Fey dogs are an energetic race of canine-like beings. Typically, the breeds reflect smaller dog breeds rather than large, as they better fit the whimsical nature of faerie. Oddly enough, their name is a misnomer. While they live in the realms of faerie, they aren’t true fae, but rather one of many kinds of animals uplifted by fae magic.
Your Charisma score increases by +2.
Fey dogs become adults by age 10. Most live to around 40 or 50 on average.
Fey Dogs span many alignments and ideals. Their tendency toward loyalty and strong faith leads to lawful alignments being very common.
Like your ancestors, you are a small creature. Despite your size and debated cuteness, you are more than capable of holding your own. Being a small creature does have its disadvantages though, as per size rules.
You are able to shift between the four legged stance of your ancestors and the 2 legged stance of your race with ease. 25 feet on 2 legs, 35 feet on all 4. You cannot take any other attack action besides bite while on all fours. You can try to use a weapon in your mouth with disadvantage while in this position. Using your bite does not impose disadvantage. Dropping to all fours takes only a free action, but getting up to two legs works the same as getting up from being prone.
You gain advantage on all perception rolls using a sense of smell. You do not gain advantage on checks using other senses.
Thanks to ages of adjusting to the night’s sky with canine kin, your race has the boon of contending with darkness. You treat darkness as if it were dim light and dim light as if it were bright light. You have Darkvision out 60 feet.
Due to your canine heritage, you are able to bite on foes who get in your way. You are proficient in a bite attack that does 1d4 piercing damage, utilizing strength or dexterity. In addition, it can be used as off-hand attack. As you gain levels, your bite gains power. Upon reaching level 9, your bite increases to 1d6. At level 18, increase to 1d8.
You speak Common and Sylvan. You are able capable of speaking with any canine based species or race.