is proficient in. If both of you take damage from the same source, the damage reduces your amount of hit points only once. The familiar can speak and read any languages you know even if it wouldn't normally be capable of speech.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. Humans typically learn the languages of other peoples they deal with, including obscure dialects. They are fond of sprinkling their speech with words borrowed from other tongues: Orc curses, Elvish musical expressions, Dwarvish military phrases, and so on.

Credits

Thanks to everyone from Discord of Many Things for help, as well as Wizards of the Coast, and Philip Pullman for writing the books that inspired this! Special thanks to:

LaserGuidedHerpes

VampireBagel

IrishBandit

LankyFamiliar

Dejers

NastoK

Also thanks to Mona Finden (Monanu) for permission to use your artwork, Reincarnation!