Homebrew Cryudal Species Details

Culture

Cryudal are a communal species, with entire groups raising children, sharing food and using a simple trading system rather than money.

Cryudal's gem stones have the ability to be tuned like musical instruments when cut. Because of this a very musical culture has cropped up. Certain Cryudal will use instruments like horns while others will carver their body crystal into percussion instruments to just play on the body. Because of their instruments of choice during their war times the marching of soldiers can be heard for miles often sounding like large beasts as a intimidation tactic.

Diet

The Cryudal being cave dwelling species have evolved to be able to eat the rocks around them for nutrients. This consumption of rocks is actually what gives their bodies the ability to produce crystals over their body. to a Cryudal rocks all have very different tastes, from malachite's sour taste to the sweet quartz. Slate is commonly regard as having the most bland taste

Biology

Cryudal's gems often grow along with their age, because of this if they don't take care of them they can often become over bearing. Most people carve them to not be overcome with the crystals. However if larger crystal are allowed to be grown, large chunks can be taken off and due to them being very nutrient rich a Cryudal is able to be born from it. these large crystal are what the species call their eggs. If Cryudal's broken off gems are put together they can be fused together making a egg with the DNA of the different Cryudal. Carved gems are often donated to people who are looking to be parents because of the communal nature of Cryudals.

The nutrients in the carved gems have caused battles in the past due to other species using ground up Cryudal crystals as an ingredient in food, angering the Cryudal because they would be killing potential kids.

After a Cryudal dies if they have large enough crystals there is a chance that their crystals will hatch as eggs, although normally even one egg hatching from this is rare.

 

This race was created by a friend on discord, I just put it together and fixed some spelling and grammer.

Cryudal Traits

Cryudal Traits

Ability Score Increase.

Your Charisma score increases by 2 and your Constitution score increase by 1.

Age.

Cryudal are comparable to Dwarves in how long they live, but mature slightly faster, averaging 350 years, and maturing at 40, they are a fairly long lived race.

Alignment.

most Cryudal are neutral good, but there are several groups that are chaotic good or chaotic neutral.

Size.

Cryudal are human sized, if a bit smaller, and fairly heavy due to their crystals, most are 4'5 - 5'6 in height and weigh 200 - 240 lbs. Your size is medium

Speed.

your base walking speed is 30 feet, you have a burrow speed of 15 feet.

Natural armor.

As part of your anatomy, you have crystals growing on your body making it hard to wear armor, but they do grant you a kind of natural armor.

Darkvision.

Born and raised in caves with bioluminescent algae and softly glowing crystals, Cryudal's have evolved to have better vision in areas with little to no light.

Prehensile tail.

Cryudal have a prehensile tail they can use to hold food, tools or similar items.

Claws.

Cryudal are a Digging, cave dwelling race, they have claws to help dig and defend themselves. Your unarmed strikes deal an extra 2 slashing damage.

Creature type.

Your type is humanoid.

Languages.

You can speak read and write common and undercommon.