Homebrew Dragon Shrimp Species Details

The Dragon Shrimp are small sized draconic quadrupedal Subterranean or Amphibious race found often along many temperate and tropical shorelines and caves. 

They´re omnivorous foragers and while they are extremely fast for their size and are known to have bubbly personality.

Dragon Shrimp can be many different colors depending on where they grow up and often have brighter colors by oceans and darker in caves.

Dragon Shrimps are often looked down upon due to being quadrupedal but the Dragon Shrimps are smarter than they look and can use their tail as support to stand on their hind legs to use bows and other weapons or tools using their front legs. 

 Not many Dragon Shrimps learns common as they prefer their native tongue. Those that do often learn it to explore the world or go on adventures.

Age

Dragon Shrimps reach maturity at the age of 12 and can live up to 120

Size

Dragon Shrimps grow to be around 4ft tall and 12ft long.

Art by Fortuna

 

Dragon Shrimp Traits

Draconic kin

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Charisma score increases by 1.

Natural Forager

Natural Forager grants you proficeny in Survival

Biome Adaptation

You can pick a adaptation grantig you either

Amphibious, Grants you swimming speed equal to your walking speed and the ability to breathe underwater and on land.

Subterranean, Grants you climbing speed equal to your walking speed and Tremorsense to 30ft.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Draconic and Common.

Quick escape

If you are attacked by a creature within 5ft of you can use your reaction to move up to half of your movement speed without triggering attack of opportunity by that creature.

Once you use this trait, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest.

Lightfooted

Ability checks made to track you have disadvantage, and you can move across difficult terrain made of nonmagical plants and undergrowth without expending extra movement.