Tabaxi
| Tabaxi | |
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| Characteristics | |
| Alignment | Chaotic Neutral |
| Type | Monstrous Humanoid |
| Publication history | |
| Source books | 1E Fiend Folio, Tome of Horrors 1, Monstrous Manual |
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the Tabaxi are a fictional race of feline-humanoids. Resembling humanoid leopards or jaguars, they are a primitive, reclusive people dwelling in jungles who are sometimes led by giant, evil versions of them called Tabaxi Lords. Although sometimes known as catfolk or cat-people, they seem to be distinct from the catfolk described in the Miniatures Handbook and Races of the Wild.
The tabaxi first appeared in first edition in the original Fiend Folio (1981).
The tabaxi and the jaguar-lord tabaxi appeared in second edition for the Maztica setting in the adventure module Fires of Zatal (1991). The tabaxi and tabaxi lord appeared in the Monstrous Manual (1993).
The tabaxi once again appear as a race in Volo's Guide to Monsters (2016).
A tabaxi resembles a lithe, graceful, athletic human with a leopard or jaguar-like head and a tail. They have beautiful spotted fur pelts that range in color from light yellow to brownish red. They have sharp teeth and retractable claws, which are their primary weapons in combat. They are tall and slender, and have eyes of green or yellow.
Tabaxi dwell in tropical or subtropical jungles in clans of equal parts male and female. Hunter/gatherer groups of Tabaxi are called Hunts, and a clan usually contains several. The Hunts work the area around the clan lair. Some lairs are temporary, but most are small villages of ramadas (huts with grass roofs supported by tall poles, and no walls). A lair will typically contain some young Tabaxi, plus an elder who leads the clan. 50% of these elder-leaders are aided by a shaman. A clan has a 10% chance of owing allegiance to a tabaxi lord (see below); these clans tend toward evil, warlike ways, and their shamans worship evil powers. Shamans of clans not under the control of Tabaxi Lords worship powers related to sunlight, rain, or animals.
Tabaxi are reclusive and avoid other intelligent beings, even other tabaxi clans. They do not engage in trade, which they consider demeaning, but some few have agents who trade for them. Tabaxi speak their own ancient language. Legends tell of a great tabaxi civilization that was supplanted by other races.
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