Homebrew Yuke Species Details

Basic Info (Physical Description, Society, Lifespan)
Yukes are tall and slender with vast knowledge. They wear suits of armor that conceal their faces. Removing a Yuke's mask and/or armor would result in a severe punishment if the Yuke does not have a strong relationship with the person removing them.  Like the Lillities and elves, Yukes have a long lifespan some able to live for centuries. Yukes mature around the same age as humans at around 20 years old. While the way a Yuke dresses can sometimes be used to help express the individual's gender. It could also be expressed by the tiny wings on their backs. Male Yukes' wings tend to be in the style of bat wings, while female Yukes wings tend to be in the style of bird wings. No two Yukes ever have the same name. Yukes are rare, as the only place they appear in great numbers is Shella, their capital city, where the Yukes spend most of their time teaching others how to use magic. Shella has since been lost to the Plane of Limbo. Yukes are known as the Masters of Magic and they have the talents to back up the claim.

"The Yukes are a mysterious tribe of great lore and wisdom. Many of these sages live quietly in Shella. In the ancient wars, they were able to resist the invading Liltian armies thanks to their magical prowess. Now, they spend their days teaching magic to others. Some say that Yukes assumed their current form to augment their magical talents."- Unkown Scholar

Yukes are the best magic casters. They are the slowest and weakest attackers, but cast spells quicker than the other three races, and start out with the highest Magic stat. When a Yuke defends they turn invisible, and become immune to damage and status afflictions for the command's duration. Yukes live together with families, are scholarly people who value knowledge and magic above all else, and their homes and massive library reflect this. Yukes do have children and their bodies do grow with the passage of time. When two Yuke's love each other, they perform a ritual in which their souls collide in a fully embracing form of spiritual coitus. In doing so, every part of what makes the two Yukes who they are mold together in a mind-meld. Once finished, the souls separate and flow back into the bodies, leaving behind a new soul. When done outside of the species, it is rare and highly unlikely a new soul will be made. A body is then carefully crafted for the child based on a vision given to a sage on how the child is supposed to look. It is said these visions are given based on the Crystal's grand design.

Appearance:
Despite their appearance, Yukes are indeed organic life forms. Yukes come in various appearances: some can have organic neck, legs, and arms made of feathers or fur, while others are fully metals- usually gold, brass, or onyx in color- with red or other color adornments, and patterns on the body. Sometimes, their clothing can be metal, but most wear extravagant to common clothing, robes, and dresses made of normal fabric. A Yukes body is always thin and tall with long arms and legs, thin necks, and either bat-like or bird-like wings (based on gender) the major look for a Yuke helmet is almost beak-like. Male Yukes tend to adorn their helmet with holes and horns spikes, while females tend to go with flower designs, headpieces, and jewelry adornments. However, this doesn't stop Yukes of either gender from using one or the other. The material of the body is made with the intent of housing the soul and powering magic. As such, it can take a beating but it can't dish it out, hence why the Yukes don't have a lot of physical fighting abilities. When a Yuke's body is damaged and the body can't sustain them, they usually have a body prepared in Shalles to transfer to. If not, they must seek out a hollow vessel to transfer into. Once done, the vessel will mold and shape itself into the Yukes design to fit its ideal look.

Size:
Your size is medium. Yukes can grow up to 7ft tall.

Movement Speed: 
Walking: 30
Flying: 20

Alignment :
Yukes do not have a defined alignment, but many tend to stay around the Neutral of the spectrum. 


Female Names:

• Ilias
• Amidatelion
• Iurilas
• Ardane
• Arisha
• Aimelita

 Male Names:

• Seiberg
• Elgove
• Enselus
• Torbgieta
• Luwein
• Heinrir

Yuke Traits

Yukes are inherently magical beings as such their traits are the same.

Ability Scores

Your Wis & int increases by +3

True Magical Defense

Yukes gain a special action known as Defend.  As long as they are defending, they are invisible and are immune to all damage. This takes up action and bonus action, with the exception of dashing or running away.

Magical Summoner

Yukes can summon beings and creatures with magic. Using a grimoire, a Yuke can study any monster, beast, creature etc. to summon a friendly version of it to aid them. The summoned creature had to be studied for at least 5 hours and can be equal to or one level higher in challenge rating to the player. Higher-level summoning, if attempted at lower levels, has to be met with an animal handling check (DMs discretion) or become hostile upon summoning. The summoned entity will remain up to one hour or until destroyed. Only one entity can be summoned at a time and this ability can only be used twice a day and is restored after a long rest. If the summoned is attacked by the summoner or party member, it becomes hostile.

 

Disturbing Visage

If the bird like Yukes were not strange enough, all Yukes have faces that can only be described as horrifying. Other Yukes find no fault with who they are but the other races disagree. If a Yuke is making any check including ability checks, saving throws that rely on Charisma and its face is not veiled or hidden it has disadvantage on the roll and if it fails it critically fails. Also a Yuke can capitalize on this during combat making friend and foe alike flee in terror. Yukes only tend to show their true faces to intimate friends and family and prefer to not have to shield their faces but do so out of common decency.

Angels of Magic

As Yukes are bird-like creatures they have wings but unlike birds, their wings are comically small. All Yukes' wings grow as they grow in wisdom and Intellect. As a Yuke gets older eventually its wings get big enough to allow them to fly but this is seldom as it takes a truly enlightened Yuke to do so. Once a Yuke has reached 20 INT every time it levels up roll a d20 if it lands on a 20 your wings become big enough to allow you to fly, on a 1 your wings fall off and take 5 years to regrow. You can choose to not roll upon leveling up.

Languages

as dwellers of distant chaotic planes Yukes initially spoke dialects of Primordial. All Yukes can speak Common and Primordia

Darkvision

Accustomed to twilit forests and the night sky, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.