Homebrew Boggart Species Details

Boggart

Tricksters and Pranksters

Boggarts enjoy pranks, practical jokes, riddles, and many other types of harmless mischief. Light hearted and with positive, yet wary, attitudes they enjoy the company of any travellers that come through their territory.

Gaze of Ancestors

They believe that the souls of the dead permanently reside where their body rests, protecting the living from bad luck and evil spirit.

Hospitable Swampfolk

Boggarts live in clans led by their elders. Their fellow members of the clan are referred to as cousins if they are about the same age, while their younglings are called nephews and nieces, and the elders are known as uncles and aunties. They are hospitable to other goblinoids, but will not hesitate to defend their clans if the outsider brings violence. However boggarts are wary of non-goblinoid outsiders, due to other races existing preconceptions of goblinoids.

Exiles and Explorers

Most boggarts that travel away from their homes are often exiles, and treated as a clanless outsider, never allowed to keep their clan names. The other type of travelling boggarts are explorers who wish to see the world and bring back stories, skills, or experiences for the clan to learn from and better the life of the newer generations.

Boggart Names

Boggart names are ridiculously varied, some even have origins from other races. The names within boggart society are not related to their sex regardless of origin. Boggart clan names carry history with it, as each syllable in the clans' names tells a part of their past, and as such the older the clan the longer the name. For example, “ark” means that the clan has made an exodus, and “drog” means the clan survived an attack from a dragon. The oldest of clans can have many hundreds of syllables, often earning nicknames by nearby villages to identify them more easily.

Names: Alice, Armis, Emily, Emri, Eskil, Hagg, Jarl, Oben, Quill, Rhish, Tom, Volg, Wort, Xandar

Clan Names: Bilz’tork’grell’wak, Bok’ark’drog’syn’hoorl’takk, Oge’peug’dest’jewl, Pakk’harl’seigg, Urk’trol

Clan Nicknames: Bogborn, Night-Eyed, Swampwalkers, Verminkin, Spirit-Listeners, Grave-Markers

Boggart Traits

Your Boggart character has the following racial traits.

Age

Boggarts are long lived compared to other goblinoids, reaching adulthood at age 14 and can become up to 120 years old.

Alignment

Boggarts are good-hearted tricksters, enjoying pranks and speaking in riddles, much to the confusion of other races. Though they do not find joy in causing pain, only harmless mischief, and as such tend to be Neutral Good.

Darkvision

Accumed to the sunless swamps, you have superior vision in the dark. 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 colour in darkness, only shades of grey.

Mystic Sight

You have advantage on all Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws against magic.

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.

Swamplander

When moving on your turn, you may ignore up to 25 feet of difficult terrain.

Natural Trickster

You have proficiency in the Deception skill.

Languages

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

Ability Score Increase

Your Intelligence score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 2, and your Strength score is reduced by 2.