Homebrew Ankylos Species Details
By tradition, the ankylos are the military caste of saurian society. Ankylos are introduced to fighting in small groups as a competitive team sport for the entertainment of other saurians. As ankylos age, they take on roles in the city guard, in militaries, or as bodyguards and warriors. These combat roles well suit the ankylos, who are the heaviest among saurian kind and possess both natural weapons and defense. Along their back, the ankylos saurian have contiguous bone plates that create a shell and their tail ends in a club formed from a dense nodule of the same bone plates.
Ankylos Traits
Your saurian shares an inheritance of traits and abilities with other saurians, passed down by your ancestors since time immemorial.Long Memory
You have proficiency in the History skill
Intimidating Size
You have advantage on Charisma (Intimidation) checks made against creatures of your size and smaller.
Powerful Build
You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and Draconic. The saurian dialect of Draconic is obvious to other speakers of the language and unless you learn Draconic again from another source, your speech in Draconic will always be notable for its saurian idiosyncrasies.
Club Tail
You have a club tail which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with it, you deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier, instead of the damage normal for an unarmed strike.
Heavy
You have advantage on saving throws against being moved and knocked prone.
Natural Armor
You have a bone plated back you can use to intercept attacks when you have no better shield on hand. While you aren't using a shield, you gain a +1 bonus to your AC
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