You have been deaf for as long as you could remember it has strengthened your other senses to attempt to make up for your lack of hearing
- Skill Proficiencies: You gain proficiency in two skills: insight, perception, performance
- Languages: - You can lipread up to 30ft away, as long as you can see the face of the creature talking.
You also can read and write in any language you understand even though you cannot speak them, you also can communicate via common sign language (though depending on your dm's world setting this can be a very rare talent)
As a deaf person, you have come to rely on your sight and other senses to remain aware of your surroundings, and you are not shackled by the limits of vocal communication.
- Immune to the Deafened condition.
- You do not use any verbal commands in your spellcasting, replacing all verbal components with somatic gestures. If a spell requires a creature to hear you or understand you, the spell automatically fails.
- Spells and effects that require the creature to hear the caster have no effect on this creature. Examples include Suggestion, Command, and Vicious Mockery.
Checks & Saving Throws:
- Permanent advantage on Sleight of Hand checks.
- Permanent advantage on perception checks that rely specifically on sight, smell, taste, or touch (within reach of 5 ft. for taste and touch).
- Automatically fails checks and saving throws that rely solely/primarily on sound.
- Disadvantage on stealth checks related to moving and making noise.
- If other creatures do not understand Signed Common and you can't write words down, you can attempt to mime. Doing so requires you to make a successful Performance check (DC 13) and the "listeners"/watchers to make successful Insight checks (DC 13) to get your meaning. Complex ideas cannot be communicated this way.
Combat:
- Vulnerable to damage taken while under the Blinded Condition.
- No penalty to general attack, spell, damage, and defense rolls.
- Shouted information (like a BBEG weakness) does not make it to you, unless a party member uses Signed Common or it is obvious enough
Suggested Characteristics
You may have had trouble communicating with people due to not being able to speak or hear others making you secluded or due to you having a strange talent of speaking with your hands you were very popular embrace or shun your condition the world is yours
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