Homebrew Bigfoot Species Details

Description
Bigfoot is a hulking beast not commonly seen by outsiders of their forest realm. They are passive creatures that possess a humanoid intellect, which allows them to speak and use simple tools. Bigfoot are also able to communicate with one another from a distance through calls, wails, and howls of their own language.

They look like a cross between a human and a Mountain gorilla. Thickly built, bigfoot have a large, powerful build a thick, broad chest, black hair, and gray skin. Other hair colors reported are brown, auburn, cinnamon, and occasionally white. The head, though massive, has been described as relatively small for the body. Bigfoot sometimes develop a sagittal crest which can look like a person wearing a hoodie. They have a conspicuous brow ridge with a receding forehead, giving the eyes a deep-set look. Their eyes are hard to see but have been reported to be proportionately further apart than a human's eyes. Bigfoot have a flat face with prominent cheekbones and a square jaw. The mouth region is only slightly protuberant. The nose is near human in shape, though "pug" or flat, sometimes with forward-directed nostrils. The height average for the sampled population is 7’ 10, however, alpha males have been reported at 9' and larger. On average Bigfoot is estimated to weigh between 500-800 pounds.

Diet
It is an omnivore whose diet consists of nuts, leaves, berries, fruit, fish, shellfish, crawfish, insects, small rodents, squirrels, rabbits, deer, elk, wild hogs, and domesticated farm animals such as chickens and hogs.

Habitat
Bigfoot tend to live in dense forests with low population density, but can live everywhere, from stark and frozen north to the hot and swampy south. In fact, Sasquatch and Sasquatch-like creatures are spotted all around the world. Bigfoot is the most geographically diverse bipedal, non-human primate. 

 

Bigfoot Traits

Your Bigfoot character has certain traits deriving from your ancestry.

Forest Camouflage

Bigfoot have an advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide in forest terrain.

Skunk Ape

Any creature entering the cloud, or completely within the cloud at the start of its turn, must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or become frightened until the start of the creature’s next turn. On a successful saving throw, the creature is immune to Skunk Ape for 1 hour. The smell lasts 3 rounds. A moderate wind (at least 10 miles per hour) disperses it after 2 rounds. A strong wind (at least 20 miles per hour) disperses it after 1 round. Creatures that don’t need to breathe automatically succeed on this saving throw. 

Regression

When a Critical Hit is scored against you, you must succeed on a Wisdom Saving Throw (attacker's Strength Modifier +8 is the DC) or enter a state of Confusion for one minute.

If you fail the Saving Throw, you cannot take reactions and must roll a d10 at the start of each of turn to determine your behavior for that turn.
At the end of each of turn, you can make a Wisdom saving throw. If you succeed, the effect ends. 

Ability Scores

Your Strength and Dexterity scores increase by 2.
Intelligence and Charisma scores decrease by 2.

Languages

You can communicate roughly in several languages used by some forest beings including Sylvan, Common, Yeti

Darkvision

Bigfoot hunt at night, so you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. 

Alignment

Bigfoot live in complex social groups, but the groups are unpredictable and can be highly fluid so, while they're generally neutral, bigfoot can tend toward chaotic.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 40 feet. Bigfoot have long strides. 

Natural Athlete

You have proficiency in the Athletics skill.

Age

Bigfoot mature a little faster than humans, reaching adulthood around age 14. They age noticeably faster and rarely live longer than 75 years.

Alignment

Bigfoot are neutral, although they use aggressive displays to intimidate potential threats.