Homebrew Enthalek Species Details

 

The structure was still smoldering when I fist approached from the jungles of Tahtinal. It was astonishingly massive, and held the shape of an oblong sphere. It was devoid of markings and completely smooth other than the two large holes on either end, giving a glimpse of the many floors of the craft.

Like the inhabitants of the island, my expedition team were slow to approach the craft, I wouldn't have chosen them if they weren't. We studied it from afar for quite some time, but after detecting no large source of magic, we ventured closer. After a month of very few breakthroughs, we discovered that not only were we studying the craft, but its inhabitants were studying us.

— Jo'jidar of clan Hidden Dune, Fallen Star: Report I

The Enthalek, often referred to as "The Fallen," come from a distant world among the stars. After an endless voyage across the cosmos on a generational research vessel, the Enthalek found this one. Magic is a universal anomaly, and they had been studying it when an experiment caused the collapse of their ship. With no way off the planet, the Enthalek are content to research this world and help the people of it build their civilization.

Otherworldly

Lacking a mouth, having small holes for a nose and ears, and having massive dark eyes, the Enthalek are often found to be unsettling to those native to the world. They are slightly taller than humans on average, ranging from 5 feet tall to just over 7 feet. They are more slender than humans and usually weigh 130 to 175 pounds. Enthalek do not have genders, as they have lost the ability to naturally reproduce long ago in their history.

Enthalek coloration ranges from white and shades of grey to greyish blues and greens, and have large dark eyes, usually with small white pupils. The Enthalek have no hair, and often wear simple clothing, often the simple bodysuits their people have worn for generations.

Grown in Lab

The Enthalek have long since moved past the process of natural reproduction, and now grow new members of their society in large reproduction labs. These beings are fully matured before stepping out of their growing pods and have the basic knowledge of their society within them. For this reason, they not only lack gender but a family structure as well. They are trained for a particular job from their awakening, which they will perform until the end of their life, which lasts about 150 years. Of course, there are those who stray from their assigned role, which their society accommodates, by allowing them to pursue the role they wish to fulfill. Another takes their place.

High-Frequency Vibrations

The Enthalek have no mouths and instead communicate with each other with high-pitched frequencies emitting from a small vibrating organ within their heads. This, of course, meant that it was difficult to communicate with those of this world, and so each had a magical device implanted within them to audibly translate the vibrations into words.

They can also mentally communicate over a limited distance, however, it is extremely draining for them.

Research and Exploration

The Enthalek are a race of scientists. They explore and research as much as they can, transmitting their findings to a long-forgotten world that may no longer exist. They have traveled the universe, explored worlds and galaxies, met peoples, and discovered the undiscovered, all in the name of expanding their homeworld's cosmic knowledge base. They have a stirring within them, a great calling to the stars and to the unknown, and it drives them into the vast darkness of the unfamiliar.

Enthalek Names

Enthalek are given names at their awakening based on their assigned role in society. They often reflect the job they are assigned, but might also be later changed if an individual decides it. Since Enthalek speech is imperceptible to most other races, and cannot be understood by those who are not Enthalek, their names are often understood directly translated, usually into common.

Names: Star-watcher, Studier-of-magic, Reproduction-specialist, One-who-understands, Thinker-of-thoughts, Being-who-illuminates, Fabricating-organism, Operator-of-medical-device

 

Enthalek Traits

Your Enthalek character has a variety of natural abilities, given by the reproduction specialists that created them.

Ability Score Increase

Your Intelligence score increases by 1. You may also increase another ability score by 1.

Age

Enthaleks awaken at full maturity, but often live an additional 150 years.

Size

Enthalek range from 5 to over 7 feet tall and have slender builds. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Large Eyes

You have proficiency on Perception skill checks that rely on eyesight.

Telepathy

You can communicate telepathically to any creature you can see, provided the creature is within a number of feet of you equal to 10 times your Intelligence modifier. You don't need to share a language with the creature for it to understand your telepathic utterances, but the creature must be able to understand at least one language. You can do this up to a number equal to twice your Intelligence modifier.

Role in Society

You learn one language of your choice, and you are proficient with one skill or tool of your choice. Enthalek are trained from awakening for a particular role, some have even been assigned to master the craft of this world's civilization to better understand it.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common, Enthalek.

Enthalek is communicated using a small vibrating organ within an enthalek's head that emits high frequencies, but can also be written. An enthalek "speaks"  in all other languages using a magical implanted device that audibly translates its vibrating organ's frequencies.