Homebrew Carrionette Species Details
Easily mistaken for a common toy, the carrionette is as foul and sinister a creature as one will find in the Demiplane of Dread. Its sharp needles literally paralyze people with fear.
Carrionettes are living, animated puppets or marionettes. They are essentially wooden dolls, painted and clothed, which have come to life. All of their limbs are jointed and have small holes for a puppeteer's strings. Carrionettes vary in height from 6 inches to 2 feet. They can look like anything, from clowns and knights to farm animals or monsters. Most, however, look like people.
Carrionettes can speak the favored language of their creator as well as any tongue appropriate to their shape. For example, a carrionette in the image of a drow would be able to speak the language of the elves. The voice of a carrionette is hollow and shrill.
Carrionette Traits
As a carrionette, you have the following racial traits.Creature Type
You are a Construct.
Ability Score Increase
Your Charisma score increases by 2, Dexterity and Wisdom scores increase by 1.
Size
Your size is Tiny.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common, and 3 languages of your choice.
Speed and Movement
Your base walking speed is 20 feet, you can jump 40 feet vertical or horizontal as a movement action.
Immunities
You are immune to poison and psychic damage, as well as the charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, and poisoned conditions.
False Appearance
While the carrionette remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from an ordinary puppet.
Constructed Nature
You don’t need to eat, drink, or breathe.
You are immune to disease.
You don’t need to sleep, and magic can’t put you to sleep.
Repairable Toy
If the mending spell is cast on you, you can spend a Hit Die, roll it, and regain a number of hit points equal to the roll plus your Constitution modifier (minimum of 1 hit point).
In addition, your creator designed you to benefit from several spells that preserve life but that normally don’t affect Constructs: cure wounds, healing word, mass cure wounds, mass healing word, and spare the dying.
Everwatching Doll
When you take a long rest, you spend at least 6 hours in an inactive, motionless state, instead of sleeping. In this state, you appear inert, but you remain conscious.
Darkvision
You can see in dim light within 60 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.
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