Homebrew Aabasarut Species Details

The short, stocky, creature stared at Zephyr with bulbous eyes, its nose flat with wide, thin holes like a snake. It snarled, revealing a row of shark-like teeth, and it's coarse tongue darted out, as if to taste the air. It had long round ears that seemed to detect every sound, and its hair was thick an grew only less than an inch from its head. Its long, tentacle-like arms ended with four-fingered hands, and its legs were short, but strong. Its body was covered with scales. It ran away with surprising speed, then leaped into a lake, swimming away quickly with it's flipper-like feet, not permitting Zephyr to ask it what is was or why it was here.
 
No one knows the origin of the Aabasari, a race of creatures who seem a mismatch of man, cephalopod, and snake, and range between a size a little upward of a gnome (3'8") to about the height of a dwarf (4'6"). They often live in caves, favoring the blind cavefish that live there, but venture outside occasionally. They can hold their breath for incredible lengths of time, and move faster than a human twice their size. Some Aabasari have adapted to different environments, leading to many different sub types.
 
There are few adventurer Aabasari, as most are content to stay in their homes, forming small bands of roving cave nomads that move through the underdark, living in deep oceans where light barely penetrates, in the heat of the desert, cold of the tundra, or wherever else they make their homes.
 
Aabasari are abandoned at birth, often in the same environment their parents lived in. Sometimes, though, they are left in a benign place, with the hopes that they will be able to live a safer life, but these efforts are doomed to failure s the young Aabasari feels the compulsion to make it's way to a harsher environment. Over the next eight decades they adapt to their home, and then live in a primal, animalistic state with little consciousness for their behavior, acting as if they were mere animals for the the next twenty-two. They, over another century sentience begins to emerge, and they can live for well over a thousand years after that, for a total of roughly 1,500 years of life on average, but the range can be anywhere from 1,250 to 1,750 years before they die of old age, but their harsh homes often cause them to die sooner.

Aabasarut Traits

As an Abasari, you gain the following racial traits:

Ability Score Increase

Aabasari experiences impact them, making them versatile, meaning that there are no typical ability score adjustments for them. They can choose to gain a +2 and a +1 to two different ability scores of their choice, or gain three +1s to assign to three different ability scores of their choice. These can't increase their ability scores above 20.

Bite

Aabasari can use their razor-sharp teeth them to deal piercing damage equal to 1d4+their strength modifier piercing damage when they bite.

Darkvison

You can see in dim light as if it was bright light and bright lit as if it was darkness, to a range of 60ft. You can's perceive most colors in darkness, seeing in only shades of grey. However, you see shades of pale blue, the color of the cave fish most Aabasarut eat, as bright red, and they easily draw your attention. However, since Aabasari are of a mutable nature, if you think your Aabasarut character would have evolved differently, talk to your DM about an alternative color that might stand out to your character.

Fine-Tuned Ears

Aabasari have large ears, which collect more sound than a typical adventurer, granting them advantage on Wisdom (perception) checks.

Size

Your size is medium or small (your choice).

Speed

You have a speed of 35 feet and a swim speed of 20 feet.

Languages

You know two languages of your choice.

Cavelurker

Cavelurker Aabasari have spent most of their lives in dark caves, giving them the following benefits:

Greater Darkvision

Your darkvision's range increases to 120ft.

Stone Camouflage

Your years in caves have allowed you to adapt to look as if made of stone, giving you advantage on stealth checks to hide in rocky terrain.

Fireborn

Fireborn Aabasari live in deserts and volcanic areas, suited to survive the extreme heat that makes others falter.

Fire Resistance

You gain resistance to fire damage, which makes you immune to the effects of extreme heat.

Frostborn

Frostborn Aabasari live in icy regions, such as mountain peaks and tundras, making them resistant to the biting cold ever-present in those places.

Cold Resistance

You gain resistance to cold damage, which makes you immune to the effects of extreme cold.

Hardscale

Hardscale Aabasari have stronger scales than the rest of their kind, granting them additional protection. Most Hardscale Aabasari live in jungles and swamps, but they could evolve anywhere with an environment harsh enough to warrant this much protection.

Scaly Armor

Your scales have taken on a harder, tougher feel due to the threats of your home, granting you a base AC of 13+your dexterity modifier. you can still gain this benefit while wearing a shield.

Lakedweller

Despite what the name may suggest, more Lakedweller Aabasari live in deep oceans than in lakes, and most lakes are also in caves (at least partially).

Amphibious

Due to living most your life underwater, you are able to breathe underwater, but you can still breathe above water as well.

Swimmer

Due to your life in the sea or in lakes, your swimming speed increases to 30ft.

Longarm

Standing taller than most Aabasari, 4 and a half feet to a little over five feet, Longarm Aabasari's arms still look unnaturally long and awkward on their short bodies.

Long Arms

Your unnaturally long arms increase your reach with melee weapons by 5 feet.

Above-Average Height

Your size is required to be medium.

Magic-Infused

Magic-infused Aabasari have been exposed to some kind of magic, allowing them to cast magic they wouldn't normally have access to.

Innate Spellcasting

Due to your exposure to magic, you learn a cantrip of your choice, and use Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma (your choice) as your spellcasting ability modifier for the cantrip.
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