Though their natural society is primitive, chiroptera are just as intelligent as other humanoid races. Lacking any knowledge of metallurgy, chiroptera usually hunt using bows with a stone-tipped arrow and well-made stone hand-axes, though tribes living near communities of other races will often trade meat and hides for metal weapons вЂ“ especially throwing daggers, with which they display a terrifying proficiency. Every night, the entire tribe-including children-venture forth from their hearth-caves to hunt game. The chiroptera are often associated with the Underdark and the dread creatures therein, but in reality, they live in fear and disgust of the Deep Dark because and are frequently preyed upon by monsters, drow, and other denizens of the underground.Д¬hiroptera society is tribal, with each tribe consisting of no more than twenty or thirty individuals led by a matriarch-almost always the oldest female in the tribe. No one-not even the chiroptera themselves-know the origins of their race, but scholars who have delved into the subject believe them to be the descendants of several common bat species 'awakened' to sapience via magic though who did so, for what reason, and even when are unknown. Though often maligned by humans, who sometimes call them 'night terrors' or bainligor, the chiroptera are actually a generally peaceful race. Even if one speaks in a voice low enough to be heard by other races, its voice remains a high-pitched squeak. Though chiroptera can speak any language, their native tongue is too high-pitched for others to hear, consisting entirely of ultrasonic squeaks that other races can only produce via magical or artificial means.

Their primary sense is hearing, which is so sensitive they can hear a pin drop three hundred yards away. They are not blind, though their eyes are quite weak, and must be protected by heavily-tinted glasses or goggles in daylight lest they be utterly blinded. They have disproportionately long fingers lightly webbed with the remnants of their wings. Their ears are huge, pointed, and fantastically sensitive their noses and elaborately sculpted facial features are those of bats. Primarily carnivorous, they eat insects, larger animals that they hunt on the surface, and edible fungi.

Their primitive tribal culture is found in the upper reaches of the Underdark, natural caverns, and abandoned subterranean dwellings or mine-works.

Chiropterans (Bainligor) Physical Description Д¬hiroptera (also known as bainligors) are small, flightless bat-people.

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