Leonin come with a +2 Constitution/+1 Strength ability score modifier-inherently making them tough. Now, older, the call to the throne is strong, the pridelands require saving from the evil relative. Feeling guilt, this leonin ran away from home and finds new family in their companions.

An evil relative murdered this leonin’s father when they were young.

Leonin tend to leave human gods in the past.

Summoned by the god Heliod to serve the light, a leonin takes the path of a paladin against the wishes of their clan.

This young warrior seeks to prove themselves as a great leader before returning home.

A young leonin prince(ess) is sent out into the wider world to represent the Leonin Queendom in diplomatic affairs.

While Leonin aren’t explicitly in the Forgotten Realms thereĬonsider these leonin backstories for inspiration: Nomadic hunters, this race blends the glory and hunting instincts of a lion with Strength and Constitution for a unique warrior.

However, most leonin distrust outsiders and guard their ancestral home, only leaving for the occasional raid. Though they’ve left behind human ways, some still worship human gods. Now, the nomadic tribes have mostly reverted to the old ways. At one point, the valley was dominated by wizardly humans of Meletis. The leonin race inhabits a valley within Theros named Oreskos. Some venture past the border mountains to test themselves in new lands. However, some leonin are not content to live the lives of their ancestors-nomadic yet never leaving the plains. Introduced in Mythic Odysseys of Theros, these lion people rarely leave their homeland and guard its borders.

Still, some leonin wonder what lies beyond Oreskos’s border mountains and seek to test themselves in a wider world.

Prides of these nomadic, lion-like humanoids rarely interact with other peoples, having all they need in their shimmering homeland and knowing the treachery of strangers. A golden plain where even the gods rarely trespass. Leonin characters in Dungeons and Dragons 5e are fierce, powerful hunters who guard the shining plains of Oreskos.

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