Homebrew Races.

[Ironic Hero]

I am fleshing out my homebrew campaign setting and decided to allow my previously NPC exclusive races as playable. This is the current iteration, and I was looking for advice regarding the balance compared to core races, regarding the Artiari and Natlari especially, as they have unique features that I have difficulty determining the power level for.

[Warclam]

I like them. Artiari and Gahri look fine to me, power-wise. They're good, but not overpowering.

I do have some concerns about the Natlari. Their special ability isn't overpowered in any way, but I feel like they might be similar-but-superior-to halflings. Darkvision makes up for the less useful skill bonus, and the Beast Shape (not Beast Form, btw) is then left to stack up against… bonus to saves against fear? Even there, though, I feel like it's almost more halflings being weak than Natlari being too strong.

[Ironic Hero]

Thanks for pointing out the Beast Shape thing. I have no idea why I wrote "form". Also, halflings are notorious for being the weakest of the core races. I thought the Natlari were more similar to gnomes, but I might be biased due to them sharing ancestors canonically.

[Irulesmost]

Looks good. And yeah, the Natlari are probably fine power level. They don't appear to be more powerful than most other small races.