Homebrew Edritch Skeleton Species Details

A dry old corpse lay in its tomb. Its charred black bones inscribed with intricate runes, imbued with forbidden enchantments. Its creators banished from this reality eons ago. Their power binding his essence to this plane and protecting his remains against the ravages of time. But cursed by his peers to stand guard against the return of incomprehensible forces, with nothing but eternal nightmares to keep him from going insane. Waiting for eons, until his time returns.

Spooky

A menacing thin and tall black charred skeleton, with black eye sockets and dimly red glowing runes all over his body. Luckily he wears a billowing cloak and armor to cover himself and stay a bit more inconspicuous. He should probably stay hidden if he knows whats good for him, people don't take kindly to his type and may shun him, or worse...

What's the point?

Cursed with semi-immortality, he now roams the world to seal forbidden magics. Not knowing exactly why, or how, just the will of his ancient patron Kahl'zeum compelling in him.

 

 

 

Edritch Skeleton Traits

All those rituals did leave on a mark on those old bones

Eldritch bowels

After your transformation into an undead, you have lost the ability to be healed via potions or spells. Rests allow your runes to restore you, healing you as normal.

However, you gained the ability to consume and digest any flesh or magic to restore your lifeforce. Magical substances heal you more.

Your sharp teeth and iron stomach can break down almost anything via powerful eldritch enchantments, leaving nothing but smoke.

You may use a full action to consume a large meal to heal the full amount, or a bonus action to eat a snack and regain less health.

 

Empty sockets

Your empty eye sockets allow you to see for 60 feet in complete darkness as if dimly lit.

Your talent to cause the runes inside them glow gives you a proficiency on intimidation or persuasion

Foul language

Forbidden knowledge allows you to speak common and also use certain forgotten or eldritch tongues such as Deep speech.

Undead resilience

Runic skeletons have lost their weaknesses of the flesh and gained new ones.

You are immune to poison damage, disease and magical sleep.

You don’t need to eat, drink, sleep or breathe

You are resistant to necrotic and piercing damage.

But you are vulnerable to radiant and bludgeoning damage.

 

Ability score increase

Carved runes in your spine increase one ability score by +2 and another by  +1