Homebrew Amarpah Species Details
Amarpah vastayas are tortle-like humanoïds with a huge shell protecting them. They are popular over the south shurimian and ixtali coasts.
Amarpah are enduring and adaptative creature, and thus have developped different caracteristics depending on their envirronement. In this way, you can choose between Shurimian Amarpah or Ixtali Amarpah subraces.
Amarpah Traits
Here are the unique traits Amarpah share. You will find below the specificities of each subrace.Ability Score Increase
Your Strength score increases by 2.
Age
Amarpah become adult at the age of 15, and can live up to 50 years approximatively.
Size
Amarpah adults stand 5 to 6 feet tall and average 450 pounds, 550 for shuriman. Their shells account for roughly one-third of their weight. Your size is Medium.
Vitesse
Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Claws
Your claws are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal slashing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.
Natural Armor
Due to your shell and the shape of your body, you are ill-suited to wearing armor. Your shell provides ample protection, however; it gives you a base AC of 17 (your Dexterity modifier doesn't affect this number). You gain no benefit from wearing armor, but if you are using a shield, you can apply the shield's bonus as normal.
Shell Defense
You can withdraw into your shell as an action. Until you emerge, you gain a +4 bonus to AC, and you have advantage on Strength and Constitution saving throws. While in your shell, you are prone, your speed is 0 and can't increase, you have disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws, you can't take reactions, and the only action you can take is a bonus action to emerge from your shell.
Survival Instinct
You gain proficiency in the Survival skill. Amarpah have finely honed survival instincts.
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