Homebrew Cactin Species Details

Most populations centered in wide open deserts, the Cactin, sometimes called spinefolk, evoke fear, confusion, and wonder, to most traveling adventurers, and traders. 

In their tribal camps, they are simple folk mostly plant weavers and traders with the passing adventurers. But in cities and human towns, they are trouble makers smashing things as they please and picking fights with anyone with a temper, not really understanding the way of common folk life.

Is that a Cactus in a Cave?

From afar, cactin look much like regular cacti. Only when you come close to them is it revealed that they walk and talk in a humanoid manor. Standing upright, Cactin have a max height of 7 feet tall, and they have long, thick appendages that end in stumps.

Thorns cover their bodies. The length of their thorns typically denotes membership in a tribe. When cactin bloom their flowers are colored, with petals of blue, green, or purple, red, yellow, or orange. These flowers usually bloom in all parts on their body that can receive sunlight. 

Desert Guardians

Nowhere are the cactin more comfortable than in deserts. They'll can spend most of their lives in deserts with some joining adventuring parties or going off on their own. In battle, they prove cumbersome, yet heavy hitters, not being able to use weapons but some can be adorned with gauntlets of varying size, shape, and spikiness.

Once a cactin reaches an old enough age, (200 years of age, players cannot start at this age but can start near this age.) they'll have a innate instinct to return to the desert that they once called home, where they release hundreds of spores that will one day grow into offspring to join a tribe. (Yes that means they have no reproduction organs) After they have released their spores they slowly turn to stone as their life has come to an end.

Cactin Mannerisms

Cactin grow nonstop growing an inch every year. Their blooming season are generally during the spring seasons, during this time they look elegant growing flowers everywhere the sun shines. Their Flowers grant them boosted CHA modifiers +1 for each flower on their body. Their thorns usually stop growing after a cactin reaches the age of 100. (Roll d4 to find thorn length in inches)

Cactin generally keep to themselves, only talking in one language consisting of sylvan. Very rarely will a cactin actually understand common or any other language. 

Each cactin tribe owns their own plot of land never going to battle with another tribe, most seeing cactin vs cactin battle to be an act of Silulon Fenlers, or to battle kings in sylvan, a right of all cactin to challenge the tribe leader for the position of leader. These fights may only last a day, and end when the opponent is beaten into submission. Fighters may not be given aid by outside help and can use gauntlets.

Homelands

As stated before separate tribes exist from desert to desert each desert consisting of 1 or 2 tribes but never anymore than that.

 

Enemies and Allies

Cactin vary rarely will attract enemies as they are calm and collected people only thrown into a fury when something they love is hurt. Cactin generally attempt to stay away from fire elementals, tieflings or demons as they usually carry some sort of fire with them which is an obvious weakness.

Cactin Names

Cactin don't spend too much time on naming they mainly pull names from sylvan words that show a characteristic of the named person

An Cactin may have one of these names: Selui (Music: if they play some form of music), Kalvarkutaeminbebib or Kalvar (Library: if they're a book worm), Miemin (Hand: if they're useful), Seluin (Sound: if their talkative) Mivo (Root: if they rarely move), ETC.

 CACTIN BACKGROUNDS

Backgrounds that are most appropriate for cactin include the outlander, the hermit, and the sage.

Cactin Traits

As an cactin, you have certain traits in common with your people. You gain charisma buffs for your blooming flowers but have little communication skills.

Flowering Bloom

When cactin bloom their flowers are colored, with petals of blue, green, or purple, red, yellow, or orange. These flowers usually bloom in all parts on their body that can receive sunlight. Each flower grants +1 to each charisma role.

Age

Cactin reach a mature age of 50 years old. Their peak age is 200.

Alignment

Cactin don't choose to be lawful or good they'll always be neutral. Although explorers and adventurers might tend toward chaotic.

Size

Cactin have a max height of 7 feet tall, and they have long, thick appendages that end in stumps. Your size is huge.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

Thorns

You are proficient with your unarmed strikes, which deal 1d4 bludgeoning damage on a hit, plus your thorn size.

Thorn Size

Their thorns usually stop growing after a cactin reaches the age of 100. (Roll d4 to find thorn length in inches)

Languages

You can only speak and read sylvan. But you can learn common with enough practice.