Homebrew Xotel Species Details

Xotels are a tribal people that live in the Feywild. They make there homes in deep pools of murky water that they use to hide them selves form treats that harm them or Fey that would find pleasure in toying with them. Most Xotels keep to their quiet, secluded homes in the water; but the ones that do venture out of their pool-bound homes, find the wider world to be alien and fascinating beyond comprehension. 

Pools Aplenty

The forests of the Feywild are home to innumerable swamps and bogs that the Xotel make their homes within, hiding deep under a layer of murky, muddy water that hides their homes from prying eyes and unwanted guests; However most guest are wanted, as new creature and new sights fascinate them. They construct large, pod-like homes out of the fronds and leaves of the sprawling forests that surround they swamps and adorn them with bio-luminescent bulbs they call Glob-Bulbs to illuminate they homes.

Much of their lives are spent tending to schools of swamp fish that they cultivate for food, expanding their homes as their population grows, and praying and hoping that one day their long lost god would finally return to them. Most Xotels are content to live like this for their whole lives, but on occasion, often prompted because a bit of the outside world comes to them, a Xotel will yearn to to leave the pools and venture beyond, out into the world to see what is out there.   

Ao'til'xotel

If you asked a Xotel how their race began, they would tell you that their god, Ao'til'xotel, formed them from the slime and mud of the many swamps and pools that can be found in the Feywild. After their creation, Ao'til'xotel was able to spend scant little time with the Xotel people before something took them away, leaving the Xotel to fend for themselves in their new lonely home. To this day the Xotel venerate their creator as a god, dedicating many disciples and shamans to them in hopes that one day Ao'til'xotel will find their way back to the Xotel people and would return to dwell with their long lost creations once again. 

 

Unwavering Smiles

The Xotel people tend to be as kind as possible when outsiders come to visit them in and around they watery homes; After all, if they don't show any aggression, there visitors should have no reason to either. This practice, however well intentioned, has usually gotten them in more trouble than it has gotten them out of. Many of the creature that would come calling on the Xotel in their underwater homes would not go through the trouble of doing so without a good reason to begin with.

The chief offender and abuser of this Xotel curtesy are the Bullywugs. The Xotel have lived through one to many disagreements with the the Bullywugs of the Feywild, causing the Xotel to have countless members of their tribes killed or kidnapped over the generations. The Xotel have subsequently ceased to show hospitality to any green creatures. This new practice has caused many a unfortunate traveler wearing green to be unnecessarily attacked on sight when venturing too close to the home of the Xotel. 

Xotel Names

For the first year of their life, while in the larvae stage of their maturity, Xotel children do not posses a name. They are only referred to as the child of their father. Once reaching maturity, their parents name them, making them a full member of their tribe.

Mirroring their oafish but softhearted nature, most Xotels have a name that reflects both sides of their demeanor; however, most Xotels are oblivious to the parallels of this practice. All Xotels have a two syllable name with the first syllable being harsh or unrefined sounding, while the second syllable is bright or sharp sounding.

Below are some examples of Xotel names.

Xotel Names: Ack'be, Bed'at, Bek'eep, Deb'que, Eeg'le, Ged'ki, Ghal'ta, Koc'quy, Lig-ei, Lak'ah, Mog'ba, Og'ti, Ou'le Pog'ei, Pek'ees, Quag'ma, Qak'lay, Reg'oi, Rok'iev, Suc'eah, Set'ap, Tan'oy, Uu'la, Vaa'ri, Vow'za, Wes'hee, Xoh'ji, Yus'sa, Zer'mi

Xotel Traits

Your Xotel character has an assortment of inborn abilities. You posses the following traits.

Ability Score Increase

Your Charisma score increases by 2 and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Age

Xotels mature to adulthood in a single year, but have been known to live up to 35 years.

Alignment

Most Xotels are typically chaotic, since their tribes consist of of freeform roles that change on the fly to best fit the tribe's needs. They tend toward good as well, due to their tendency to blindly  treat everyone with kindness and hospitality, weather they deserve it or not.

Size

Xotels typically stand between 3 ½ and 4 ½ feet tall and average about 45 pounds. Your size is Small.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 25 feet, and you have a swimming speed of 50 feet.

Superior Darkvision

Accustomed to living in deep, murky waters in the feywild, you have strong vision in dark conditions. You can see in dim light within 120 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Sunlight Sensitivity

You have disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight when you, the target of your attack, or whatever you are trying to perceive is in direct sunlight.

Amphibious

You can breathe air and water.

Water Dependency

If you fail to immerse yourself in water for at least 1 hour during a day, you suffer one level of exhaustion at the end of that day. You can only recover from this exhaustion through magic or by immersing yourself in water for at least 1 hour and taking a long rest.

Limb Regeneration

Your natural ability to regenerate lost limbs extends to your awakened form. If one of your limbs or your tail is cut off, it will fully regenerate in 2d4 days.

Unwavering Smile

The Xotel are a gentle race that often extend an acts of kindness to other creatures that they meet, making others more likely to listen to you when you talk. As a Xotel, you have proficiency in the Persuasion skill.

Additionally, when even you roll a Persuasion check, you can choose to reroll the 1d20, but you must use the new roll. You can use this trait a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Language

You can speak, read, and write Common and Xotel.