Homebrew Fish-men Species Details

Fish-men are one of two humanoid races that inhabit and rule the seas (the other being the merfolk). Fish-men have gills near their necks, which only work when they are in water. On land, they can breathe with their lungs like humans do. However, their gills cannot breathe in air, like a normal fish cannot breathe in air through their gills. Even though fish-men are part fish (or at least closer to fish biologically than human) and have been considered such by prejudiced humans in the past, they are still mammals and give birth to live young. Fish-men are also able to modulate the sounds that they make enabling them to speak in the same language as humans,

Fish-men Traits

Can breathe under water and on land

Ability Score Increase

Your ability scores each increase by 1.

Age

Humans reach adulthood in their late teens and live less than a century.

Size

Humans vary widely in height and build, from barely 5 feet to well over 6 feet tall. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. Humans typically learn the languages of other peoples they deal with, including obscure dialects. They are fond of sprinkling their speech with words borrowed from other tongues: Orc curses, Elvish musical expressions, Dwarvish military phrases, and so on.