Being part of an underborne community means you’re from a subterranean society.

Many underborne live right beneath the cities and villages of other collectives, while some live much deeper. These communities range from small family groups in burrows to massive metropolises in caverns of stone. In many locales, underborne are recognized for their incredible boldness and skill that enable great feats of architecture and engineering. Underborne are regularly hired for their bravery, as even the least daring among them has likely encountered formidable belowground beasts, and learning to dispatch such creatures is common practice amongst these societies. Because of the dangers of their environment, many underborne communities develop unique nonverbal languages that prove equally useful on the surface.

Underborne are often composed, elusive, indomitable, innovative, resourceful, and unpretentious.

Features

Low-Light Living: When you’re in an area with low light or heavy shadow, you have advantage on rolls to hide, investigate, or perceive details within that area.

Suspended Cities: An Underborne community suspended from the roof of a cave to protect citizens from subterranean threats. Chiseled from massive crystals, this hollowed-out home is structured like any tower found aboveground. Cave spider silk can be used instead of rope to suspend these Underborne homes, as it’s particuarly strong and lightweight.

Just Beneath: Some Underborne communities live just beneath the surface, allowing them to move beneath the upper world undetected. Great architectural skill is required to battle the crushing forces of the surface above and to maintain the integrity of stalagmites and stalactites. Underground predators can attack from the cave ceilings as well as the floor, so Underborne communities must invest in unique protective measures.

Irina Nordsol

Underborne

Being part of an underborne community means you’re from a subterranean society.

Low-Light Living: When you’re in an area with low light or heavy shadow, you have advantage on rolls to hide, investigate, or perceive details within that area.

Community