Unnatural Gift - Symbiotic Being

An Unnatural Gift has bestowed upon you a symbiotic being that resides within your body. This being manifests physically somewhere on your person, often resembling a tumor or growth, and relies on you for its sustenance and survival. In return, it offers you knowledge and assistance, either willingly or due to the intertwined nature of your existence. However, the symbiote possesses its own distinct personality and agenda, which may conflict with your own desires. Should you disregard its wishes, the symbiote may attempt to assert control or interfere with your actions.

Attempts to rid yourself of this Unnatural Gift are futile, as the symbiotic being will persistently reappear within your body, even if drastic measures are taken such as severing the affected part of your anatomy. At the stroke of midnight, it will emerge anew in a different location on your body.

Interwoven Essence: Your symbiote shares a symbiotic bond with you, its essence interwoven with yours in a harmonious yet invasive manner. It exists as a distinct entity with its own consciousness and physical form, intricately linked to your being. The symbiote has its own Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores, of 16, 16 and 11 respectively. It perceives the world through your senses, seeing and hearing everything you do.

The symbiote communicates fluently in two languages: one that you speak and another that aligns with its nature. Additionally, it imparts its knowledge and skills to you, granting proficiency in one of the following skills: Arcana, Intimidation, Insight, Nature, Religion, Perception, chosen by you to reflect the symbiote's influence on your abilities.

Should you meet an untimely demise, so too does your symbiote. Conversely, if you are revived or resurrected, your symbiote returns alongside you, its presence indelibly entwined with yours.

Sustaining Synergy: Your symbiote is deeply invested in your continued existence and takes proactive measures to ensure your survival. When you are hit with an attack that drops you to 0 hit points, the symbiote will absorb the attack. When this happens, you become immune to the damage and gain hit points equal to the damage absorbed. Once your symbiote employs this ability, it requires time to recuperate. It cannot use this feature again for 1 week.

If your symbiote absorbs the disintegrate spell, it is destroyed and lost. It may be regained through the plot or by use of the greater restoration or wish spell.

Mutual Imperatives: Your symbiote harbors its own desires and aspirations, expecting your cooperation in achieving its objectives. The degree of leniency or urgency it exhibits in pursuing its agenda depends on its individual temperament (collaborate with your DM to flesh out these details). Should you neglect or disregard opportunities to advance its goals, the symbiote may attempt to compel your compliance.

To resist the symbiote's influence, you must succeed on a Charisma saving throw against a DC determined by the symbiote's Charisma modifier (DC 12 + symbiote's Charisma modifier) or succumb to its charms for a duration of 1d12 hours. While charmed, you are compelled to heed the symbiote's directives. However, should you suffer external harm not self-inflicted, you may repeat the saving throw to break free of the enchantment.