Homebrew Lothling Species Details

Physical Description

Despite being categorized as a singular race, lolthings come in so many shapes and sizes that they could be separated into many different sub-races. The majority of lolthings stand anywhere between 5 - 6.5ft tall and their weight depends heavily on the diets of the Lolthlings. Blood is their main source of food, however some prefer human food. Eating human foods comes with it's own issues as it can mess with a lothlings height and weight. Depending on their lineage lothlings can be born with up to eight limbs and six eyes, some can even have none and are called Lolthbinos.

The best and quickest way to describe a lothling however is by saying they look like a spider-like tiefling with paler skin variants.

Place in the World

Lothlings tend to hang out on the fringes of society, preferring to spend their lives in places where there is plentiful access to blood and not as much stigma surrounding them. The majority of lothlings that hang out in humans cities tend to prefer human food over blood. The reason for this, as scholars suspect, is to do with their wish to fit in with the other races and be less outcast as a race.

Race's Society

Lothling society consists of a hierarchical system. Those with a higher standing within the group get the best blood and more respect from their peers and depending on how large the group is the lower standing lothlings might not even get blood. Despite this hierarchy young lothlings are always fed first so they can grow up strong.

Relations with other races

- Humans. "They are just like vampires really, it's just most of them don't target humans."
- Elves. "Such a vulgar way of eating, eat a regular diet for once."
- Dwarves. "They are just like the vampire bats we see every now and then in our caves, just give'em blood and we are good as gold.'"

Race as Adventurers

Lothlings are very stealthy and dexterous by nature making them the perfect rogues for sneaking around in the dark and ambushing people. They primarily make good melee characters due to their crippling bite. When choosing a lothling as your race think about what sorts of food do they prefer to eat? Blood or human food? And how does eating different types of food affect their physique? What sort of lineage does your lothling have? Do they have a large amount of limbs or maybe a large amount of eyes?

Race Names

Lothlings tend to choose softer sounding words for their children's names however when they live in human settlements oddly enough they tend to choose sharper names.

Lothling names: Gloth, Sawyer, Lara, Fane, Sharllo
Lothling names in human settlements: Reiki, Karla, Taya, Tarlo, Timmothy

Your Lothling character has the following traits.

Age. Lothlings can live to be about 150 years old and reach maturity at around 20 years old.

Alignment. Lothlings tend to be chaotic neutral in nature.

Lothling Traits

Darkvision, Poisonous Bite, Stealth & Perception Proficiency, Ability Score Increase: (Dex, Wis), Climbing Speed 30ft

Darkvision

You can see in dim light within 60 feet of yourself 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.

Climbing Ability

You have 30ft climbing speed.

Languages

 You can speak, read, and write Common, and one other language of your choice.

Ability Score Increase

You gain a +2 to either your dexterity or wisdom score.

Stealth & Perception Proficiency.

You are proficient in stealth and perception.

Poisonous Bite.

Biting is a natural weapon for you, as such anyone bitten by you takes 1d6 poison damage and must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the target is also poisoned until the end of your next turn.