Phanaton Traits
Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Constitution increases by 1.
Age. Phanaton reaches maturity after only 5 years. They are a short-lived race, living on average 40 years.
Alignment. Phanatons tend to be lawful good in alignment.
Size. Phanatons reach about three feet tall and weigh around 40 pounds. You are a small creature.
Speed. Your speed is 30 feet.
Arboreal. You have proficiency with the Perception skill and have a climb speed equal to your normal speed.
Darkvision. You can see in the dark 60 feet.
Patagia: If you are not encumbered and wearing light armor or no armor, you can glide when you jump. You gain a flying speed of 30 feet until you land. At the end of each of your turns, your altitude drops by 5 feet. Your altitude immediately drops to 0 at the end of your turn if you don’t fly at least 30 feet horizontally. You are immune to falling damage unless restrained or incapacitated.
Prehensile Tail: You can manipulate and pick up items with your tail, but you cannot use it to attack.

As an option, phanatons could be run as player characters (or NPCs with levels). Here is a way they could be added to your game. It is suggested that PCs’ game statistics be rolled with the standard 3d6 dice method.
Ability Score Modifiers:

Gliding: Phanatons can glide, usually from branch to branch, due to loose skin between its limbs. The distance a phanaton can glide is equal to three times the starting height. So, for example, if a phanaton jumped from a height of 30′, it could glide over a horizontal distance of 90′ maximum at the rate of 50’/round). When gliding, a phanaton must spread its arms and legs to catch the air, and therefore cannot fight, cast spells, or do anything requiring two hands. For every 100 cn of weight they carry, phanatons reduce their horizontal gliding range by 20′ for the same loss of altitude as an unencumbered phanaton.
Flying: At 4th level, phanatons can fly- that is, maintain level flight or gain altitude, but only if updrafts or normal winds are present. The phanaton can gain 10′ of altitude for every 60′ of horizontal distance covered with normal winds (see the Rules Cyclopedia, page 90). A strong breeze will reduce the horizontal distance to 30′. Phanatons do not fly in high or extreme winds.
Pass plant: Phanatons gain the magical ability to pass plant, as per the druids fifth-level spell. They can use this ability once per day.
Shamans: Also called the “wise-ones,” they are chosen at birth and begin learning the way of the shaman from a very young age. They are entrusted with the knowledge of reading and writing.
They can only cast spells from the druidic spell list (see the Rules Cyclopedia, page 33). Shamans should have both a Wisdom and Charisma of 12 or better. If the Wrath of the Immortals accessory is used, shamans of Ui gain the ability to move silently and hide in shadows as thieves of the same experience level so long as they remain in trees. Mother Earths shamans gain the mystic’s ability to speak with animals. Shamans of the Huntsman receive the general skills of “Tracking” and “Alertness”
plus any other general skills they might have.
Jibaru shamans must use up one skill slot in order to read and write their own language. Common Jibaru don’t have that knowledge. Shamans must then choose language skills to speak treant, dryad, and elven (if any such creatures exist in the phanatons home), before any other skills. Non-shamans may acquire Jibaru writing skills, but with an initial penalty of – 3 to their Intelligence scores. Monarchs and other Jibaru leaders usually have that skill.
Miscellaneous: Phanatons are poor swimmers, preferring their arboreal habitat.
Phanatons do not have infravision. The more common, primitive (nonsentient) breeds of phanatons are normally clumsy with their hands. When fighting, they are likely to drop objects (coconuts, branches)
on their attackers, or bite them (1d6 points of damage), or use simple weapons (branches, stone maces, or other blunt objects). Phanatons of Jibaru have learned to use small spears, short bows, and blowguns
with needles dipped in a paralyzing poison (save vs. poison or remain paralyzed for 1d6 turns). Shields and armor are rarely used since they negate the phanaton’s ability to glide. All phanatons are otherwise naturally agile (PC phanatons must have a Dexterity of 16 or better to qualify). Their natural AC is 9, with a
+2 bonus to their AC and to all saving throws due to their small size and agility.
Names & language: Tapuru, Urua, Maragu, Araca, Ixaituba, Tuaca, Uapagu, Cacui, Jarapua, Gujari, Ixugu, Garanui, Axaua, Purucui, Palama, Tapaju, Uruxu, Itupaxingu, Macapui, Irigi. The Jibaru language does not have “e” and “o” sounds.
The “x” is pronounced “sh,” and the last vowel in the name is accented. Double names are usually a sign of nobility, as shown for the two queens mentioned earlier in this article.
The spoken language is still primitive as far as grammar and syntax go, requiring many gestures. The written language otherwise requires an extensive library of symbols representing animals whose sounds come close to the desired syllables. Ideograms conveying ideas complement other written symbols available to Jibaru shamans. The rest is left to the readers’ interpretations.