Stouts

Stouts are a squat, hairless race of demihuman mutants with a connection to the Ghost in the Machine and a knack for working with and restoring pre-war machinery and computers. They are most often a quiet, reserved people and are incredibly devoted to their work, but a revving motor, the smell of gunpowder, an encrypted computer full of old world secrets, or ruins full of junk to scrap and restore will get them excited and ready to take on the world.

Stouts often tattoo their bodies with circuit patterns and like to wear scavenged trinkets as accessories. They get along with most other races, but often find themselves at odds with worshipers of Elohim, and some worshippers of nature spirits that see tech as evil.

Stats
Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Age. Stouts age at roughly the same rate as humans and have about the same lifespan.

Alignment. Most stouts are lawful, believing structure is as necessary for life to function as it is for computers and machinery. They have no particular tendency towards good or evil.

Size. Stouts stand between 4 and 5 feet tall and average about 150 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet. Your speed is not reduced by wearing heavy armor.

Darkvision. You have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Stout Resilience. You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you have resistance against poison damage.

Gun Nut. You have proficiency with modern firearms.

Handy. You gain proficiency with the your choice of the following: mechanic’s tools, smith’s tools, vehicles (land), or computer kit

Machinecunning. Whenever you make an Intelligence (History) check related to the origin or function of machinery or computers, you are considered proficient in the History skill and add double your proficiency bonus to the check, instead of your normal proficiency bonus.

Gas Hound: You can usually sniff out where to find fuel to keep your ride going. Once per day, you can make a Wisdom (Perception) check to see if you can determine the direction to the nearest fuel source.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write English and Stout.