Homebrew Inchling Species Details

 

 

To most races, inchlings are seen as weak and ridiculous. The have short lives and are tiny compared to any other race. Despite this, they work hard to build their colonies, explore the huge world, and escape from hunters.

A Small Variety

Inchlings can vary in size and look, just on a small scale. An inchling can stand from 1/7 inches to 1 and 1/4 inches tall and weigh from 10 to 20 ounces. Inchling skin shades range from nearly black to very pale, and hair colors from black to blond (curly, kinky, or straight); males might sport facial hair that is sparse or thick. Inchlings are almost always pure inchling. Inchlings reach adulthood in 4 years and usualy live to be 20 years old.

Hidden Civilizations

Most inchlings are kind and humble. Most of them live in colonies of 5000-400 inchlngs, tribes of 90-10, or countries of millions. They hide in plain sight and do not travel much. A tribe could live under a rock, a colony could be under someone's bed, and a country might occupy an abandoned house. These groups do not need to survive, as a raindrop and a breadcrumb could provide one with enough food for a day.

Insects, Tools, and Friends.

Inchlings have varied relationships with the different races.

Dwarves. “Most of them have never hear of us, which makes their homes prefect places for hidden colonies.”

Elves. “Elves laugh at the sight of us. Sometimes they let us visit their territory because they consider us harmless.”

Halflings. “They are great friends and very understanding.”

Humans. "Some humans treat us as insects, some use us for tasks like weaving or writing, and some let us live alongside them.

 

Extremely Empathetic

Inchlings always put the safety, honor, and advancement before themselves(Not including lichnlings). They are caring and understanding of others.

Human-Like Names

Primordial inchlings once worshiped humans as gods, and named their descendants after them. The names of inchlings vary just like those of humans.

Inchling Traits

It’s hard to make generalizations about humans, but your human character has these traits.

Survival of the smallest

You do not need much food or of anything to survive because of your small size.

Ability Score Changes

Your Dexterity Increases by 6, but your Wisdom, Constitution, and Strength decrease by 3 each.

Age

Inchlings reach adulthood at 4 years and live to be around 20 years old.

Size

Inchlings grow to be 1 inch tall. Your size is Tiny.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 15 feet.

Weapon limits

Inchlings can only use darts and daggers as weapons(Daggers count as two handed).

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice. 

Quick

You can make 3 actions and 3 bonus actions per turn.

Hard to notice

You get +10 to your stealth modifier.

Hard to hit

Your armor class increases by 4.

Low reach

You can't hit any creature in a fatal area (Head, heart, etc) with melee attacks because they are too high up for you to reach(1/4 damage with attacks unless the creature is prone). You can counter this problem by spending an action to climb up the creature(1 action for medium, small and large, 3 actions for huge, and 5 actions for gargantuan. This does not apply when attacking tiny creatures.