Beast race

Race beast

Beasts -- a broad class of wild animals too lazy to sort themselves into proper subdivisions. Tigers, boars, lynxes, various unaffiliated felines and canines -- all under one pelt.

The dense fur holds cold and keeps disease out. Fire, though, a beast handles poorly: fur catches, and fleeing on burning paws is awkward. In battle they are strong and tough, knock down with a paw, often go berserk, lash with the tail, and dodge at speed.

They turn up almost anywhere a forest is a forest and a hunter is a hunter.