Homebrew Dekanter Species Details
Dekanter are a previously unknown goblin that were magically mutated by Alhoons, mind flayer illithiliches, to be a slave workforce and guardians of the mines of Dekanter.
Dekanter goblins are generally on the larger range of the small size scale, averaging around 4 feet tall. They were created to have a greater physical prowess and a stockier build than their ancestral goblins. They most often have bristly dark colored, mostly black, lion-like mane of hair that naturally grows from the crown of their heads to the length of their shoulders. Their thick rhinoceros-like hides are predominately within the orange to reddish skin tones. Their most notable feature is their rhinoceros-like horned noses.
As a means to contain and control their race, the alhoon’s further mutated their ancestral goblin vision and darkvision with a genetically dominate form of myopia which also limited their walking and running speed within their shortened range of clear vision.
The Dekanter mines can still be found in the Greypeak Mountains, a rugged and desolate mountain range in the eastern end of the Savage Frontier in the North of Faerun. After the destruction of the alhoons that created and enslaved the Dekanter goblins, they exercised their newfound freedom to wander from the Greypeak Mountains and pursue their own destinies, escaping the plots of both their ancestral goblin fey-heritage, and their alhoon creators’ machinations.
Dekanter Traits
Dekanter goblins were created to have a greater physical prowess and a stockier build than their ancestral goblins. Their thick rhinoceros-like hides are predominately within the orange to reddish skin tones. Their most notable feature is their rhinoceros-like horned noses. As a means to contain and control their race, the alhoon’s further mutated their ancestral goblin vision and darkvision with a genetically dominate form of myopia which also limited their walking and running speed within their shortened range of clear vision.Thick Hide
The Dekanter goblin's thick rhinoceros-like hide provides them a natural resistance to all non-magical bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.
Ability Score Increases
Dekanter goblins were mutated to inherit stronger attributes that would increase their productivity. Generally, their Strength score increases by 2, and their Constitution score increases by 1.
Optionally, when determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy. The “Quick Build” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.
Creature Type
You are a Humanoid. You are also considered a goblinoid for any prerequisite or effect that requires you to be a goblinoid, but due to the severity of the mutations forced upon them the Dekanter goblins no longer have their Goblin Fey Ancestry traits.
Fury of the Small
When you damage a creature with an attack or a spell and the creature’s size is larger than yours, you can cause the attack or spell to deal extra damage to the creature. The extra damage equals your proficiency bonus.
You can use this trait a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, regaining all expended uses when you finish a long rest, and you can use it no more than once per turn.
Height and Weight
Dekanter goblins were artificially mutated and are generally on the higher range of the small size, averaging around 4 feet tall, and have a stockier build, 55 lbs., making them taller and heavier than their ancestral goblins.
Horn
You have a rhinoceros-like horn growing out of the dorsum of your nose which can be used to make unarmed strikes. Because of the horn’s proximity to your eyes, you suffer disadvantage with this attack if the target is farther than 5 feet from you.
Since the horn is a part of your head you can make an unarmed attack while having a target grappled or while holding items in both of your hands.
When you hit with your horn, the strike deals 1d4 + your Strength modifier piercing damage, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and goblin.
Life Span
Dekanter goblins were created to breed and mature quickly allowing them replace and grow the Alhoon’s slave workforce. Dekanter goblins generally reach adulthood at age 5 and live up to 30 years.
Myopic Vision/Darkvision
All Dekanter Goblins have a genetic form of myopia (Nearsightedness), allowing them to only see clearly within 30 feet. All natural vision beyond 30 feet is blurred and imposes disadvantage to checks and attacks requiring vision. Despite their myopia they were mutated to retain their ancestral darkvision, but it is subjected to the same shortened ranged as their regular vision.
You can see in dim light within 30 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.
Powerful Build
You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.
Speed
As a means to contain and control the Dekanter goblins, the alhoons’ further mutated them with a genetically dominate form of myopia, which slowed them down, limiting their walking and running speed within the perimeters of their shortened range of clear vision
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