Homebrew Yuan-ti 2.0 Species Details

Yuan-ti were originally humans who transformed themselves into serpent folk through ancient rituals. Most yuan-ti were corrupted into monsters by those rites, but some yuan-ti instead became a new people who mix characteristics of humans and snakes.

Blessed with resistance to magical and poisonous effects by the rituals that created them, each of these yuan-ti manifests their serpentine heritage in a variety of ways: a forked tongue, snake eyes, a snakelike nose, or some other ophidian characteristic. However a yuan-ti looks, they have the power to pursue great good or evil in the multiverse.

Creating Your Character

At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation.

Ability Score Increases

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

Languages

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

Alignment.

Pureblood Yuan-ti are devoid of emotion and see others as tools to manipulate. They care little for law or chaos and are typically neutral evil. Yuan-ti who are not Purebloods fall all over the morality spectrum, but the majority fall toward true neutral.

Life Span

Yuan-ti mature at the same rate as humans and have lifespans similar in length to theirs.

Height and Weight

Yuan-ti match humans in average height and weight. Your size is Medium.

Yuan-ti 2.0 Traits

As a yuan-ti, you have the following racial traits.

Rattlesnake's Venom

You can use your action to bite into an enemy, releasing poison into their system. To use this ability, you must make an unarmed melee attack. On a hit, the creature must make a Constitution save. The DC for this saving throw is 15. A creature takes 2d6 + 4 poison damage on a failed save, and half as much damage on a successful one. You must complete a short or long rest before being able to use this ability again. The damage increases to 3d6 + 4 at 6th level, 4d6 + 4 at 11th level, and 5d6 + 4 at 16th level.

Upon taking this trait, you will gain Disadvantage to any stealth checks you make. 

Creature Type

You are a Humanoid.

Size

You are Medium or Small. You choose the size when you select this race.

Speed

Your walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.

Poison Immunity

You are immune to poison damage and the poisoned condition.

Serpentine Spellcasting

You know the poison spray cantrip. You can cast animal friendship an unlimited number of times with this trait, but you can target only snakes with it. Starting at 3rd level, you can also cast suggestion with this trait. Once you cast it, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast it using any spell slots you have of 2nd level or higher.

Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait (choose when you select this race).