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Gastropalian mature around the age of 5 and live to be about 50, in some rare cases they many live to be older, but it is when their living conditions are very non-threating or stressful. Gastropalian Newborns will spend most of their time in their soft shell leaving it only to feed until their shell has hardened and they can fend for themselves.

Gastropalians can be any alignment but tend to lean into neutral good.

Gastropalians can stand anywhere from 7-8 feet tall but have the tendency to lean forward due to the weight of their shell. They can weigh anywhere from 300-450 lbs. with their shell taking up the majority of the weight. Your size is medium.

• Due to your heavy weight and slower ancestry you have a walking speed of 25 feet. But because of the secretions, you leave behind you also have a climbing speed of 30.

Gastropalians spend most of their lives in the wilderness. You have proficiency in the Survival skill, and you gain advantage on perception checks.

Due to your shell and the secretion from your body you are ill-suited for wearing armor. Your Shell and Mucus provide sufficient protection giving you a base AC of 17 (your Dex does not affect this number). You gain no benefit from wearing armor, but if you use a shield, you can apply the shield’s bonus as normal.

You can withdraw into your shell as an action. Until you emerge, you gain a +4 bonus to AC, and you have advantage on Strength and Constitution saving throws. While in your shell, you are prone, your speed is 0 and it cannot increase, you have disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws, you cannot take reactions, and the only action you can take is a bonus action to emerge from your shell.

Because of the mucus coming off your body, you have advantage on saving throws for being grappling and being restrained. 

You can read, write and speak Common, Undercommon, and Gastropalian